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06:49 GMT, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 07:49 UK

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SUNDAY 8 JUNE

Youth dies at Rock Ness festival
Rock Ness festival site A teenager has died while attending the Rock Ness festival on the outskirts of Inverness, police have confirmed.

Teenager charged with 11 assaults
Underpass A 15-year-old youth has been arrested by police in connection with a string of indecent assaults on women in Glasgow.

Fine for airport check bomb row
Edinburgh Sheriff Court A Norwegian engineer who protested that he "didn't have a bomb" while going through airport security checks has been fined £650.

SATURDAY 7 JUNE

Serial sex attacker CCTV released
Cowcaddens Detectives have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to trace in connection with five indecent assaults carried out in one night.

Armed officers remain at property
Falkirk siege Armed police remain outside a house in Hallglen Terrace, Glen Village, Falkirk where a man is said to be barricaded inside.

Arrests follow death in West End
Eleni Pachou Two people have been arrested in connection with the death of 25-year-old Eleni Pachou in Glasgow's West End, police have confirmed.

FRIDAY 6 JUNE

Serial sex attacker CCTV released
Cowcaddens Detectives have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to trace in connection with five indecent assaults carried out in one night.

Beaver's 'cruel' death in the sea
beaver A beaver found dead on a beach in the Highlands suffered a "cruel" death after ingesting a large quantity of sea water, police said.

Two in custody after farm siege
Law Muir Two men, aged 50 and 51, are in police custody following a siege at Law Muir Farm at Hardgate near Clydebank on Thursday evening.

THURSDAY 5 JUNE

Hundreds stopped in murder hunt
Moira Jones Police hunting the killer of Moira Jones have questioned more than 1,000 people in the Queen's Park area of Glasgow one week after her murder.

Fringe date for Star Trek actor
Fringe sign Michael Barrymore is among the performers who will star in the 2,000 shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe festival.

Two women killed in car collision
Police blue light A car crash on the A9 Perth to Inverness road has left two women dead and two men seriously injured, police have said.

WEDNESDAY 4 JUNE

Oil reserves 'will last decades'
oil platform The North Sea has almost as much oil left as has already been extracted, a BBC Scotland investigation has been told.

Appeal for killer to come forward
dead woman's family The brother of a trainee manager who was murdered inside a Glasgow restaurant has appealed to the killer to hand himself in.

Peterhead chosen for 'super-jail'
peterhead prison A new "super-jail" in the north east will be built on the site of the existing prison at Peterhead, the Scottish Prison Service has confirmed.

TUESDAY 3 JUNE

French tribute to wartime doctor
doctor A doctor described as Scotland's Florence Nightingale and who founded the Scottish Women's Hospital for Foreign Service is to be honoured in France.

MoD acts over submarine incident
submarine Legal action is being taken by the Ministry of Defence after a sentry was caught sleeping on a nuclear submarine based at Faslane on the Clyde.

Gretna 'no longer in existence'
gretna sign Administrators at Gretna FC have said they feel the Raydale Park side has ceased to exist as a football club following the withdrawal of any interest.

MONDAY 2 JUNE

Gretna 'no longer in existence'
Gretna logo Administrators at Gretna FC have said they feel the Raydale Park side has ceased to exist as a football club after the only interested party withdrew its offer.

'Mythical' moth rescued from web
Rare moth A moth found on only four previous occasions since 1853 has been rescued from a spider's web close to where it was first recorded.

Car could hold key to murder hunt
Moira Jones and Eleni Pachou Police investigating the murder of a woman in Glasgow's Queen's Park want to speak to anyone who saw her park her Black Toyota car on the night she died.



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