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First blow to Darling as Yes campaign launched

ALISTAIR Darling has made the first major assault of the No campaign against independence by seeking to spike the...
Student Loans boss to stand down

Student Loans Company head Ed Lester will stand down when his contract expires next year in the wake of controversy...
Libya pledges Lockerbie co-operation

Lockerbie investigators have been given fresh assurances by Libya's interim Prime Minister that his government will...

Libyan PM lays wreath at site where Wpc was shot

Libyan prime minister Abdurrahim El-Keib today made a historic visit to the spot where policewoman Yvonne Fletcher...
Cameron defends Hunt over BSkyB role

Prime Minister David Cameron has defended giving Jeremy Hunt responsibility for the decision on News Corporation's...
Boy dies following incident at school

A 14-year-old pupil, who collapsed during an alleged fight at a Glasgow school, has died.
Labour councillor operated as illegal landlord

A new Labour councillor and prominent businessman was operating as an illegal landlord for at least 11 months up...

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Cameron defends Hunt over BSkyB role

25 May 2012

Prime Minister David Cameron has defended giving Jeremy Hunt responsibility for the decision on News Corporation's...
Campaign for independence is launched

25 May 2012

The formal campaign for Scottish independence has been launched at a celebrity-endorsed event.
Boy dies following incident at school

25 May 2012

A 14-year-old pupil, who collapsed during an alleged fight at a Glasgow school, has died.

Green plans to be revealed

25 May 2012

RANGERS' administrators Duff & Phelps plan to release full details of the Charles Green consortium's takeover...
Protest over gay ordination

25 May 2012

TWO former Church of Scotland ministers have become the first to officially join a stricter denomination in protest...
Labour councillor operated as illegal landlord

25 May 2012

A new Labour councillor and prominent businessman was operating as an illegal landlord for at least 11 months up...
Postcode lottery for euro rates

25 May 2012

A POSTCODE lottery on currency exchange rates could be leaving some holidaymakers short-changed.
Firms to back Scots food

25 May 2012

ONE thousand businesses could become food champions in a scheme to promote Scottish produce.

Crime & Courts

Libyan PM lays wreath at site where Wpc was shot

25 May 2012

Libyan prime minister Abdurrahim El-Keib today made a historic visit to the spot where policewoman Yvonne Fletcher...
Huhne partner loses legal fight

25 May 2012

THE partner of MP Chris Huhne has lost her privacy and harassment claim against a national newspaper after a judge...
McAreavey accused 'tortured'

25 May 2012

ONE of the men charged with murdering Michaela McAreavey alleges police tried to suffocate him with a towel and held...

Murder hunt after stabbing

25 May 2012

A MURDER investigation has been launched after a man was stabbed to death.
Sentence review for policeman's killer

25 May 2012

A 14-year jail term handed to a member of a gang that killed a policeman in Northern Ireland has been referred to...
Sister tells of relief at Shafilea 'murder' revelation

25 May 2012

THE sister of an alleged murder victim told a jury it was a relief to tell police after seven years that her parents...
Police officer 'certain rings were in Fraser bathroom'

25 May 2012

A POLICE officer is in no doubt that jewellery was in a missing woman's bathroom on the day she disappeared, a court...
Murder investigation launched after city stabbing

24 May 2012

A murder investigation has been launched after a man was stabbed to death.

Health

Quigley speaks of elusive 'pregnancy effect' on MS

25 May 2012

ONE of Scotland's highest profile multiple sclerosis sufferers has spoken of how her symptoms almost vanished during...
Breakthrough for male contraceptive

25 May 2012

SCOTTISH scientists claim they are close to making a new type of male contraceptive after finding a gene that is...
Schizophrenia drug may fight cancer

25 May 2012

A DRUG used to treat schizophrenia may provide an effective weapon against treatment-resistant cancers, research...

Hospital A&E 'turned away rabies patient'

25 May 2012

AN investigation has been launched into how a woman suffering from rabies was reportedly turned away from a hospital...
Caesarean birth link to obesity

24 May 2012

CHILDREN delivered by caesarean section are more than twice as likely to be obese by the time they are three than...
Clot-busting drug aids stroke victims

24 May 2012

STROKE victims given a clot-busting drug after an attack recover better than those who do not receive the treatment...
Patient in the UK has rabies

24 May 2012

A CASE of rabies has been confirmed in the UK.
Salmond talks boost for Pompe patients

24 May 2012

SCOTS sufferers of a rare muscle-wasting disease are hopeful of a breakthrough in their battle for a drug rejected...

Education

Student Loans boss to stand down

25 May 2012

Student Loans Company head Ed Lester will stand down when his contract expires next year in the wake of controversy...
Student Loans Boss to stand down

25 May 2012

Student Loans Company head Ed Lester will stand down when his contract expires next year in the wake of controversy...
Curriculum audit branded a 'whitewash'

24 May 2012

AN audit to find out how ready Scottish secondary schools are to deliver controversial new exams has been dismissed...

