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Man in court over fatal collision

news.bbc.co.uk - A French tourist appears in court charged with causing the deaths of two biking enthusiasts in a crash in the Highlands on Sunday. More... (Scotland)

McCulloch & Naismith in for Scots

news.bbc.co.uk - Lee McCulloch and Steven Naismith are among six Rangers players in the Scotland team to face Lithuania on Friday. More... (Scotland)

Musician in deal with audio firm

news.bbc.co.uk - A former rock musician joins forces with Fife-based Clear Audio Systems to provide specialist audio systems for deaf people. More... (Scotland)

Trio sentenced over prison riot

news.bbc.co.uk - Three prisoners are jailed for rioting at Addiewell Prison near Livingston, just eight weeks after it opened. More... (Scotland)

RBS move to boost Scottish jobs

news.bbc.co.uk - Royal Bank of Scotland says Scotland is likely to gain jobs as a result of major restructuring, despite news that 3,500 UK posts will be lost. More... (Scotland)

Gow explains move to Motherwell

news.bbc.co.uk - Former Plymouth forward Alan Gow defends his decision to sign for Motherwell on a six-month contract. More... (Scotland)

New Edinburgh flight to Finland

news.bbc.co.uk - Edinburgh Airport announces a new route to the Finnish Capital Helsinki. More... (Scotland)

Council wants enterprise role

news.bbc.co.uk - Western Isles council is asking the Scottish government for an enterprise agency's powers and budget. More... (Scotland)

Hero's return

news.bbc.co.uk - RAF veteran shot down over Norway back at Leuchars More... (Scotland)

Return to Leuchars after 67 years

news.bbc.co.uk - Veteran Flying Officer returns to RAF Leuchars seven decades after leaving the Fife base. More... (Scotland)

Drunk driver caught at police HQ

news.bbc.co.uk - A drunk driver was caught after taking a wrong turn and ending up in a police headquarters car park, a court hears. More... (Scotland)

Men sought over £350,000 gem raid

news.bbc.co.uk - A pensioner is dragged from his car and robbed of jewellery worth more than £350,000 in Glasgow. More... (Scotland)

Levein demands Scots improvement

news.bbc.co.uk - Scotland coach Craig Levein has impressed captain Darren Fletcher by the way he has stamped his authority on the team. More... (Scotland)

Man to appear over drug seizure

news.bbc.co.uk - Police seize cocaine with an estimated street value of £150,000 in Fife. More... (Scotland)

Rangers' plan to stop riot re-run

news.bbc.co.uk - Rangers fans will go into a "holding zone" ahead of their team's Champions League match in Manchester, to prevent a re-run of the 2008 riots. More... (Scotland)

Oil money to fund museum revamp

news.bbc.co.uk - A major redevelopment of Aberdeen Maritime Museum's energy exploration galleries is to go ahead. More... (Scotland)

Man admits blood syringe robbery

news.bbc.co.uk - A man admits spraying a shop owner with a syringe full of blood during a newsagent robbery in Renfrewshire. More... (Scotland)

Facebook page for historic genius

news.bbc.co.uk - A polymath who influenced the worlds of maths, science and the arts has been signed up to Facebook 60 years after his death. More... (Scotland)

Councillor faces benefits charges

news.bbc.co.uk - A Highland councillor is accused of illegally claiming more than £45,000 in benefits. More... (Scotland)

Fiscal report on dog attack owner

news.bbc.co.uk - The owner of an Akita dog which attacked a girl in Kilmarnock is reported to the procurator fiscal. More... (Scotland)

Graveyard vandal sentence delayed

news.bbc.co.uk - A sheriff criticises prison officials after deferring sentence for a second time on two men who vandalised a cemetery. More... (Scotland)

More Pakistan Flood aid pledged

news.bbc.co.uk - An extra £300,000 of emergency funding has been pledged for Pakistan, by the Scottish government. More... (Scotland)

Firm fined over electrical fire

news.bbc.co.uk - An Aberdeen building firm is fined £9,000 and ordered to pay a workman £4,000 after he suffered burns in a fire. More... (Scotland)

Pupils moved from fire-hit school

news.bbc.co.uk - Pupils of a Fife school hit by fire are to be taught in buildings throughout the area. More... (Scotland)

Aberdeen chase Udinese defender

news.bbc.co.uk - Aberdeen expect to sign Udinese defender Nikola Vujadinovic on loan should he receive a work permit. More... (Scotland)

