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, 09 Feb 2012 22:20:22 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 Former Rangers chairman Alastair Johnston asks the government's insolvency service to clarify "certain financial arrangements" relating to the takeover of the club. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16975105 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16975105 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:17:20 GMT Glasgow City Council's budget is passed by just two votes, despite a number of resignations from within the ruling Labour party group. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16964356 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16964356 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:54:03 GMT US tycoon Donald Trump accuses First Minister Alex Salmond of seeming "hell bent on destroying Scotland's coastline" with wind power. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16969723 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16969723 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:10:00 GMT A newly-published report details how a military jet flew close to a passenger plane as it prepared to land. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16961034 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16961034 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:53:40 GMT A 59-year-old man has died after being seriously injured while felling trees near Callander in Stirling, police confirm. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16970942 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16970942 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:34:20 GMT A further £1m is to be invested in helping to prevent more landslips on the A83 Rest and Be Thankful route in Argyll. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16975878 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16975878 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:23:49 GMT A bungalow is seriously damaged after a car careers off the road in Alloa and ploughs through a wall into the building. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16972109 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16972109 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:50:47 GMT A 20-year-old woman receives suspected multiple injuries after her car struck a lorry and was thrown into an embankment. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16976132 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16976132 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:47:25 GMT A solicitor fails in his bid to win a court battle to challenge a supervision order imposed on convicted rapist Robert Greens. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16970645 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16970645 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:22:11 GMT The number of Scots women with PIP breast implants may be lower than first thought, after conflicting figures are released. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16968866 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16968866 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:36:53 GMT A teenager accused of attacking a suspected paedophile, who later died, looked "cocky" after the incident, a murder trial hears. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16965663 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16965663 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:30:59 GMT Scotland's biggest teaching union condemns a decision to scrap a scheme which increased teacher pay in return for boosting their skills. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-16963545 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16963545 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:51:06 GMT Aberdeen FC's move to a new stadium has moved a step closer with the announcement that several offers have been received for Pittodrie. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16970739 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16970739 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:58:43 GMT A man is convicted at the High Court in Glasgow of attacking and raping a woman at a house in Newton Stewart. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-16965047 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-16965047 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:57:23 GMT A body has been found during a search for a man who has been missing from his home in Caithness since Sunday afternoon. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16961038 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16961038 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:36:10 GMT Police appeal for witnesses after a woman is sexually assaulted in Aberdeen city centre. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16964882 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16964882 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:23:53 GMT Scottish comedian and actor Billy Connolly will play a dwarf warrior in Peter Jackson's Hobbit films, the director announces. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16960081 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16960081 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:41:37 GMT The evacuation of a remote archipelago in 1930 is linked to a vampire infestation in a new comic which could be turned into a film. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16931761 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16931761 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:56:59 GMT A man is banned from keeping animals for 10 years after admitting causing unnecessary suffering to two game-breed cockerels. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16968728 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16968728 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:47:11 GMT Five people are charged in connection with drug offences after more than £6,500 worth of heroin is seized in Edinburgh. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16968733 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16968733 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:11:38 GMT The company behind proposals to create biomass plants at four Scottish ports withdraws plans for a facility at Leith. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-16965119 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-16965119 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:55:39 GMT Glasgow is chosen as the headquarters of a £50m centre to develop technologies for the offshore renewable energy industry. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-16969217 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-16969217 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:51:52 GMT A funeral service held for a Scottish security guard who was killed after being kidnapped in Iraq five years ago. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16964349 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16964349 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:11:29 GMT The energy firm, Gaia-Wind, wins a new contract to supply 200 turbines to England in a deal worth more than £5m. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-16965125 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-16965125 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:16:07 GMT An ambulance technician is to help provide out-of-hours medical cover in an area where there are concerns about a lack of such care. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16965551 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16965551 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:30:28 GMT Highland council tax is frozen and the local authority's budget is set at £602m for 2012/13. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16949038 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16949038 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:08:10 GMT Scottish Secretary Michael Moore urges coastal communities to bid for a share of a fund of nearly £4m to support projects in their areas. