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26 September 2010 Last updated at 19:11 ET

Hospitals buy more 'obesity beds'

Hospitals in Scotland spend thousands of pounds on beds which can take patients weighing up to 78 stone.

Labour in minimum wage rise bid

Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray is to announce plans to boost public sector workers' pay to more than £7 an hour.

Talks due in mackerel quota row

Fresh talks are due to take place in Brussels to discuss the row over mackerel fishing quotas.
Scots economic recovery 'muted'

A business survey by Lloyds TSB Scotland finds the Scottish economy is continuing a muted recovery from recession.
Scottish union boss to stand down

The head of Scotland's biggest public sector union announces he will stand down later this year.
Games athletes 'being let down'
Two people killed in road crash
Protesters swim in front of ship
Man dies during banger race event
Male motorcyclist killed in crash
Scottish knife convictions fall
Men held over power drill attack
Motorcyclist dies in A83 accident
Applicants chase teaching posts

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Council caught in £100,000 scam

A Scottish council which is facing huge budget cuts is conned out of £102,000 by a gang thought to come from west Africa.
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School closure plan made public

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Korean firm takes control of Dana

Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) has taken control of Scottish company Dana Petroleum in a hostile takeover.
New target for renewable energy
Diageo in tax warning to Treasury

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Aberdeen 2-3 Rangers

Rangers return to the top of the Scottish Premier League after fighting back from two goals behind to defeat Aberdeen in a thriller at Pittodrie.
Scotland to drop misfiring Boyd
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