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SUNDAY 26 APRIL

Grampian police car

A 17-year-old has been arrested following an incident involving a motor bike in which nine people, including several children, were injured.

Workers outside Grangemouth refinery

Hundreds of workers from the Grangemouth refinery have held a rally outside the oil plant as their 48-hour strike gets under way.

Grangemouth refinery

Extra fuel supplies have started arriving in Scotland, to make up for possible shortages caused by the Grangemouth strike.

SATURDAY 25 APRIL

tanker

The oil and gas industry has urged the government to intervene in the industrial dispute at Grangemouth, Scotland's only refinery.

pumps

Ministers and trade bodies have urged motorists not to panic-buy fuel, as some petrol stations across Scotland reported shortages.

girls

Three missing girls, Bronwyn Early, 12, Chelsie Innes, 13, and Siobhan Connor, 16, from Ballingry in Fife, have been found safe and well, police have said.

FRIDAY 24 APRIL

Grangemouth

The Forties oil pipeline, which provides a third of the UK's daily oil output, will close if a strike by refinery workers goes ahead.

Grangemouth

The shutdown of the Ineos oil refinery at Grangemouth in central Scotland has been completed, the company has said.

Stuart Kennedy dressed in police uniform

A police stripogram's truncheon was not an offensive weapon, judges have ruled.

THURSDAY 23 APRIL

Grangemouth

Scottish ministers have raised concerns that a planned strike at Scotland's only oil refinery could cause serious problems for North Sea oil and gas.

Amazon molly

A fish species found in Texas and Mexico, which is all female, has survived for 70,000 years without reproducing sexually, experts believe.

Grangemouth

A strike which could close down Scotland's only oil refinery will go ahead after talks between the Unite union and plant bosses broke down.

WEDNESDAY 23 APRIL

Amazon molly

A fish species found in Texas and Mexico, which is all female, has survived for 70,000 years without reproducing sexually, experts believe.

Edinburgh airport

Edinburgh Airport was closed to incoming flights for almost three hours due to a hole found in its main runway.

Grangemouth

Planned strike action at a Scottish oil refinery should not be used to increase in the price of fuel at the pumps, a senior petrol industry figure has said.

TUESDAY 22 APRIL

Steven Gerrard of England has his penalty saved by Ricardo of Portugal in a penalty shootout during the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 Quarter-final match between England and Portugal

The England football team's poor record in penalty shoot-outs could be due to historical stereotyping, according to researchers at St Andrews University.

The Ineos refinery at Grangemouth,

Talks aimed at resolving a dispute which could shut down Grangemouth oil refinery are being held at the conciliation service Acas.

Culicoides impuntatus - the female midge. Image supplied by Dr Damien Nolan

Hundreds of competitors taking part in a gruelling Scottish race are to test a new midge repellent.

MONDAY 21 APRIL

Grangemouth refinery

The UK Government has warned that a strike by workers at the Grangemouth refinery could cause "disruption" to fuel supplies.

Windfarm

Plans to construct one of Europe's largest onshore wind farms has been refused by the Scottish Government.

Strathpeffer Pavilion during World War I

Fans of indie band the Kaiser Chiefs have given a mixed response to the announcement of three gigs in the north of Scotland.



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