Rangers hope to be given the go-ahead to launch a new share issue at the club's AGM today.

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Chairman David Somers will read a statement in which he will say fund-raising efforts in 2014 fell short of the amount the club had hoped for.

"We are requesting permission to enable us to issue shares to improve the long term financial stability of the club," Somers' statement reads.

Rangers had asked existing shareholders for fresh investment in the past year.

Firefighters said 35 people have been stranded in a supermarket by floodwater after a river burst its banks.

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Water rescue crews are in attendance at the Asda supermarket in Queen's Drive, Kilmarnock, where members of staff and customers are stranded by floodwater.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said there were no injuries to report.

Emergency services have been working through the night to tackle several incidents of serious flooding after heavy rain in Ayrshire.

The Queen's Drive Retail Park was flooded after the River Irvine burst its banks.

David Miller
BBC Scotland transport correspondent

On a bitterly cold winter's day, I am sitting on a bench in Edinburgh's Inverleith Park having a curious device designed to monitor my stress levels fitted to my head.

I'm already wearing Google Glass and I'm beginning to feel like Scotland's uncool answer to RoboCop. In a hi-vis jacket.

But there's a good reason for my ignominy.

I'm about to take part in research designed to find ways of increasing confidence amongst reluctant cyclists.

• Read David's account of the Brains on Bikes project.

Rachel Massie
BBC Scotland reporter

Metal detectorist Alistair McPherson has a nose for finding treasure.

"I seem to have a third sense when it comes to fields", he said.

"Several of my friends call me The Magnet."

Together with a team of archaeologists, Mr McPherson discovered a hoard of Roman and Pictish silver in a farmer's field. It has been hailed as the most northern of its kind in Europe.

Douglas Fraser
Business and economy editor, Scotland

#Rangers chairman: taken 1st steps to effective engagement w fan base. "I think that we'd all agree we still have work to do in this area"

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Billy Davies is in the frame for the Rangers job, while one Celtic defender could be on his way out of Parkhead.

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Check out all the latest sports gossip.

Graham Fraser
BBC Scotland

Thirty-one Scottish international rugby players died in World War One, more than any other country. Discover their story.

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Police confirm that a woman died in the crash on the A74 (M) this morning. The road remains closed.

They are also looking for a man who was given a lift north from the scene of the crash to the motorway services at Johnstonebridge.

He may have a head injury.

Police said the man was about 30, of Asian appearance, about 6ft tall with dark hair and long sideburns.

The man was last seen at the petrol pumps and then the main building at the services between 06:00 and 06:30 hours.

Over the weekend, Scotland's top prosecutor Frank Mulholland said he continued to believe Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was guilty of carrying out the Lockerbie bombing 26 years ago. He was responding to pressure from those who think the case against the Libyan was flawed.

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Frank Duggan, the president of the Victims of Pan AM Flight 103, told Good Morning Scotland that the US victims of the atrocity were not as concerned by these "conspiracy mavens".

He said: "One of the reasons that does not trouble us here in the United States is that that view is simply not credible."

He added: "We know there are people there (in the UK) who are like a dog with a bone. No matter how much evidence is presented to show that this man was guilty they are not going to change their position and that is not going to affect us one way or the other."

Douglas Fraser
Business and economy editor, Scotland

#Rangers chairman David Somers to spell out need for cost-cutting at AGM today. His speech has conspicuous lack of thanks to Ally McCoist

Many of today's newspaper front pages feature the story of Ally McCoist, who has left his job as Rangers manager and has been put on gardening leave for the next year.

The Scottish Sun headlines the story "Ally put out to grass".

The Daily Record leads with the story of a foodbank over Christmas, while the Scottish Daily Mail highlights the last minute dash of shoppers for the festive season.

BMA chairman Dr Peter Bennie told Good Morning Scotland that new proposals were expected soon on the training of junior doctors.

He said: "We've yet to see exactly what will come out of that but the current proposals would lead to junior doctors training for a shorter period of time that they do just now and therefore to consultants having less experience and less breadth than they do just now.

"That has an obvious knock-on effect for patient care."

One person has died in a two-vehicle crash on the M74 motorway in Dumfriesshire, police have said.

The collision involved a car and a van on the northbound carriageway between junction 20 Eaglesfield and junction 19 Ecclefechan.

The motorway was closed in the area of the accident at about 06:30 and traffic was being diverted on to the B7076.

Police were appealing for witnesses.

Chris McLaughlin
BBC Sport

Covering Rangers, you learn to expect the unexpected. I think most people though expected this.

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McCoist handed in his resignation last Friday and was then told by the board that he can work his 12-month notice period but I understand he was called into a meeting at Ibrox last night and the chief executive and former managing director of Newcastle FC Derek Llambias basically told him things couldn't carry on and he was being put on gardening leave.

It means he will be paid until his contract runs out and his assistant Kenny McDowall is now in charge until the end of the season.

BMA chairman Dr Peter Bennie told BBC radio's Good Morning Scotland that "targets" for the NHS measured "whatever is in the target rather than necessarily the quality of patient care".

He said: "For example, the target for maximum four-hour waits in A&E puts the pressure on to move patients out of A&E and into the main part of the hospital. However, that does not cover what happens thereafter.

"For some of those patients they would have been better treated if they could have stayed a little longer in A&E, got all the necessary results and gone home again."

Scottish construction firms have called for increased funding to help recruit and train more apprentices.

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The Scottish Building Federation (SBF) said employers had highlighted critical skills shortages in a number of key trades and managerial positions.

They were raised in the group's latest quarterly Construction Monitor, which also found industry confidence at its highest since the survey began in 2008.

SBF said it was now time to review funding for recruitment and training.

Last night, it emerged Ally McCoist has left his position as Rangers manager and the Scottish Championship club said he is now "on gardening leave".

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The 52-year-old handed in his resignation earlier this month and had started his 12-month notice period.

McCoist remained in charge of the team for the defeat by Queen of the South and Saturday's win against Livingston.

A club statement said assistant manager Kenny McDowall (pictured left) will take over as manager until the end of the season.

The body that represents doctors has said real change is needed to tackle the challenges facing the NHS in Scotland.

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Dr Peter Bennie, chairman of the BMA in Scotland, said the health service must learn from past "mistakes and missed opportunities".

He said there had been huge reliance on the goodwill of staff, but that this was not a sustainable solution.

The Scottish government said it agreed that the way health and social care is delivered in Scotland must change.