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Margo MacDonald wins backing in bid to permit 'dignified dyi..
MARGO MacDonald's bid to legalise assisted suicide has been given a boost after the Humanist Society of Scotland launched a campaign backing her proposal.

US honour for songwriter Don Black
British songwriter Don Black, known for tracks such as Born Free and Michael Jackson's Ben, is to be honoured by the US music industry.

Safe arrival for eagle chicks
Minister celebrates fourth year of East Coast sea eagle reintroduction project

Young white-tailed eagles spread their wings
Nineteen white-tailed sea eagles, gifted to Scotland as part of a reintroduction programme, have been released into the wild from a secret location in Fife.

ASBO Puffins
Underground camera reveals a darker side to the nation's favourite seabird

Thumbs down for polluting power plant
Hunterston coal-fired power station gets overwhelming rejection from the public

Early signs signal worrying summer for Scotland's seabirds.
RSPB Scotland has raised fresh concerns for the conservation of Scotland's internationally important seabirds as new figures show an alarming decline in some of..

Festival ticket sales boom? It's all show
ORGANISERS of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe have admitted inflating its box office numbers by including thousands of free shows in the ticket sales figures.

45p-per-unit drink prices are attacked as a tax on the poor
PLANS to impose a 45p a unit minimum alcoholic drink price would be a "tax on the poor" and cost customers hundreds of millions of pounds, it has been claimed.

Modernising social housing
Charter to promote interest of tenants.

Theatre review: Fly Me to the Moon
THEATRE FLY ME TO THE MOON **** ORAN MOR, GLASGOW

Potting compost to carry warnings after gardener gets Legion..
Bags of potting compost are to carry health warnings after an elderly Scot contracted Legionnaire's disease through a cut on his hand.

Defiant Gordon Brown prepares to make Commons comeback
Gordon Brown is preparing to make his full parliamentary comeback on Monday as the storm over accusations made against him by Tony Blair continues to rage.

Independents set to deliver new minority Australian governme..
Prime minister Julia Gillard edged closer to retaining power in Australia yesterday when an independent politician said he would support her centre-left Labour ..

Move to force Roma into camps
A FAR-RIGHT Hungarian party has called for gypsies considered a threat to public order to be forcibly settled in camps outside towns and subject to curfew.

More support for flood victims
Extra £300,000 to assist relief effort in Pakistan.

Discovered in a New Town attic, the 205-year-old news of Ne..
A RARE poster proclaiming Nelson's historic victory at Trafalgar is expected to fetch more than £10,000 at auction next week after being discovered in the ..

Cold beats climate change protest
Greenpeace switched its attention to the Atlantic frontier off Shetland yesterday after four activists were arrested at the end of their three day occupation of..

Joyce McMillan on theatre: Three factors truly arresting Cit..
Shuffling the top brass at the Glasgow institution might improve its fortunes, but there are also deeper questions of funding and public interest all theatres m..

Mass disruption warning on Pope day
DRIVERS face widespread chaos across central Scotland during Pope Benedict XVI's visit in two weeks' time.

Cash-strapped council gives bosses £13m in pay-off deal
A CULL of senior managers at Scotland's biggest city council will result in 103 executives each receiving £128,000 in pay-offs and payments to their pensio..

Celebrating the best of Scottish fare
Food and Drink Fortnight launches.

Low carbon economy opportunities
Financial services industry ?must seize green investment opportunities? ? First Minister.

Bugs and beasties swarm to Mersehead
Bugs have been causing excitement at Mersehead nature reserve with two unusual discoveries.

Red kite chicks fall victim to irresponsible rodenticide use
Secondary poisoning claims eight rare young birds from three separate broods

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