Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Gordon Brown offers sympathy to friends of Russian asylum trio
PRIME MINISTER Gordon Brown has commuted his sympathies to the family and friends of the three Russian asylum seekers who apparently committed suicide by jumping from a Glasg [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Row over 'identical' logo for Glasgow Commonwealth Games
CONCERNS have been raised over the Glasgow Commonwealth Games logo after it emerged that the company behind it created an almost identical design for another group three year [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Police hunt for white van driver in Kevin Carroll murder probe
POLICE officers investigating the Glasgow gangland execution of Kevin Carroll say want to trace the driver of a van who they believe could provide "vital information". [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Whyte and Mackay warn minimum pricing will "decimate" Scotch whisky industry
WHISKY giant Whyte and Mackay today warned that the Scottish Government's minimum pricing policy will lead to job losses. [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Government outlines plan for Scotland to become 'world leader' in carbon capture
MINISTERS today set out their vision for Scotland to lead the world in using new technology to reduce carbon emissions. [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Business chief calls for city crackdown on charity collectors
THE boss of the firm that manages Edinburgh city centre has demanded a crackdown on "charity muggers", branding them worse than beggars. [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Mike Russell admits cutting class sizes has been "difficult"
CUTTING class sizes for younger pupils has been "more difficult" to implement than expected, Education Secretary Mike Russell said today. [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Has Holyrood gone completely Caracas, ask critics
HE IS a revolutionary socialist leader of a corruption-ridden country that boasts the world's third-highest murder rate. [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Paedophile who scared boy to tears insists he is 'not evil'
A CONVICTED paedophile has insisted he is "not evil" after scaring a nine-year-old boy to tears. [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Bouncer left blinded by stiletto attack calls for harsh sentence
A NIGHTCLUB doorman left blinded after being stamped on by a reveller with a stiletto heel today called on her to be jailed for "as long as possible". [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Trams arrive early – just in time for election
A LARGE section of Edinburgh's controversial new tram line could be open as early as next year in order to prove to voters that the disruption felt by residents and busine [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Moffat wants vote to end Labour selection row 'once and for all'
EAST Lothian Labour MP Anne Moffat today broke her silence over the row which threatens to end her political career. [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Triple suicide puts pressure on PM over asylum seekers
GORDON Brown will today be urged to improve the way asylum seekers with mental health issues are handled by authorities in the wake of the "exceptional tragedy" in whi [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Holyrood grinds to halt after dozens of Labour MSPs refuse to cross picket line
MSPs took the day off from parliamentary business yesterday because they objected to crossing a picket line of striking civil servants. [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Fifty offenders jailed every day by Scottish courts
THE number of Scottish offenders sent to prison has risen to its highest level in a decade, according to new statistics. [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Royal Regiment of Scotland sets off for Afghanistan
THE first batch of troops from The 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland set off for Afghanistan in the early hours of this morning to begin a six-month tour of duty. [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Tartan Week: From curling to catwalk as ice star heads for New York
TEENAGE Olympic curler Eve Muirhead is set to swap the ice rink for the catwalk after being named as one of the models at this year's Dressed to Kilt event in New York. [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Riddle after respected directors suddenly leave royal jewellers
TWO of the three directors running one of Scotland's most historic firms have suddenly left the company in mysterious circumstances, The Scotsman has learned. [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
'My baby girl Abbie died in my arms' weeping mother tells murder trial
A YOUNG mother sobbed yesterday as she told a murder trial how her five-month-old daughter died in her arms. [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Cow autopsy at Edinburgh's Science Festival slated as throwback to Dark Ages
ANIMAL rights campaigners have called for the live post-mortem examination of a cow to be dropped from Edinburgh's Science Festival programme – claiming it would be [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Young mothers to get extra support from family nurses
YOUNG mothers are to be given extra support as part of a pilot scheme being launched in Scotland. [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Rail bosses prepare for Easter strike as unions await ballots
THE threat of a national rail strike over Easter came closer yesterday as Network Rail (NR) revealed it had drawn up contingency plans to deal with a walkout by thousa [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Bid to prevent surge in abuse results in over 2,000 arrests
MORE than 2,000 people were arrested during a two-month crackdown on domestic violence, Scotland's biggest police force has revealed. [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Siemens may take over as lead firm in bid to solve dispute
THE lead firm in the consortium building Edinburgh's tram line would be replaced with one of its partners under an option to be considered by project chiefs today. [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Man tells court he was 'helping' to return stolen painting
A "LOVEABLE rogue" claimed he was acting out of decency in helping secure the return of a stolen £20 million painting, a court heard yesterday. [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Calculated bid to make maths more fun finds winning formula online
MATHS on a cold, wet Monday morning was once a horror feared by many a pupil. Repetitive times-tables with on-the-spot mental arithmetic was enough to strike terror into a p [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Heart problems mean it's an end to wild living for beaver
ONE of ten Norwegian beavers let loose in Scotland as part of a reintroduction programme has been taken permanently into captivity after it developed heart problems. [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Family's relief as 'limbs in the loch' killer finally loses freedom bid
THE father of a teenager murdered by the limbs-in-the-loch killer William Beggs yesterday said he was "glad it was all over" after the murderer lost an appeal to clear [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Edinburgh warns it is check-out time for tartan shops on 'tacky' Royal Mile
A CRACKDOWN on "tartan tat" shops on one of Scotland's most famous streets has finally been signalled, weeks after council leaders were warned its decline was let [more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Teenage student who falsely cried rape 'has harmed real victims'
A UNIVERSITY student who falsely cried rape has been condemned for doing a disservice to genuine victims. [more]