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SUNDAY 29 JULY

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Proposals to fly the Union flag every day on public buildings are set not to apply to Scottish Executive sites.

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Strathclyde Police have identified the man whose body was found in an oil drum in the River Clyde on Thursday.

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The RAF has denied claims it was forced to cancel an airshow near Kinross because the force is overstretched.

SATURDAY 28 JULY

Paul Lomax
A man has been ordered to stay away from Harry Potter author JK Rowling after admitting bombarding her with letters and phone calls.

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A 24-year-old woman has been raped by a man who had given her a lift in his car in the east end of Glasgow.

Peter Tobin
The killer of Polish student Angelika Kluk has been returned to prison after being treated in hospital for a suspected heart attack.

FRIDAY 27 JULY

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Falkirk Council has defended a decision to alter a man's funeral arrangements because of his large size.

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A murder inquiry has been launched after the body of a man who died in a "brutal attack" was found in an oil drum in the River Clyde.

Brian Sweeney
One of Scotland's most senior firefighters has denied claims that his son hindered emergency plans during the Glasgow Airport attack.

THURSDAY 26 JULY

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A driver whose car engine was not making its usual purr was amazed to find the noise was being made by a tiny kitten.

Peter Tobin
The killer of Polish student Angelika Kluk has had a heart attack while serving his sentence at Peterhead Prison.

Jimmy Page
Rock legend Jimmy Page has been giving evidence in an alleged bootleg music case at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

WEDNESDAY 25 JULY

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Orders for two new Royal Navy aircraft carriers have been confirmed by Defence Secretary Des Browne.

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A judge has decided not to jail a man who injured a student by throwing a traffic cone from a bridge, following a plea for leniency from his victim.

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An inquiry has been launched after it emerged that £170,000 went missing from a police station in South Lanarkshire.

TUESDAY 24 JULY

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A seagull has turned shoplifter in Aberdeen by wandering into a shop and helping itself to cheese Doritos crisps.

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A sheriff has called for an improvement in the way prisoners are monitored by police after the death of a man in a cell in Perth.

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The dramatic detonation by bomb disposal teams of an unexploded device on the Scottish coast has been captured on film.

MONDAY 23 JULY

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A seagull has turned shoplifter in Aberdeen by wandering into a shop and helping itself to cheese Doritos crisps.

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Hundreds of holidaymakers have been stranded in the Canary Islands after a holiday firm's only plane was grounded.

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A toddler who was reported missing from his family's Perthshire holiday home was found dead in a nearby stream.





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