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Page last updated at 12:41 GMT, Tuesday, 8 December 2009

Children
Parents 'must help cut truancy'
Parents are reminded of their duties in getting children to attend school as figures show thousands are absent every day.
Tackling truancy around the UK
Poor pupils more likely to truant
Schools introduce text alert plan

UN climate change conference Climate change advisers unveiled
Bosses from Scotland's main energy companies will advise the Scottish government on climate change.
End prostitution posters Plan to criminalise buyers of sex
MSPs are being asked by campaigners from the west of Scotland to change the law and criminalise the purchase of sex.


AUDIO AND VIDEO NEWS
Richard Wright Richard Wright on his Turner win

Sweet win for lollipop winner
Climate change graphic Scots' climate change fear

Glimpse of industrial past

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
composit of cairngorms, salmon fishing
Cherished landscape
Environment correspondent David Miller looks at the impact of climate change in the Cairngorms
Crew of lifeboat Mona, who died 50 years ago Paying tribute
Ceremony remembers victims of lifeboat tragedy
Grab from the computer game "Crackdown" (Pic from Realtime Worlds) Game centre
How Dundee became a computer gaming hotspot
puddock It's behind you
Pauline McLean learns to love the pantomime again

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EDINBURGH, EAST AND FIFE
Tram lines put cyclists off track
Thousands go to free castle event
Leopards expected at park in 2010

GLASGOW, LANARKSHIRE AND WEST
Row over staff on new rail link
Undergrowth body trial begins
Man, 29, held over woman's death

HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS
Savings 'needed' for patient care
Resort working with public agency
Airport park plan decision due

NORTH EAST/N ISLES
Missing woman search stepped up
Driver, 70, dies after accident
Oil worker airlifted to hospital

SOUTH OF SCOTLAND
Three-pupil school future studied
Village pursues broadband target
School inspection 'torturous' claim

TAYSIDE AND CENTRAL
Games industry given cash boost
Postman guilty of dumping letters
Crash family 'delivering gifts'

SCOTTISH POLITICS
Sick child 'abandoned by state'
Drug services given £29m funding
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NEWSPAPER ROUND-UP
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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Colin Montgomerie Golfer's drive
Colin Montgomerie raises funds for cancer care centre
Boer war memorial Your Pictures
Snapshots from where you live in Scotland
globe and cyclist in Copenhagen Environment focus
Key findings from BBC Scotland's poll on climate change
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'Killer ladybird' breeds in city
Vomiting bug hits hospital wards
Lockerbie inquiry could be closed
Killer considered 'gentle giant'
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Michael Bailey Scientists unveil the "world's first" bionic fingers

Mars [Pic: Hubble/PA] Could a Scottish quarry hold clue to life on Mars?

SCOTTISH BUSINESS
Scientist preparing sample for scanning an electron microscopy R & D scheme creates 1,300 jobs

Engineering firms more optimistic
Banks criticise windfall tax plan
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SPORT SCOTLAND
Scott Lindsay Prudent Hibs aim to stay up top

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