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Drummer Lee Rigby, who leaves behind a two-year-old son. Picture: PA

Woolwich soldier named as Drummer Lee Rigby video

THE soldier killed in a horrific attack on a London street has been named as Drummer Lee Rigby, a father of one who had served in Afghanistan.

Picture: Jane Barlow

Church of Scotland: Indy ‘point-scoring’ a turn-off

The debate on Scottish independence is focused on “political point-scoring” that is “turning people off”, the Kirk’s Church and Society Council said today.

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Scottish independence: Donations loophole fears

THE Yes and No independence referendum campaign groups could dodge strict spending limits with the creation of “dummy” bodies to spend surplus cash, it has emerged.

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Stephen House at Glenrothes Police Station. Picture: Robert Perry

Stephen House: Give seized crime money to police

SCOTLAND’S most senior policeman has urged the government to use funds seized from criminals to fight crime, saying it is “nuts” to refuse.

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The affected models were built between late 2002 and 2006. Picture: PA

Nissan: Micra steering wheel may come off

NISSAN is recalling of one of its most popular models over a fault that could result in the the steering wheel coming off in the driver’s hands.

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A tram brushes up before a test run at its Gogarburn depot. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Edinburgh trams ‘will run by end of the year’

PASSENGERS will be riding the trams in Edinburgh by the end of the year, a former consultant to the £776 million project has predicted.

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Sport rss

SFL vote rejected 42-club unified league proposal. Picture: SNS

SFL reject 42-club league reconstruction plans

SCOTTISH football has lurched closer to an acrimonious civil war after plans for a new unified 42-club league body were informally rejected by a majority of Second and Third Division chairmen at Hampden.

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Hearts face an anxious wait, but are 'hopeful of positive developments', according to Sergejus Fedotovas. Picture: PA

Hearts to ask fans for help raising £2.5m

HEARTS face a funding gap of £2.5million for the year to June 2014 and could again ask the club’s supporters to dip into their own pockets to fill it.

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The sanction on Lennon has been suspended until the end of the next season. Picture: SNS

Neil Lennon ban will not affect Scottish Cup final

NEIL Lennon has expressed his delight at being able to lead

Celtic out in the William Hill Scottish Cup final after escaping an immediate touchline ban.

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Leigh Griffiths was clearly unhappy at having to collect a runnersup medal last year. Picture: TSPL

Scottish Cup: Griffiths would trade awards for win

Leigh Griffiths has been out on the town more times than his manager would normally like in recent days, but his recent 
excursions have been with Pat Fenlon’s blessing.

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Ally McCoist was recognised for steering Rangers through choppy waters to the title. Picture: SNS

SFL awards: Ally McCoist joy but Queens steal show

Rangers boss Ally McCoist won his first Manager of the Year Award last night, however it was Queen of the South that were the big winners at the Irn-Bru Phenomenal Scottish Football League End of Season Awards Dinner in Glasgow.

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Mikael Lustig is chasing the first senior cup of his career against Hibs at Hampden this Sunday. Picture: Alan Harvey SNS

Scottish Cup: Mikael Lustig revels in first final

SURPRISINGLY for a firmly established international footballer, Mikael Lustig will take part in the first cup final of his senior career this weekend.

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Business rss

Ben Bernankes comments on money printing to Congress sparked a sharp decline in global equity markets. Picture: Getty

Shares lose £40bn US money printing end threat

THE FTSE 100 saw more than £40 billion or 2.1 per cent wiped off its value today as fears that the US may ease back on money printing, along with weak Chinese data, were compounded by doubts over the UK’s recovery.

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Rob Woodward is to join the board of repair firm Regeneris. Picture: Robert Perry

Broadcaster Rob Woodward joins Regenersis boar

STV chief executive Rob Woodward is to join the board of gadget repairer Regenersis, one of the largest employers in Scotland’s electronics industry.

