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Ministers in island cabinet meeting

The Scottish Cabinet has met on an island as part of a summer tour of the country.Read

School worker jailed over images

A school support worker who posed as a teenage girl on a social networking site to entice boys as young as 12 to send him indecent images of themselves has been jailed for four years.Read

Police in cannabis farm discovery

A large-scale cannabis farm with an estimated street value of about £250,000 was seized by police, it has emerged.Read

SNP to raise defence cuts concerns

Concerns over defence cuts in Scotland will be raised at a top-level meeting next month, it has been announced.Read

Mother faces child murder charges

A mother has been charged with murdering her three children when she appeared before a specially-convened court hearing at a hospital.Read

Salmond declines Megrahi invite

Scotland's First Minister has declined an invitation to support a pressure group which is campaigning for an inquiry into the conviction of the Lockerbie bomber.Read

Mother in hospital court appearance

Part of a hospital is expected to be designated as a sheriff court for the first appearance by a mother accused of murdering her three children in Edinburgh.Read

Call for freeze on fishing plans

The Scottish fishing fleet has called for a freeze on any further reduction in days allowed at sea to avert financial collapse.Read

Greenland 'oil find' hope for Cairn

Edinburgh-based oil and gas exploration company Cairn Energy has said it may have found oil in the untapped waters off Greenland.Read

Film festival director leaves post

The artistic director of one of Britain's biggest film festivals has stepped down from her role, it has been announced.Read

Police force may lose 210 officers

Scotland's largest police force could lose 210 officers under plans drawn up to tackle cuts on public spending, it has been announced.Read

Protesters 'must pay for policing'

Climate change protesters who broke the law should pay for some of the estimated £100,000 bill for policing a recent demonstration in Edinburgh, according to a police authority spokesman.Read

'No increased cancer risk at plant'

Concerns that workers at a manufacturing plant are at increased risk of developing cancer are "unfounded", according to research.Read

Britain braced for torrential rain

Blustery winds are expected to hit England and Wales on Tuesday causing more misery to rain-soaked Britons.Read

Cairn talks up Greenland 'oil find'

Edinburgh-based oil and gas exploration company Cairn Energy has said it may have found oil in the untapped waters off Greenland.Read

'House sales rising despite pause'

The volume of house sales in Scotland has increased despite a "pause" in market recovery, a survey has suggested.Read

Oil sector safety improvements call

The oil and gas industry has been urged to improve safety for its offshore workers after latest figures showed an increase in major injuries last year.Read

Nightclub revamp creates 200 jobs

More than 200 jobs have been created by the relaunch of an "iconic" nightclub, it has been revealed.Read

Ward closed after woman, 86, dies

A hospital ward has been closed following an outbreak of a bacterial infection which claimed the life of an elderly patient, a health board has revealed.Read

12 arrested after bank climate demo

A day of mass action by climate protesters has led to 12 arrests and caused disruption in Edinburgh.Read

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