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SUNDAY 24 AUGUST

Call for Scottish Olympics team
The Scottish Government has repeated its calls for Scotland to have its own, separate team at the Olympics Games.

Tower blocks razed to ground
Two multi-storey tower blocks in Glasgow are reduced to 16,000 tons of rubble in eight seconds during a controlled explosion.

Men found on beach after search
Two men have been found on the Isle of Bute after a problem with the boat they were in sparked a major search.

SATURDAY 23 AUGUST

Young girl raped at bus station
Police have launched an investigation into the "horrific" rape of a 14-year-old girl at Glasgow's Buchanan Street bus station.

Festival prize for Winehouse joke
A dig at troubled singer Amy Winehouse has been declared the funniest joke of the Edinburgh Fringe at an award ceremony.

Man's body discovered beside road
The body of a man has been discovered in Aberdeen, a mile from where a missing father was last seen, it has emerged.

FRIDAY 22 AUGUST

Festival prize for Winehouse joke
A dig at troubled singer Amy Winehouse has been declared the funniest joke of the Edinburgh Fringe at an award ceremony.

'House' discovered in cliff side
A "house" in a cliff side has been discovered by lifeboat crews responding to an emergency call on the coast of Angus.

Rail services resume after floods
The line between Dundee and Aberdeen has reopened after Network Rail successfully completed works to clear a landslip and flooding.

THURSDAY 21 AUGUST

Drink-drive mother sent to jail
A drunk motorist whose five-year-old daughter was seen banging on a car window shouting "stop mummy driving" has been jailed for 80 days.

Message bottle found 23 years on
A man who threw a message in a bottle into the sea when he was a child has been reunited with it 23 years on.

'House' discovered in cliff side
A "house" in a cliff side has been discovered by lifeboat crews responding to an emergency call on the coast of Angus.

WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST

Council strike sparks disruption
Local services including schools, bin collections and ferry crossings have been disrupted as thousands of council workers staged a 24 walk-out over pay.

Prison for eBay hair tong thief
A hairdresser has been jailed after stealing almost 1,000 sets of hair straighteners to sell on eBay from a salon owned by renowned stylist Charlie Miller.

Flash flooding sparks call-outs
Heavy rain has caused flooding in central and southern Scotland resulting in an elderly couple being rescued by firefighters in the early hours.

TUESDAY 19 AUGUST

Review over bodies on wards cases
Hospital facilities in the west of Scotland are undergoing a "rapid review" after BBC Scotland revealed two cases of bodies being left on wards.

Velodrome honour for golden Hoy
Scotland's Commonwealth Games velodrome is to be named after triple Olympic cycling gold-medalist Chris Hoy after he clinched three golds in Beijing.

Concern over age bands for books
Plans by a number of publishing houses to "age band" their children's books from the autumn enrages writers, including a former children's laureate.

MONDAY 18 AUGUST

Ancient tree helps birds survive
An ancient species of tree is helping Britain's birds survive the effects of climate change, Edinburgh scientists have found.

Minister defends 'secret fines'
Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill has defended secret guidelines telling prosecutors which offences should be dealt with by fixed penalty fines.

Military penguin becomes a 'Sir'
Penguin Nils Olav, who was previously made a Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian Army has been knighted at Edinburgh Zoo.