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

TRADITIONALIST congregation leaders have had closed-door talks with Church of Scotland lawyers about quitting the Kirk because of this week's decision on gay clergy.

GLASGOW is behind only London and Manchester in a poll of the most popular British destinations.

PLANS for the £30 million transformation of Glasgow Caledonian University have been unveiled.

AN advert for Listerine mouthwash has been banned for suggesting misleadingly that such products are necessary for dental health.

Environmental campaigners are urging fish farm operators in Scotland to sign up to a new sustainable seafood scheme.

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.

A MAN who told his Staffordshire Bull Terrier "good boy" after it savaged a woman with cerebral palsy, leaving her ear hanging off, has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.

ANDY Murray's grandmother has claimed the tennis star has a real chance of winning Wimbledon this year, given that the pressure to win a grand slam has been lifted.

SENIOR Church of Scotland figures have clashed over quitting the "only non-Israeli land by the Sea of Galilee" after a plea to sell its controversial Scots Hotel in Tiberias.

THE crew of a Royal Navy warship were barred from a city pub because they were wearing their uniforms.

PLANS for two controversial wind farms in the Highlands have been passed, despite a last-ditch attempt by Government advisers on wildlife and landscapes.

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.

A businessman who died along with his two children following a fire at the family home was left "gutted, devastated and speechless" when a pub he was renovating was burned down, a court heard.