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SUNDAY 14 JUNE

Teachers 'swamping job vacancies'

Hundreds of teachers are struggling to find work in Scotland and are leaving the country, the Scottish Labour Party has claimed.

Naked bar scene artwork unveiled

An artwork by Scottish photographer Alistair Devine of naked revellers drinking in a Glasgow bar has been unveiled.

Man attending RockNess event dies

A 22-year-old man attending the RockNess music festival on the banks of Loch Ness has died in hospital after being taken ill.

SATURDAY 13 JUNE

Plea over abduction and shooting

Police have appealed for information after a man was abducted and another shot at in Lanarkshire in the early hours of Saturday.

Young woman raped in city centre

Detectives are searching for a flower seller who may have vital clues after a woman was raped by two men in Glasgow city centre.

Go Ape drops treetop park plans

Controversial plans to build a treetop adventure playground in an area of Pollok Park in Glasgow have been abandoned.

FRIDAY 12 JUNE

Man jailed over rape of children

A 46-year-old man who was convicted of raping two girls and a boy has been jailed for nine years at the High Court in Glasgow.

Shark tagging mission under way

A shark tagging event is under way in the waters off the Dumfries and Galloway Coast hoping to provide valuable data on shark numbers and behaviour.

RockNess prepares for revellers

Tens of thousands of music fans are heading north for the fourth RockNess festival on the shores of Loch Ness, which has been stretched to three days.

THURSDAY 11 JUNE

Support for 'bereaved' architects

A support group has been set up to help architects through the "trauma" of seeing one of their creations demolished in their own lifetime.

Paedophile network members jailed

Six members of a Scotland's biggest paedophile web are jailed for from two to 17 years for what the judge said were crimes of the most serious nature.

Sir Chris picks up his knighthood

Triple Beijing Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy collects his knighthood and his mother her MBE, at Buckingham Palace.

WEDNESDAY 10 JUNE

Van Outen joins line-up at Fringe

Television and stage star Denise van Outen is to make her Edinburgh Fringe debut in a new one-woman musical comedy show called Blondes.

Microphone to pick up pillow talk

A pillow which uses speech recognition software to record people's worries when they cannot get to sleep has been invented by an Edinburgh student.

Student recruits Mamma Mia star

An Edinburgh Napier University student has managed to recruit a star of the hit movie Mamma Mia for his graduation film.

TUESDAY 9 JUNE

Student recruits Mamma Mia star

An Edinburgh Napier University student has managed to recruit a star of the hit movie Mamma Mia for his graduation film.

Arrest over body in undergrowth

A man has been arrested after a woman's body was found in undergrowth in the east end of Glasgow at the weekend.

Murder charge over 'hit-and-run'

A teenager has appeared in court charged with murder following the death of a man struck by a car in an apparent hit-and-run incident in Edinburgh.

MONDAY 8 JUNE

Football captain killed in crash

Dumbarton Football Club has confirmed that its captain has been killed in an off-road accident near Dingwall while on a family break.

Salmond hails 'historic' Euro win

The SNP has won the largest share of the European election vote in Scotland for the first time, beating Labour into second place.

Setanta holds crunch SPL meeting

The board of football broadcaster Setanta is meeting a week after the company failed to pay the Scottish Premier League (SPL) £3m.