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SUNDAY 13 JULY

T int he Park
A man has suffered "horrific" multiple stab wounds and another has died at T in the Park - Scotland's biggest music festival.

police sign
A woman died after a head-on collision involving two cars in the Highlands. Four other people were injured in the crash on the A82.

flats
Five tower blocks in Glasgow's Sighthill have been razed to the ground in a series of dramatic overnight demolitions.

SATURDAY 12 JULY

Arctic Tern [Pic: RSPB]
The poor breeding of seabirds like guillemots and kittiwakes is causing "serious concern", according to RSPB Scotland.

Bull sign
A bull has been rescued from a swimming pool by firefighters after it escapes from its enclosure and charges into the water.

Fans at T in the Park
More than 80,000 fans have descended on Perth and Kinross for T in the Park, Scotland's biggest music festival.

FRIDAY 11 JULY

Skull
Confidential patient information has been left lying in an abandoned hospital in Lanarkshire, BBC Scotland can reveal.

Football
A bid by supporters to try to retain a football team in Gretna has been successful after concerned fans formed an action group.

T int he Park
T in the Park began on Friday evening and about 180 acts will take to the stage in Balado, Perth and Kinross, before the event ends on Sunday night.

THURSDAY 10 JULY

Landslide
A main road in the south of Scotland could be closed for up to eight weeks after a landslide caused by heavy rain, according to police.

Reservoir
A woman has been arrested over a hit-and-run death in Paisley earlier this week, Strathclyde Police have confirmed.

Josie Pasane
A South African woman who had faced being deported after living with her family in Dundee for seven years has won her fight to stay in the UK.

WEDNESDAY 9 JULY

Tower block
A woman has died after falling nine floors down a lift shaft in a block of high-rise flats in Glasgow in the early hours of Wednesday.

Kidney scar
BBC Scotland journalist Paula MacKinnon uncovers a market for human organs in her attempt to donate one of her healthy kidneys to a stranger in a bid to save a life.

Margaret Boris
Police believe a car found submerged in water fits the description of one used to deliberately run down and kill a woman in Renfrewshire.

TUESDAY 8 JULY

Allan Errington [Pic: Press and Journal]
A self-confessed "rubbish" golfer, who had only played 15 rounds, won a £15,000 car after fluking a hole-in-one at Newmachar Golf Club.

Scene of the incident
A murder inquiry has been launched after a 39-year-old mother-of-three from Irvine was deliberately hit by a car in Paisley on Monday.

Emma Caldwell
The case against four men accused of murdering Glasgow woman Emma Caldwell in 2005 is not being brought to court, the Crown Office has confirmed.

MONDAY 7 JULY

Aborigine
A delegation of Aboriginal people from Australia has arrived in Edinburgh to take home human remains from the city's university.

dog
A parasite which can cause fatal illness in dogs has been found in Scotland for the first time, scientists have confirmed.

yoga
Andy Murray has been singing the praises of Bikram yoga since it became integral to his training routine, and now it has finally arrived in Scotland.



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