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Westminster has been holding back Scottish economy for generations, says Sturgeon

UK economic decisions have been holding Scotland back "for generations," Nicola Sturgeon has claimed, as...
Opposition tell SNP's Humza Yousaf: independence campaign is no Arab Spring

Opposition parties have criticised external affairs minister Humza Yousaf, claiming he has drawn "crass"...
BBC pledges £5m for indyref coverage

The BBC has said it will spend £5m on extended coverage of the independence referendum.

Iain Banks: I'm ready for chemo

Scottish novelist Iain Banks has said that he is ready to try chemotherapy if it is an option in his battle with...
More courts likely to close under justice plan

A fresh round of court closures is being lined up beyond those already planned, according to the chief executive of...
Cheers! Johnnie Walker named world's leading drink

Whisky Johnnie Walker has been named the world's leading alcoholic drink in an annual league table.
11-year-old girl who died on Highland school trip had heart abnormality

An 11-year-old girl who died on a school trip to the Highlands is thought to have suffered from a heart abnormality...
Gay marriage bill clears the Commons

The Coalition Government's controversial plans to legalise gay marriage cleared the Commons tonight despite efforts...

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Gay marriage bill clears the Commons

21 May 2013

The Coalition Government's controversial plans to legalise gay marriage cleared the Commons tonight despite efforts...
Opposition tell SNP's Humza Yousaf: independence campaign is no Arab Spring

21 May 2013

Opposition parties have criticised external affairs minister Humza Yousaf, claiming he has drawn "crass"...
11-year-old girl who died on Highland school trip had heart abnormality

21 May 2013

An 11-year-old girl who died on a school trip to the Highlands is thought to have suffered from a heart abnormality...

Cheers! Johnnie Walker named world's leading drink

21 May 2013

Whisky Johnnie Walker has been named the world's leading alcoholic drink in an annual league table.
BBC pledges £5m for indyref coverage

21 May 2013

The BBC has said it will spend £5m on extended coverage of the independence referendum.
Iain Banks: I'm ready for chemo

21 May 2013

Scottish novelist Iain Banks has said that he is ready to try chemotherapy if it is an option in his battle with...
Award-winning director and Game of Thrones star on judging panel for Edinburgh International Film Festival

21 May 2013

An acclaimed director will head the judging panel for an award celebrating world cinema at the Edinburgh...
The ice cracks: ITV axes Dancing On Ice

21 May 2013

TV series Dancing On Ice is to be axed after one further series, it was announced today.

Crime & Courts

More courts likely to close under justice plan

21 May 2013

A fresh round of court closures is being lined up beyond those already planned, according to the chief executive of...
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...

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

Monster tornado rips through Oklahoma, killing scores and destroying school

21 May 2013

A monstrous tornado at least a half a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening neighbourhoods and destroying a school as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200mph.
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.