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SUNDAY 3 JUNE

Teapot
The traditional way of making tea in a pot is healthier than dunking a bag in a cup, according to scientists.

Police car
Police have launched a murder investigation after the death of 35-year-old Scott Byers who was found fatally injured in a house in Blantyre.

motorway plunge
A driver has a miracle escape after his car left the M876 at Dennyloanhead, near Falkirk and smashed onto the road below.

SATURDAY 2 JUNE

motorway plunge
A driver has a miracle escape after his car left the M876 at Dennyloanhead, near Falkirk and smashed onto the road below.

Olivia Donachie
A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of a four-year-old girl in a road crash on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

Greig Maddock and Bryan Boyle
Two men have been convicted at Edinburgh's High Court of burning a father-of-two to death in Fife last October.

FRIDAY 1 JUNE

Gordon Brown
Chancellor Gordon Brown phones Alex Salmond to congratulate him on becoming first minister of Scotland.

Penguin
Edinburgh Zoo has seen 23 new arrivals at its penguin enclosure in just the first few weeks of the breeding season.

Greig Maddock and Bryan Boyle
Two men have been convicted of burning a father-of-two to death after dragging him from a flat in Dunfermline, Fife, last October.

THURSDAY 31 MAY

Loch Ness
World Heritage status is being sought from the United Nations for Loch Ness and the Great Glen in the Highlands.

Cardinal O'Brien
Catholic politicians who defend abortion should not expect to remain full church members, Scotland's most senior Roman Catholic warns.

Flowers
A teenager who died after his car crashed and was then hit by a train may have been visiting his grandfather's grave, it has been revealed.

WEDNESDAY 30 MAY

Andrew Ramsay
The skull of missing Glasgow accountant Andrew Ramsay has been found in the nets of a fishing boat on the Firth of Clyde, police have confirmed.

The crash scene
A teenager has died after the car he was driving somersaulted down an embankment and landed next to a railway line, where it was then hit by a train.

Irn Bru
An award-winning butcher has come up with two special Scottish sausages which are being tipped as the perfect hangover cure - Iron Brew bangers.

TUESDAY 29 MAY

Degree
The principal of St Andrews University has called on the Scottish Executive to consider a graduate tax to help fund higher education.

Motorway
A stretch of road on the border between Scotland and England has been named the "fastest" route in Britain.

Teapot
The traditional way of making tea in a pot is healthier than dunking a bag in a cup, according to scientists.

MONDAY 28 MAY

Tweed mill
New production techniques planned for Harris Tweed have caused concern within the traditional cloth industry.

Tractor
An investigation has begun into the death of a man who was crushed by a tractor at a vintage machinery show.

Teapot
The traditional way of making tea in a pot is healthier than dunking a bag in a cup, according to scientists.






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