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Councillor complaints up by a fifth

Complaints about councillors have risen by a fifth in a year, according to a new study.Read

Labour MPs backing David Miliband

Labour supporters in Scotland have been told that former foreign secretary David Miliband is the man to lead the party back to power.Read

Concern over prison drug testing

Concerns have been raised that drug testing in prisons is "insufficiently sophisticated".Read

Fact files spell out new curriculum

Parents are being given "fact files" to help them understand changes to the school curriculum.Read

Airport climate protestors fined

Nine climate change protesters have been fined for causing disruption at an airport.Read

Teacher struck off for incompetence

A secondary school teacher has become only the third in Scotland to be struck off for incompetence.Read

Offenders made to repair headstones

Offenders are being told to repair fallen cemetery headstones to repay their debt to society, Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said.Read

Family escapes after shots fired

Five people, including two children, were lucky not to be hurt after shots were fired at their house, police have said.Read

Trucker jailed over 1989 sex attack

A lorry driver has been jailed for raping a woman two decades ago - after he was snared by a DNA sample he gave last year for a motoring offence.Read

Bird cull barbarism must end: SSPCA

The "barbaric" practice of beating gannet chicks to death during a cull on a Scottish island should end, the Scottish SPCA has said.Read

Dounreay bosses may be prosecuted

Operators of the former Dounreay nuclear power plant may be prosecuted because their staff were exposed to higher-than-normal doses of radiation, an industry watchdog has announced.Read

Hewlett-Packard to create 700 jobs

Computer giant Hewlett-Packard has announced plans to create 700 jobs by establishing an IT centre at its Scottish base.Read

Cleaner jailed for killing landlady

A cleaner who killed his landlady by slapping her on the face during a row has been jailed.Read

Authors back prisons book drive

A publisher has claimed the support of leading authors for a campaign to send unwanted stocks of books to prisons.Read

Public discussion on wildlife bill

Animal welfare groups will go head to head with gamekeepers when discussions begin on changes to environment laws next month, it has been announced.Read

Cuts 'would hit Games security'

Policing the 2014 Commonwealth Games while keeping Scotland's streets safe will be "impossible" if planned cuts go ahead, a leading police representative has warned.Read

Susan Boyle to sing at Papal Mass

Susan Boyle is to perform for the Pope during his visit to Britain next month.Read

Warning over tobacco display ban

New laws banning tobacco displays in shops will increase black market trade and make youngsters more susceptible to smugglers, a study claimed.Read

Wind industry may bring 28,000 jobs

Scotland's offshore wind industry could create 28,000 jobs over the next decade, a report said.Read

Arrest over man found dead at flat

A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a man in his home.Read

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