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  • Daniel Day-Lewis makes Oscars history
    Monday 25 February 2013

    Daniel Day-Lewis made Oscar history today - becoming the first man to be named best actor three times.

  • Scots police launch 'most wanted' list
    Monday 25 February 2013

    FUGITIVES could soon be targeted on a "most wanted" list as it emerges 39 Scots are on the run across the globe with up to 140 foreign criminals potentially hiding out in this country.

  • Memorial to shipbuilders who paid with their health
    Monday 25 February 2013

    It will stand on the point where hundreds once waved goodbye to the ships of the Clyde.

  • Foodbanks feed 300,000 across UK
    Monday 25 February 2013

    A charity that provides a network of food banks across the UK is set to have fed more than 300,000 people by the end of the financial year, with people in low-paid work making up 51% of those too poor to eat, it has been revealed.

  • Doubt over cardinal's role in Pope vote
    Monday 25 February 2013

    THE participation of Britain's most senior Catholic cleric in the selection of the next Pope has been cast into doubt amid allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards young priests dating back to the 1980s.

  • Value of money has fallen by two-thirds since 1982
    Monday 25 February 2013

    IT was the year when Channel 4 was born, Britain went to war over the Falkland Islands and colour photographs were sent back to Earth by a space vehicle on Venus.

  • Richard III descendants demand king's York burial
    Monday 25 February 2013

    The living descendants of Richard III have demanded his remains are reburied in York, setting his family at odds with those who sensationally located the grave of the last Plantagenet king.

  • Return stalking rights, says expert
    Monday 25 February 2013

    A land reform expert charged with advising ministers has issued a stinging indictment of a Scottish Government decision to take the lease of sporting rights on the isle of Raasay away from local crofters.

  • There is hurt as cardinal misses Mass at cathedral
    Monday 25 February 2013

    ON the Second Sunday of Lent it was never going to be the most exuberant of Masses, but yesterday's service at St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral in Edinburgh, the spiritual home of Cardinal Keith O'Brien, was more solemn than many had expected.

  • Road crashes claim lives of two men
    Monday 25 February 2013

    TWO men have died following car crashes on Scottish roads.

  • 1.4 million Scots adults are not saving
    Monday 25 February 2013

    ONE-third of adults in Scotland are not making any effort to save for the future.

  • East-west split gives vital clues on decline of bees
    Monday 25 February 2013

    A STRIKING difference in honey-bee survival rates between the east and west of Scotland has been recorded by scientists, prompting calls for more action to tackle the species' decline.

  • Monster Morag under scrutiny
    Monday 25 February 2013

    EARLY writings depicting a mysterious creature said to live in the depths of Loch Morar in the Highlands are being studied by researchers.

  • Woman in intensive care after contracting swine flu
    Monday 25 February 2013

    A WOMAN is in a critical but stable condition in intensive care after contracting a form of swine flu.

  • Radio 2 to be chaotic
    Monday 25 February 2013

    Comedy stars Jennifer Saunders, left, and Dawn French are to take over BBC Radio 2 for Red Nose Day.

  • Rolex tops UK 'superbrand' to beat Apple and Microsoft
    Monday 25 February 2013

    Swiss watchmaker Rolex has retained its place at the top of an annual list of UK superbrands.

  • Service for 12 sailors lost at sea
    Monday 25 February 2013

    TWELVE sailors lost at sea when their oil tanker was torpedoed by a U-boat during the Second World War have been remembered in a memorial service on the east coast of Caithness.

  • Solo trek to help homelessness charity
    Monday 25 February 2013

    A man who lost his home unexpectedly will begin a six-month trek across Scotland with his dog today to raise money for charity.

  • Good nutrition link to spread of disease
    Monday 25 February 2013

    Infections could spread faster in animals that eat well, a study has suggested.

  • Inquiry as pub gutted by blaze
    Monday 25 February 2013

    AN investigation has been launched into a fire that swept through a pub and residential flats in Paisley.

  • Child strangled by blind cord
    Monday 25 February 2013

    A TODDLER has died after becoming entangled in a blind cord.

  • Hillwalkers airlifted to safety
    Monday 25 February 2013

    THREE hillwalkers were airlifted to safety in two separate incidents on Scotland's hills over the weekend.

  • 'Missing' Banksy is withdrawn from sale
    Monday 25 February 2013

    A Banksy mural at the centre of a controversial auction has been withdrawn from sale at the 11th hour.

  • Like humans, chimpanzees love to solve puzzles for fun
    Monday 25 February 2013

    CHIMPANZEES love having their brains teased by a puzzle – with or without the opportunity to win a prize.

  • Selfridges scraps plan for high-end Glasgow store
    Monday 25 February 2013

    LUXURY store group Selfridges is on the brink of scrapping its plan to build a new high-end shop in Glasgow, almost 11 years after announcing plans to arrive north of the Border.

  • Local community shocked by deaths
    Monday 25 February 2013

    Tributes have been paid to a family of three who all died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a caravan park.

  • Launch for new waste water plan
    Monday 25 February 2013

    The biggest investment in the Greater Glasgow area's waste water network in more than a century is to be announced today.

  • Pilots call for action over lasers
    Monday 25 February 2013

    PILOTS have called for tougher action on those who target aeroplanes with laser pens as it emerged four planes are hit every day.

  • Cotter hit by bug at Six Nations
    Monday 25 February 2013

    SCOTS rugby commentator Andrew Cotter has told how he had to abandon his BBC microphone during a live televised match after being struck down by the winter vomitting bug.

  • We can agree with Tories on Leveson, says Harman
    Monday 25 February 2013

    Harriet Harman has signalled Labour's willingness to reach an all-party agreement over Lord Justice Leveson's proposals on press regulation, but warned David Cameron "watered-down" plans would not be acceptable.