Police plea over historic watch

news.bbc.co.uk - Police have appealed for information after an "irreplaceable" watch was stolen from the heritage centre on the Orkney island of Eday. More... (Scotland)

RBS to cut a further 3,500 jobs

news.bbc.co.uk - Royal Bank of Scotland is planning to cut 3,500 jobs from its technical and back office division. More... (Scotland)

Man hurt after being hit by bus

news.bbc.co.uk - An investigation is under way after a 50-year-old man is hit by a bus in central Glasgow. More... (Scotland)

Fitness challenge to fire service

news.bbc.co.uk - Lower levels of medical fitness may have to be accepted by a fire service so it can cover remote communities. More... (Scotland)

Indian acquisition for Weir Group

news.bbc.co.uk - Glasgow-based engineering company Weir Group strengthens its presence in the Indian market. More... (Scotland)

CCTV image could be missing woman

news.bbc.co.uk - Police are appealing for help identifying CCTV footage they believe might be of a missing Edinburgh woman. More... (Scotland)

Weir, Miller, Hutton set to start

news.bbc.co.uk - David Weir, Kenny Miller and Alan Hutton all look certain to start for Scotland in Friday's Euro 2012 qualifier in Lithuania. More... (Scotland)

Man jailed for Clyde Tunnel crash

news.bbc.co.uk - A disqualified driver who left four people injured after a crash in the Clyde Tunnel is jailed for 16 months. More... (Scotland)

Warning over tax rebate callers

news.bbc.co.uk - Scottish Borders Council warns people not to be taken in by hoax callers claiming they are due a significant tax rebate. More... (Scotland)

Ministers propose 45p drink price

news.bbc.co.uk - The Scottish government says drinkers should spend a minimum of 45p for every unit of alcohol they buy. More... (Scotland)

Football pitch proposal rejected

news.bbc.co.uk - A bid for a first full-size, third-generation all-weather football pitch in Dumfries and Galloway is rejected. More... (Scotland)

False alarms cost crews £235,000

news.bbc.co.uk - A fire service says it dealt with more false alarms in 2009-10 than it did in the previous four years. More... (Scotland)

Alcohol to be sold at 45p minimum

news.bbc.co.uk - The Scottish government says drinkers should spend a minimum of 45p for every unit of alcohol they buy. More... (Scotland)

Greenpeace rig activists arrested

news.bbc.co.uk - Four Greenpeace activists are arrested after giving up their occupation of a Scottish company's drilling rig off Greenland. More... (Scotland)

Men held after amphetamine raid

news.bbc.co.uk - Three men are arrested after amphetamines worth about £250,000 are found at a flat in West Dunbartonshire. More... (Scotland)

Woman rescued after cliff plunge

news.bbc.co.uk - A woman is airlifted to hospital after falling 50ft down a cliff on the Scottish Borders coast and breaking her leg. More... (Scotland)

Two-pupil school 'should close'

news.bbc.co.uk - A school that costs £108,000 a year to run and has only two pupils should be closed, officials recommend. More... (Scotland)

Councillor steps down from duties

news.bbc.co.uk - An Aberdeen councillor facing embezzlement court proceedings steps down from some of his duties. More... (Scotland)

Musician on stun gun allegations

news.bbc.co.uk - A musician is accused of abduction and assault involving a stun gun and pepper spray after an incident in Inverness. More... (Scotland)

Thursday's Scottish gossip

news.bbc.co.uk - United Arab Emirates club Al Aln consider a bid for Rangers' Kenny Miller... More... (Scotland)

Mass school closures predicted

news.bbc.co.uk - A leading authority on local government predicts mass school closures as councils try to cope with expected unprecedented cuts in public spending. Figures obtained by the BBC indicate one in nine primary schools is more than half empty. More... (Scotland)

Expert predicts school closures

news.bbc.co.uk - A leading authority on local government predicts widespread school closures as councils try to cope with expected unprecedented cuts in public spending. Figures obtained by the BBC indicate one in nine primary schools is more than half empty. More... (Scotland)

Girl in hospital after dog attack

news.bbc.co.uk - A 10-year-old girl is treated in hospital after being bitten in the face by a dog while playing in a friend's garden in Kilmarnock. More... (Scotland)

Council draws up redundancy plans

news.bbc.co.uk - A council seeks approval for a voluntary redundancy scheme in order to try to meet a potential savings target of £50m. More... (Scotland)

