http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/scotland/ The latest stories from the Scotland section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:36:39 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/ 15 The Scottish government says drinkers should be charged a minimum of 45p for every unit of alcohol as part of efforts to cut consumption. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-11155653 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11155653 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:51:44 GMT Royal Bank of Scotland says Scotland is likely to gain jobs as a result of major restructuring, despite news that 3,500 UK posts will be lost. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-11165360 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11165360 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:57:12 GMT An extra £300,000 of emergency funding is pledged by the Scottish government to help the relief effort in Pakistan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-11163507 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11163507 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:46:28 GMT The owner of an Akita dog which attacked a 10-year-old girl in Kilmarnock is reported to the procurator fiscal. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11160886 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11160886 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:02:28 GMT A French tourist appears in court charged with causing the deaths of two biking enthusiasts in a crash in the Highlands on Sunday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11172849 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11172849 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:33:55 GMT Three prisoners are jailed for rioting at Addiewell Prison near Livingston, just eight weeks after it opened. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11168722 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11168722 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:34:30 GMT A pensioner is dragged from his car and robbed of jewellery worth more than £350,000 in Glasgow. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-11168171 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-11168171 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:36:50 GMT Figures obtained by the BBC suggest that in one in nine Scottish primary schools at least 60% of places are unfilled. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-11159793 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11159793 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:41:20 GMT A drunk driver was caught after taking a wrong turn and ending up in a police headquarters car park, a court hears. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-11166074 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-11166074 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:56:14 GMT Four Greenpeace activists are arrested after giving up their occupation of a Scottish company's drilling rig off Greenland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-11163225 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-11163225 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:30:39 GMT Four of the "big six" UK energy suppliers are to be investigated amid concerns of mis-selling to customers, the regulator says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11150541 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11150541 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:20:04 GMT Lower levels of medical fitness may have to be accepted by a fire service so it can cover remote communities. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11163634 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11163634 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:02:32 GMT Many women having cosmetic surgery believe that it is other people having work done who are motivated by vanity, it is claimed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-11152719 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-11152719 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:24:41 GMT Police are appealing for help identifying CCTV footage they believe might be of a missing Edinburgh woman. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11164357 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11164357 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:38:13 GMT Edinburgh Airport announces a new route to the Finnish Capital Helsinki. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11165027 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11165027 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:42:11 GMT Police seize cocaine with an estimated street value of £150,000 in Fife. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11166550 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11166550 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:05:56 GMT Rangers fans will go into a "holding zone" ahead of their team's Champions League match in Manchester, to prevent a re-run of the 2008 riots. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-manchester-11166917 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-11166917 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:21:21 GMT Scotland's largest local authority is to spend £13m laying off more than a third of its most senior managers, BBC Scotland learns. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-11159653 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11159653 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:35:33 GMT A man admits spraying a shop owner with a syringe full of blood during a newsagent robbery in Renfrewshire. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-11166755 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-11166755 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:52:05 GMT A Highland councillor is accused of illegally claiming almost £45,000 in benefits. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11165762 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11165762 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:57:51 GMT Western Isles council is asking the Scottish government for an enterprise agency's powers and budget. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11169795 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11169795 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:09:24 GMT The development of medicines and medical technology employs about 1,800 people and is worth £130m to the Highlands and Islands. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11154700 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11154700 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:53:21 GMT A major redevelopment of Aberdeen Maritime Museum's energy exploration galleries is to go ahead. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-11166065 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-11166065 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:16:37 GMT Police have appealed for information after an "irreplaceable" watch was stolen from the heritage centre on the Orkney island of Eday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-11164807 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-11164807 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:20:02 GMT An Aberdeen building firm is fined £9,000 and ordered to pay a workman £4,000 after he suffered burns in a fire. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-11164999 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-11164999 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:44:03 GMT A woman is airlifted to hospital after falling 50ft down a cliff on the Scottish Borders coast and breaking her leg. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-11163176 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-11163176 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:50:28 GMT A council seeks approval for a voluntary redundancy scheme in order to try to meet a potential savings target of £50m. