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Nigel Farage: everyone's out to silence Ukip's voice in Scotland

Ukip leader Nigel Farage has said there is "something unpleasant going on" in Scotland after a chaotic day...
Swinney: Scottish pensioners better off than rUK after independence

Senior citizens in Scotland would benefit from stronger pension safeguards than those elsewhere in the UK if...
200 more rapes, but Scotland's recorded crime at lowest for four decades

Recorded crime has fallen to its lowest level for almost four decades, but there was a 16% increase in rapes last...
Andy Coulson appears in court on perjury charge

Former Tory spin doctor and News of the World editor Andy Coulson has appeared in court charged with perjury.

The Hydro: still on track, but opening could be delayed, say operators

The fire-damaged Hydro entertainment venue in Glasgow remains scheduled to open at the end of September, but a delay...
Scott Harrison cleared of domestic abuse

FORMER world champion boxer Scott Harrison has walked free from court after being cleared of domestic charges.
MSP attacked after objecting to same-sex marriage bill

A SENIOR MSP claims she has been subjected to personal attacks after declaring she will vote against legislation...
Barry Cryer: Mrs Brown's Boys doesn't have believable characters

COMEDIAN Barry Cryer has criticised BBC Scotland's Mrs Brown's Boys and other TV sitcoms for lacking...
Should two-year-old boy support Celtic or Rangers? Father is stabbed in row

A FATHER was stabbed after a row about whether his son should follow Celtic or Rangers.
Tennant brings star quality to leafy Glasgow street

SCOTTISH actor David Tennant and a former James Bond girl provided an unusual sight in the leafy west end of Glasgow...
Police hunt man behind 'motiveless' Glasgow attack

POLICE have appealed for witnesses after a 45-year-old man was stabbed in broad daylight in an apparently motiveless...
Troubled firm's takeover saves 1,600 Scots jobs

MORE than 1,600 jobs at three Scottish food processing factories formerly owned by troubled Dutch foods giant VION...

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Troubled firm's takeover saves 1,600 Scots jobs

18 June 2013

MORE than 1,600 jobs at three Scottish food processing factories formerly owned by troubled Dutch foods giant VION...
Meet Bob, the 90-year-old who's now Europe's oldest bungee jumper

18 June 2013

A 90-year-old man has leapt 131ft from a bridge for charity, becoming the oldest bungee jumper in Europe.
Swinney: Scottish pensioners better off than rUK after independence

18 June 2013

Senior citizens in Scotland would benefit from stronger pension safeguards than those elsewhere in the UK if...

Scott Harrison cleared of domestic abuse

18 June 2013

FORMER world champion boxer Scott Harrison has walked free from court after being cleared of domestic charges.
Police hunt man behind 'motiveless' Glasgow attack

18 June 2013

POLICE have appealed for witnesses after a 45-year-old man was stabbed in broad daylight in an apparently motiveless...
Man stabbed in random attack on Glasgow street

18 June 2013

A man has been stabbed in a city street and is now in hospital with wounds to his chest and arm, according to police...
200 more rapes, but Scotland's recorded crime at lowest for four decades

18 June 2013

Recorded crime has fallen to its lowest level for almost four decades, but there was a 16% increase in rapes last...
The Hydro: still on track, but opening could be delayed, say operators

18 June 2013

The fire-damaged Hydro entertainment venue in Glasgow remains scheduled to open at the end of September, but a delay...

Crime & Courts

Andy Coulson appears in court on perjury charge

18 June 2013

Former Tory spin doctor and News of the World editor Andy Coulson has appeared in court charged with perjury.
Married teacher 'fled country with teenage girl' over affair

12 June 2013

A MARRIED teacher fled to France with a 15-year-old pupil who had a crush on him the day after police questioned her...
Trial witness claims murder accused 'unfairly implicated'

12 June 2013

A WITNESS in the Sharkey fire deaths trial has admitted he told a barmaid that murder accused Robert Jennings was...

Warning over Asian child abuse

9 June 2013

A model of Pakistani-heritage men targeting young white girls for sexual exploitation does exist and authorities...
Police hunt knife attacker after three stabbed

9 June 2013

Three people were stabbed in an attack by a single suspect, police have said.
Hunt for identity of remains in shallow grave

9 June 2013

POLICE were yesterday continuing efforts to identify human remains found in a shallow grave near Edinburgh Zoo.
Double probe after women found

9 June 2013

DETECTIVES have launched a double murder probe after two bodies were discovered in Cumbria.
Sex crackdown for east as police turn heat on saunas

8 June 2013

SCOTLAND's eight police forces merged two months ago.

Health

Hospital ward closed over high bug rate

18 June 2013

A HOSPITAL ward in Glasgow has been closed to new patients after an abnormally high rate of a potentially fatal...
Groundbreaking IVF technique delivers baby Eva

15 June 2013

A SCOTS woman who became the first to conceive using a breakthrough IVF technique has given birth to a girl.
Scruffy hospital doctors are urged to clean up their act

14 June 2013

SCRUFFY hospital doctors should tidy up their image and even return to wearing white coats to help promote standards...

E-cigs to be classed as medicines under new proposals

12 June 2013

Electronic cigarettes are to be classed as "medicines" under new proposals to tighten up the regulation of nicotine-...
Give boys cervical cancer injection, MSPs told

12 June 2013

THE vaccination against cervical cancer offered to all 12-year-old girls in Scotland should also be offered to boys...
Health boards told to review drug requests

12 June 2013

HEALTH boards in the west of Scotland have been ordered to review how they handle case-by-case drug requests after a...
Overflowing hospitals face year-round beds shortage

11 June 2013

EMERGENCY beds made available to help the NHS cope with a flood of patients last winter are still being used because...
Vitamin D level linked to high blood pressure

11 June 2013

LOW levels of vitamin D can trigger high blood pressure, a study has shown.

