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  • Sir Patrick Moore dies, aged 89
    Sunday 9 December 2012

    Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore died today aged 89, a group of his friends and staff said.

  • Boris Johnson attacks tax 'sneers' on Starbucks
    Sunday 9 December 2012

    Boris Johnson condemned "sneering" at Starbucks today after the firm volunteered to pay millions of pounds more tax.

  • The dark side of the gas rush
    Sunday 9 December 2012

    A quarter of Scotland has been opened up for drilling as part of Chancellor George Osborne's new dash for underground gas.

  • Banish 'gun porn' magazines to top shelf, says animal charity
    Sunday 9 December 2012

    SHOOTING and hunting magazines which carry graphic images of dead animals have been compared to pornography by animal rights activists, who are calling for a ban against selling them to under-18s.

  • The hot air balloons -
    Sunday 9 December 2012

    TWO of the world's best-known egos – the billionaires Donald Trump and Lord Alan Sugar – are engaged in a no-holds-barred Twitter spat that began as a dispute over Scottish wind farms.

  • Where do you go when there's just no money left to buy food?
    Sunday 9 December 2012

    IT is a typical Saturday in December, with roads packed with traffic as the festive frenzy gets underway.

  • 'I am devastated with the tragic loss of my beloved wife Jacintha'
    Sunday 9 December 2012

    THE family of nurse Jacintha Saldanha who died in a suspected suicide following a prank call to the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge have spoken of their heartbreak at her death.

  • Gas risks must be known
    Sunday 9 December 2012

    ON the face of it, the plans to explore Scotland's vast untapped reserves of "unconventional" gas supplies could be a positive move.

  • Brave leads Fowlis to Trad award
    Sunday 9 December 2012

    SINGER and multi-instrumentalist Julie Fowlis was among a host of stars honoured at last night's Trad Music Awards in Fort William.

  • One killed in aircraft crash
    Sunday 9 December 2012

    One person was killed yesterday when a light aircraft crashed in a village and narrowly missed a row of houses.

  • Starbucks targeted by activists over its taxes
    Sunday 9 December 2012

    PROTESTS took place at more than 50 Starbucks stores yesterday, including outlets in Glasgow, by activists angered at the coffee chain's tax arrangements.

  • Call for tougher knife sentences
    Sunday 9 December 2012

    MORE than 100 anti-knife crime campaigners yesterday marched outside the Scottish Parliament calling for tougher sentences for killers.

  • Man seriously hurt after pub row turns into gang attack
    Saturday 8 December 2012

    A man is in a serious condition in hospital after an argument in a pub descended into a "horrendous" gang attack.

  • Tax protests at 50 Starbucks stores
    Saturday 8 December 2012

    Anti tax avoidance activists staged protests at more than 50 Starbucks stores today to complain about the coffee chain's tax arrangements.

  • Anger from Kate's hospital as hoax calls DJs are taken off air
    Saturday 8 December 2012

    The hospital where the nurse who was duped into helping reveal details about the Duchess of Cambridge's health worked, today condemned the prank phone call as "truly appalling".

  • Rangers appoint Jim Traynor as PR supremo
    Saturday 8 December 2012

    Jim Traynor, the former Daily Record sports journalist, has been appointed as Rangers' new director of communications.

  • Culture body U-turn will finally put artists first
    Saturday 8 December 2012

    A DRAMATIC policy U-turn has been announced by Scotland's embattled arts body after a turbulent year which culminated in the resignation of its under-fire chief executive this week.

  • Clinton: Leaders in Ulster have to reach out
    Saturday 8 December 2012

    Hillary Clinton has told political leaders in Belfast they must get out of Stormont and engage with their disillusioned grassroots voters.

  • Nurse who took hoax Kate call found dead
    Saturday 8 December 2012

    The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been left deeply saddened after the nurse duped by hoax callers into revealing details about Kate's health apparently committed suicide.

  • New crofting body is hit by absentee row
    Saturday 8 December 2012

    THE new body set up to regulate crofting and root out absentee crofters has been accused of hypocrisy and impropriety after it emerged one of its elected commissioners is himself a long-time absentee.

  • Parents fight for school at heart of their community
    Saturday 8 December 2012

    Parents are gearing up for a fight to save their primary school in the face of plans being drawn up by education chiefs to tackle falling rolls and ageing buildings.

  • Singer back, 40 years after vanishing act
    Saturday 8 December 2012

    SHE was compared to Joan Baez, and was even described as the new Joni Mitchell.

  • IVF couples in distress
    Saturday 8 December 2012

    COUPLES undergoing IVF at a hospital where treatments have been suspended due to plummeting success rates have been left "distressed and emotional".

  • Aberfoyle still cleaning up three weeks after flooding
    Saturday 8 December 2012

    A FLOOD clean-up operation is still ongoing nearly three weeks after the River Forth burst its banks in Aberfoyle.

  • Rebel seaside traders bid to get town fund scrapped
    Saturday 8 December 2012

    TRADERS in a seaside town are demanding Government ministers overturn a ballot decision to set up a fund to breathe fresh life into business in the area.

  • Scottish renewables to help poor
    Saturday 8 December 2012

    PEOPLE in some of the world's poorest countries will have better access to clean energy, thanks to a partnership between the Scottish Government and the United Nations.

  • Cost of bread and cakes to soar
    Saturday 8 December 2012

    CONSUMERS have been warned of price rises for bread and cakes after the wet spring reduced crop yields.

  • Stricken boat towed to safety
    Saturday 8 December 2012

    A RESCUE mission that lasted seven hours was launched after a small fish-farm boat ran aground on Orkney.

  • Museum unveils major exhibitions
    Saturday 8 December 2012

    The Vikings and Mary Queen of Scots will be the subjects of two major exhibitions at the National Museum of Scotland (NMS) next year.

  • Panto veteran takes a bow
    Saturday 8 December 2012

    A RETIRED headmistress who has trod the boards in amateur panto every Christmas for more than 40 years is finally leaving the footlights.