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SUNDAY 29 JULY

Proposals to fly the Union flag every day on public buildings are set not to apply to Scottish Executive sites.

Flag plan will have Scots opt-out

Strathclyde Police have identified the man whose body was found in an oil drum in the River Clyde on Thursday.

Oil drum murder victim is named

The RAF has denied claims it was forced to cancel an airshow near Kinross because the force is overstretched.

RAF 'operations' ground airshow

SATURDAY 28 JULY

A man has been ordered to stay away from Harry Potter author JK Rowling after admitting bombarding her with letters and phone calls.

Man harassed Harry Potter author

A 24-year-old woman has been raped by a man who had given her a lift in his car in the east end of Glasgow.

Woman in 'harrowing' rape ordeal

The killer of Polish student Angelika Kluk has been returned to prison after being treated in hospital for a suspected heart attack.

Angelika killer returned to jail

FRIDAY 27 JULY

Falkirk Council has defended a decision to alter a man's funeral arrangements because of his large size.

Row after man misses own funeral

A murder inquiry has been launched after the body of a man who died in a "brutal attack" was found in an oil drum in the River Clyde.

River victim 'brutally murdered'

One of Scotland's most senior firefighters has denied claims that his son hindered emergency plans during the Glasgow Airport attack.

Fire chief denies airport claims

THURSDAY 26 JULY

A driver whose car engine was not making its usual purr was amazed to find the noise was being made by a tiny kitten.

Unusual car purr was stuck kitten

The killer of Polish student Angelika Kluk has had a heart attack while serving his sentence at Peterhead Prison.

Angelika killer has heart attack

Rock legend Jimmy Page has been giving evidence in an alleged bootleg music case at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

Star Page witness in bootleg case

WEDNESDAY 25 JULY

Orders for two new Royal Navy aircraft carriers have been confirmed by Defence Secretary Des Browne.

MoD confirms £3.8bn carrier order

A judge has decided not to jail a man who injured a student by throwing a traffic cone from a bridge, following a plea for leniency from his victim.

Judge heeds cone case mercy plea

An inquiry has been launched after it emerged that £170,000 went missing from a police station in South Lanarkshire.

Inquiry into missing police cash

TUESDAY 24 JULY

A seagull has turned shoplifter in Aberdeen by wandering into a shop and helping itself to cheese Doritos crisps.

Seagull becomes crisp shoplifter

A sheriff has called for an improvement in the way prisoners are monitored by police after the death of a man in a cell in Perth.

Sheriff hits out over cell death

The dramatic detonation by bomb disposal teams of an unexploded device on the Scottish coast has been captured on film.

Large explosion captured on film

MONDAY 23 JULY

A seagull has turned shoplifter in Aberdeen by wandering into a shop and helping itself to cheese Doritos crisps.

Seagull becomes crisp shoplifter

Hundreds of holidaymakers have been stranded in the Canary Islands after a holiday firm's only plane was grounded.

Tourists stranded as jet grounded

A toddler who was reported missing from his family's Perthshire holiday home was found dead in a nearby stream.

Toddler dies in holiday tragedy