Education

Praise for retiring education chief

15 June 2013

THE director of education at Scotland's best-performing local authority for schools is to retire.
Cleric's backing for faith schools

15 June 2013

ONE of the Vatican's most senior clerics has used a visit to Scotland to reinforce the message that the provision of...
Top councillors set to debate village school closure legislation

15 June 2013

SCOTLAND'S most senior councillors are to debate a controversial decision by ministers to reject plans to make it...

Permanent posts for half of new teachers

14 June 2013

NEARLY half of all newly qualified teachers have found full-time permanent jobs in Scotland's schools – more...
Access plan 'might harm colleges reputation'

14 June 2013

SENDING more bright pupils from deprived backgrounds to university rather than college could do more harm than good...
Councils and ministers set to clash over rural schools legislation

14 June 2013

MINISTERS are on a collision course with councils after rejecting plans to make it easier to close village schools...
Academics attack university over disciplinary procedures

13 June 2013

ACADEMICS have issued a strongly-worded attack on disciplinary procedures operated by Glasgow University in the wake...
Disabled schoolboy wins right to guitar lessons

13 June 2013

A DISABLED schoolboy has won a landmark ruling that he can take part in after-school guitar classes after he was...

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Transport

Investigation launched after stray cow causes rail chaos

18 June 2013

SCOTLAND'S busiest rail service was badly disrupted after a cow strayed on to the line.
Cows on the line: Glasgow-Edinburgh rail services badly disrupted

17 June 2013

Travellers on Scotland’s busiest rail service have been facing hours of delays today after cows strayed onto...
Missing in smartphone action

14 June 2013

THEY have become the tools of modern life but our devotion to smartphones and other such devices has led an...

Souter's post-independence road toll plan

13 June 2013

TRANSPORT tycoon Sir Brian Souter has said an independent Scotland should slash taxes and introduce road tolls.
Police probe violent incidents on trains from the seaside

11 June 2013

POLICE have condemned the behaviour of a number of passengers travelling on trains between Ayrshire and Glasgow at...
Tourism value of cycling nearly 10 times that of whisky, say experts

11 June 2013

CYCLING generates almost 10 times as much tourist spending in Scotland as whisky, according to a new report which...
Motor groups criticise poor parking signs

11 June 2013

Motoring organisations have criticised local authorities for using parking signs that "require a PhD to understand...
Scots hit by rising travelling expenses

10 June 2013

The rising cost of travelling to work is forcing Scots commuters to curb their lifestyle, according to a new survey...

Environment

Trump criticised for planning breaches

16 June 2013

Donald Trump is facing unprecedented criticism from Aberdeenshire Council for repeatedly breaching planning rules at...
Charity calls for farmers to take action as Scots wildflowers vanish

16 June 2013

Many of the wild flowers that brighten the Scottish countryside are disappearing because politicians and farmers are...
Probe after the first sea eagle nest in a century is destroyed

14 June 2013

POLICE have launched an investigation after a white-tailed eagle's nest was allegedly destroyed in an apparent...

More floating wind farms set for Scots waters in growth bid

12 June 2013

A drive to build more floating wind farms has been announced, with Scottish waters likely to see further testing and...
Green light for £465m biomass plant

4 June 2013

SCOTLAND'S largest combined heat and power biomass plant has been given the go-ahead by the Scottish Government.
Scots environmental watchdog accused of 'cheating' to make dirty beaches look clean

2 June 2013

The Government's pollution watchdog has been forced to drop a system it has used to avoid testing popular beaches on...
Fourth pesticide 'poses risk to honey bees'

29 May 2013

European experts have warned of the risks to honey bees from a fourth pesticide, after moves to ban three other...
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.

World News

Protesters faced by riot police at march

18 June 2013

TURKISH riot police backed by water cannon have confronted around 1000 trade union workers in the capital Ankara, after a weekend of some of the worst clashes since anti-government protests erupted late last month.
President-elect hints at a more transparent Iran

18 June 2013

IRAN'S newly-elected president has promised to follow a "path of moderation" and bring more openness over the country's nuclear programme, but sided with the hard-line Islamic establishment that refuses to consider halting uranium enrichment.
US 'open to North Korea talks'

18 June 2013

THE US is open to talks with North Korea – but only if it complies with UN Security Council resolutions, senior officials have said.

Ruling Czech Republic party seeks successor for ousted PM

18 June 2013

The Czech Republic's main ruling party has met to search for a candidate to succeed Prime Minister Petr Necas who quit after a spying and bribery scandal that centred on his closest aide.
Jet-setting monks come under fire

18 June 2013

THAILAND'S Buddhist monks are under investigation following complaints sparked by a video showing some flying on a private jet.
Iranian joy as hardliners lose to moderate Rohani

17 June 2013

Iranians have been celebrating the election of moderate Hassan Rohani as president in a popular repudiation of conservative hardliners as the world came to terms with his surprise win.
Turkish riot police fire tear gas at protesters

17 June 2013

Riot police fired bursts of tear gas in Istanbul after a night of unrest to try to stop anti-government demonstrators regrouping ahead of a rally by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party.
Students attacked in Bordeaux

17 June 2013

France's interior minister has condemned as racist an assault on six Chinese students by drunken locals in the Bordeaux wine-producing region that left one seriously injured.