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  • Civil servants plan strikes
    Monday 3 December 2012

    The threat of more strikes by tens of thousands of civil servants could come closer this week when union bosses meet to consider industrial action.

  • Publisher eyes book sales boost
    Monday 3 December 2012

    THE Scottish publisher behind the Booker Prize-winning novel Life Of Pi is set to rake in hundreds of thousands of pounds as the fantastical tale hits the big screen.

  • Locals raise £500,000 and save historic church
    Monday 3 December 2012

    A FAMOUS Church of Scotland kirk has been saved after villagers raised £500,000 to restore it.

  • Fugitive located in rape inquiry
    Monday 3 December 2012

    A FUGITIVE wanted in connection with the rape of a woman in Perth in October has been arrested.

  • Impact study could lead to parade laws
    Monday 3 December 2012

    MINISTERS have commissioned research on the impact of marches on local communities in a move seen as the first step towards legislation on parades in Scotland.

  • NHS chiefs suspended in waiting-list investigation
    Monday 3 December 2012

    TWO top NHS executives have been suspended amid a probe by watchdogs into discrepancies over waiting-time figures.

  • Row over wife's role in charity
    Monday 3 December 2012

    THE Scottish Government has been called on to investigate a high-profile publicly funded charity at the centre of a row over alleged nepotism.

  • Army staff get extra Christmas holiday
    Monday 3 December 2012

    British Army personnel have been granted an extra five days holiday this Christmas in recognition of their hard work during 2012.

  • Humphrys: I didn't plan to humiliate former BBC boss
    Monday 3 December 2012

    RADIO presenter John Humphrys has insisted he did not set out to humiliate George Entwistle during the on-air mauling that led to the former BBC director general's resignation.

  • Stars lined up for Linlithgow event
    Monday 3 December 2012

    HOLLYWOOD stars Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Keira Knightley are said to be on the guest list for fashion house Chanel's first-ever fashion show in Scotland.

  • How to donate
    Monday 3 December 2012

    THE Herald Aberlour Christmas Appeal will support the work of the biggest children's charity working solely in Scotland.

  • Special delivery
    Monday 3 December 2012

    Pamela Nash MP has visited Royal Mail's Christmas parcel sort centre in Lanarkshire to see first-hand the mountain of parcels the postal operator will deliver this year.

  • Monumental day for musicians
    Monday 3 December 2012

    A group of students has become the first musicians to perform inside the Wallace Monument.

  • Sixties music fans hoping to take Christmas album chart by storm
    Monday 3 December 2012

    A group of 1960s music fans are aiming to give today's pop stars a run for their money in the race to be number one at Christmas.

  • Wedding drama as carriage collides with car
    Monday 3 December 2012

    THE driver of a horse-drawn carriage remains in hospital after colliding with a car as he carried a bride to her wedding on Saturday.

  • Branson boost
    Monday 3 December 2012

    MOST of Britons would replace George Osborne with an entrepreneur.

  • Gene test for nicotine addiction
    Monday 3 December 2012

    SCOTTISH smokers could be given a genetic test to help them to quit their nicotine habit.

  • Sir Paul realises his dream of featuring in The Dandy
    Monday 3 December 2012

    HE has sold more than 100 million albums, has a knighthood, and is the most successful songwriter in UK chart history.

  • Anger at plan to remove ancient monument site
    Monday 3 December 2012

    Plans have been lodged to remove an entire hill, famed for its archeological heritage and geological significance, to make way for a quarry.

  • Amy axes gigs after seizure
    Monday 3 December 2012

    singer Amy Macdonald has been forced to cancel tour dates after suffering from a seizure.

  • Pandas celebrate first year in Edinburgh
    Monday 3 December 2012

    MORE that half a million visitors have flocked to Edinburgh Zoo since giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang arrived in the city a year ago.

  • Bill to boost cancer research launched
    Monday 3 December 2012

    Doctors are too scared of getting sued to make any steps forward in finding a cure for cancer, Lord Saatchi said as he launched a Private Members' Bill giving legal defence for doctors who make medical innovations.

  • Shock as woman found by river
    Monday 3 December 2012

    TRIBUTES have been paid to a young woman who died after a night out in Glasgow.

  • Trio of Edinburgh fires to be probed
    Monday 3 December 2012

    Investigations are under way after three separate blazes in Edinburgh.

  • Legal aid row poised to escalate
    Monday 3 December 2012

    PROTEST action by lawyers over legal aid changes is set to spread throughout the country this week.

  • Caution urged on roads as snowfall forecast
    Monday 3 December 2012

    Drivers were urged to take extra care as the first widespread snowfall of winter was due to hit many parts of Scotland.

  • Call for review of drink-drive laws
    Monday 3 December 2012

    Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has launched this year's festive drink-driving crackdown with a demand for police to breathalyse drivers at random.

  • Sex-trade policing fears
    Monday 3 December 2012

    POLICE chiefs have drawn up a new strategy on Scotland's sex trade to be used by the new single police force, leading to fears of a national crackdown.

  • Clyde woman's death 'not suspicious'
    Sunday 2 December 2012

    The death of a woman found in the River Clyde is not thought to be suspicious, police have said.

  • Cyber Monday: get the plastic ready for online shopping spree
    Sunday 2 December 2012

    Online retailers are braced for their busiest day of the year as consumers take part in the annual pre-Christmas shopping spree dubbed Cyber Monday.