http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scotland/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the Scotland section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:17:15 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/news/scotland/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 The UK government believes establishing a Scottish military in the event of independence would put a substantial burden on public finances. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-24437333#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-24437333 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 23:54:38 GMT A lack of available properties and "burgeoning" demand among buyers forces house prices up in Scotland, according to a survey. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24436356#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24436356 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:06:57 GMT Patients with MS and other neurological diseases are to benefit from a research clinic - named after JK Rowling's mother - to be officially opened later. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-24434961#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-24434961 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:12:00 GMT How one of the few councils in the UK to provide one wheelie bin per household for domestic rubbish is adapting to a change in waste legislation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-24380310#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-24380310 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:12:32 GMT Scottish Secretary Michael Moore is sacked in a Lib Dem reshuffle and will be replaced by fellow Scot Alistair Carmichael. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-24426304#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-24426304 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:40:40 GMT Ineos accuses the Unite union at the Grangemouth oil refinery and petrochemical plant of "fiddling while Rome burns". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24420533#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24420533 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:22:18 GMT Edinburgh Zoo's female panda continues to show signs of pregnancy and starts to produce colostrum - a form of breast milk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-24436328#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-24436328 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 16:54:32 GMT Scotland becomes the first country in Europe to prescribe a new drug which reduces cravings for alcohol in heavy drinkers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24431152#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24431152 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 17:19:55 GMT The mother of a man who was hit by an HGV then dragged underneath it for three miles appeals for anyone with information to contact police. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24419642#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24419642 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 05:17:18 GMT A survivor of the Super Puma crash off Shetland tells how the helicopter hit the water seconds after a "hell of a noise". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-24427601#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-24427601 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:11:52 GMT A council is fined £48,000 for health and safety breaches after an incident in which a schoolgirl was dragged into a lathe by her scarf. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-24429573#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-24429573 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:10:40 GMT A man who admitted posting offensive remarks online about murdered Welsh schoolgirl April Jones is ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24433494#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24433494 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:37:12 GMT The army of volunteers enlisted to help during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will be known as Clyde-siders. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24428298#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24428298 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:50:08 GMT A man from Troon is among five people arrested across the UK in the first operation led by the new National Crime Agency. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24428302#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24428302 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 12:39:28 GMT Police officers missed chances to trace a drink-driver before a crash which left a pedestrian with serious injuries, an investigation finds. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-24427435#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-24427435 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 11:40:53 GMT Police identify a body found in the west Highlands as a missing man from Derby, who is thought to have gone hillwalking in the area. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-24425489#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-24425489 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:40:11 GMT An American producer of autonomous underwater vehicles buys Edinburgh-based smart software firm SeeByte. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24436361#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24436361 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 17:35:21 GMT A former senior Grampian Police officer goes on trial accused of sexually assaulting six women. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-24436330#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-24436330 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 17:41:37 GMT An investigation is launched after the bodies of two men were found at a house in Inverclyde. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24428295#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24428295 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:15:12 GMT A man who died after the lorry he was driving overturned on North Uist is named as Steven John Buchanan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-24436326#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-24436326 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:40:42 GMT Mercury Prize nominees Django Django are to headline The Waverley Stage at this year's Edinburgh Hogmanay. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-24431036#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-24431036 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 12:05:14 GMT Two Inner Hebrides islands are to become a native honeybee sanctuary, after a new law is passed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24428707#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24428707 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:40:16 GMT Police in West Lothian are appealing for information after a man was found injured on a road in Whitburn. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-24429092#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-24429092 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:21:04 GMT Four-time IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti, from Scotland, fractures his spine in a crash at the Houston Grand Prix. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/motorsport/24425701 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/motorsport/24425701 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:09:50 GMT Preparations are under way to ensure drivers are kept moving on Scotland's roads this winter. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-24431039#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-24431039 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:26:33 GMT Tributes are paid to Glasgow Labour councillor George Ryan who died suddenly at the weekend, aged 51. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24428300#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24428300 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 11:03:49 GMT A Glasgow-based candlemaker signs a deal that will see its products on sale in China and Hong Kong for the first time. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24433261#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24433261 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:01:06 GMT STV enters a joint venture with a German-owned firm that will distribute its programme ideas for adaptation in foreign markets. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24428777#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24428777 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:48:08 GMT A motorcyclist who died in a crash on the A87 in the Highlands at the weekend is named as a 51-year-old man from Nottinghamshire. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-24431155#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-24431155 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:51:25 GMT An Inverness-shire man is named the world's best porridge maker for the second time in three years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-24414935#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-24414935 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 17:43:03 GMT A man who died while out deer stalking in Sutherland has been named as German national Harald Hoffmann. