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A "uniquely special" Scottish soprano has won a nationwide search to find an opera star.

All but one of 12 rioting football hooligans who took part in the worst destruction Manchester has suffered "since the blitz" will be going to jail, a judge has said.

Investment in renewable energy and low carbon projects will create real economic wealth, First Minister Alex Salmond has said.

A drugs factory with £1 million worth of cocaine and mixing agents has been uncovered by police.

Changes to local council elections could help ensure there is no repeat of the voting fiasco which marred the previous ballot, a Scottish Government minister has said.

Thousands of pounds worth of damage has been caused at a city graveyard.

A murder investigation has been launched after a man was found dead in his home following a violent attack.

A teenager has been arrested in connection with a man being assaulted with a power drill.

Police in the US have linked a Scottish woman with a trunk in which the mummified remains of a baby and a foetus were found.

Twelve football hooligans involved in rioting after the Uefa Cup Final are due to be sentenced.

Travellers have been urged to plan their journeys to try to avoid delays caused by the Pope's visit to Scotland.

A hidden danger in the garden has been highlighted by the case of a man who contracted Legionnaires' disease from handling compost.

A woman has been reported to prosecutors after a 10-year-old girl was bitten on the face by a dog.

A "celebration of football" ended in mayhem and violence as Rangers hooligans went on the rampage, a court heard.

An on-the-run Scottish paedophile has been arrested in the Republic.

Edinburgh has been named the best UK city for tourists at a prestigious awards ceremony.

Armed robbers have stolen hundreds of thousands of pounds of jewellery from an elderly man during an attack in broad daylight.

Unpaid carers have been hailed as "unsung heroes" by Scottish Conservative leader Annabel Goldie.

More than 300 people have been caught not wearing a seatbelt in a 24-hour crackdown, police revealed.

A campaign backing controversial plans for a change in the law to allow assisted suicide has been launched by humanists.