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Survey: Renting costs increasing

The cost of renting in Scotland has increased in the past quarter as a shortage of properties and increased demand from tenants drove up prices, according to new figures.Read

Rare books and paintings stolen

Police are investigating the theft of rare books and paintings from a farmhouse.Read

Jack McConnell to quit parliament

Former first minister Jack McConnell has announced he will leave the Scottish Parliament at the next election.Read

Skippers admit illegal landings

Six skippers admitted making illegal landings of £15 million worth of fish, prosecutors said.Read

Worker killed in truck accident

A workman has been crushed to death when a dumper truck overturned in Scotland.Read

BP boss shuns Lockerbie hearing

The outgoing chief executive of BP has refused US officials' requests to appear at a hearing next month over the release of the Libyan man convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie.Read

Clone cow row farmer defends stance

A dairy farmer at the centre of a controversy over a cloned cow has told how he would like to sell milk from its descendants as a premium product.Read

Police force plans to cut 800 posts

Scotland's largest police force is looking to lose 200 officers and 600 civilian support staff, it has been confirmed.Read

'Infant died in tragic accident'

A 10-month-old boy died in a tragic accident at his home, police said.Read

Homage to Scotland's national poet

Leading figures from the fields of art and politics gathered to say farewell to "world-class poet" Edwin Morgan at his funeral in Glasgow.Read

RBS to close 14 insurance offices

Royal Bank of Scotland has said it is axing 14 of the 27 offices in its Churchill and Direct Line business under existing plans to cut 2,000 jobs.Read

'Rational' mackerel talks urged

Iceland and the Faroe Islands should take part in "rational" negotiations to resolve a growing row over mackerel quotas, the Scottish Government said.Read

Care homes' health policies praised

Residential care homes have been praised for encouraging children to live healthy lifestyles.Read

Briton charged with child abuse

A 33-year-old man from Scotland has been charged with having sex with children in Romania and engaging in pornographic activities with them, authorities said.Read

Rise in inmates receiving methadone

Tories have branded the rise in prisoners receiving methadone as "extremely worrying" after it was revealed the number of inmates given the heroin substitute increased by more than a third in less than four years.Read