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Deciding to turn over a new leaf in the new year could do more harm than good, a mental health charity warns.

Revellers take to the streets to celebrate Hogmanay despite temperatures dipping below freezing.

Part Two of Maggie Shiels’s summary of the way Silicon Valley sees 2009 panning out for technology.

The UN Security Council discusses the crisis in the Gaza Strip, but fails to vote on a draft ceasefire resolution.

Pop pundits speak up for the music we will love this year

Spain is still the most popular overseas holiday destination for sun-seeking Scots, new figures reveal.

It has been a difficult year in Hollywood

Musical film Mamma Mia! becomes the UK’s best-selling DVD of all time, according to official figures.

South Asia faces muted New Year celebrations with the deadly attacks in Mumbai still fresh in the memory.

The famous beards and moustaches of India - seen as representing the face of the country to the outside world - are under threat, a new book says.