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Scots butcher offers customers Irn-Bru Turkey

A SCOTS butcher is offering customers Christmas dinner with a difference - in the form of an Irn-Bru-basted turkey. The family-run firm in Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire,...

Scottish chip shop serves up deep-fried Christmas puddings

A SCOTTISH chip shop is serving up the ultimate, artery-clogging seasonal treat – a 1,000 calorie deep-fried Christmas pudding. Café Piccante in Edinburgh is offering the...

Panel decides teacher put secret exam information in revision notes

A TEACHER put secret exam information in revision notes for colleagues, a disciplinary panel has ruled. But Sabrina Ferguson escaped punishment because she did not realise...

Owner buried his dead dog – only to be reunited two days later

A DISTRAUGHT dog lover buried his beloved pet only to be reunited with the animal two days later. Jimmy the Border terrier went missing last week...

Train worker disciplined over sick suicide comments

A TRAIN worker has been disciplined after going on Facebook to complain about the cost of cleaning a train after it hit a suicide victim. Ross...

Scots troops armed with Israeli ‘fight and bite’ techniques before going to Afghanistan

SCOTTISH troops heading to Afghanistan to battle the Taleban have been given life-saving lessons in an ultra-violent Israeli martial art. Soldiers were taught how to gouge...

Health board cuts beds for burns patients

A CONTROVERSIAL hospital has dealt patients another blow by axing almost half the beds in its specialist burns unit. St John’s Hospital in Livingston, West Lothian,...

More than a hundred prisoners allowed to go home for Christmas

PRISON bosses have been condemned for sending nearly half the inmates at a Scottish jail home in time for Christmas. HMP Castle Huntly, in Longfornan near...

Primary pupils taught in leaking classrooms and without hot water or electricity

PRIMARY pupils as young as four were taught in a school without hot water or electricity, it has emerged. Youngsters in the P1 and P2 classes...

Heartless officials demand removal of roadside shrine for dead son

HEARTLESS officials contacted a grieving family on holiday in India to demand they remove a roadside shrine to their dead son. Mark MacKenzie died in June...

Lorraine Kelly consults lawyers over diet pill advert

SCOTTISH presenter Lorraine Kelly is consulting lawyers after her face appeared alongside an online advert for diet pills. The advert was spotted on social networking site...

Mystery Grinch unplugs tree lights next to police station

A MYSTERY Grinch has been unplugging the lights of a community Christmas tree – right under the noses of the police. The seasonal Spruce from Norway...

Salmon fishermen “forced to apologise” to children and canoeists

SALMON fishermen have been told to apologise amid claims they terrorised canoeists and children on a Scottish river. Anglers were accused of driving their boats at...

Over 50 patients a day left in inappropriate hospital areas

MORE than 50 patients a day are being treated in inappropriate areas in a health board’s hospitals due to pressure over beds. Figures released recently show...

OAP struck in hit and run just days before road safety meeting

A PENSIONER was knocked down at a busy junction just days before a road safety meeting about the same spot she was struck, which was...

Scottish grandmother takes windfarm fight to the UN

A SCOTTISH grandmother has taken her fight against windfarms to the United Nations, saying the government is misleading the public over the benefits of new...

Team of 25 firefighters save horse from icy river

A TEAM of 25 firefighters battled for three hours yesterday to save the life of a horse that slipped on an icy bank and plunged...

Plans revealed for new law to ban drivers parking on pavements

PLANS have been revealed today to introduce a new law banning drivers from parking on pavements or alongside other parked vehicles. If the proposed plans get...

Olympian banned from training on grass as it was ‘unsafe’ to cross icy track

A SCOTTISH Olympian was banned from training at one of the country’s biggest stadiums - in case she slipped while crossing a running track. Runner Lynsey...

Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos in Wikipedia dispute

FRANZ Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos has bitterly complained that “nationalists” keep changing his Wikipedia entry to say he is English. After living in Scotland for more...

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