Austerity 'could raise drug use'
A report by the Scottish Drugs Forum warns tough economic conditions could lead to a rise in drug-taking in Scotland.
Winter freeze hits festive sales
Non-food sales in Scotland fall in December in the wake of bitter winter weather, according to new figures.
BBC exposes tobacco crime gangs
The BBC is to expose crime gangs who are controlling Scotland's illegal tobacco trade following months of investigation.
Robber caught by Lottery ticket
Beach to have 20,000 tonnes of sand shifted More news from around Scotland
Expert Views
Douglas Fraser's Ledger
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Cornered shops
Can newsagents paper over the cracks?
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Prices head north
Blether with Brian
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'Academic ping pong'
The row over the Holyrood committee and the profs
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'Apparent clarity'
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Politics
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Holyrood expert concern dismissed
Holyrood's presiding officer dismisses a complaint from two academics who said they were badly treated by MSPs.
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MSPs call to end pay-off secrecy
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Plans for minimum alcohol pricing
Business
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Probe after production shut down
An inquiry is launched after production at four platforms in the North Sea had to be shut down.
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RBS sells Priory Group for £925m
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Recruits for 'world's best job'
Sport
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Ayr United 1-0 Hibernian
Mark Roberts scores as Second Division Ayr United dump Hibernian out of the Scottish Cup.
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Live text - Australian Open day three
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Butcher pans SPL 'deconstruction'
Democracy Live
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Swinney gives evidence on EU funding
Finance Secretary John Swinney gives evidence on EU funding.
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Whisky to reveal 100-year-old secrets
Reporter attacked over cigarette sting
Inflation rise makes times tougher
Fears for 2014 Games legacy
Life after fishing in Mallaig
Gaelic band launch charts bid
Ex-minister hails Cuban energy planFeatures & Analysis
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Smoking out the bandits
Undercover reporter Sam Poling tackles the illegal tobacco trade
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Middle-aged sex bomb
Over 50s targeted after rise in sexual infection rates
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In pictures: Stirling Castle
Photographs of the recreation of "a lost Renaissance masterpiece"
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Translating the Neds
Do we need another film about Glasgow's grim gang culture?
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Whisky and ice
Bottles from Shackleton's 1907 Antarctic expedition are analysed
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Your Pictures
A selection of your photographs taken across Scotland
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Picture plea and previous galleries
How to send us your photographs of Scotland
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Newspaper round up
Stories making the headlines in Scotland
Elsewhere on the BBC
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All aboard!
BBC Travel visits the RMS Queen Mary - a floating hotel twice the size of the Titanic
