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Austerity Scotland

COUNCILS across Scotland have reduced spending on nurseries and schools, care for the elderly, street cleaning and...
MPs in line for pay rise of up to £20k a year

MPs are in line for a dramatic pay rise of up to £20,000 in a move that could spark public fury.
Galloway attacked for SNP Catholic slur

THE controversial left-wing MP George Galloway has been attacked by pro-independence politicians and anti-sectarian...

Poll: independence support would rise if voters think UK's leaving EU

Support for Scottish independence could increase if voters think the UK is likely to withdraw from the EU, a new...
UKIP face fresh right-wing row

UKIP have suffered another blow after it emerged that their by-election candidate in Aberdeen is linked to a group...
Woman found dead in Edinburgh garden

The death of a woman whose body was found in a city garden is being treated as unexplained, police said.
British father cut throats of his two children in France, then fled on roller skates

The Foreign Office is "urgently" investigating reports that a British man has been arrested on suspicion...
Graeme Obree leads 4000-strong Holyrood cycle campaign

Thousands of cyclists have descended on the Scottish Parliament calling for increased funding to make cycling safer...

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Graeme Obree leads 4000-strong Holyrood cycle campaign

19 May 2013

Thousands of cyclists have descended on the Scottish Parliament calling for increased funding to make cycling safer...
Woman found dead in Edinburgh garden

19 May 2013

The death of a woman whose body was found in a city garden is being treated as unexplained, police said.
British father cut throats of his two children in France, then fled on roller skates

19 May 2013

The Foreign Office is "urgently" investigating reports that a British man has been arrested on suspicion...

Poll: independence support would rise if voters think UK's leaving EU

19 May 2013

Support for Scottish independence could increase if voters think the UK is likely to withdraw from the EU, a new...
MPs in line for pay rise of up to £20k a year

19 May 2013

MPs are in line for a dramatic pay rise of up to £20,000 in a move that could spark public fury.
Austerity Scotland

19 May 2013

COUNCILS across Scotland have reduced spending on nurseries and schools, care for the elderly, street cleaning and...
Vulnerable must be priority for councils

19 May 2013

UNTIL now, it has been impossible to know how spending on schools, roads, care for the elderly and museums in each...
Battle lines drawn after attack on Sir Walter Scott

19 May 2013

HIS novels may be full of fictional tartan-clad swashing and buckling, but a very real verbal duel has broken out...

Crime & Courts

Police ambushed in Ulster

19 May 2013

POLICE in Belfast are investigating an attempt to murder three officers with a deadly bomb ambush.
Hunt for mother of dead child

19 May 2013

POLICE are searching for the mother of a 20-month-old girl who was found dead at her home.
Solicitor gets four years for smuggling mobiles and drugs into prison

17 May 2013

A solicitor who was caught trying to smuggle mobile phones and drugs into Edinburgh's Saughton jail was jailed...

Tia's mother wants to visit murderer Hazell in prison

16 May 2013

THE mother of murdered schoolgirl Tia Sharp wants to visit Stuart Hazell in jail so she can ask why he killed her...
Accused downloaded April photos from Facebook site

16 May 2013

THE man accused of murdering April Jones had viewed and downloaded Facebook photos of the five-year-old in the days...
Life term for gangland figure's killer

16 May 2013

A KNIFE killer who murdered a local gangland figure and left another man fighting for his life has been jailed for a...
Murder suspect Dewani has mental health relapse

16 May 2013

A man wanted in South Africa over the honeymoon murder of his wife has suffered a mental health relapse, a court has...
Stuart Hazell sentenced to 38 years for Tia's murder

15 May 2013

KILLER Stuart Hazell has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 38 years after finally admitting the murder of...

Health

Call for children to get measles jag

19 May 2013

SCOTLAND'S Chief Medical Officer has called for children aged between 10 and 17 to be vaccinated against measles.
Fears over death rates at flagship Scots heart hospital

17 May 2013

DEATH rates at Scotland's flagship heart hospital have raised alarm and triggered an internal review.
Surgeon facing fresh complaints

17 May 2013

A SURGEON who bungled spine operations at a private hospital in Scotland could face further investigation after a...

Scientists hope chemicals found in sea could pave way for treatments

17 May 2013

SCOTS scientists have been awarded £6.3 million to scour the seas for chemicals and compounds which could be...
Process to boost brain arithmetic

17 May 2013

A harmless form of brain stimulation can bring about improvements in mental arithmetic skills, according to a new...
Depressed women at higher risk of strokes

17 May 2013

Depressed middle-aged women have almost double the risk of suffering a stroke, according to research.
Cancer sufferer: I had to go to England for free drugs

16 May 2013

A cancer sufferer has described the upheaval facing her family after being told she would have to move to England...
Anger as operations botch surgeon to keep practising

16 May 2013

A SPINAL surgeon who bungled operations on patients at a private hospital in Scotland will be allowed to operate for...

