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Cancer allows author Banks to ditch his carbon concerns

22 May 2013

six years ago self-confessed "petrol head" Iain Banks turned his back on the cars he loved in a bid to do his bit for the planet.
Conservation worries over Murray's hotel

22 May 2013

TENNIS ace Andy Murray may have scaled the heights of his game, but the star's foray into the luxury hotel business has hit a fault.
Man in 40s seriously ill in hospital after river bank rescue by fire crews

22 May 2013

A man is in a serious condition in hospital after being rescued from a river bank.

Athlete Lee McConnell expecting baby later this year, threatening CG2014 race plan

22 May 2013

Scotland's most medalled track and field athlete Lee McConnell has revealed that she is expecting her first child with husband Craig Bonthron.

Lens turns on man who brought wild beauty of Hebrides to our screens

22 May 2013

JOHN Aitchison has filmed big cats in Kenya's Masai Mara and captured the geological wonders of Yellowstone National Park but, he says, few places on earth hold a torch to the wilds of Scotland.
Police investigate two-way mirror in ladies' toilet at Glasgow nightclub

22 May 2013

Police have been called in to investigate a nightclub after it reportedly installed a two-way mirror in the ladies' toilet.
Ex-community centre manager guilty of abuse

22 May 2013

A former community centre manager has been found guilty of sexually abusing vulnerable children and adults in his care.

Tributes paid to snowboarder who fell to his death in France

22 May 2013

FAMILY and friends have paid tribute to a Scots snowboarder who died after falling from an isolated ridge in the French Alps.
Mother's grief as body is found

22 May 2013

The mother of a young man whose body has been found 14 years after he went missing has said she will miss him every day for the rest of her life.
New doubts over Irn-Bru maker's merger plans

22 May 2013

Renewed doubts have surfaced over the troubled £1.6billion merger plans for Scots softs drinks firm AG Barr and its larger rival Britvic.

Elsewhere on Herald Scotland

Lorry driver criticises legal fee bill

22 May 2013

A SCOTS lorry driver has criticised the English legal system after being left with a £40,000 legal bill despite winning almost £30,000 in compensation following injuries suffered in a road accident.
Review into RAF man's death ordered

22 May 2013

A WATCHDOG has demanded police review its probe into the death of a Scots RAF firefighter at an Oxfordshire barracks.
Trillions held in UK tax havens

22 May 2013

People using tax havens have deprived governments worldwide of £100 billion of revenue, enough to end extreme poverty twice over, according to new figures published by Oxfam.

Eric, Ernie and Eddie: Man behind the laughter dies

22 May 2013

Comedy writer Eddie Braben, the "third man" behind the successful duo of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, died yesterday aged 82, his manager said.
Ahead of the game: Microsoft's new Xbox will make your TV more intelligent

22 May 2013

It has been feted as the ultimate electronic game system amid promises that household televisions will become more intelligent.
Two ships grounded off coast of Scotland

22 May 2013

A PASSENGER ship has escaped undamaged after it ran aground on the west coast of Scotland.