He's played a brave, upstanding warrior, a moral hero with right on his side. But Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe's performance was anything but Gladiatorial at the Bafta awards on Sunday night ...

A woman died after she slipped in her kitchen and landed on knives lying upright in a dishwasher, police said today. The freak accident happened in the 31-year-old's home in Dunrobin Road, Airdrie ...