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  • Thursday 24 May 2012

    ONE of the favourites in the running to become the next BBC director-general claimed more than £1000 in taxi fares in three months.

  • Thursday 24 May 2012

    POP star Kylie Minogue said she "stripped herself of being Kylie" for her role in a new sci-fi fantasy alongside Eva Mendes.

  • Thursday 24 May 2012

    THE quality of bathing waters in Europe has improved since last year but heavy rainfall caused problems at some Scottish coastal spots.

  • Thursday 24 May 2012

    ONE of Scotland's most successful businessmen is on the brink of bankruptcy with almost £7 million owed to the bank.

  • Thursday 24 May 2012

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  • Thursday 24 May 2012

    CALLS for an independent public inquiry into the Lockerbie bombing gained momentum yesterday following the backing of a number of high profile MSPs.

  • Thursday 24 May 2012

    AROUND 100 Scottish workers in 14 stores are to lose their jobs in the first wave of closures at collapsed retailer Clinton Cards, administrators said.

  • Thursday 24 May 2012

    THE Prince of Wales inspected a guard of honour at the Military Muster in Fort York in Toronto, Canada, as he and the Duchess of Cornwall continued their tour of the country.

  • Thursday 24 May 2012

    THE University of Edinburgh yesterday opened a centre to research the use of carbon to retrieve oil otherwise hard to extract from reservoirs, a method that could unlock three billion barrels of trapped North Sea oil worth £190 billion.

  • Thursday 24 May 2012

    STUDENTS at North Glasgow College staged a musical protest yesterday against moves to slash courses and jobs following Government funding cuts.

  • Thursday 24 May 2012

    MODELS wearing designs by student Emma Hardstaff strut their stuff on the catwalk at the annual Edinburgh College of Art fashion show.

  • Thursday 24 May 2012

    SIR David Murray was the largest beneficiary of a controversial tax avoidance scheme that has brought Rangers to the brink of financial disaster, it was claimed last night.

  • Thursday 24 May 2012

    A 14-year-old pupil is in a critical condition in hospital after collapsing during an alleged altercation at a Glasgow school.

  • Thursday 24 May 2012

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  • Thursday 24 May 2012

    A SENIOR partner with Rangers administrators Duff & Phelps last night denied he faced a serious conflict of interest after it was claimed he had worked on the deal to buy the club with money raised from selling season ticket rights to Ticketus.

  • Thursday 24 May 2012

    A SENIOR partner with Rangers administrators Duff & Phelps last night denied he faced a serious conflict of interest after it was claimed he had worked on the deal to buy the club with money raised from selling season ticket rights to Ticketus.

  • Wednesday 23 May 2012

    Scots basked in sunshine today as temperatures reached their highest of the year so far.

  • Wednesday 23 May 2012

    A CHURCH of Scotland leader has warned that social media sites like Facebook and Twitter are in danger of "dehumanising humanity".

  • Wednesday 23 May 2012

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  • Wednesday 23 May 2012

    Pirates, four brand-new operas, and the return of Wagner to the Scottish Opera stage for the first time in nine years mark the 50th anniversary season of Scotland's national opera company.

  • Wednesday 23 May 2012

    ONLINE retailer Amazon has been ordered to clarify advertising about its premium one-day delivery service after customers complained they had been left waiting for orders.

  • Wednesday 23 May 2012

    THE number of cases of blindness in Scotland could be halved by raising awareness of the causes, a charity has said.

  • Wednesday 23 May 2012

    THE death of an estate worker who fell 150ft from a mountainside was a "tragic" accident, a sheriff has ruled.

  • Wednesday 23 May 2012

    THE father of a young soldier accidentally shot dead by his Scots comrade while on active service in Afghanistan has called for lessons to be learned from the tragedy.

  • Wednesday 23 May 2012

    CHRIS Lucas, head of large mammals at Blair Drummond Safari Park, watches Lucy the white rhino as she arrives at the visitor attraction.

  • Wednesday 23 May 2012

    A WOMAN who has five convictions related to drink- driving has been allowed to keep her Range Rover Discovery after an appeal in the High Court in Edinburgh.

  • Wednesday 23 May 2012

    LINGERIE tycoon Michelle Mone has put her luxury home up for sale in the wake of the news she and her husband are to divorce.

  • Wednesday 23 May 2012

    FOR almost two centuries a village near Loch Lomond has hosted an annual agricultural show, one of the most important events in the Scottish farming calendar.

  • Wednesday 23 May 2012

    FORMER Harrods owner Mohamed al Fayed has claimed Scottish ministers will be playing Russian roulette with public health if they approve plans for a controversial waste incinerator.

  • Wednesday 23 May 2012

    Scottish Opera's Alex Reedijk is right to take pride in the fact that his company is in good financial health.