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Rail crime levels fall in Scotland

Crime on Scotland's rail network has fallen for the eighth successive year, according to British Transport Police (BTP).Read

NHS whistleblowers 'need hotline'

Labour has called for a national whistleblowing hotline for NHS staff after data from health boards revealed only one instance of it in the last two years.Read

Two more patients die at hospital

Two more patients suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting have died amid a suspected norovirus outbreak at a hospital.Read

Fraser 'normal after disappearance'

A man accused of murdering his wife was back to being his normal self within days of her disappearance, a court has been told.Read

'Fewer people' catching superbugs

Fewer patients are contracting hospital infections such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile, according to a report.Read

MPs beg 'Respect Our Regiments'

Scottish MPs have put party differences aside to urge the Government to protect the historic names and cap badges of regiments in their constituencies.Read

Body found in flooded quarry hunt

Police searching for a teenager who fell into a flooded quarry have pulled a body from the water.Read

Six charged with 'website racism'

Six people have been charged in connection with anti-Semitic and racist posts allegedly left on a website.Read

Classroom technology use analysed

Education Scotland is to look at how tablet computers and mobile devices are being used in classrooms and consider how they could be introduced in schools on a wider scale.Read

Job interviewees may get texted

Jobcentre staff are being trained to use text messaging and Twitter to try to reduce the number of people not turning up for job interviews.Read

Seafood firm plans £80m investment

A fish farm operator hopes to create 100 new jobs in an £80 million expansion of its Scottish operation.Read

Boyle's 'autistic' comment attacked

Comedian Frankie Boyle has been attacked over his "sickening" comments about 2,100 schoolchildren who formed the Olympic rings in their school grounds to raise money for charity.Read

Owners of empty homes 'need advice'

Legislation allowing local authorities to double council tax on empty homes should be accompanied by advice and help for owners, MSPs have been told.Read

Gas leak on platform 'has stopped'

A gas leak on a North Sea oil platform has been stopped, according to the operators.Read

'Fewer cases of norovirus recorded'

Outbreaks of the potentially fatal norovirus have fallen in recent years, Scotland's top doctor has said.Read

Scottish jobless total falls again

Unemployment in Scotland has fallen for the second month in a row, with the latest figures showing 221,000 are out of work.Read

Crews tackle recycling plant fire

Around 30 firefighters have been tackling a blaze at a recycling plant.Read

SSE squeezed by rising energy costs

Energy firm SSE has said profits from its domestic supply operation fell 21% over the last year as it battled higher costs and falling consumption.Read

Tax-add on empty homes 'no panacea'

Allowing local authorities to double council tax on empty homes is not a "panacea" for solving the problem, housing chiefs have warned.Read

MSPs to agree library legislation

Legislation to modernise the National Library of Scotland is expected to be agreed.Read

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