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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.

Scottish News: Ministers urged to change limos

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:25:14 GMT

Labour is to call on the Scottish Government to replace ministerial limousines with more eco-friendly vehicles.

Scottish News: Divers search dock after van drama

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:25:14 GMT

Police divers are searching a dock after a stolen van plunged into the water.

Scottish News: Rates plan may 'cost tourism jobs'

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:25:15 GMT

Jobs could be lost in the tourism industry unless ministers reconsider plans to increase business rates, MSPs have said.

Scottish News: Ewing wants `legal high` drug ban

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:25:14 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: Help for male victims of abuse

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:25:15 GMT

A confidential advice line providing support for male victims of domestic abuse will be up and running next month, Communities Minister Alex Neil has announced.

Scottish News: Thousands of public sector jobs cut

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:25:15 GMT

Almost 10,000 public sector jobs were axed last year, official figures have shown.

Kilmarnock Standard News: Trekkers tackle Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of Ayrshire Hospice

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:38:00 GMT

IT’S full steam ahead for these 12 intrepid trekkers who are shortly taking on the challenging ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, in aid of The Ayrshire Hospice.

Kilmarnock Standard News: East Ayrshire Council threatens to quit tourism agency

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:34:00 GMT

EAST Ayrshire Council could sever ties with Visitscotland amid claims the area is being neglected by the tourism agency.

Kilmarnock Standard News: Johnnie Walker task force offer little to local economy

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:23:00 GMT

THEY came, they saw, but, unfortunately for the people of Kilmarnock, the VIP taskforce didn’t do much else.

Scottish News: Public notice change plan abandoned

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:25:16 GMT

Public notices will continue to be published in local newspapers after ministers dropped plans to let councils advertise on the internet.

Scottish News: HIV case man to appeal sentence

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:25:15 GMT

A chef who was jailed after he infected his lover with the HIV virus has appealed against his sentence, it has been confirmed.

Scottish News: Diageo boss defends deal amid cuts

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:25:13 GMT

Whisky chiefs have faced a grilling from MSPs over their Formula 1 sponsorship deals while hundreds of staff are being axed.

Scottish News: Double shooting shocks community

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:25:14 GMT

A husband and wife found shot dead in a suspected domestic incident at their home have been described as a "lovely couple".