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  • Harry Potter actor Griffiths dies aged 65
    Friday 29 March 2013

    Harry Potter actor Richard Griffiths has died of complications following heart surgery, it was announced today.

  • Postman dies after being knocked down by his own van
    Friday 29 March 2013

    A postman has died after being knocked down by his own van.

  • Dire warning for football as club sacks 11 players
    Friday 29 March 2013

    WARNINGS about the future financial viability of Scottish football were made hours before one of the nation's oldest clubs embarked on a programme of swingeing cuts in a bid for survival.

  • Highland river to be restocked with salmon
    Friday 29 March 2013

    URGENT action is to be taken to replenish salmon stocks on a Highland river after it emerged the fish population is close to vanishing.

  • Theatre revamp faces a £1 million shortfall
    Friday 29 March 2013

    THE ambitious transformation of one of the key theatres in Scotland is facing a shortfall of almost £1 million, just months into its redevelopment.

  • Bogus lawyer di Stefano is given 14 years
    Friday 29 March 2013

    A self-styled lawyer has been jailed for 14 years for a series of frauds on desperate and vulnerable victims whom he tricked into thinking he was a bona fide legal professional.

  • £16m bid to help tenants escape new bedroom tax
    Friday 29 March 2013

    GHA described the tax, part of the package of welfare reforms devised by the Coalition Government, as cruel and unfair.

  • Scottish textile firm lands China contract
    Friday 29 March 2013

    IN the cut-and-thrust of the executive life of a Chinese banker, appearance is crucial and can play a vital role in securing business.

  • Poverty in Scotland at worst level for 30 years
    Friday 29 March 2013

    LEVELS of poverty in Scotland are worse than they have been for 30 years, according to a new report, which claims 29% of Scots lack three or more of the necessities for basic living.

  • Unions in warning of more strikes at BBC
    Friday 29 March 2013

    BBC Scotland staff are prepared to stage fresh strike action unless the corporation's new boss takes their fears over news production seriously, a union has warned.

  • Bank app freezes people out
    Friday 29 March 2013

    UP to two million people were unable to access their bank accounts while on the move following the third major technical hitch to hit RBS Group in just nine months.

  • Sick man rescued from ship
    Friday 29 March 2013

    A 76-year-old man was airlifted to hospital from a cruise ship after falling seriously ill, the coastguard said.

  • Wave rescue bid girl out of hospital
    Friday 29 March 2013

    A teenager who suffered severe brain damage trying to save her friend from the sea is now back home after eight months in hospital.

  • Pippa tells of student life... sushi in front of the rugby
    Friday 29 March 2013

    Pippa Middleton has offered an insight into her experiences of student life at Edinburgh University, where she apparently spent afternoons making sushi in front of the rugby.

  • Beaumont in new charity challenge
    Friday 29 March 2013

    Record-breaking cyclist and adventurer Mark Beaumont is to swim and run the breadth of Scotland, following the scenic Highland Boundary Fault Line, to help raise money for charity.

  • Aviation expert dies after stroke
    Friday 29 March 2013

    AVIATION expert Jim Ferguson has died after suffering a stroke.

  • Carer smashed boss's car at hearing
    Friday 29 March 2013

    A care home worker caused more than £4000 worth of damage by vandalising her boss's car after storming out of a disciplinary hearing.

  • Telecom and pay TV complaints fall
    Friday 29 March 2013

    COMPLAINTS about telecoms and pay television providers continued to fall during the last quarter, although grievances about TalkTalk and BT remain well above the industry average, Ofcom figures show.

  • Cable backs Trump turbine decision
    Friday 29 March 2013

    Business Secretary Vince Cable has defended the Scottish Government's support for an offshore wind project which is bitterly opposed by US businessman Donald Trump.

  • Demolition threat to city's oldest pub
    Friday 29 March 2013

    A BID has been made to demolish one of Glasgow's oldest pubs, despite a council report claiming it is structurally sound.

  • Prisoner 'wanted to eat sheriff'
    Friday 29 March 2013

    A MAN serving a life sentence has had his term increased by five years – after claiming he wanted to eat a sheriff.

  • Brutal murderers sent to jail
    Friday 29 March 2013

    TWO killers who murdered a man in his flat before walking away arm-in-arm have been jailed for a total of 34 years.

  • Malt tastes grassy if standing on turf
    Friday 29 March 2013

    A malt whisky tastes more "grassy" when standing on turf listening to a lawnmower, researchers have found.

  • Renters in 13-year wait for deposit
    Friday 29 March 2013

    AN AVERAGE private renter in the UK would need 13 years to save up a deposit to buy their first home, according to new research.

  • Most Christians to skip Easter service
    Friday 29 March 2013

    More than three-quarters of British Christians will not attend church on Easter Sunday this year, a poll has found.

  • Funding boost for father of modern geology project
    Friday 29 March 2013

    A GHOSTLY image of a long dead pioneer will steer visitors through a new attraction telling the story of the man who helped Darwin form his evolution theory.

  • Investors launch payout bid from RBS over shares
    Friday 29 March 2013

    A GROUP of institutional investors are preparing to grill former Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Fred Goodwin in court in a bid for hundreds of millions of pounds in compensation over a £12 billion fund- raising conducted just months before the Edinburgh bank's collapse.

  • Radio play for album anniversary
    Friday 29 March 2013

    Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard has written a new radio play inspired by Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon to mark the album's 40th anniversary.

  • MP Joyce will not face charges over bar brawl
    Friday 29 March 2013

    MP Eric Joyce has been told he will not face charges following his arrest over an alleged brawl in a House of Commons bar.

  • Scottish chef finally wins Great British Menu honour
    Friday 29 March 2013

    TOP chef Michael Smith, of the Three Chimneys restaurant on Skye, has become the first Scot in seven years to triumph in the finals of BBC2's professional cookery programme Great British Menu.