Scotland on Sunday

HE MAY have been badly wounded in combat – only to recover and save the day – but he has never been sliced up like this.

SCOTS have been warned a substantial increase in financial powers for Holyrood is not an option if Scotland wants to remain within the United Kingdom.

A COALITION of leading charities, faith groups and trade unions has written to Scottish MPs urging them to vote to uphold a series of amendments to welfare reform legislation agreed last week by the House of Lords.

A SCOTTISH nurse who risked her life to treat patients from both sides of the Libyan conflict has won the Robert Burns Humanitarian Award 2012.

ONE in four children are spending as much as 12 hours a day sitting in front of a screen watching TV, playing video games or using Facebook.

THE new headquarters of Scotland’s national force will be at Tulliallan Castle after justice secretary Kenny MacAskill ruled out police officers’ preferred venues in Edinburgh or Glasgow.

HIS dark brand of humour has generated acclaim and outrage in almost equal measure. But now Channel 4 has parted company with controversial Scots comic Frankie Boyle.

SALES of game foods such as venison, pheasant and partridge have soared with supermarkets, televisions chefs and top Scottish restaurants placing them at the top of their menus.

ISLANDERS on Colonsay are preparing to host Scotland’s most remote literary festival in one of the country’s most intimate communities.

A SCOTTISH initiative to give businesses and customers a universal guide to who’s green and who’s not has been approved by all five UK tourism agencies.

A GP who ran from John o’Groats to the Sahara Desert has been recruited by the Scottish Government to promote the benefits of being active.

FOOTBALL fans attending a cup match at Glasgow’s Hampden Park were used yesterday to test security arrangements for the forthcoming 2012 Olympics.

THE SNP is facing pressure over its handling of the housing budget and the length of waiting lists for rented accommodation, amid accusations the party “backtracked” on a manifesto pledge.

CALL it Belle and Sebastian: the musical. A transatlantic appreciation society between the Scottish Indie rocker band and a Hollywood producer has led to a film featuring the group’s songs.

CAREFUL with that dram – it might be better off left in the bottle, as Scotch whisky is now outperforming traditional investments, including the stock market and gold.

FRAUDSTERS are cashing in on an epidemic of Japanese knotweed in Scotland by charging thousands of pounds to eradicate the damaging and invasive weed.

A FORMER soldier is suing a Scottish paintball firm for up to £400,000 after he was shot in the face and lost the sight in one eye.

THE female giant panda at Edinburgh Zoo has been removed from display after developing colic, the same illness that has afflicted her male companion.

A MAJOR contract for the construction of the new £1.5 billion Forth road bridge is poised to be handed to a German firm rather than a Scottish business.

COUNCILS could be given the power to sell empty homes as part of a raft of measures to cut the number of vacant properties, the Scottish Government said today.