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-16965039 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-16965039 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:27:06 GMT A man jailed for the murder of a waiter on Orkney was not a victim of a miscarriage of justice, prosecutors argue. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16972678 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16972678 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:20:48 GMT A further £35m is pledged to Aberdeen's controversial City Garden Project to cover any "very unlikely" extra costs. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16961203 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16961203 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:38:47 GMT Aberdeen manager Craig Brown is named Clydedale Bank Premier League manager of the month for January. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16946717 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16946717 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:51:06 GMT A 24-year-old man dies after a head-on crash between two cars on a road in the Borders on Wednesday evening. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-16959498 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-16959498 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:10:52 GMT Johnstons of Elgin plans a major investment in its Hawick site which will create new jobs at a visitor centre, cafe and retail outlet. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-16961960 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-16961960 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:40:11 GMT Two south of Scotland forests are sold to a private investor at a combined price of more than £10m. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-16961968 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-16961968 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:30:05 GMT Scotland's smallest local authority gives £250,000 to a group hoping to save a swimming pool councillors wanted to demolish last year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16966229 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16966229 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:44:27 GMT A Dundee University professor and international diabetes expert is appointed as Scotland's new chief scientist. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16963757 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16963757 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:39:16 GMT Police say there could be a link between a series of burglaries in Perthshire and the theft of £11,000 of jewellery from a home. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16961749 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16961749 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:55:29 GMT The bulk of Scotland's 32 local authorities agree their budgets for the coming year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16963861 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16963861 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:44:53 GMT A campaign which was formed to gather opinion about Scotland's future says it has had a "fantastic response". http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16959874 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16959874 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:12:45 GMT Drinks group Diageo reports a rise in half-year profits as demand for its global brands continues to grow in emerging markets. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16959273 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16959273 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:46:31 GMT MSPs have approved the Scottish government's £30bn budget in a Holyrood vote which saw 70 members backing it and 52 members rejecting it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16927626 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16927626 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:45:18 GMT The whisky industry in Scotland provides direct employment for more than 10,000 people, according to a new report. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16952555 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16952555 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:36:42 GMT Football agent Willie McKay tells BBC Scotland progress with the deal to bring Daniel Cousin to Rangers is "very slow". http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16967931 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16967931 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:28:39 GMT Glasgow extend their home RaboDirect Pro12 winning run to five games with victory over Scarlets at Firhill. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/16934282 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/16934282 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:59:54 GMT Kilmarnock are close to signing former Bristol City midfielder Lee Johnson on a two-and-a-half year contract. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16965529 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16965529 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:41:01 GMT Finance Secretary John Swinney defends plans to let EU nationals living in Scotland vote in the independence referendum. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16895691 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16895691 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:30:24 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 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 Alex Salmond defends the awarding of contracts for the new Forth crossing to overseas firms during first minister's questions on 9 February 2012. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/democracylive/hi/scotland/newsid_9693000/9693393.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/scotland/newsid_9693000/9693393.stm Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:43:19 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 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:34:50 GMT Donald Trump accuses First Minister Alex Salmond of "being hell bent on destroying Scotland's coastline". http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-16967373 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16967373 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:08:26 GMT A Scottish company launches a new treatment based on light-therapy to treat acne. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-16967370 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16967370 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:49:48 GMT The victim of an elaborate fraud tells BBC Scotland how £11,000 in savings was stolen from her bank account. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-16930939 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16930939 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:54:47 GMT The winning designs have been chosen for the strips which will be worn by footballers playing in on a specially-created forest pitch. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-16963564 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16963564 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:19:44 GMT A mother whose son killed himself a year ago tells how she wants the issue taken up by policy makers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-16959641 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16959641 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:18:26 GMT Lottery boost for group aiming to restore a derelict cinema http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16963760 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16963760 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:46:46 GMT Being left-handed could make you a better decision maker http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16943780 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16943780 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:33:59 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 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 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:37:47 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 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:13:08 GMT