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-24429492#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-24429492 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:05:57 GMT A pair of armed robbers who carried out two knifepoint robberies at shops in Aberdeen are jailed for a total of more than 13 years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-24430783#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-24430783 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 12:27:26 GMT Aberdeen's iconic five-star Marcliffe Hotel is set to close, as the owner is to retire and aims to sell to an office developer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-24427231#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-24427231 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 08:07:48 GMT Police appeal for sightings of a 74-year-old man missing in Shetland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-24427608#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-24427608 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 11:12:51 GMT Three different wind farm applications are considered by planning councillors in the Scottish Borders. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-24397907#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-24397907 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:36:33 GMT Police launch an investigation after vandalism on a timber harvesting machine causes damage which will cost about £20,000 to repair. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-24429566#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-24429566 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:16:07 GMT A detailed inquiry is to be carried out into the future of councils and local services in Scotland, Cosla announces. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-24422868#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-24422868 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 23:33:45 GMT An 88-year-old woman who was hit by a lorry in Bonnybridge, near Falkirk, on 26 September dies in hospital. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-24412202#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-24412202 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 12:02:44 GMT Three men appear in court in connection with cocaine recovered after a series of raids at properties in Dundee. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-24406745#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-24406745 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:11:42 GMT Stirling Council says it will be the first local authority in Scotland to increase the number of annual free pre-school childcare hours from 475 to 600. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-24382558#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-24382558 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 22:57:54 GMT A campaign is launched by the Scottish government to help make homes in Scotland more energy efficient. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24423125#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24423125 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 23:34:10 GMT Scottish Health Secretary Alex Neil pledges not to impose a pay freeze on NHS workers in Scotland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-24419314#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-24419314 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 10:13:42 GMT Optimism among UK banks and financial firms is at its highest for almost 17 years, a survey from the CBI business lobby group has suggested. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24424805#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24424805 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 07:16:21 GMT Upmarket building firm Cala sets out plans to double in size as it taps into boom areas of Scotland and England. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24427940#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24427940 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:01:06 GMT Commercial property consultancy GVA buys Scottish chartered surveyors James Barr for an undisclosed sum. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24432508#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24432508 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 12:48:45 GMT Hibs move up to fifth in the Scottish Premiership with a narrow victory over Partick Thistle at a rain-soaked Firhill. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24349647 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24349647 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 22:13:52 GMT Ibrox directors Craig Mather and Brian Stockbridge discuss Rangers' future with Dave King in South Africa. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24434323 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24434323 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 20:49:52 GMT Pat Fenlon insists he remains unfazed by Hibernian's critics after the narrow victory at Partick Thistle. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24439341 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24439341 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 22:10:14 GMT Muinintir Bharraigh riaraichte le clàr-ama ùr a chaidh fhoillseachadh le Cal Mac, às dèidh lùghdachadh san t-seirbheis air Gheamhradh. http://www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan/24427621 http://www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan/24427621 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:45:24 GMT Feumaidh boireannach a tha a' fuireach le each na taigh ann an Leòdhas dorsan an taighe a dhèanamh nas leatha airson am beathach a chumail. http://www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan/24427624 http://www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan/24427624 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 12:46:00 GMT Fear de dhithis a chaidh a mharbhadh air rathaidean Tìr Mòr na Gàidhealtachd agus Uibhist a Tuath air an deireadh-sheachdain air ainmeachadh. http://www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan/24427620 http://www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan/24427620 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 08:15:57 GMT Alex Salmond comes under attack from Labour over college student numbers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/scotland-24381676 http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/scotland-24381676 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 12:31:43 GMT Former Scottish Secretary Michael Moore says he is disappointed to be leaving office in Nick Clegg's cabinet reshuffle. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24428436#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24428436 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 12:22:53 GMT A BBC Scotland investigation hears calls for changes to the way cyber crime is recorded following the death of teenager Daniel Perry who was blackmailed online. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24428437#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24428437 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:58:03 GMT The mother of a man, thought by police to have been hit by an HGV and dragged underneath it for three miles, appeals for information. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24428443#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24428443 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:23:22 GMT Haile Gebrselassie races to victory in the 2013 Great Scottish Run in Glasgow, an event that attracts 23,000 entrants. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/scotland/24423617 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/scotland/24423617 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 18:56:01 GMT Wildlife experts from the Galapagos Islands are in Scotland to see how remote cameras developed here could help with conservation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24428445#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24428445 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 16:14:38 GMT Wildlife experts from the Galapagos Islands travel to the Scottish Seabird Centre for help with remote-controlled camera technology http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24435259#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24435259 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:45:13 GMT Scotland's long and intriguing black history http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-24347632#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-24347632 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:13:24 GMT The city where property prices have doubled in a decade http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24348196#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24348196 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 23:00:29 GMT Edinburgh chefs cook up meal to highlight food waste http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-24406749#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-24406749 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 00:04:42 GMT A selection of your photos taken across Scotland http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24357027#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24357027 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 09:22:39 GMT The stories making the headlines in Scotland's newspapers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-13403807#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-13403807 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 06:22:33 GMT Join the audience for BBC Scotland political editor's weekly on Radio Scotland http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-15190428#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-15190428 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 08:01:58 GMT How to send us your images from across Scotland http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11287381#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11287381 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:33:41 GMT