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4 September 2010: 8:49pm |

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Hewlett-Packard to create 700 jobs

Computer giant Hewlett-Packard has announced plans to create 700 jobs by establishing an IT centre at its Scottish base.Read

Cleaner jailed for killing landlady

A cleaner who killed his landlady by slapping her on the face during a row has been jailed.Read

Authors back prisons book drive

A publisher has claimed the support of leading authors for a campaign to send unwanted stocks of books to prisons.Read

Public discussion on wildlife bill

Animal welfare groups will go head to head with gamekeepers when discussions begin on changes to environment laws next month, it has been announced.Read

Cuts 'would hit Games security'

Policing the 2014 Commonwealth Games while keeping Scotland's streets safe will be "impossible" if planned cuts go ahead, a leading police representative has warned.Read

Susan Boyle to sing at Papal Mass

Susan Boyle is to perform for the Pope during his visit to Britain next month.Read

Warning over tobacco display ban

New laws banning tobacco displays in shops will increase black market trade and make youngsters more susceptible to smugglers, a study claimed.Read

Wind industry may bring 28,000 jobs

Scotland's offshore wind industry could create 28,000 jobs over the next decade, a report said.Read

Arrest over man found dead at flat

A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a man in his home.Read

Ministers in island cabinet meeting

The Scottish Cabinet has met on an island as part of a summer tour of the country.Read

School worker jailed over images

A school support worker who posed as a teenage girl on a social networking site to entice boys as young as 12 to send him indecent images of themselves has been jailed for four years.Read

SNP to raise defence cuts concerns

Concerns over defence cuts in Scotland will be raised at a top-level meeting next month, it has been announced.Read

Police in cannabis farm discovery

A large-scale cannabis farm with an estimated street value of about £250,000 was seized by police, it has emerged.Read

Mother faces child murder charges

A mother has been charged with murdering her three children when she appeared before a specially-convened court hearing at a hospital.Read

Salmond declines Megrahi invite

Scotland's First Minister has declined an invitation to support a pressure group which is campaigning for an inquiry into the conviction of the Lockerbie bomber.Read

Mother in hospital court appearance

Part of a hospital is expected to be designated as a sheriff court for the first appearance by a mother accused of murdering her three children in Edinburgh.Read