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SPL clubs creating work for jobless

More than 400 jobs are to be created at top-flight football clubs for out-of-work people, it has been announced.Read

Apology demand over death comments

The grieving father of a young Labour party activist has attacked suggestions that his son may have died from using drugs.Read

Power station plans to be submitted

Plans for a new multi-fuel power station at Hunterston will be submitted to the Scottish Government.Read

Youth panel calls for booze ad ban

A youth panel is to call on the Government to ban alcohol advertisements from public places in a bid to "change Scotland's culture of alcohol misuse".Read

Charity condemns benefits scheme

A charity has criticised the "confusing and complex" benefits system as new figures revealed £8 million goes unclaimed by cancer patients every year.Read

Civil justice system revamp plan

A blueprint to create a civil justice system "fit for the 21st century" has been published.Read

Nash picked to contest seat

A 25 year-old parliamentary researcher has been selected to fight for John Reid's seat at the forthcoming general election.Read

MP claims she has been bullied

A Labour MP facing deselection has claimed she had been the victim of bullying by the party's executives.Read

Pensioner, 87, robbed in her home

An 87-year-old woman has been assaulted and robbed in a "shocking" crime in her own home, police said.Read

Father killed in bike crash named

A father killed in a motorbike crash has been named by police.Read

Soldiers food rations 'inadequate'

Food rations for troops have been branded "inadequate" by Labour's political opponents, following reports soldiers are going to battle on a breakfast costing 52p.Read

Security guard wins bravery award

A security guard has insisted he is only doing his job after landing a bravery award for tackling two raiders he caught breaking into a warehouse.Read

ScotRail: Easter business as usual

Train operator ScotRail said it would be "business as usual" if rail workers strike during the Easter holidays.Read

Ellis set to takeover Rangers

Andrew Ellis is "very likely" to take over Rangers in the next few weeks, according to one of the men helping to facilitate a deal.Read

Knife crime plans 'may cost £80m'

Opposition proposals for mandatory jail sentences for knife crime will cost up to £80 million a year, official figures have shown.Read

Bid to reduce 'trans-fat' levels

Scottish politicians have been urged to back an attempt to cut the amount of "Frankenstein fats" in food and help save lives.Read

Man and woman die in caravan fire

A man and a woman have died in a blaze at a caravan park, police said.Read

Plans for multi-fuel power station

Plans for a new multi-fuel power station at Hunterston are to be submitted to the Scottish Government next week.Read

Campaigners march for flats trio

Hundreds of campaigners have joined a march and rally in memory of three asylum seekers who leapt from a tower block.Read

Two held over £120,000 drugs haul

Drugs with an estimated street value of £120,000 have been seized by police, it has been revealed.Read

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