Life sciences employment boost

news.bbc.co.uk - The development of medicines and medical technology employs about 1,800 people and is worth £130m to the Highlands and Islands. More... (Scotland)

Words festival to mark 10 years

news.bbc.co.uk - A words festival in the Highlands is preparing to mark its 10th year with the theme Where the Wild Things Are. More... (Scotland)

Girl is treated after dog attack

news.bbc.co.uk - A 10-year-old girl is hospitalised after being bitten by a dog in Kilmarnock. More... (Scotland)

Andy Murray column

news.bbc.co.uk - 'The heat has been brutal but the result was good' More... (Scotland)

Council bosses pay-off tops £13m

news.bbc.co.uk - Scotland's largest local authority is to spend £13m laying off more than a third of its most senior managers, BBC Scotland learns. More... (Scotland)

Focus call for children in care

news.bbc.co.uk - Children in long-term care need to get more help to reach their full potential, according to a new report. More... (Scotland)

One in nine schools 'half empty'

news.bbc.co.uk - Figures obtained by the BBC suggest in one in nine primaries at least 60% of places are unfilled. More... (Scotland)

Cosmetic surgery women 'not vain'

news.bbc.co.uk - Many women having cosmetic surgery believe that it is other people having work done who are motivated by vanity, it is claimed. More... (Scotland)

Minimum alcohol price to be named

news.bbc.co.uk - The Scottish government is to confirm for the first time its proposed minimum price per unit of alcohol. More... (Scotland)

Four power firms face sales probe

news.bbc.co.uk - Four of the "big six" UK energy suppliers are to be investigated amid concerns of mis-selling to customers, the regulator says. More... (Scotland)

Hutton fitness boost for Scotland

news.bbc.co.uk - Scotland manager Craig Levein gives a strong indication that full-back Alan Hutton will start Friday's Euro 2012 qualifier in Lithuania. More... (Scotland)

Murray eases through in New York

news.bbc.co.uk - Britain's Andy Murray cruises into the second round of the US Open with a straight sets victory over Slovakia's Lukas Lacko. More... (Scotland)

Assault case dropped after sheriff fails to turn up

news.bbc.co.uk - A man accused of assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest and public disorder walks free after the sheriff fails to turn up. More... (Scotland)

Case dropped over missing sheriff

news.bbc.co.uk - A man accused of assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest and public disorder walks free after the sheriff fails to turn up. More... (Scotland)

Summer snow falls on mountain range

news.bbc.co.uk - Fresh snow fell in the highest parts of the Cairngorms where patches of snow from winter have survived, according to a mountaineering body. More... (Scotland)

Summer snow for mountains range

news.bbc.co.uk - Fresh snow fell in the highest parts of the Cairngorms where patches of snow from winter have survived, according to a mountaineering body. More... (Scotland)

Man jailed for taxi driver attack

news.bbc.co.uk - A man who attacked a taxi driver in Dumfries and Galloway and robbed him is jailed for three years and eight months. More... (Scotland)

Blair admits role in 2007 defeat

news.bbc.co.uk - Tony Blair suggests that Scottish Labour might have won the last Holyrood election if he had not been PM and party leader. More... (Scotland)

Live - Murray v Lacko

news.bbc.co.uk - Andy Murray starts his US Open campaign against Lukas Lacko on day three with Venus Williams, Elena Baltacha and Kim Clijsters in action later. More... (Scotland)

Live - US Open day three

news.bbc.co.uk - Andy Murray demolishes Lukas Lacko on day three of the US Open to reach the second round, with Venus Williams, Elena Baltacha and Kim Clijsters playing later. More... (Scotland)

Man admits rugby ticket fraud

news.bbc.co.uk - Student ordered to carry out community service after selling non-existent tickets to rugby world cup on the internet. More... (Scotland)

Scheme to give free films to children

news.bbc.co.uk - Oscar winning actress Tilda Swinton and film-maker Mark Cousins launch a project to give free films to eight-and-a-half-year-old children. More... (Scotland)

Minister pledges gaming support

news.bbc.co.uk - The games industry has the "world-class talent and skills" to prosper after recent setbacks, the culture minister says. More... (Scotland)

Scots call O'Connor and McEveley

news.bbc.co.uk - Scotland manager Craig Levein calls up Jay McEveley and Garry O'Connor for the Euro 2012 qualifiers against Lithuania and Liechtenstein. More... (Scotland)

Scot biker dies during Manx race

news.bbc.co.uk - A 28-year-old motorcyclist from Scotland is killed during the Junior Manx Grand Prix on the Isle of Man. More... (Scotland)