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-11153665 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-11153665 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:16:20 GMT A sheriff criticises prison officials after deferring sentence for a second time on two men who vandalised a cemetery. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-11165507 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-11165507 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:50:41 GMT A school that costs £108,000 a year to run and has only two pupils should be closed, officials recommend. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-11155788 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-11155788 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:23:11 GMT A polymath who influenced the worlds of maths, science and the arts has been signed up to Facebook 60 years after his death. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-11163858 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-11163858 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:49:12 GMT The games industry has the "world-class talent and skills" to prosper after recent setbacks, the culture minister says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-11150825 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-11150825 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:21:59 GMT Tony Blair suggests that Scottish Labour might have won the last Holyrood election if he had not been PM and party leader. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-11155249 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-11155249 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:05:27 GMT A row breaks out over the year's extension to the Scottish government's lower cost ferry fares scheme pilot. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11150177 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11150177 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:11:23 GMT An Aberdeen councillor facing embezzlement court proceedings steps down from some of his duties. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-11162775 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-11162775 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:39:51 GMT A former rock musician joins forces with Fife-based Clear Audio Systems to provide specialist audio systems for deaf people. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-11170504 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-11170504 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:46:24 GMT Edinburgh-based insurance and pensions giant Standard Life is to cut up to 500 jobs over the next 15 months. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11152634 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11152634 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:35:40 GMT Glasgow-based engineering company Weir Group strengthens its presence in the Indian market. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-11164895 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-11164895 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:59:12 GMT Lee McCulloch and Steven Naismith are among six Rangers players in the Scotland team to face Lithuania on Friday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/scotland/8952109.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/8952109.stm Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:15:34 GMT Former Plymouth forward Alan Gow defends his decision to sign for Motherwell on a six-month contract. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/motherwell/8961316.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/motherwell/8961316.stm Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:06:01 GMT Aberdeen expect to sign Udinese defender Nikola Vujadinovic on loan should he receive a work permit. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aberdeen/8963591.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aberdeen/8963591.stm Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:25:12 GMT The Edinburgh Fringe breaks last year's box office record by selling almost two million tickets, organisers reveal. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-11132987 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11132987 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:01:20 GMT Little-known Japanese performance art troupe Frank Chickens have won an online poll to find an all-time Comedy God. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-11128361 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11128361 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:29:08 GMT The Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards were given out on Saturday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-11129723 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11129723 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:45:46 GMT A leading authority on local government predicts widespread school closures as councils try to cope with expected unprecedented cuts in public spending. Figures obtained by the BBC indicate one in nine primary schools is more than half empty. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-11161296 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11161296 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:05:58 GMT Oscar winning actress Tilda Swinton and film-maker Mark Cousins launch a project to give free films to eight-and-a-half-year-old children. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-11156250 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11156250 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:32:07 GMT A unit of medics who volunteered for service in Afghanistan has been presented with campaign medals by the Countess of Wessex. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11141504 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11141504 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:06:58 GMT RAF veteran shot down over Norway back at Leuchars http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-11168230 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11168230 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:50:54 GMT Images from the Braemar Gathering through the ages http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/local/northeastscotlandnorthernisles/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8962000/8962997.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/northeastscotlandnorthernisles/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8962000/8962997.stm Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:13:35 GMT The bagpiper who played while bullets rained down http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-11149392 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11149392 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:36:16 GMT Our money expert addresses readers' finance problems http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-11151156 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11151156 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:54:45 GMT 'The heat has been brutal but the result was good' http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/tennis/8962023.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8962023.stm Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:23:06 GMT Photographs from around Scotland sent in by readers http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/10569321 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10569321 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:24:28 GMT Stories making the headlines in Scotland http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-10695082 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-10695082 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:38:44 GMT