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SUNDAY 25 MAY

Anne Moffat
Police have launched an investigation after Labour MP Anne Moffat was attacked and beaten, BBC Scotland has learned.

Beaver
The European beaver is to be reintroduced to Scotland for the first time in more than 400 years, the Scottish Government has announced.

Riot police
Efforts are under way to close a legal loophole which means hooligans involved in the Uefa Cup final violence can still attend matches in Scotland.

SATURDAY 24 MAY

Girl with Scottish Cup
Thousands of Queen of the South fans have been making their journey to Hampden for their club's first ever appearance in the Scottish Cup final.

Police tape
A 36-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with an assault on another woman in Edinburgh last month.

Crime scene
Strathclyde detectives are treating the death of a middle-aged man who was found in a street in Ayr on Friday night as suspicious.

FRIDAY 23 MAY

HMS Trafalgar
A nuclear submarine ran aground during a training exercise off the coast of Skye after tracing paper was used to mark its course, it has emerged.

David Cameron
The union between Scotland and England is under attack like never before, Tory leader David Cameron told the Scottish Conservative conference.

skunk
A woman turning heads by taking her pet skunk for a walk on a lead has been told by a council that it may have to go, BBC Scotland can reveal.

THURSDAY 22 MAY

police van
A 47-year-old woman has been seriously injured in a shooting in an office building on New City Road, Garnethill, in Glasgow, Strathclyde Police have confirmed.

coat of arms
A father-of-four of Dunbar in East Lothian is seeking £1m damages after a vasectomy went wrong, leaving him in pain for the last 12 years.

james mcavoy
The Scottish Funding council is to carry out a review of money for drama provision across Scotland following a campaign by actors including James McAvoy.


WEDNESDAY 21 MAY

Cigarettes
Plans to ban the open display of cigarettes in shops have been announced by the Scottish Government, two years after a ban on smoking in public places.

Dobbies
Scottish entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter has agreed to sell his stake in the Dobbies Garden Centre chain to grocery giant Tesco for £36.3m.

Forensic officers
A man who stabbed an Ayrshire shopkeeper to death in an unprovoked attack has been sentenced to life in prison at the High Court in Edinburgh.


TUESDAY 20 MAY

Tommy Burns' funeral
Figures from the footballing world joined thousands of fans to bid farewell to Celtic legend Tommy Burns at his funeral in Glasgow.

Burns' funeral cortege
Manager Gordon Strachan and the entire Celtic first team squad attended the service at St Mary's Church in the Calton area where Burns grew up.

Kaiser Chiefs in concert
Kaiser Chiefs have been warming up for one of the biggest concerts of their career by playing small venues in the Highlands.

MONDAY 19 MAY

Father John Fitzsimmons
The broadcaster Father John Fitzsimmons has died at the age of 68 - the priest presented The Greetings Programme on BBC Radio Scotland.

David Whyte
A man who made obscene calls to new brides after their wedding photographs appeared in local newspapers has been placed on probation for two years.

Menie Estate
Environmental charities have put forward their own alternative plans for Donald Trump's £1bn planned golf resort in the north east of Scotland.



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