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Demand for medical training shake-up to care for elderly

Older patients in Scottish hospitals are not receiving the best care available to them at all times and the average...
£5m BBC unit set up to cover referendum

IT will require a nose for a good story and – more importantly – very thick skin.
Anger at wind-farm loophole

CALLS have been made for the UK Government to close an "embarrassing" loophole that allows some wind-farm operators...

'I felt that for the first time I had got through the barriers'

WHEN Gerry Hughes was a boy, one of his prized possessions was a magazine about the great sailor Sir Francis...
Council official quizzed over lap dancing licence

THE man responsible for introducing lap dancing to the Highlands has been called to discuss his night-time...
Stirling ready to do battle for Bannockburn celebrations

IT IS a cultural centre often overshadowed by its larger neighbours to the east and west, but next year Stirling is...
Police officer is accused of £200,000 theft

A police officer stole more than £200,000 and drugs including cocaine and heroin from one of Scotland's most...
Kirk investigates funeral costs

THE Church of Scotland is to investigate the spiralling cost of laying the dead to rest amid claims pensioners are...

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'I felt that for the first time I had got through the barriers'

25 May 2013

WHEN Gerry Hughes was a boy, one of his prized possessions was a magazine about the great sailor Sir Francis...
Stirling ready to do battle for Bannockburn celebrations

25 May 2013

IT IS a cultural centre often overshadowed by its larger neighbours to the east and west, but next year Stirling is...
Kirk investigates funeral costs

25 May 2013

THE Church of Scotland is to investigate the spiralling cost of laying the dead to rest amid claims pensioners are...

Anger at wind-farm loophole

25 May 2013

CALLS have been made for the UK Government to close an "embarrassing" loophole that allows some wind-farm operators...
Council official quizzed over lap dancing licence

25 May 2013

THE man responsible for introducing lap dancing to the Highlands has been called to discuss his night-time...
Police officer is accused of £200,000 theft

25 May 2013

A police officer stole more than £200,000 and drugs including cocaine and heroin from one of Scotland's most...
BA puts on bigger planes to clear Scottish passenger backlog

25 May 2013

BRITISH Airways is laying on bigger planes today to help clear the backlog of Scottish travellers left stranded when...
Family of murdered soldier pay tear-filled tributes

25 May 2013

The tearful family of murdered soldier Lee Rigby have described how their "hearts have been ripped apart".

Crime & Courts

Partner of Scotland footballer admits £13,000 benefit fraud

25 May 2013

THE girlfriend of a Scotland international footballer is facing jail after falsely claiming more than £13,000...
No weapon found in Uist murder case

25 May 2013

NO murder weapon was discovered during the large-scale probe into the death of teenager Liam Aitchison, a court...
Downey in court over IRA bomb

25 May 2013

A man appeared at the Old Bailey yesterday charged with the murder of four British solders in the 1982 Hyde Park IRA...

Bridger denies lying about April murder

25 May 2013

The man accused of abducting and murdering April Jones has told a jury he had no answer as to what he did with her...
Hit-and-run van driver pleads guilty

25 May 2013
Fatal fire witness 'scared' to reveal all he knew

25 May 2013

A FORMER marina manager failed to tell police what he knew about a fatal fire in which three members of the same...
Relief at not-guilty verdict

25 May 2013

Liverpool Football Club manager Brendan Rodgers spoke of his relief after his son Anton was cleared in a sex case...
Police DNA sampling warning

24 May 2013

HUNDREDS of criminal cases could be stopped in their tracks over fears unauthorised police staff took DNA and...

Health

Demand for medical training shake-up to care for elderly

25 May 2013

Older patients in Scottish hospitals are not receiving the best care available to them at all times and the average...
Sisters tell how loss of mother inspired surgery

25 May 2013

THREE sisters whose mother died of breast cancer at the age of 31 have revealed how they each underwent a double...
Council installs life-saving machines in schools

25 May 2013

A council is to become the first in Scotland to install defibrillators in all its secondary schools.

