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Scottish News: £3m plan to stabilise town hillside

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:25:14 GMT

A hillside which threatened to collapse on to the homes beneath will be stabilised through a £3 million funding package, it has been announced.

Scottish News: 'Hawick Pound' aims to save firms

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:25:14 GMT

A town has launched its own currency in an effort to revive local businesses.

Scottish News: 'Autumn date' for class size laws

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:25:14 GMT

New regulations limiting class sizes in the first year of primary school could be in place this autumn, the Scottish Government has said.

Scottish News: £5m business loan scheme announced

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:25:13 GMT

A £5 million loan scheme for businesses has been announced by First Minister Alex Salmond.

Music: Ocean Colour Scene and Futureheads latest additions to summer festivals

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:34:00 GMT

OCEAN Colour Scene and The Futureheads head north for the Wickerman Festival.

Scottish News: MP to face fate in local party vote

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:25:18 GMT

A Labour MP is to learn whether she has the support of her local party in a crucial vote on her future.

Scottish News: Mother slams meow meow availability

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:25:15 GMT

The mother of a teenager who died after taking the "legal high" drug mephedrone has said it was "disgusting" it was so easily available.

Scottish News: High winds blow off roof of flats

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:25:15 GMT

Strong winds blew the roof from a block of flats.

Scottish News: Dundee among 'least visited' cities

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:25:14 GMT

Dundee in Scotland has come third in a poll of the cities travellers least want to visit.

Scottish News: Salmond unveils aid for small firms

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:25:17 GMT

Fresh support for small businesses is due to be announced by First Minister Alex Salmond.

Scottish News: Warning over public services crisis

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:25:14 GMT

Union chiefs have called for action as they warned that public services are facing a crisis.

Scottish News: Bradford 'least attractive city'

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:25:19 GMT

Bradford in Yorkshire is the city travellers least want to visit as it is deemed "dangerous, ugly and boring".

Scottish News: Accused Briton claims self-defence

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:25:14 GMT

A former soldier facing the death penalty over the killing of two colleagues in Iraq reportedly claims he acted in self-defence.

Scottish News: Vote opposes power station plan

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:25:14 GMT

MSPs signalled their opposition to a controversial new coal-fired power station.

Scottish News: £7m Malawi aid package unveiled

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:25:15 GMT

Projects working to help people in the poverty-stricken nation of Malawi are to receive more than £7 million, it was announced.

Scottish News: Offender management plans

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:25:14 GMT

The First Minister said on Thursday that the Government was working hard to assess and manage violent offenders once they are released from jail.

Scottish News: Support for pupils of shot teacher

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:25:14 GMT

Pupils of a teacher who was shot dead at her home were offered counselling and support.

Scottish News: BMA wary of waiting time plans

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:25:14 GMT

Doctors' leaders said they were "not convinced" by SNP plans to enshrine guaranteed waiting times in law.

Scottish News: Card company to close city office

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:25:13 GMT

Barclaycard announced it is to close an office in Scotland with the loss of around 350 jobs.

Scottish News: Five face court after drugs raids

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:25:15 GMT

Cannabis plants with a potential street value of £600,000 have been seized in a series of police raids, it was disclosed.

Scottish News: Young want say on alcohol policy

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:25:14 GMT

Young people must be properly represented on licensing board forums to give them a bigger voice on alcohol issues, the First Minister was told.

Scottish News: Inquiry demanded over flats deaths

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:25:15 GMT

A charity has written to the Lord Advocate demanding an inquiry into the deaths of three asylum seekers who jumped off a tower block.

Scottish News: RBS unveils new bonus schedule

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:25:15 GMT

Part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland has unveiled new bonus plans for bosses which could see chief executive Stephen Hester reap as much as £4.8 million in shares.

Scottish News: Body recovered after dock plunge

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:25:15 GMT

A man's body has been recovered from a dock after the stolen van he was driving plunged into the water, police said.

Scottish News: Probe after van plunges into docks

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:25:14 GMT

An investigation is under way after a stolen van plunged into a dock.

Scottish News: Ewing wants 'legal high' drug ban

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:25:17 GMT

The Scottish Government has stepped up calls for a "legal high" drug to be outlawed after the deaths of the two teenagers.

Scottish News: Greens: Scrap power station plans

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:25:17 GMT

Greens have demanded plans to build a new power station be abandoned after research suggested that carbon capture and storage technology was "not feasible at any cost".

Scottish News: Labour in greener buses call

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:25:17 GMT

Labour will call on the Scottish Government to set up a new £3 million fund to put more environmentally friendly buses on roads.

Scottish News: Bid to end rail dispute deadlock

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:25:15 GMT

Talks aimed at ending the deadlock in a rail dispute are being held.

Scottish News: Dragons' Den stars in non-dom spat

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:25:14 GMT

Duncan Bannatyne has had a dig at Dragons' Den colleague James Caan over his tax status.