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SUNDAY 19 APRIL

Susan Boyle

A 47-year-old church volunteer from West Lothian has become an unlikely overnight singing sensation with millions watching her perform online.

Susan Boyle singing with a hairbrush

An early recording of Britain's Got Talent contestant Susan Boyle singing Cry Me a River for charity has emerged on the internet.

Naomi Easton with plank still attached

Firefighters in West Lothian were called to saw off a 7ft plank after it fell onto an 11-year-old girl, embedding two nails in her skull.

SATURDAY 18 APRIL

Naomi Easton with plank still attached

Firefighters in West Lothian were called to saw off a 7ft plank after it fell onto an 11-year-old girl, embedding two nails in her skull.

Susan Boyle

An early recording of Britain's Got Talent contestant Susan Boyle singing Cry Me a River for charity has emerged on the internet.

Yoda

Eight police officers serving with Scotland's largest force listed their official religion as Jedi in voluntary diversity forms, it has emerged.

FRIDAY 17 APRIL

Yoda

Eight police officers serving with Scotland's largest force listed their official religion as Jedi in voluntary diversity forms, it has emerged.

Susan Boyle singing with a hairbrush

An early recording of Britain's Got Talent contestant Susan Boyle singing Cry Me a River for charity has emerged on the internet.

Helicopter wreckage being carried ashore

Two models of Super Puma helicopter have been grounded for 48 hours after the latest report on the North Sea crash, which claimed 16 lives.

THURSDAY 16 APRIL

Susan Boyle

A church volunteer becomes an unlikely overnight singing sensation with millions watching online her performance on Britain's Got Talent.

Yoda

Eight police officers serving with Scotland's largest force listed their official religion as Jedi in voluntary diversity forms, it has emerged.

Nuclear plant

Battlelines have been drawn between the UK and Scottish governments over nuclear power with Westminster saying the Scottish Government's opposition is wrong.

WEDNESDAY 15 APRIL

Susan Boyle

A church volunteer becomes an unlikely overnight singing sensation with millions watching online her performance on Britain's Got Talent.

Forth Road Bridge (Pic: Charlie Simpson)

An interim report into the failure of nine heavy-duty nuts on the Forth Road Bridge finds all its nuts should be replaced.

Candles being lit for each of the men who died

The 16 men who died in the North Sea helicopter crash disaster two weeks ago are honoured at a memorial service in Aberdeen.

TUESDAY 14 APRIL

Toots

Pop star Sandi Thom is said to be "devastated" over reports that her cat, which disappeared near her mother's Angus home, has been shot dead.

People sunbathing

Researchers in Glasgow have developed a thin strip, filled with "intelligent ink", which could be an early warning sunburn indicator.

Michelle Stewart

The father of a 17-year-old schoolgirl who was stabbed to death in an Ayrshire street has hit out at the length of time her murderer will be detained.

MONDAY 13 APRIL

Thomas Kryczyk

One of two men charged with raping and attempting to murder a woman in the Dalry area of Edinburgh in February has died in jail.

UK Border Agency sign

A tribunal ruling which has left an Indian man and his family facing deportation has been criticised by Stagecoach millionaire Ann Gloag.

police accident sign

Two people riding on a motorbike have died in a crash involving a car between Grantown-on-Spey and Tomintoul in the Highlands.



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