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  • A suspected gunman threatened staff and stole cash in a daylight robbery at a Glasgow city centre bookies today.
    The Herald
    A suspected gunman threatened staff and stole cash in a daylight robbery at a Glasgow city centre bookies today. Police said a man entered a Ladbrokes shop on Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, and...

  • Scottish Mine Reopens Amid Gold Boom
    Ananova
    Scotland's only remaining gold mine is expected to reopen in the next few weeks due to the precious metal's soaring price. The Cononish mine near Tyndrum, in Stirlingshire, closed 10 years ago...

  • Scotland Yard sharpshooter miffed at being called serial killer
    Scotland News.Net
    Scotland Yard's very own 007 is angry that he was jokingly called a serial killer by a colleague. The force thought it best to compensate him financially to keep the matter under wraps.

  • Hibs boss highlights positives in defeat
    BBC Sport
    Hibernian manager Mixu Paatelainen speaks to BBC Scotland's Brian McLauchlin following his side's 2-0 first leg defeat to Elfsborg in the Intertoto Cup at Easter Road.

  • Edinburgh residents still cleaning up from June floods
    WISH TV 8
    It's been nearly a month since our severe flooding began. And homes along South Walnut Street in Edinburgh are still wet. "Twenty four hours a day since the sixth of...

  • Reid wants more for Accies squad
    BBC Sport
    Billy Reid has promised more new arrivals at Hamilton Accies as they prepare for top flight football. Reid has already recruited the services of Derek Lyle, Sean Murdoch and Mark Corcoran for...

  • The Scottish Labour party has called for BBC Scotland reporters to be given guidance on how to report politics neutrally.
    The Herald
    The Scottish Labour party has called for BBC Scotland reporters to be given guidance on how to report politics neutrally. The party raised concerns over the network's political coverage in a...

  • McDougall vacates Cowden chair
    BBC Sport
    Cowdenbeath are in turmoil after Gordon McDougall resigned as chairman after a row over the sacking of Brian Welsh. Danny Lennon, who was Welsh's assistant, became manager last month. And a...

  • 13-year-old boy dies in motorbike road crash
    The Scotsman
    ... ed motorbike and a silver Vauxhall Astra at the junction with Keilars Brae.The 60-year-old driver was unhurt, according to police.Central Scotland Police have appealed for information about the...



  • Live - Hibernian v Elfsborg
    BBC Sport
    Join the debate on My Sport 1604: The second half gets underway with Elfsborg once more comfortable in possession. "My team (Middlesbrough) must be looking at someone from Hibs or Elfsborg...

  • Funeral for beach remains woman
    BBC
    A woman whose severed head and hands were found on a Scottish beach has been laid to rest in Lithuania. About 100 mourners attended the church in Balbieriskis for the funeral of Jolanta Bledaite...

  • Man charged after fire at hotel
    BBC
    A man has been charged with wilful fire-raising after a serious blaze at a hotel in Dumfries and Galloway. Police discovered the fire at The Cree Bridge Hotel, Minnigaff, in the early hours of...

  • Scots academy dream for Murray
    BBC
    Lta performance director Judy Murray aims to build a tennis club with its own academy in Scotland. "I want to establish a top-quality coaching environment for Scotland, where there is a real...

  • Elfsborg suffer Intertoto blow
    BBC
    Elfsborg have suffered a double headache ahead of their Intertoto Cup second round first leg tie against Hibernian on Sunday. Goalkeeper Johan Wiland was taken to hospital after colliding head...

  • What the Scottish Sunday papers say
    BBC
    Prime Minister Gordon Brown's future rests with "third choice" Margaret Curran, according to Scotland on Sunday. It says that Labour's battle to win the Glasgow East by-election and save Mr...

  • Labour in chaos over Glasgow poll
    ITN
    Labour's Glasgow East election campaign suffered a blow when the leading candidate backed out. Local labour councillor George Ryan said he was pulling out of the crucial by-election to prevent...

  • BBC under attack for
    The Scotsman
    Scottish Labour chiefs have openly accused BBC journalists of pro-SNP bias in a bitter attack on the corporation's political coverage north of the border.

  • Scottish Investment Challenge - Barclays hit but still top
    Congoo
    The stock pickers at Barclays Wealth have maintained their lead in the Scottish Investment Challenge but have suffered along with the other five participants from the continuing downturn in stock...

  • Gay asylum seeker to be thrown out of UK
    The Scotsman
    A GAY asylum seeker has been refused permission to stay in Scotland and told he is likely to be safe in his homophobic homeland provided he behaves "discreetly".

  • Everything to play for
    The Scotsman
    ... rip to the emergency department of Edinburgh's Royal Hospital for Sick Children. Just a few decades earlier it would have been a death sentence for Aaron, from Dalgety Bay, Fife. But thanks to...

  • Curran rides to the rescue of battered Brown
    The Scotsman
    Margaret Curran, a local MSP and former minister, was persuaded to step forward after the front-runner suddenly backed out on Friday night amid financial allegations.Labour sources say local...

  • High prices fuel car sharing
    The Scotsman
    ... l as the main reason for the increase. Prices at the pumps have risen from 95p a litre at the end of last year, to more than £1.40 for a litre of diesel in parts of Scotland. Last week crude oil...

  • Our future hopes for Wimbledon may rest on Devine intervention
    The Scotsman
    ... around the world and been invited to join one of the world's leading tennis schools.The teenager is among a European elite handpicked to join the Justine Henin tennis academy in Belgium. If her...

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