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29 July 2010 Last updated at 18:00 ET

Lockerbie inquiry 'may visit UK'

The US senator who is to chair a congressional inquiry into the Lockerbie bomber release says he may send investigators to the UK.

Review warns of 60,000 job cuts

Up to 60,000 people working in the public sector in Scotland could lose their jobs, according to an independent review commissioned by ministers.
Missing man buried 25 years ago

A man who went missing on Christmas Eve in Glasgow in 1984 is traced to an unmarked grave more than 25 years later.
Tobin questioned over sex crimes
Man injured in explosion in city
Arrest over 2004 stabbing murder
Man admits 'hit-and-run' killing
Naked trampoline man avoids jail
Probe after timber worker crushed
Bruce broadsword fetches £10,800

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Rural schools' future 'in doubt'

Campaigners say the future of rural schools is threatened after ministers did not intervene to save an Ayrshire primary.
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US Lockerbie hearings postponed

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Defence giant returns to profits

Defence contractor BAE reports a profit of £618m but warns of 'challenging trading' in the face of spending cuts.
Irn Bru maker to increase sales
Sales increase at snowball firm

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Aalesunds FK 1-1 Motherwell

Jamie Murphy is on target as Motherwell draw with Aalesunds in the Europa League third round qualifier first leg in Norway.
NK Maribor 3-0 Hibernian
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Salmond defends knives decisionWatch

Alex Salmond defends the rejection of mandatory sentences for carrying a knife, in the last first minister's question time before the summer recess.

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Experts find new colonies of prehistoric shrimp
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E-mails shunned in favour of texts and social media, study shows.
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