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Infected blood victims given increased payouts

£5M 'Work Able Scotland' project to help people find employment

Retailers to face 'formidable challenges' in 2017, industry body warns

Fewer school leavers achieve 'significant' Maths qualification

Government 'too slow to act' on prison sentence reforms

Dementia care call issued as figures show rise in number of under-65s treated

Ross County's Jay McEveley upbeat despite recent defeat

Call-out figures prompt demands for emergency services to be 'properly equipped'

Billions of pounds in social security payments going unclaimed each year

Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher dies days after heart attack

First Minister calls for 2017 to be 'turning point' against intolerance

SNP questions why 'zombie department' Scotland Office needs extra money

School cutbacks 'put teaching of most vulnerable at risk'

Queensferry Crossing "nearing completion and on schedule to open May next year"

Female binge drinkers unfairly stigmatised by media, study finds

Tories find over 10% of patients had to be treated outside their health board in the last year

Scottish teachers 'take 500,000 days off for mental health reasons'

Politicians 'losing sight of challenges facing NHS in Scotland

Shoppers queue from 2am for bargains in post-Christmas sales

Storm Conor brings blizzards to the north

Driver-less electric cars "could eradicate air pollution in 10 years"

Storm Conor sweeps in with snow and 80mph winds

Woodland Trust announces push to recycle Christmas cards for planting of trees

Ministers face calls for fox-hunting legislation to be strengthened

Economy Secretary attacks failure to give position on single market membership

Energy Efficiency campaigners call for more investment

Rural projects to benefit from £60million of funding

Figures show 8% increase in number of people homeless at Christmas

Hundreds of jobs to be created with 20 new Co-op stores planned

Energy efficiency campaigners call for further investment

Police Scotland losing 'swathes' of experienced officers, Tories warn

Travellers urged to check weather conditions as Storm Conor descends

Proud parents celebrate arrival of Christmas babies

Cancer Survivors happy to get after-care from non-specialists, study finds

Power restored to 21,000 homes after Storm Barbara battering

Christmas Eve severe weather warnings as Storm Barbara batters Britain