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Kirk facing backlash after vote to allow gay ministers

THE Church of Scotland has voted to allow the appointment of ministers in same-sex relationships in a historic shift...
Police set to tackle Scotland's alcohol problem at its roots

SENIOR police will this week challenge drinks companies over the marketing, strength and added caffeine in their...
Cruise liner is stranded after entering Oban the wrong way

A luxury cruise ship ran aground in Oban Bay after entering the town's harbour on the wrong side of a warning buoy...

Warning against late licensing at 2014 Games

A licensing free-for-all that would see pubs in Glasgow open until the early hours for the Commonwealth Games would...
New type of tourists here for the malt and golf

SCOTLAND'S castles, golf courses and single-malt whiskies are being given the credit for a dramatic spike in...
Builders can keep bonus for late Hydro says boss

THE chief executive of Scotland's new major music arena asked for contractors to be allowed to keep millions of...
£1m for pupils to remember war

EVERY secondary school in Scotland will be offered financial support for visits to European battlefields under plans...
Hague: Case for EU to arm Syrian rebels 'compelling'

NO options are off the table if Syria's ruling regime refuses to seriously engage in an inter-national conference to...

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Warning against late licensing at 2014 Games

21 May 2013

A licensing free-for-all that would see pubs in Glasgow open until the early hours for the Commonwealth Games would...
Builders can keep bonus for late Hydro says boss

21 May 2013

THE chief executive of Scotland's new major music arena asked for contractors to be allowed to keep millions of...
New type of tourists here for the malt and golf

21 May 2013

SCOTLAND'S castles, golf courses and single-malt whiskies are being given the credit for a dramatic spike in...

Cruise liner is stranded after entering Oban the wrong way

21 May 2013

A luxury cruise ship ran aground in Oban Bay after entering the town's harbour on the wrong side of a warning buoy...
Kirk facing backlash after vote to allow gay ministers

21 May 2013

THE Church of Scotland has voted to allow the appointment of ministers in same-sex relationships in a historic shift...
Ex-pilot to be first British astronaut on space station

21 May 2013

A former Army test pilot is to become the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS) and...
Reason found why penguins don't fly

21 May 2013

SCOTS university experts believe they have worked out why penguins don't fly – they don't have the energy.
Gala opera performance planned for first night at revamped theatre

21 May 2013

A gala opera performance featuring members of the royal family and other high- profile guests will celebrate the re-...

Crime & Courts

Scots drug dealers jailed for 60 years

21 May 2013

SCOTS members of a cross-border drugs ring that flooded Glasgow and surrounding towns with up to £200 million...
Qatada told he must stay behind bars

21 May 2013

Radical cleric Abu Qatada must remain behind bars until he leaves Britain after "jihadist files" were found on...
Bridger told police he 'could have burnt April's body'

21 May 2013

The former slaughterman accused of murdering schoolgirl April Jones told police that he "could have burnt the body...

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...

Health

US surgery could help disabled boy

21 May 2013

A MOTHER is hoping to raise £50,000 for surgery she believes could transform her son's life.
Bed-sharing danger to new babies

21 May 2013

Around 120 baby deaths could be prevented in the UK every year if parents stopped sharing beds with their children,...
Gartnavel Hospital praised in report

21 May 2013

A SCOTTISH health authority has been praised by the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate (HEI) following an...

Cancer charity slams 'enormous drug inequality'

20 May 2013

A cancer charity has hit out at the "enormous inequality" in the system for prescribing new medicines.
Fertility clinic hit by falling success rates faces new investigation

20 May 2013

FEARS have been raised by the Government watchdog that more patients' treatment may have been affected by a...
Scottish women miss out on cancer testing

20 May 2013

SCOTTISH women could miss out on access to the genetic testing for breast cancer that prompted actress Angelina...
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.

Education

£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...
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...

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Transport

Surge in cycling brings £4m boost to city's wealth

21 May 2013

A SURGE in commuters cycling to and from Glasgow is estimated to be benefitting the local economy by more than...
Station reopens after delay to £11m rebuild

21 May 2013

TRAINS are using a railway station in Glasgow's East End again after a six-month delay to its £11 million...
Meet Amanda McMillan: the woman who runs Glasgow Airport

20 May 2013

AMANDA McMillan is recounting a lost in translation moment at airport security.

Video: academics to study ScotRail's systems

20 May 2013

RESEARCHERS are putting ScotRail's maintenance systems under the microscope in a bid to improve the network'...
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...

Environment

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.
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...

World News

Hague: Case for EU to arm Syrian rebels 'compelling'

21 May 2013

NO options are off the table if Syria's ruling regime refuses to seriously engage in an inter-national conference to broker peace in the country, Foreign Secretary William Hague has warned.
Man dies as state is struck by tornadoes

21 May 2013

A MAN has died and several people were injured as tornadoes caused havoc in the US state of Oklahoma.
80 die in car bombings as Iraq tensions intensify

21 May 2013

AT least 80 people have been killed yesterday in car bomb explosions targeting Shi'ite Muslims in Iraq, police and medics said.

Egypt sends forces after kidnapping

21 May 2013

EGYPT'S army has sent reinforcements into the Sinai Peninsula after President Mohamed Mursi said there would be no talks with militant Islamists who have abducted seven members of the security forces.
Socks off in Pakistan power crisis

21 May 2013

Pakistan has told civil servants not to wear socks as the country turns off air-conditioners amid a chronic power crisis and soaring temperatures.
Imran Khan blames rival over killing of politician

20 May 2013

IMRAN Khan has claimed a political rival and the British Government must take responsibility for the assassination of a senior member of his political party.
Two terror suspects shot dead

20 May 2013

Police shot dead a couple suspected of being terrorists after they threw four grenades, wounding five officers in an overnight stand-off in Kenya.
North Korea launches projectile into the sea

20 May 2013

North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast yesterday – a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said.