Gloag establishes obstetrics charity to help African women

12:16am Saturday 10th May 2008

Andrew Hamilton Scottish business tycoon Ann Gloag yesterday launched a charity aimed at helping women in Africa through pregnancy and childbirth.

Parents increase pressure for Gaelic primary school on Skye

12:14am Saturday 10th May 2008

Pressure is growing to create the first standalone Gaelic primary school in Skye.

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By DAVID ROSS, Highland Correspondent

Senior Nimrod engineer tells of ‘serious failure’ over fuel leaks

12:10am Saturday 10th May 2008

A senior RAF engineer responsible for maintaining Nimrod spy planes was not told of a rise in fuel leaks on the craft before one crashed in Afghanistan killing 14 men, an inquest heard yesterday.

Ramsay’s call for law to use seasonal food is ‘nonsense’

12:09am Saturday 10th May 2008

Gordon Ramsay's call for laws to force restaurants to use seasonal fruit and vegetables has been derided by restaurant owners in Scotland as idealistic but impractical nonsense.

By STEWART PATERSON

Chicken ban lifted from Scottish island

5:52pm Friday 9th May 2008

A ban on chickens to allow the removal of rats on a remote Scottish island is to be lifted, it was announced today.

Lochinver OAP in court accused of murdering wife

5:50pm Friday 9th May 2008

A pensioner appeared in court today charged with the murder of his 74-year-old wife.

Scottish Bevin Boys honoured

5:49pm Friday 9th May 2008

Around 30 men conscripted to work in Britain's coal mines during the Second World War were today presented with commemorative badges for their service.

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Aberdeen police stripogram charges dropped

5:43pm Friday 9th May 2008

The Crown Office has dropped charges against a "police" stripogram after appeal court judges ruled that his baton was not an offensive weapon, it was announced today.

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TV phone scandal: BBC kept over £100k of charity money

1:36pm Friday 9th May 2008

The BBC failed to pay £106,000 to charity from phone votes in over 20 programmes, including last year's UK Eurovision final, it said today.

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Island post offices in Scotland to shut

12:28pm Friday 9th May 2008

Sixteen island post offices in Scotland are to close in the latest round of cuts to the service, it was announced today.

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