Landmark merger leads to £12m for food project

12:03am Wednesday 2nd July 2008

Scotland is to have one of the world's leading centres in nutrition and health after a landmark merger between two institutions.

Calls for stricter regulation of natural remedies after man dies

12:02am Wednesday 2nd July 2008

A woman whose brother died after taking a natural remedy, wept in court yesterday as she called for the tablets to be strictly regulated and tested.

More than 2400 foreign criminals deported from UK this year

12:11am Wednesday 2nd July 2008

More than a dozen killers and nearly 140 sex offenders have been deported from Britain since the start of the year, the Home Office said yesterday.

Pensioner dies at Go Ape activity centre

12:24am Wednesday 2nd July 2008

An elderly man collapsed and died yesterday while completing an assault course at the Go Ape outdoor activity centre in Stirlingshire.

Cement firm fined after welder falls into blades of fan

12:01am Wednesday 2nd July 2008

An international building materials company has been fined £200,000 after admitting a breach of health and safety regulations over an injury to a quarry worker who fell into an electric fan.

Prosecution warning for people bringing back souvenir weapons from holiday

12:07am Wednesday 2nd July 2008

Holidaymakers are being warned not to bring back souvenir weapons from trips abroad or they could face prosecution.

Window cleaner gave footballer friend a fatal injection of heroin

12:05am Wednesday 2nd July 2008

A window cleaner who gave his friend a fatal injection of heroin was found guilty of culpable homicide yesterday.

New course to supply more Gaelic teachers

12:04am Wednesday 2nd July 2008

A new wave of Gaelic teachers is to be trained in response to a chronic shortage. The project by Aberdeen University and colleges in the Highlands and Islands aims to address the dearth of Gaelic teachers in Scotland.

Judgment in the Aamer Anwar contempt case

11:25am Tuesday 1st July 2008

The following is the summary judgment in the case of lawyer Aamer Anwar

Aamer Anwar: Terror lawyer "not guilty of contempt"

11:08am Tuesday 1st July 2008

A Scottish lawyer who claimed his client did not receive a fair trial on terror charges was today found not guilty of contempt of court.

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