the latest figures mean that since january 2000, scottish widows has paid a total of £2.5bn in claims to more than 86,000 customers..

his heart, beating for 84 years and full of love for the woman he affectionately called his "blue-eyed guera [pronounced whedda]," felt like it was failing..

andrew kaye, head of policy at macmillan cancer support said it was �shocking� that a cancer patient had to wait 541 days for treatment..