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MSPs debate seafood industry plans

Opportunities to harness the global demand for Scotland's multi-million-pound seafood industry will be discussed at Holyrood.Read

Brown meets MP over flats deaths

Prime Minister Gordon Brown will meet an MP to hear how a community coped following the apparent suicide of three asylum seekers.Read

Russell quizzed on class size plans

Education Secretary Mike Russell faces a grilling from MSPs over Government plans to cut class sizes for smaller pupils.Read

Minimum alcohol price 'disasterous'

Plans to introduce a minimum price for alcohol would be "disastrous", a leading drinks manufacturer will warn.Read

Reconstruction bid to find mother

Detectives searching for a missing mother will stage a reconstruction of her movements on the night she disappeared to jog people's memories.Read

Lib Dems want dental health action

The number of Scots who have lost all their teeth was branded a "depressing indictment" of the nation's dental health.Read

Fall family 'had asylum bid denied'

A father, mother and her son who plunged to their deaths from a block of flats had their application for asylum from Canada rejected by UK authorities, it was claimed.Read

Study finds 700 victims of stalking

At least 700 Scots have been the victim of stalking, new research reveals.Read

£80,000 boost for veterans' schemes

The Scottish Government has announced £80,000 to fund veterans' projects.Read

Mother's movements reconstructed

Detectives searching for a missing mother will stage a reconstruction of her movements on the night she disappeared to jog people's memories.Read

Public sector workers hold strike

The Scottish Parliament has suspended business as thousands of public sector workers joined a second day of UK-wide strike action.Read

Policeman cleared of rape charge

A police officer has been cleared of the rape and attempted murder of a woman.Read

2,000 arrested over domestic abuse

More than 2,000 people were arrested during a two-month crackdown on domestic violence, Scotland's biggest police force has said.Read

Fish-farming reforms proposed

Plans to enhance the fish-farming industry and meet "surging" global demand have been unveiled.Read

Immigration call after flats plunge

Protesters have called for changes in immigration policy after the apparent suicide of three asylum-seekers.Read

Knife-carrying jail terms extended

Longer jail terms for people who carry knives should act as a "wake-up call", Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has said.Read

Tories unveil trust schools plan

Independently-run free schools should be set up to operate separately from the current state system, the Tories have said.Read

£1.6m drive to help teenage mothers

A US-style project that aims to help teenage mothers has been launched in Scotland.Read

Man held over pub shooting

A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting at a pub.Read

Neighbours mark flats plunge family

A group of neighbours are expected to stage a demonstration to remember three asylum seekers who died after they fell from a high-rise block of flats.Read

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