Schools ‘encouraging’ underage sex

Parent groups and education campaigners have slammed schools for giving pupils free condoms, saying it encourages youngsters to have sex

Visitscotland spends £1.5m to cope with visitor drop

The Scottish tourism body is targetting tourists from the UK, Europe and Canada

Copper cable replacement scheme to boost broadband

A non-invasive method of stripping copper cable and replacing it with fibre optics is being introduced to the UK

Army should be allowed to visit schools

Army has just as much right to sell itself in schools as any profession, says recruitment chief Brigadier David Allfrey

SNP hopes for another Govan

The Scottish National Party will flood the Glasgow East constituency with party activists in a bid to emulate past triumphs

Accountant guilty of the murder of his wife

David Lilburn, an accountant who blamed a 'black shadow' for death of his wife Ann, is found guilty of her murder

Auction of Bond novels owned by 'the real 007'

First editions given to the man seen by many as Fleming's model for James Bond are to be auctioned in Edinburgh

Glasgow professor ready to help South Africa

Glasgow professor Ivan Turok was 10 when he was forced to flee South Africa. Now he is to return to help its townships

Scheme could cost Edinburgh heritage status

Caltongate scheme that could cost Edinburgh its World Heritage status to go ahead this year despite planned inspection

Soldiers in Scotland welcome welfare package

Reforms aimed at improving quality of life for the Armed Forces receives enthusiastic welcome from soldiers in Scotland

Salmond attempts to reassure Glasgow East

Scottish First Minister predicts that by-election defeat will prompt Labour to change its policies but not its leader

Shop assistant's life-saver sees light of day

Matt McGrath was a hard-up graduate before he found the financial backing to produce his innovative video laryngoscope

Divorce request led to killing, jury told

A man who is accused of stabbing his wife to death has claimed that he was mentally ill at the time

Gordonstoun pupils caught in drug purge

One pupil has been expelled and 11 more disciplined after a drugs crackdown at the public school

Two more on run from open prison

Police hunt for prisoners with histories of violent crime who absconded from Castle Huntly open prison

GP ‘told patients he supported euthanasia’

Iain Kerr said his membership of the Euthanasia Society gave patients 'the choice of discussing end-of-life matters'

TV executive faces life for murdering father

Son hid body in wheelie bin and went on spending spree with elderly parent's credit card

Strike threat as fireman fails to feel the burn

A fireman with more than 20 years service has been dismissed after failing fitness test

Childcare costs force parents out of work

More than a quarter of Scottish parents on low incomes cannot afford to work full time

Ideal seat for poet planning noisy polemic

A chair named the 'Bletherin Bitch' that once belonged to Robert Burns is for sale