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Madonna fails to sell tickets for first ever Scottish show

By Sam Whyte   TICKETS for Madonna’s concert at Murrayfield on Saturday are selling for less than face value on eBay – or not at all. Despite the...

Scots woman stung by scorpion

A SCOTS holidaymaker was stung by a scorpion she accidentally brought home from holiday in Mexico. Colin and Janette Birrell from Methil,Fife, discovered the poisonous hitchhiker...

Shocking floods in Perth city centre

Perth has been hit by flooding exactly one year after homes and properties were damaged by heavy rain.   Drains around the North Inch and Bell’s Sports...

Da Vinci Rapist welcomes protester into his home for late night chat

DA VINCI Code rapist Robert Greens cannot understand why he was re-homed in the same place where he committed his sickening crime.   Greens also told a...

Investigation begins as family home is destroyed by fire

A FAMILY home that was totally destroyed in a massive blaze may have been deliberately set on fire, police said today.   Dozens of firefighters battled through...

A degu goes down the pub

The Scottish SPCA is seeking the owner of a pet degu after it was found running around the beer garden of an Edinburgh pub. The animal charity...

Local university teaches students to look for aliens

A SCOTTISH university is offering a course that is out of this world – how to search for ET. Edinburgh University will teach stargazers how to...

3-year old girl rescued after thugs set fire to push chair

A TERRIFIED three-year-old girl had to be plucked to safety from a top floor window after sick thugs set light to a pushchair in the...

Scots girl learns to walk after rare surgery

A SCOTS girl has taken her first steps since undergoing a rare operation to reverse the effects of cerebral palsy. Brave Brooke Ramsay “amazed and delighted”...

Scottish tourism affected as beaches are stripped of awards

THE miserable Scottish summer has been blamed for robbing two beautiful beaches of their coveted Blue Flag awards. Weeks of relentless rain washed tonnes of sheep...

Fridge to blame for hospital scare

A massive chemical scare in Scotland's biggest hospital turned out to be the work of a faulty fridge. Firefighters rushed to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness yesterday...

IRN-BRU to help soggy Scots with their own BRU-Island

IRN-BRU has announced a new competition to help Scots combat the rain-drenched start to the summer. After one of the wettest on record so far, IRN-BRU...

Local communities to pay for own speed guns

SCOTS police have asked communities worried about speeding drivers to pay for their own radar guns. Lothian and Borders Police wrote to seven community councils telling...

Semantic illusions inhibit our understanding of language

NEW research from the University of Glasgow has shown how semantic illusions inhibit our understanding of language. Far from processing every word we read or hear,...

Rabbit Awareness Week to help abandoned Scottish bunnies

A SCOTTISH animal welfare charity fears the rabbit may be Scotland’s forgotten pet. More bunnies than ever are being neglected and mistreated, prompting the Scottish SPCA to...

Greenpeace protest shuts down Edinburgh petrol stations

TEN green campaigners - and a polar bear - managed to shut more than a dozen Scottish petrol stations today in a protest against drilling...

Scot to lead the way in space tourism

VIRGIN Galactic have chosen Scot-born David Mackay as the chief pilot for their commercial space flights. The Edinburgh-based travel company Dream Escape is also to benefit...

Man dies after plunge from fifth floor balcony

A SCOTS businessman has died in Turkey after plunging from the fifth-floor balcony of a hotel following after reportedly separating from his wife. Neil McIntyre, from...

Release your inhibitions

MORE than half of all Scots feel their inhibitions are holding them back, according to a survey. The research found that 51% of people living north...

Let the battle commence: Otters stand up against mink invasion

BRAVE Scottish otters are standing their ground against an aggressive foreign invader - the American mink. Although grey squirrels, crayfish and humpback salmon continue to threaten...

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