Accies coach 'wrongfully sacked'

news.bbc.co.uk - A football coach sacked by Hamilton Accies for alleged gross misconduct wins his claim for wrongful dismissal. More... (Scotland)

Campus to bring 'major benefits'

news.bbc.co.uk - The finance secretary says a campus proposed for Inverness will bring economic opportunity to the Highlands and Islands More... (Scotland)

Jail term for underpass assault

news.bbc.co.uk - A thief who carried out a vicious assault on a woman with learning difficulties leaving her scarred for life is jailed. More... (Scotland)

Wind turbine proposals unveiled

news.bbc.co.uk - Plans for two new wind farms in the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway are revealed by rival firms. More... (Scotland)

Man jailed for 'scissors killing'

news.bbc.co.uk - A man who admitted culpable homicide after stabbing a teenager in the neck with scissors is jailed. More... (Scotland)

Bishop to miss Papal visit events

news.bbc.co.uk - The Bishop of Dunkeld is forced to withdraw from all Papal visit events after suffering a broken shoulder. More... (Scotland)

Martinez sees fear in Burns' eyes

news.bbc.co.uk - World super-featherweight champion Roman Martinez says he can see fear in the eyes of Ricky Burns, who will fight him for his WBO title on Saturday. More... (Scotland)

Primary pupil gets letter from President Obama

news.bbc.co.uk - A Scots primary pupil was stunned to receive a letter from US President Barack Obama, after writing to him for a school project. More... (Scotland)

Standard Life set to cut 500 jobs

news.bbc.co.uk - Edinburgh-based insurance and pensions giant Standard Life is to cut up to 500 jobs over the next 15 months. More... (Scotland)

Standard Life to shed 500 posts

news.bbc.co.uk - Edinburgh-based insurance and pensions giant Standard Life is to cut up to 500 jobs over the next 15 months. More... (Scotland)

£1m Premium Bond win in Grampian

news.bbc.co.uk - A woman in the Grampian area has landed a £1m Premium Bond win, it has been revealed. More... (Scotland)

Been and Gone

news.bbc.co.uk - The bagpiper who played while bullets rained down More... (Scotland)

Earthquake recorded in North Sea

news.bbc.co.uk - An earthquake is recorded in the North Sea about 155 miles east of Aberdeen. More... (Scotland)

Organic market to cut food miles

news.bbc.co.uk - An Edinburgh group urges shoppers to cut down on their food miles by buying produce from an organic market. More... (Scotland)

Minister to pledge gaming support

news.bbc.co.uk - The culture minister stresses the Scottish government's support for the video games industry on a visit to Dundee More... (Scotland)

Hundreds of city homes lose power

news.bbc.co.uk - About 600 homes in Aberdeen were left without power in Aberdeen after a morning fault. More... (Scotland)

Trial date over pensioner murder

news.bbc.co.uk - A woman accused of murdering a Glasgow pensioner at her flat on Christmas Day is to stand trial on 1 November. More... (Scotland)

Road drug seizures reach £140,000

news.bbc.co.uk - Traffic police seize drugs with a street value of £140,000 in the last three months, mainly on the A74(M) motorway. More... (Scotland)

Fergus Muirhead

news.bbc.co.uk - Our money expert addresses readers' finance problems More... (Scotland)

Pole attacker waits to learn fate

news.bbc.co.uk - A man jailed for a "brutal" attack on a Polish man must wait to learn his fate for another attempted murder. More... (Scotland)

Library list

news.bbc.co.uk - Documents from the Scottish Reformation go on show More... (Scotland)

Reformation documents go on show

news.bbc.co.uk - Manuscripts telling the story of the Scottish reformation go on show at the National Library of Scotland. More... (Scotland)

Body of man discovered on beach

news.bbc.co.uk - A dog walker has found the body of a man in his 50s on a beach near an Angus golf course, police say. More... (Scotland)

Political row over ferry scheme

news.bbc.co.uk - A row breaks out over the year's extension to the Scottish government's lower cost ferry fares scheme pilot. More... (Scotland)

Martinez confident ahead of bout

news.bbc.co.uk - Roman Martinez is relaxed and confident ahead of his WBO super-featherweight title defence against Ricky Burns. More... (Scotland)

Hospital treatment times improve

news.bbc.co.uk - Treatment times at the accident and emergency unit at Borders General Hospital are among the quickest in Scotland. More... (Scotland)