CITY transport convener Lesley Hinds today played down claims that people could be riding the trams by the end of the year.

Councillors will decide whether to accept a £1 million bid from a soft play firm to buy Leith Waterworld next 
Thursday.

SCOTLAND will mark the 100-year anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War with a special service at Edinburgh Castle next August.

Virgin Media has been announced as the latest partner of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Alex Salmond will officially launch the SNP’s camapign for the Aberdeen Donside by-election today.

A survey has highlighted high levels of increased workload and continuing concerns about the new curriculum among nursery and primary teachers.

The funeral of a Scottish-based soldier killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan will take place today.

THE summer solstice is only 28 days away, but in parts of Scotland yesterday, it was like winter had never left, as people awoke to a blanket of snow.

MILITARY facilities across the country were on alert yesterday, after the savage attack on a young soldier.

A DISCOVERY which has revealed how nerve cells grow in fish could help research on the debilitating and fatal condition motor neurone disease, Scottish experts believe.

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

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

A TEENAGE boy whose body was discovered in a derelict building in the Western Isles was stabbed 20 times, a court heard yesterday.

Edinburgh Castle is to host a re-enactment of a frontline military service, commencing a five-year commemoration of the centenary of the First World War.

A £20 million state-of-the-art recycling centre will shut next week, just over a year after it first opened.

ONE of the greatest masterpieces of British art will go on show in Scotland thanks to a UK deal to save the iconic work for the nation.

A man accused of murder told a friend that a father who died in a house fire with his two children had “got what he deserved”, a court has heard.

A divorce judge today signalled the end of singer KT Tunstall’s marriage to drummer Luke Bullen.

A NEW training scheme for staff helping adult survivors of child abuse was launched today following “significantly increased” reporting of cases since the Jimmy Savile investigation was launched.

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FROM whisky moguls enchanted by the burgeoning era of silent film to modern families eager to see the latest Hollywood blockbusters, it is a vital resource which has long spared cineastes on the Kintyre peninsula an arduous 180 mile round trip for popcorn and thrills.