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SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER

Fan dressed as sheep set alight

A 24-year-old football fan dressed as a sheep suffered serious burns to his arms and legs when his suit caught fire on a train in Fife.

Scottish floods cause disruption

Heavy rain has caused havoc in the north and east of Scotland with many homes flooded and trains cancelled because of impassable lines.

Hundred children held at Dungavel

More than 100 children were held at the Dungavel immigration detention centre in Lanarkshire over a 12-month period, new figures reveal.

SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER

Woman murdered in 'disturbance'

A 41-year-old woman has been murdered in what police have described as a large scale disturbance in Airdrie involving about 20 people.

Man denies 'Trojan' webcam virus

An IT expert from Scotland has denied sending out a computer virus which allowed him to spy on strangers using their webcams.

Woman killed in flat fire named

An elderly woman who died in a tenement fire on the outskirts of Glasgow has been named as 78-year-old Catherine Allison.

FRIDAY 30 OCTOBER

'Whitewash' over cancer blunder

A ruling which allows a clinician who botched a teenage cancer patient's treatment to keep on working is branded a "whitewash".

Child porn teacher pleads guilty

A former head teacher of a Fife school pleads guilty to possessing thousands of images of children being sexually abused.

Man denies 'Trojan' webcam virus

An IT expert has denied sending out a computer virus which allowed him to spy on strangers using their webcams.

THURSDAY 29 OCTOBER

Abuse network ringleaders jailed

The two men at the centre of Scotland's largest known child abuse network are jailed for life after being found guilty of abusing young children.

Size zero girls 'less attractive'

Young men find "normal" sized women with an average weight and build more attractive than size zero celebrities, research has suggested.

Victim 'dared' girl to stab him

A 16-year-old girl admits stabbing a youth in the chest, seconds after he told her she did not "have the guts" to kill him.

WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER

Size zero girls 'less attractive'

Young men find "normal" sized women with an average weight and build more attractive than size zero celebrities, research has suggested.

166mph biker 'seduced by speed'

A biker has been jailed for nine months after being caught doing what is believed to be the fastest speed ever recorded on a Scottish road.

Dealers jailed after 'Wire' sting

Members of a multi-million pound Scots drugs gang have been jailed after being caught in a police surveillance sting similar to the TV series, "The Wire".

TUESDAY 27 OCTOBER

Nessie appears from film archive

A 1936 film that claimed to show the first evidence of the Loch Ness monster is among rarely-seen archive footage set to be shown in Scotland.

Driver killed in crash with bus

A pickup driver who was killed in a crash with a school bus on the A923 Camperdown to Coupar Angus road has been named.

Two die when motorbike hits verge

A motorbike rider and a passenger have died in an accident after hitting a verge on the A977 at Forest Mill in Clackmannanshire.

MONDAY 26 OCTOBER

War hero soldier stabbed to death

Two 28-year-old men have been arrested after a Scottish soldier who was decorated for bravery in Iraq was fatally stabbed in Renfrewshire.

Explosive ending for tower blocks

Three tower blocks have been demolished in the Gracemount area of Edinburgh, with a controlled explosion, to make way for new housing.

Bus sticks under level crossing

Transport police have launched an investigation after a level crossing barrier came down onto a bus travelling from Stirling to Bridge of Allan.