Education

City college merger hailed as success

17 May 2013

THE merger of three institutions to form the City of Glasgow College has been a success, according to a new report...
Calls for teachers to be stronger in science

16 May 2013

SCOTTISH primary teachers should not be allowed into the profession without a science qualification, according to...
UWS names new deputy principal

16 May 2013

THE University of the West of Scotland has announced the appointment of Professor Paul Martin as its new deputy...

Degree honour

16 May 2013

SCOTTISH Olympic rower Katherine Grainger, former Irish President Mary McAleese and Monty Python star Terry Jones...
Deaf school's nursery rated as excellent

15 May 2013

SCOTLAND'S national deaf school has been praised for the quality of nursery education it offers.
Threat to college reserves criticised

15 May 2013

OPPOSITION parties have attacked the Scottish Government over a threat to the private reserves of colleges worth...
Call for classroom lessons on 2014 vote

15 May 2013

SCOTTISH school pupils should be educated about the independence referendum now the vote has been extended to 16 and...
Parents group warns policy on class size limits school choices

14 May 2013

FAMILIES are finding it harder to get their children into the primary school of their choice because of the Scottish...

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Transport

Local roads still in need of urgent repairs

17 May 2013

RECOMMENDATIONS to upgrade local roads more than two years ago have yet to result in any significant improvements, a...
Brown calls for high-speed rail link to be extended to Scotland

16 May 2013

HIGH-SPEED rail should be extended north of the Border to challenge the dominance of air travel between Scotland and...
Free internet access to be available at 25 railway stations

15 May 2013

PASSENGERS will be able to access the internet for free at 25 railway stations across Scotland by the end of next...

Rail connection: free wifi to be provided at 25 Scots stations

14 May 2013

Railway stations across the country are to benefit from free wifi as part of a new initiative to keep passengers...
Boy aged 13 is charged with rape of eight-year-old on bus

13 May 2013

A BOY aged 13 has been charged with raping an eight-year-old girl on a bus.
Most drivers back higher fines for use of mobile phone at the wheel

13 May 2013

Most drivers will welcome increased fixed penalty fines for those using hand-held mobile phones at the wheel.
Drive for harsher motoring penalties

10 May 2013

DRIVERS caught sending a text or lighting a cigarette at the wheel could face fines of £90 under harsher...
Call for review of Super Puma safety feature

9 May 2013

INVESTIGATORS probing two separate ditchings of Super Puma helicopters in the North Sea have called for tighter...

Environment

Pollution threat from Glasgow subway

19 May 2013

Environmentalists are demanding urgent investigations into air pollution on the Glasgow subway after a snapshot...
Giant firm tells Scotland to pay up

19 May 2013

The £40 billion engineering giant, Babcock, is demanding up to £500,000 from the Scottish Government's...
Machair under threat from rise in level of seas

15 May 2013

SCOTLAND's sensitive machair meadows could be put at risk by flooding as scientists predict global warming could...

Concern about rising levels of beach rubbish

14 May 2013

RUBBISH on Scotland's beaches increased by 20% in a year showing anti-litter campaigns are now falling on deaf ears...
Rare pearl mussel at risk due to illegal poaching

13 May 2013

CONSERVATIONISTS have called for urgent action to curb illegal fishing that is threatening to push the freshwater...
Climate change due to hit animals

13 May 2013

A third of common land animals could see dramatic losses this century due to climate change, scientists predict.
RBS slammed for backing 'obscene' mountaintop removal

12 May 2013

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is under fierce attack for investing hundreds of millions of pounds in US companies...
Climate change threat to UK's trees

10 May 2013

New pests and diseases emerging as a result of climate change are having a major impact on the UK's trees, a report...

World News

Same-sex marriage bill passed

19 May 2013

French President Francois Hollande has signed into law a bill allowing same-sex marriage, making France the 14th country to legalise gay weddings.
Abductions spark crossing closure

19 May 2013

Egyptian police, angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen, kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again yesterday, stranding hundreds of Palestinians, witnesses said.
Merkel echoes Pope's reform call

19 May 2013

GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel has met Pope Francis and, apparently responding to his criticism of a heartless "dictatorship of the economy", called for stronger regulation of financial markets.

Chief of Moscow CIA base named

19 May 2013

RUSSIA has named the alleged CIA station chief in Moscow, following its decision to expel a US diplomat accused of trying to recruit a Russian intelligence officer as a spy.
There is no short-term fix to ending Syria's war

19 May 2013

Worst sight of the week had to be the Syrian rebel fighter disembowelling a government soldier and symbolically eating the entrails.
Motive for missile launches unknown

19 May 2013

North Korea fired three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday, but the purpose of the launches was unknown.
Protests against austerity in Rome

19 May 2013

THOUSANDS of people have protested in Rome against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on creating jobs to help pull the country out of recession.
Domestic abuse law fails to pass

19 May 2013

Afghanistan's parliament has failed to pass a law banning violence against women, a severe setback to progress made on women's rights in the conservative Muslim country since the Islamist Taliban was toppled more than a decade ago.