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'Worst year yet' for animal cruelty

Animals in Scotland suffered "the worst year in recent memory" for cruelty last year, a charity has said.Read

Cancer girl death inquiry scrapped

An inquiry into the case of a teenage cancer victim who received an accidental overdose of radiation has been scrapped after medical experts agreed there was no link between the mistake and her death.Read

Public sector workers start strike

Thousands of public sector workers across Scotland have joined a UK-wide strike.Read

Council leaders agree to pay freeze

Council chiefs have agreed to a pay freeze in light of "unprecedented challenges" facing the public sector.Read

Tests to identify flat plunge trio

Tests to establish the identities of three people who plunged to their deaths from a high rise block of flats are expected to take place.Read

Statement demanded over Purcell

Labour's political opponents have demanded a full disclosure of the circumstances surrounding Steven Purcell's departure from Scotland`s biggest local authority.Read

Health projects get £13m boost

The Scottish Futures Trust has awarded funding of £13 million to health service construction projects across the country.Read

RBS branch sales plans tested

Royal Bank of Scotland's plans to offload a network of 318 branches are set to be tested after it has emerged that buyers would have to provide around £2 billion to support the business.Read

Tests to indentify flat plunge trio

Tests to establish the identities of three people who plunged to their deaths from a high rise block of flats are expected to take place.Read

Pub attack police in witness plea

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 24-year-old man was shot in a pub.Read

Civil servants set to strike

More than 30,000 public sector workers go on strike to protest at changes to redundancy terms.Read

Requests for data appeals rise

A growing number of people are seeking redress if their requests for information from public bodies are rejected, according to a new report.Read

Police appeal over death crash

Police investigating a rush hour crash which left two people dead are appealing for a jeep driver to come forward.Read

Independence 'unpardonable folly'

It would be an "unpardonable folly" for Scotland to become independent, the Liberal Democrats Scottish president has said.Read

Lib Dems back same-sex marriages

Liberal Democrats have backed a call for same-sex couples to be given the right to marry.Read

Call to reveal secret meeting talks

Labour has demanded that the SNP reveal what was discussed in a "secret meeting" held between one of its ministers and the controller of BBC Scotland.Read

Three die in plunge from flats

Three people have died after falling from a high rise building.Read

Ex-council leader quizzed by police

The former leader of Scotland`s biggest local authority was interviewed by police, it has emerged.Read

Scots defence contribution set out

The "massive contribution" Scotland makes to the UK's defence needs was set out on Sunday.Read

Lib Dems 'offer exciting change'

Only the Liberal Democrats offer change that is "fair and exciting", the party's Scottish president is due to say.Read

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