Doctor urges action on daily sugar advice

23 May 2013

Guidelines on daily sugar intake should be overhauled to acknowledge its effect on obesity and diabetes, an expert...
Faulty scanning equipment failed to show woman was pregnant

23 May 2013

A HEALTH board has been criticised after faulty scanning equipment failed to show a woman had conceived while...
Antibiotics linked to longer life

23 May 2013

Antibiotics could be the key to a longer, more energetic life.
NHS drug use requests unlikely to be affected by reviews, health bosses say

22 May 2013

THE recommendations in two reviews into access to new medicines are unlikely to raise the number of drugs approved...
£250,000 a year for spine surgeon who botched operations

22 May 2013

FRESH questions about the system of checks on private hospital surgeons have been raised after it emerged a Scottish...

Education

Teachers criticise new curriculum

24 May 2013

CLAIMS by the Scottish Government that the controversial new school curriculum has been delivered successfully in...
Decline in university spin-out firms

24 May 2013

THE number of spin-out companies produced by Scottish universities' staff and graduates is falling.
College staff threaten to strike over pay dispute

24 May 2013

STAFF at one of Scotland's largest colleges are threatening to strike in a long-running dispute over pay.

Yes vote could spell trouble for Scots students

22 May 2013

SCOTTISH students face a significant increase in competition for university places if the country votes for...
£1m for pupils to remember war

21 May 2013

EVERY secondary school in Scotland will be offered financial support for visits to European battlefields under plans...
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...

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Transport

Safety warning after change to maritime law

25 May 2013

PASSENGERS and crew are being put at risk by changes to maritime law that have relaxed rules governing who can pilot...
Final phase of tramworks is due to begin

25 May 2013

THE final major piece of construction work on Edinburgh's tram network will begin next month.
Taking the plunge

24 May 2013

A hybrid passenger ferry powered by diesel and electricity has been launched on the Clyde.

Skoda really is Superb, say satisfied car owners

24 May 2013

The aptly named Skoda Superb is the car that most satisfies owners, according to a survey.
Fans issued warning over cup final travel disruption

23 May 2013

FOOTBALL fans travelling to the Scottish Cup Final on Sunday are being urged to plan their journeys in advance amid...
Drivers support minimum lessons for learners

22 May 2013

Most motorists think learners should have at least 35 hours of supervision before taking their driving test,...
Police charge 950 in driving crackdown

22 May 2013

Almost 950 offences, including a motorcyclist speeding at 126mph, were detected in a three-day road safety crackdown...
Virgin Atlantic puts 14,000 extra seats on Florida route

22 May 2013

VIRGIN Atlantic is adding more than 14,000 seats to its summer flights from Glasgow to Florida to meet demand from...

Environment

World's biggest wave energy farm off Lewis gets go-ahead

23 May 2013

PLANS for the world's largest commercial wave energy farm have been given the go-ahead.
Genetic test can identify purebred Scottish wildcats

21 May 2013

A GROUND-BREAKING genetic test has been developed for Scottish wildcats that could help arrest its decline in the...
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.

World News

Syria 'has agreed to talks'

25 May 2013

THE Syrian Government has agreed to a conference on the country's future proposed by Russia and the United States.
Kerry calls for Israel and Palestine to turn focus on direct negotiations

25 May 2013

Israeli and Palestinian leaders are nearing crunch time when they must decide whether to revive long-dormant peace negotiations to end their decades-old conflict, US Secretary of State John Kerry said.
Three in hospital after bridge collapse

25 May 2013

The major highway bridge linking Seattle with Canada and the rest of the Pacific Northwest region collapsed, sending vehicles and people into a river.

Scouts open ranks to gay children

25 May 2013

THE Boy Scouts of America has thrown open its ranks to gay youngsters, but not adult leaders, in a compromise that some warned could fracture the organisation and lead to mass defections.
Quake tremors felt in Moscow

25 May 2013

A powerful earthquake has hit Russia's far east with tremors felt as far away as Moscow, about 4400 miles away.
Women forced to work in war brothel snub mayor

25 May 2013

Two elderly South Korean women forced to work in Japanese war-time military brothels cancelled a meeting yesterday with the mayor of the city of Osaka after he refused to withdraw remarks asserting the brothels were necessary at the time.
Consequences of Syrian conflict felt far and wide

24 May 2013

I found an old wooden chess set in a cupboard the other day.
Protest over women's rights bill

24 May 2013

HARDLINE students protested in Afghanistan's capital, demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is un-Islamic.