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SUNDAY 5 APRIL

Super Puma

All 16 bodies and the black box flight recorder have been recovered from a helicopter that crashed in the North Sea, killing everyone on board.

Dead seal with bullet hole in head

A "secret slaughter" of seals is being carried out by fish farmers around the coastline of Scotland, campaigners have claimed.

Vernon Elrick Brian Barkley and James Edwards

All eight bodies recovered after the North Sea helicopter crash that killed 16 men have now been identified, Grampian Police said.

SATURDAY 4 APRIL

Bibby Topaz

Efforts continue to salvage wreckage and the aircraft's flight recorder after a helicopter crashed in the North Sea killing all 16 men on board.

Parents occupying school

A demonstration and rally is held in support of a group of parents who have occupied two closure-threatened schools in Glasgow.

Baby baboon

Edinburgh Zoo welcomes three baby gelada baboons, Chandu, Chilbale and Chiku - the first to be born at the zoo.

FRIDAY 3 APRIL

Lottery letter

Police in southern Scotland reveal three people have been taken in by a foreign lottery scam and an elderly man has lost his home.

Alex Dallas

Investigations continue into the crash of a Super Puma helicopter in the North Sea which killed all 16 people on board.

Brogan Taylor

The daughter of a victim of the North Sea helicopter disaster speaks to BBC Scotland about her grief following the tragedy.

THURSDAY 2 APRIL

Hearse bringing bodies into Aberdeen

There is no hope of finding any survivors after a Bond Super Puma helicopter crashed into the North Sea, police have said.

Victim Gareth Hughes

Fifteen of the victims of the North Sea Super Puma helicopter crash in which 16 people died have been named by police.

DNA autoradiogram

Scientific evidence of an ancient invasion of Scotland from Ireland may have been uncovered by DNA techniques.

WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL

Super Puma

At least eight people have died and hopes are fading for eight others after a helicopter with 16 people on board crashed into the North Sea.

Whisky being poured

Scotland's exports fell by 2.8% over the last year and by almost 10% in the last quarter of 2008, according to the latest statistics.

Alex Salmond

The North Sea helicopter crash is a "massive tragedy" which will be felt throughout the industry and country, Scotland's first minister has said.

TUESDAY 31 MARCH

Robert Cunningham

The killer of 23-month-old Dundee boy Brandon Muir is sent to prison after being found guilty of culpable homicide.

Scotland fans in Amsterdam

A 42-year-old Scotland fan from Dundee died while supporting his team in Amsterdam at the weekend, it has emerged.

Dunfermline building society branch

A Scottish-led consortium was interested a merger with the troubled Dunfermline Building Society, BBC Scotland learns.

MONDAY 30 MARCH

Dunfermline Building Society sign

The Nationwide is to buy the Dunfermline Building Society's branches, good loans and deposits, it has been confirmed.

Footage of u-boat

Divers have released underwater footage from the wreck of a German U-boat which sank off the Scottish coast in 1915.

Traffic lights

A fault at an electricity sub-station left much of the west of Scotland without power, with areas affected from Glasgow to Oban in Argyll.



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