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SUNDAY 11 MAY

Gordon Brown and Wendy Alexander
Labour has not had a good week in the wake of the Scottish independence referendum row, a UK Government minister has admitted.

The A73
A five-year-old boy has died after the car he was travelling in hit a cow on a country road and spun out of control.

Jack McConnell
Jack McConnell said he has been left haunted by the image of his infamous pinstriped kilt at a New York charity fashion show in 2004.

SATURDAY 10 MAY

Scene
A five-year-old boy has died after the car he was travelling in hit a cow on a country road and spun out of control.

Houses
Sales of £1m properties in Scotland rose by 138% in 2007, according to research carried out by the Bank of Scotland.

wendy alexander
Gordon Brown has pledged to do "whatever is necessary" to preserve the United Kingdom in the face of demands for Scottish independence.

FRIDAY 9 MAY

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum was Scotland's busiest visitor attraction last year, according to VisitScotland.

Police on patrol in Glasgow
Scotland's first Muslim Police Association is being created in an attempt to encourage more Muslims to join and stay in the force.

Lamb
A white Alsatian dog has been destroyed after killing almost 50 new-born lambs in a scene described as "carnage".

THURSDAY 8 MAY

Alex Salmond and Wendy Alexander
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has claimed that nobody takes Labour seriously as the independence referendum row continued.

Gretna logo
Administrators have confirmed Gretna FC will fold at the end of the season if a buyer is not found for the Scottish Premier League club.

Loch Ryan
A pensioner was taken to hospital with head injuries after falling out of a toy dinghy into a stretch of water used by commercial ferries.

WEDNESDAY 7 MAY

nimrod
The families of 14 servicemen who were killed when their RAF Nimrod crashed in Afghanistan have heard a recording of the plane's last moments.

gordon brown
Wendy Alexander has said she will not quit as Scottish Labour Leader over her call for an early referendum on Scottish independence.

barclaycard
The Goldfish credit card business is to close its customer service centre in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, with the loss of up to 900 jobs.

TUESDAY 6 MAY

murder scene
A 49-year-old man has appeared in court in Kirkcaldy charged with killing two of his children, aged seven and 25, in his Fife home.

nat fraser
Elgin man Nat Fraser has lost his appeal against a life jail term for killing his wife Arlene who went missing 10 years ago.

wendy alexander
Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander may bring forward a parliamentary bill for a public vote on independence.

MONDAY 5 MAY

Paul Ross, six, and Jay Ross, two
Giselle Ross, the mother of two young boys found dead in a car park has said they "did not deserve to die".

Lennoxtown
Police say they are treating the deaths of two young boys who were found in a parked car near Glasgow as murder.

Ryan and Michelle Thomson
A man has been charged with the murders of a 25-year-old woman and her young brother, who were found dead in Fife at the weekend.





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