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SUNDAY 16 MARCH

Glasgow Airport hero John Smeaton has hit back at claims he exaggerated his role in helping to foil the alleged terror attack on the terminal building.

Airport hero rejects 'fake' claim

A One O'Clock Gun was fired in Edinburgh to start the city's Sport Relief mile, which saw thousands take part in the BBC charity appeal.

Runners fired up for Sport Relief

A senior Tory politician has been criticised after claiming many Scots drug addicts were sitting "fat, dumb and happy" on methadone.

Drug addict comments spark storm

SATURDAY 15 MARCH

Two women have been treated for breathing difficulties after a "noxious substance" was released in a Falkirk pub.

Noxious substance released in pub

A total of 27 convicted registered sex offenders are missing from Scotland's monitoring regime, it has emerged.

Monitored sex offenders 'missing'

Scores of students have taken part in what could be Fife's first flash-mob, after the event was suggested on the networking site Facebook.

Students freeze in Fife flash-mob

FRIDAY 14 MARCH

The father of Shirley McKie has said his daughter does not want a public inquiry into her fingerprint scandal case.

McKie 'does not want' new inquiry

Scottish Enterprise have confirmed plans are being made to demolish the world's oldest linoleum factory in Fife.

Oldest lino plant to be flattened

A weekly selection of the most impressive pictures that readers have sent in to the BBC Scotland news website.

Your picures of Scotland

THURSDAY 13 MARCH

A nine-year-old boy has told how he went to his mother's aid as an armed intruder tried to stab her to death in their Fife home.

Bravery boy recalls stab ordeal

Politicians and planners in Fife have been accused of trying to scupper a "once in a generation" chance to create 6,000 jobs.

Waterfront development sparks row

Firefighters, using aerial hoses, have tackled a serious blaze at a derelict hotel on the main road from Glasgow to Stirling.

Fire ravages derelict A80 hotel

WEDNESDAY 12 MARCH

A councillor said she has been denied free parking that would save her walking half a mile in her high heels for meetings with the public.

High heels spark car parking row

A "courageous" boy who was stabbed while trying to stop an intruder from trying to murder his mother has been recommended for a bravery award.

Bravery award call for stab boy

The price of a bottle of whisky is set to increase by at least 59p after the chancellor announced the first rise in duty on spirits for more than a decade.

Budget brings rise in whisky duty

TUESDAY 11 MARCH

The small hotel made famous by the 1983 film Local Hero - the Pennan Inn in Aberdeenshire - has been sold.

Local Hero hotel finds new owners

Plans to replace the "unfair" council tax with a local income tax have been published by the Scottish Government.

'Challenging' local tax unveiled

One of the oldest grooms in Scotland, Bill Rodger, has died just four months after getting married at the age of 96.

Wife mourns her 96-year-old groom

MONDAY 10 MARCH

A £24m funding package was put together earlier this year to help first-time buyers in Scotland get a foot on the property ladder.

How to build a house for £4,000

A 14-year-old girl has collapsed and died during a cadet training exercise at a Royal Marine base, it was confirmed.

Teenage girl dies at Marine base

Former world champion boxer Scott Harrison has been sentenced to 200 hours community service after a disturbance over a spilled drink.

Boxer sentenced after pub arrest