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 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:10:06 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://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/scotland/ 120 60 15 The Met Office warns that snow will affect many parts of southern and eastern Scotland at the weekend. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-16869164 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-16869164 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:57:03 GMT Two men are arrested in connection with the death of a man who was shot in an East Renfrewshire street last year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16882416 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16882416 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:30:13 GMT A swimming pool in Glasgow whose closure 11 years ago led to violent clashes with police is to be reopened by Scots actor and director Peter Mullan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16873557 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16873557 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:04:54 GMT Four of Scotland's highest profile politicians urge councillors to block moves by the Scottish Defence League to march in Glasgow. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16869704 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16869704 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:26:42 GMT A 40-year-old man is arrested over the death of an 87-year-old woman in South Lanarkshire. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16881928 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16881928 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:44:13 GMT A record number of firms went bust during 2011 with property-related companies hard hit, latest figures suggest. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-16880022 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-16880022 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:37:08 GMT A 43-year-old man appears in court accused of raping two women and harassing one of them on Facebook. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16876501 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16876501 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:34:12 GMT First Minister Alex Salmond and Scottish Secretary Michael Moore are to hold independence referendum talks in Edinburgh on 13 February. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16873284 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16873284 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:43:09 GMT Schools should be allowed to delay a new exam system if they are not ready to implement it, Scotland's largest teaching union says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16859701 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16859701 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:05:24 GMT Two conmen who have made £2,500 by selling off cardboard boxes with water bottles inside as "laptops" are sought by police. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16869950 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16869950 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:45:54 GMT A lorry driver who died after being struck by a passing tanker as he stood at the side of the M74 is named. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16876505 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16876505 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:21:06 GMT Scotland's chief medical officer has said children aged six months to five years should be taking daily vitamin D drops. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-16870565 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16870565 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:58:55 GMT A train conductor who featured in a video watched by millions of people on the internet returns to work. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16873279 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16873279 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:15:01 GMT A man extradited from Poland is remanded in custody on a charge of raping a woman in West Lothian. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16876239 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16876239 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:01:15 GMT A man whose wife and children died in a crash after an oil spill is demanding to know what action the HSE is taking. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16868623 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16868623 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:29:17 GMT The parents and girlfriend of a young man who disappeared near cliffs south of Aberdeen speak of their "heartbreak". http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16878051 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16878051 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:18:01 GMT An academic is to explore how traditional ballads deal with the supernatural and how they may also may empower women. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16812927 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16812927 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:39:05 GMT A 16-year-old is pulling her father's van 50 metres as part of her bid to represent team GB in power lifting at the 2016 Olympics. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16869767 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16869767 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:47:21 GMT Anti-capitalist protesters, who ended their occupation of Edinburgh's St Andrew Square, have returned to court to fight eviction from The Meadows. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16874055 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16874055 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:39:50 GMT A 29-year-old man is found guilty of two robberies in Edinburgh within three hours of each other. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16880513 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16880513 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:01:08 GMT A court orders £200,000 to be seized from a man found guilty of embezzling £410,000 from his late aunt. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16881993 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16881993 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:51:28 GMT Applications for undergraduate courses at Glasgow University this year are up 11% on the same period in 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16876959 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16876959 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:07:48 GMT An attack on a 27-year-old man in Paisley, Renfrewshire, is being treated as attempted murder, police say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16869698 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16869698 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:39:54 GMT A man from Afghanistan is found guilty of raping two young girls at flats in Glasgow. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16881924 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16881924 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:40:23 GMT CHC Helicopters is to lose the search and rescue contract at bases at Sumburgh and Stornoway, the BBC understands. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-16869067 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16869067 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:20:16 GMT A 64-year-old man is being treated for the effects of the cold after spending a night out in freezing conditions. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16869759 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16869759 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:30:04 GMT An osprey raised at a nest site in the Highlands and tracked using satellite tagging technology may have perished in West Africa. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16869765 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16869765 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:14:16 GMT A teenage drugs courier from Kent caught with heroin worth more than £125,000 in Aberdeen is given community service. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16874710 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16874710 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:23:43 GMT A teenager jailed for claiming she was going to petrol bomb a sheriff's home has her sentence cut. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16879264 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16879264 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:24:58 GMT A fire at a block of flats in Aberdeen on Thursday night is being treated as suspicious by Grampian Police. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16869293 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16869293 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:00:36 GMT A woman accused of murdering an eastern European man whose body was found at a farm in the Borders appears at the high court. