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SUNDAY 17 MAY

Tyre sabotage brings race to halt

Police are investigating after carpet tacks were spread across roads around Pitlochry in Perthshire, bringing a major cycle race to a halt.

Police shoot man at rail station

A man is in a serious condition in hospital after being shot and injured by the police at a railway station in North Lanarkshire.

Teen found dead in street named

Police have named a 19-year-old man whose body was found by a member of the public in a street in Dundee over the weekend.

SATURDAY 16 MAY

Police shoot man at rail station

A man is in a serious condition in hospital after being shot and injured by the police at a railway station in North Lanarkshire.

Gers star hurt by exploding egg

Rangers defender Kirk Broadfoot was taken to hospital for treatment after an egg he was microwaving exploded in his face.

Man's body found in city street

An investigation is under way after the body of a man thought to be aged in his 20s was found in a street in Dundee.

FRIDAY 15 MAY

Gers star hurt by exploding egg

Rangers defender Kirk Broadfoot has been taken to hospital after an egg he was microwaving exploded in his face.

Unpaid tax forces club to brink

An order to wind up Stirling Albion FC has been sought by HM Revenue and Customs after it fails to pay thousands of pounds in tax.

Fan's pie and Bovril price fury

Football clubs have been accused of "fleecing" fans as their pies, Bovril and cheeseburgers have not seen a VAT cut.

THURSDAY 14 MAY

Fan's pie and Bovril price fury

Football clubs are accused of fleecing fans - by failing to make sure the VAT has been cut on the pies, Bovril and hotdogs sold at their grounds.

Youth admits classroom stabbing

A 14-year-old schoolboy admits stabbing a fellow teenager in the back in an unprovoked attack in a classroom at an Ayrshire secondary school.

Anger at mother and son dawn raid

An early morning raid in Glasgow prompts anger, days after moves to improve the treatment of asylum seekers were announced.

WEDNESDAY 13 MAY

Lawrie bunkered for golf comments

Former Open golf champion Paul Lawrie has been barred from an exclusive club after reportedly criticising the state of the course's greens.

New swine flu case closes nursery

A nursery and a primary school in Greenock are to be closed for a week after two children were confirmed as probable swine flu cases.

Pensioner tells of car sea plunge

A 79-year-old driver has told of the moment his car plunged off a pier into the sea during a visit to South Queensferry to view the Forth bridges.

TUESDAY 12 MAY

£2.5m price for repossessed home

A Palladian mansion in Fife, thought to be the country's most expensive repossessed property, is on the market for £2.5m.

Oprah show subtitles Susan Boyle

American TV bosses subtitled Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle when she appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show so viewers could understand her.

Scientists offer thalidomide clue

Scientists claim they have finally worked out how and why the drug thalidomide caused limb defects in thousands of babies.

MONDAY 11 MAY

Two dead after river rescue bid

A woman has died and her partner's body is found in a swollen Ayrshire river after they jumped in to rescue their dogs.

Sea loch barge accident kills two

Two men have died and a third is in hospital after an industrial accident is thought to have suffocated them on a barge on a sea loch near Oban.

'Major failings' at abuse school

A probe into a school for vulnerable youngsters hit by child abuse allegations is highly critical of how it was managed.