College to cut jobs and courses

23 May 2012

A COLLEGE in one of the most deprived parts of Scotland is cutting courses and jobs following Government funding...
Fixed-term teaching plan

23 May 2012

SCOTTISH teachers should get five-year fixed-term contracts as part of moves to drive up school standards, the...
New exam is 'aimless and unsuitable'

22 May 2012

THE headteacher of a leading Scottish private school that pulled out of controversial new qualifications has told...
Student debt levels lowest in Scotland

22 May 2012

A SIGNIFICANT gulf has opened up between the debts of students from Scotland and their counterparts in the rest of...
Student leaders call for university shake-up

19 May 2012

STUDENT leaders have called for a radical shake-up of university entry procedures in Scotland to prevent...

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Transport

Legal bid over ferry contract

25 May 2012

THE Scottish Government will go to the Court of Session today to get permission to sign a £243 million...
Auditors to probe crisis-hit ferry firm

25 May 2012

AUDITORS have been asked to look at a troubled Clyde ferry service which has been restricted to carrying only 12...
Extra trains laid on for Olympics

24 May 2012

THOUSANDS of extra seats will be provided on Virgin train services between Glasgow and London this summer to cope...

Aeroplanes boost for Barra

24 May 2012

THE Scottish Government is to buy two new aircraft capable of landing on Barra's famous beach runway and lease them...
Ferry safety fears amid claims crew lack training

24 May 2012

DOUBTS about the safety of a beleaguered Clyde ferry crossing have been raised by MSPs after it emerged the crew had...
Council in U-turn for bus lane fines

24 May 2012

A COUNCIL has backtracked on new cameras that catch out drivers in bus lanes, with fines now to be written off.
Actor joins campaign against photo ban on Subway

23 May 2012

TRANSPORT chiefs have been bombarded by hundreds of complaints after proposing fines of up to £1000 for...
RAC fears spending cuts increase risky driving

23 May 2012

DRASTIC funding cuts for national road safety campaigns by the UK Government have led to an increase in risky...

Environment

The Indian dust bowl

24 May 2012

HAMSAVENI Narayanachari holds the iron stake in the blue-orange flames of the home-made mud furnace.
Energy expert supports offshore wind farm plan

23 May 2012

AN internationally acclaimed authority on the economics of the energy industry is supporting plans for the 11-...
£20m from community turbines

23 May 2012

THE UK's largest community wind farm project is set to generate more than £20 million over the next two...

Call for turbines deals to help local people

21 May 2012

URGENT action must be taken to ensure communities affected by large wind-farm developments can reap long-term...
£500,000 boost for reserve bid

21 May 2012

MEMBERS of the public have donated nearly £500,000 to a conservation charity to help save an area of wildlife...
Chemical weapon could lie beneath airbase

21 May 2012

A POTENTIALLY unstable chemical weapon could be buried beneath an airbase that will shortly become home to over 900...
Secret state lobbying for Scots energy giant

20 May 2012

Westminster secretly lobbied the Indian government to give the go-ahead to a controversial multi-billion pound deal...
Operation to stop gas leak on oil platform under way

16 May 2012

AN operation to stop a gas leak on a North Sea oil platform has got under way almost two months after the problem...

World News

Tyrants toppled but gains remain fragile

25 May 2012

IT was all about hope and a desire for change.
Unabomber posts reunion update

25 May 2012

Harvard's alumni association has apologised after it emerged that Unabomber Ted Kaczynski had posted a sick update for his classmates' 50th reunion this week.
Tobacco taxes to rise 40%

25 May 2012

NEW Zealand's Government has squeezed smokers more than ever by announcing a 40% hike in tobacco taxes over the next four years.

Dispute blow to Iran nuclear talks

25 May 2012

IRAN accused world powers yesterday of creating "a difficult atmosphere" hindering talks on its atomic energy programme, signalling a snag in diplomacy to ease a stand-off over fears of a covert Iranian effort to develop nuclear bombs.
Mood of celebration as Egypt goes to the polls

24 May 2012

Egyptians queued patiently to vote yesterday, eager to pick their leader for the first time in a national history dating to the pharaohs, with Islamists and secular-minded rivals who served under deposed President Hosni Mubarak heading the field.
Obama and Romney level in polls as rivals clash over US economy

24 May 2012

US voters are nearly evenly divided between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, with five months to go before the election, polls show.
Western powers in Iran nuclear talks

24 May 2012

Fresh talks between world powers and Iran over Tehran's nuclear programme have begun in Baghdad.
Spanish miners protest at cuts

24 May 2012

oviedo: A miner stands in front of burning barricades on the A-66 motorway, on the first day of a strikes to protest against the government's spending cuts in the mining sector, in Pola de Lena, near Oviedo, northern Spain.

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