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-16871698 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-16871698 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:39:19 GMT A Gateshead man whose lorry crushed a Fife surgeon to death in a crash in the Borders is freed to await the outcome of his appeal. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-16874879 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-16874879 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:37:09 GMT Pop star Calvin Harris was the most successful songwriter in the UK singles chart in 2011, according to research from trade magazine Music Week. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16874367 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16874367 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:20:58 GMT Construction work on a new visitor centre at the site of the battle of Bannockburn will begin in the summer, it has been confirmed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16870572 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16870572 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:59:35 GMT A drug dealer from Liverpool who was caught with a bag containing more than £100,000 of heroin at Dundee railway station is jailed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16875365 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16875365 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:08:07 GMT An Angus firm which specialises in supplying lifts for warehouses and commercial vehicles goes bust with the loss of 80 jobs. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16870569 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16870569 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:08:03 GMT An independent Scotland could be more constrained on economic policy than at present, a study suggests. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16865105 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16865105 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:35:10 GMT Appeal judges have rejected a bid by a major tobacco firm to challenge Scottish government plans to ban the open display of cigarettes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16853251 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16853251 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:40:57 GMT The chairman of 82% taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) says banker pay has been "high for too long" and needs to be corrected. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16866981 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16866981 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:40:08 GMT Revised plans for a £100m waste plant incinerator on the outskirts of Perth are rejected by councillors. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16867547 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16867547 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:50:58 GMT A $100m (£63.2m) pipeline contract for BP's new £4.5bn oil project west of the Shetland Islands is awarded to Subsea 7. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16853473 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16853473 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:05:15 GMT Rangers manager Ally McCoist dismisses speculation he would consider leaving Ibrox over a lack of transfer funds. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16876557 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16876557 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:36:07 GMT Nikica Jelavic's sale by Rangers does not guarantee Celtic the title, insists Neil Lennon. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16880146 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16880146 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:58:09 GMT Andy Robinson urges his Scotland side to throw off their 'unlucky losers' tag in Saturday's Calcutta Cup clash. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/16871867 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/16871867 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:41:08 GMT A former Scotland Office minister is calling for a "double referendum" to decide Scotland's constitutional future. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16844830 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16844830 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:51:29 GMT The UK Energy Minister says the Scottish independence referendum is "a point of uncertainty that could cause concern" to oil and gas firms. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16831191 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16831191 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:24:17 GMT Pressure is mounting from MPs at Westminster to hold an inquiry into what Scottish independence would mean for defence. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16806323 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16806323 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:31:57 GMT Alex Salmond tells MSPs he regrets sending a letter of support to Fred Goodwin ahead of the Royal Bank of Scotland's take over of ABN-Amro. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/democracylive/hi/scotland/newsid_9689000/9689595.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/scotland/newsid_9689000/9689595.stm Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:38:50 GMT Scotland's largest teaching union calls on ministers to allow all schools to delay new exams linked to the curriculum for excellence. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-16880324 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16880324 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:45:34 GMT Scots teenager Bronwyn Taylor can lift twice her own bodyweight and is named Britain's strongest schoolgirl. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-16880328 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16880328 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:47:09 GMT BBC Reporting Scotland will have two special reports on the role of Scots soldiers in Afghanistan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-16872255 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16872255 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:12:13 GMT The chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland has said the furore surrounding Fred's Goodwin's knighthood was "overblown". http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-16868327 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16868327 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:05:37 GMT An extract of the 999 call made after the body of murdered schoolboy Jack Frew was found in woods in East Kilbride. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16860517 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16860517 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:50:28 GMT At least 74 people have died in clashes between rival football fans in the city of Port Said in Egypt. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16850830 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16850830 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:19:15 GMT Groundskeeper Willie from The Simpsons will reveal more about his Scottish roots and his personality conflicts in a new episode of the show. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-16850765 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16850765 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:46:05 GMT A two-minute round-up of the news which has been happening around Scotland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-16497478 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16497478 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:26:30 GMT A selection of your photographs taken across Scotland http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-16839196 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16839196 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:24:10 GMT Online genealogy company Brightsolid launches US service http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-16858504 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-16858504 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:36:57 GMT The importance of nostalgia and the internet for the comic industry http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16629705 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16629705 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:18:21 GMT The background to the brutal murder of Jack Frew http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16852311 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16852311 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:26:25 GMT The stories making the headlines in Scotland's newspapers http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-13403807 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-13403807 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:15:08 GMT How to send us your photographs of Scotland http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-11287381 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11287381 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