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Catch up on the most popular stories on the BBC Scotland news website.
SUNDAY 3 MAY
A small Highland community has attacked the BBC over "inaccurate" weather forecasts, which it says is putting off tourists and threatening livelihoods.
A fourth case of swine flu, involving a man from Ayrshire who had just returned from the US, has been confirmed in Scotland.
The Scottish Government said it was aware that a swine flu sufferer attended a concert in Edinburgh days before he was treated for the virus.
SATURDAY 2 MAY
Vandals have demolished the front of a convenience store in North Lanarkshire, in a failed cash point ram-raid, police have confirmed.
Six William Wallaces from across Scotland are to attend the opening of the new £6m Forthside pedestrian bridge in Stirling.
An unreleased 1965 Motown single put on the market by its Scottish owner attracts a record bid for a 45 rpm single of more than £25,000.
FRIDAY 1 MAY
Tests results are awaited on a Scottish man who may be the first case of human-to-human swine flu transfer in the UK.
A senior politician criticises swine flu victims Iain and Dawn Askham for selling their story to the newspapers through media agent Max Clifford.
An unreleased 1965 Motown single put on the market by its Scottish owner attracts a record bid for a 45 rpm single of more than £25,000.
THURSDAY 30 APRIL
Searching the archives to discover how the red squirrel has been both hero and villain in the eyes of Highland estate landowners.
The Scottish couple who were the first Britons confirmed to have caught swine flu have been discharged from hospital after recovering.
Stirling's annual Highland Games, due to take place in July, has been cancelled as the recession bites bringing "economic uncertainties".
WEDNESDAY 29 APRIL
The chief medical officer says Scotland could help the rest of the world combat swine flu, after a couple from Polmont became the UK's first confirmed cases.
The number of suspected swine flu cases in Scotland now stands at 32, the Scottish Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon confirms.
A hero of the "Great Escape" who helped get rid of earth dug from the tunnels of the Stalag Luft III prisioner of war camp dies, aged 97.
TUESDAY 28 APRIL
The legal team for the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing says the evidence against him was "wholly circumstantial".
A total of 23 people are tested for swine flu across Scotland, in addition to a newly-wed couple who have contracted the virus.
An Asian jewellers in Glasgow plans to ban customers who cover their face following a robbery by two men in Niqabs.
MONDAY 27 APRIL
An MP has called for an investigation after it emerged that the Faslane naval base has suffered a series of safety breaches including radioactive leaks.
Two people admitted to a Scottish hospital after returning from Mexico have been confirmed as the first British cases of swine flu.
A 17-year-old has been charged with murdering his girlfriend by pouring petrol on her and setting her on fire at a flat in Arbroath, Angus.
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