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Music fans set to descend on castle

Thousands of music fans are expected to descend on a duke's front garden as he throws open his gates for the Hydro Connect festival. Read

£1m boost for dementia treatment

Treatment and early diagnosis of dementia could be improved through a £1 million investment by the Scottish Government. Read

New hope in hospital bugs fight

Research which could lead to new ways of killing hospital infections such as C difficile has been revealed. Read

Candidates challenged over Salmond

The three candidates vying for the Scottish Labour leadership have set out their stall in the country's biggest city. Read

Budget airline suspends flights

Low-fare transatlantic airline Zoom, which flew from five UK airports, has suspended all operations and cancelled all flights after running into financial difficulties. Read

Experts hail fingerprint service

Improvements have been made in the fingerprint service since the Shirley McKie controversy of recent years, international experts have said. Read

Sick leave up at enterprise agency

Sick leave has risen by around 50% at the government agency created to boost business in Scotland. Read

313 drivers caught using mobiles

More than 300 drivers were caught using their hand-held mobile phone during a 24-hour crackdown by police. Read

Passengers stranded in airline row

Hundreds of air passengers remain stranded at an airport in a dispute over non-payment of charges that has put the future of a low-fare airline in doubt. Read

Cameron issues 'backyard' challenge

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has faced Tory calls to turn up and campaign at a forthcoming by-election in his "own backyard". Read

Plane grounded in non-payment row

The travel plans of hundreds of air passengers were thrown into chaos on Thursday after a transatlantic low-fare airline had one of its planes detained by UK authorities over the non-payment of charges. Read

Brown opens school for old friend

Prime Minister Gordon Brown broke away from affairs of state on Thursday to fulfil a promise to an old school chum. Read

Edinburgh festival chief steps down

The director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe announced he is to step down. Read

Hacker loses extradition appeal

A computer expert who hacked into top secret US military networks has lost his last-ditch legal appeal and will be extradited to the US in the next two weeks. Read

Teenage pair banned from own home

Two party-loving brothers have been banned from their own home in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in Scotland, it emerged. Read

Funding boost for advocacy services

A service for parents of children with additional support needs has been given £110,000. Read

Call over heart screening programme

The Scottish Government was urged to ensure young athletes identified as "at risk" in a new heart screening programme get proper support. Read

8,000-mile round trip to see hubby

An American pilot revealed how she keeps her long-distance relationship alive by making 8,000-mile round trips to visit her husband in Scotland. Read

Pensioner trapped for eight hours

An elderly man was trapped overnight for eight hours after catching his leg on a wire fence. Read

Network Rail told to cut disruption

Rail regulators have set Network Rail (NR) a target of reducing disruption to passengers from engineering work by more than a third over the next five years. Read

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