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Beavers given protected species status after reintroduction to wild

Inverness judo star tells schoolkids about near death experience

Police step-up patrols in busy city centres in anti-terror awareness campaign

T in the Park festival to 'take a break' in 2017

No criminal charges over death of 12-year-old in Edinburgh school wall collapse

ScotRail to publish action plan as Nicola Sturgeon pressed on network 'shambles'

Hearts boss Neilson: "We have better strikers than Juanma"

Primary school pupils should be trained in first aid, says charity

LISTEN: Political rout - landslide defeat for MSPs in Forth All-Stars football clash

60,000 Scots trained in CPR in campaign to save more lives

Edinburgh author JK Rowling sends Harry Potter books to young fan in Syria

LISTEN: Police make fresh appeal one month on from disappearance of French student in Edinburgh

JK Rowling sends Harry Potter books to young fan in Aleppo

Edinburgh website Skyscanner bought for £1.4bn

A village for the homeless to be built in Edinburgh

Scots throwing away £460 of food every year

Seven year jail term for Midlothian man behind £18m investment fraud

Transport Minister vows to closely monitor Scotrail to ensure performance improves

Queensferry Crossing workers held on suspicion of working illegally

More Scottish Workers being paid less than living wage

LISTEN: MSPs swap debating chamber for football pitch to battle Forth All-Stars

Bogus police officer steals four figure sum from tourists outside Holyrood

Additional £800m allocated to Scotland in Autumn Statement

12 year old charged following Fife hotel fire

Chancellor urged to bring an end to "damaging" austerity in Autumn statement

Questions raised about whether Scottish exams are "fit for purpose"

Carers missing out on £170 million worth of benefits, Labour says

Young cancer patients "missing out on chance to become parents in later life"

Man assaulted by gang of three in Linlithgow

Nicola Sturgeon condemns "not welcome here" message to EU Nationals

Deaths after hospital admission in Scotland down by 7%

Hearts stage late comeback to draw at Hamilton

Woman pulled over by fake police officer in Fife

Teenagers drink 'a bath full' of sugary drinks every year

Man charged in HMP Edinburgh drugs probe after £60,000 of heroin seized

Diageo workers threaten strike action in the run up to Christmas