JP Morgan Chase: Poor records fine. Picture: Getty

JP Morgan Chase receives £3m fine for poor records

BRITAIN’S new financial regulator has slapped a £3.08 million fine on a wealth management unit of American banking giant JP Morgan Chase for not having records to show it was giving clients good advice.

Philip Hogg welcomed the arrival of an new lender

New bank Aldermore offers mortgages in Scotland

CHALLENGER bank Aldermore is to offer mortgages to Scottish customers next month as the housing market shows signs of “renewed confidence”.

All Bar One, one of the businesses owned by pub group Mitchell & Butlers. Picture: PA

£80m to spend on that ‘special occasion’ meal

PUBS group Mitchells & Butlers yesterday unveiled an £80 million investment cocktail targeting special occasion eating, family dining and “upmarket” metropolitan socialising.

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Comment: Flybe blame-game goes beyond Gatwick

THERE have been many disputes between airlines and airports over fees, but rarely have they hit the sort of heights that led Flybe to pull out of Gatwick.

Lifestyle rss

A plate of fried crickets at a local market in Vientiane. Picture: Getty

How eating insects could solve world hunger

When the United Nations announced that we could all fight world hunger by eating more insects, most Scots probably 
turned green at the thought. But Fiona MacGregor is championing the cause after a visit to Cambodia

Tighe with a pair of wooden laminated skis made by Norwegian manufacturer Madshus in the 1960s. Picture: Jane Barlow

Scaling heights of Scottish mountaineering history

A remarkable collection of Scottish mountaineering memorabilia is housed in cardboard boxes in a barn near Fort William. Roger Cox meets the man who has put it all together and hears his dream of one day housing it in a purpose-built museum

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Images of Scotland: An Teallach, Wester Ross

This photograph of An Teallach in Wester Ross and taken by John Dewar from the old ruined barn on Destitution Road between Braemore Junction and Dundonnell

Film review: Something in the Air. Picture: Rex Features

Film review: Something In The Air (15)

Inspired partly by his own youthful idealism, Oliver Assayas’s new film is a poignant meditation on protest and disillusion

Van Morrison. Picture: BBC

Gig review: Van Morrison, Perth Concert Hall

On this experience the Van Morrison live show is akin to a religious experience – it’s lots of older people sitting in near silence having an occasionally transcendental experience.

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Film review: The Hangover III video

IN the circumstances, two stars might be considered a minor triumph. The patchy original, released in 2009, made so much money that sequels were inevitable; the real shocker was the $586m the Bangkok-set Part II took, despite being as quantifiably lousy as anything else released in 2011.

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Vladimar Romanov.  Picture: Ian Rutherford

Norwegian group in Kaunas for Hearts bid talks

A CONSORTIUM of Scandinavian businessmen vying to take control of Hearts have dispatched a legal team to Lithuania to thrash out a deal for the club.

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A motion to reappoint Roman Romanov, son of Vladimir, as a director of Hearts was unanimously voted down. Picture: SNS

Hearts AGM rejects Roman Romanov as club director

FIVE years ago Roman Romanov chaired an annual general meeting of Hearts shareholders and treated his audience with a mixture of contempt and condescension.

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The man sent the girl explicit Facebook messages. Picture: PA

Man who sent girl Facebook sex messages avoids jail

A PERVERT who bombarded an autistic 13-year-old girl with sexually explicit Facebook messages has avoided jail in a move today branded as “a slap in the face for the victims and their family”.

The pair robbed Rox Jewellery on George Street and using axes to smash into the display cases.

Rox jewellery robbery: Dropped glove snared duo video

DETECTIVES today said that a glove left behind by an armed robber who targeted a George Street jewellers was a “crucial error” which led to his capture.

The man was taken to St John's Hospital but later died. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Football match halted as man dies of heart attack

A JUNIOR football match was abandoned after a committee member collapsed with a suspected heart attack as he put out the half-time teas for the players.

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