From our archives

5 years ago

She survived mine strikes and a torpedo hit, and her deck was the scene of an armistice pact in Europe and the formal surrender of Japan at the end of the war. Now an artefact from HMS Nelson – a 7ft by 12in by 3in plank of teak decking – is to get a new lease of life as a captain’s chest after it was gifted to the Chippendale International School of Furniture in East Lothian. It will be given pride of place on the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.

10 years ago

Relatives of unarmed Malaysian rubber plantation workers shot dead by British troops in 1948 will this week make a High Court bid for a public inquiry into the killings. The Government’s refusal to hold a formal investigation into the Batang Kali massacre will be challenged during a two-day judicial review hearing. Family members of the victims will ask the court to quash the 2010 decision against an inquiry by the Defence and Foreign Secretaries.

25 years ago

The season is ending for Rangers in a familiar way, with manager Walter Smith fretting over injuries and the team still looking towards another championship as the action moves to Tannadice tonight and a game against Dundee

United. The Ibrox men have stumbled too often on the run-in to what they hope will be a ninth successive title, and they are still searching for that single, elusive point which will place them beyond the reach of Celtic.