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Trams could face two-year delay

Scotland on Sunday - 2 min 13 sec ago
A tram project for Edinburgh may not be finished for another two years, it has emerged.
Categories: News from Scotland

Labour MP faces vote on future

Scotland on Sunday - 2 hours 2 min ago
A Labour MP is facing deselection after the party's executive agreed to allow a vote on her future.
Categories: News from Scotland

Teacher struck off for taking money

Scotland on Sunday - 2 hours 2 min ago
A head teacher found to have embezzled around £3,000 from his school has been struck off after a panel deemed his conduct "reprehensible and disgraceful".
Categories: News from Scotland

Police officer attacks up by 600

Scotland on Sunday - 4 hours 2 min ago
Assaults on police officers have jumped by more than 600 in a year, official figures showed today.
Categories: News from Scotland

Body found in missing woman probe

Scotland on Sunday - 4 hours 2 min ago
Police searching for a woman who vanished on a night out have found a body in undergrowth.
Categories: News from Scotland

Van appeal in store shooting probe

Scotland on Sunday - 6 hours 2 min ago
Detectives investigating a gangland execution in a supermarket car park have said they were keen to trace a van driver who may have important clues.
Categories: News from Scotland

Carbon emissions plan outlined

Scotland on Sunday - 6 hours 2 min ago
Ministers have set out their vision for Scotland to lead the world in using new technology to reduce carbon emissions.
Categories: News from Scotland

Russell admits class size problems

Scotland on Sunday - 6 hours 2 min ago
Cutting class sizes for younger pupils has been "more difficult" to implement than expected, Education Secretary Mike Russell said.
Categories: News from Scotland

Census income question may be axed

Scotland on Sunday - 8 hours 2 min ago
An SNP minister has signalled a re-think over plans to ask "intrusive" census questions on how much people earn.
Categories: News from Scotland

2014 logo similar to earlier design

Scotland on Sunday - 8 hours 2 min ago
The new logo for the 2014 Commonwealth Games resembles a design produced for an arts organisation several years ago, it has emerged.
Categories: News from Scotland

Woman angered by NHS records error

Scotland on Sunday - 8 hours 2 min ago
A woman whose medical records were transferred to another surgery without her knowledge has spoken of her anger over the mistake.
Categories: News from Scotland

Minimum pricing 'will cost jobs'

Scotland on Sunday - 12 hours 2 min ago
A whisky boss said that minimum pricing for alcohol could lead to 300 jobs losses in his company and the closure of a bottling plant.
Categories: News from Scotland

MSPs debate seafood industry plans

Scotland on Sunday - 14 hours 2 min ago
Opportunities to harness the global demand for Scotland's multi-million-pound seafood industry will be discussed at Holyrood.
Categories: News from Scotland

Russell quizzed on class size plans

Scotland on Sunday - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 03:50
Education Secretary Mike Russell faces a grilling from MSPs over Government plans to cut class sizes for younger pupils.
Categories: News from Scotland

Minimum alcohol price 'disasterous'

Scotland on Sunday - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 03:50
Plans to introduce a minimum price for alcohol would be "disastrous", a leading drinks manufacturer will warn.
Categories: News from Scotland

Reconstruction bid to find mother

Scotland on Sunday - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 03:50
Detectives searching for a missing mother will stage a reconstruction of her movements on the night she disappeared to jog people's memories.
Categories: News from Scotland

Brown meets MP over flats deaths

Scotland on Sunday - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 03:50
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has sent his "sincere condolences" to the family and friends of three asylum seekers who died in an apparent suicide.
Categories: News from Scotland

Lib Dems want dental health action

Scotland on Sunday - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 01:50
The number of Scots who have lost all their teeth was branded a "depressing indictment" of the nation's dental health.
Categories: News from Scotland

Edinburgh warns it is check-out time for tartan shops on 'tacky' Royal Mile

Heritage & Culture - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 00:00
A CRACKDOWN on "tartan tat" shops on one of Scotland's most famous streets has finally been signalled, weeks after council leaders were warned its decline was let

Tartan Week: From curling to catwalk as ice star heads for New York

Heritage & Culture - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 00:00
TEENAGE Olympic curler Eve Muirhead is set to swap the ice rink for the catwalk after being named as one of the models at this year's Dressed to Kilt event in New York.
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