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The SNP Government is breaking a pledge to double the number of school nurses, Labour has sai.

SNP leaders will meet the BBC on Friday in the ongoing row about leaders of devolved nations being excluded from General Election television debates.

Rugby stars were among thousands of people who gathered to remember veteran commentator Bill McLaren at Murrayfield.

Former hostage Peter Moore has described the moment he thought he had been shot dead when his captors staged a mock execution.

The world's oldest malt whisky went on sale with a price tag of up to £10,000 a bottle.

Round-the-world cyclist Mark Beaumont said goodbye to the bicycle that carried him 13,000 miles across the Americas.

Shoppers should not be able to get supermarket loyalty points for alcohol, doctors said.

A high-speed railway proposed by the UK Government must be extended to Scotland from the outset, business leaders said.

Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill resisted an opposition call to back the recovery of assets from a fraudster represented by Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

Civil servants pocketed £1.3 million in bonuses over a nine-month period at the height of the recession, official figures revealed.

First Minister Alex Salmond was accused of "bribing" SNP-supporting islanders with ferry fare concessions - while prices rise elsewhere.

Hundreds of mourners paid tribute at the funeral of a hero Scottish soldier killed in Afghanistan.

Livingston MP Jim Devine told a judge he will use a 320-year-old law to argue he should not be prosecuted over the expenses scandal.

Business chiefs urged the Scottish Government to "get a grip" of the planning system after a slowdown in major commercial applications.

Labour leader Iain Gray branded teaching reforms a "shambles" as he called on Alex Salmond to act to ensure planned changes are brought in at the start of the new scho

A second man has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting at a pub, police said.

Funding for the NHS will rise to a record £8.4 billion, Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said.

The number of marriages in Scotland plunged to its lowest level since Victorian times, new figures have revealed.

Energy provider Scottish Power has said it would cut gas bills by an average of 8% from March 31.

Lochaber under 14s rugby welcomed Ross-Sutherland, Oban and Lochgilphead to Banavie for a Midi rugby tournament.