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Oil leak sparks environment warning

Green campaigners have voiced concerns about the environmental "threat" posed by drilling for oil after a leak in a pipeline forced the temporary closure of a North Sea oil field.Read

Hollywood puts £20m in city coffers

Hollywood movies and other broadcasting projects generated £20 million for Glasgow's economy last year, according to new figures.Read

Pandas recovering from illness

The UK's only giant pandas have gone back on public display after a bout of illness.Read

Community payback comes within week

A fast-track justice scheme has seen nine out of 10 offenders "paying back" to their communities within 24 hours of being sentenced, new figures have shown.Read

University applications 'steady'

The SNP administration's stance on tuition fees has been praised by student leaders after figures showed the number of people applying to study at Scottish universities "held steady" this year.Read

Freed Sheridan vows to clear name

Former MSP Tommy Sheridan has vowed to continue the fight to clear his name after being freed from prison, serving just over one year of his three-year sentence for lying under oath.Read

Council fined for child data lapses

A council has been handed the biggest ever fine for disclosing sensitive personal data after sending details of children and their carers to the wrong people five times last year.Read

Union means fairer UK says Miliband

Ed Miliband has pledged that his party will fight "toe to toe" with Scotland's First Minister before the vote on independence.Read

Independence debate 'needs space'

A campaign has been launched to gather views from across Scotland on the country's constitutional future, including the possibility of a middle-ground option short of independence.Read

Robbers hunted after armed raid

Police are hunting for two knife-wielding robbers who threatened a shopkeeper and demanded cash and cigarettes.Read

Labour councillor defects to SNP

A Glasgow Labour councillor has defected to the SNP after "coming to the conclusion that Scotland will be better off as an independent country".Read

Olympic ring handed in to police

An Olympic team ring stolen during a Hogmanay party has been handed in to police after it turned up at a pawn shop.Read

Tommy Sheridan freed from prison

Former MSP Tommy Sheridan has been freed from prison after serving just over one year of his three-year sentence for lying under oath.Read

RBS chief agrees to waive bonus

Banking chief Stephen Hester has bowed to intense political and media pressure to waive his bonus worth almost £1 million.Read

Four in court over prisoner escape

Four people are due to appear in court in connection with the escape of a prisoner from custody last week.Read

Tommy Sheridan set to be released

Convicted former MSP Tommy Sheridan is due to be freed from prison, after serving just over a year of his three-year sentence for lying under oath.Read

Connolly tops stand-up comedy poll

Billy Connolly has been named the UK's most influential stand-up comic of all time.Read

Injured soldiers to light beacon

A team of wounded servicemen who will this year climb Mount Everest are to light a beacon on the summit of Mount Snowdon to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.Read

Renewables set to continue growth

Scotland's renewables sector will continue to grow in value this year despite economic uncertainty, an industry analyst has said.Read

SNP targets Northern Isles polls

The SNP is to target the Northern Isles in the next local authority elections in an attempt to secure its first councillors on Shetland and Orkney.Read