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Scottish News: Rail crime levels fall in Scotland

Ayrshire Post — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:25:18 GMT

Crime on Scotland's rail network has fallen for the eighth successive year, according to British Transport Police (BTP).

Scottish News: NHS whistleblowers 'need hotline'

Ayrshire Post — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:25:14 GMT

Labour has called for a national whistleblowing hotline for NHS staff after data from health boards revealed only one instance of it in the last two years.

Scottish News: Two more patients die at hospital

Ayrshire Post — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:25:15 GMT

Two more patients suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting have died amid a suspected norovirus outbreak at a hospital.

Scottish News: Fraser 'normal after disappearance'

Ayrshire Post — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:25:14 GMT

A man accused of murdering his wife was back to being his normal self within days of her disappearance, a court has been told.

Scottish News: 'Fewer people' catching superbugs

Ayrshire Post — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:25:14 GMT

Fewer patients are contracting hospital infections such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile, according to a report.

Scottish News: MPs beg 'Respect Our Regiments'

Ayrshire Post — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:25:14 GMT

Scottish MPs have put party differences aside to urge the Government to protect the historic names and cap badges of regiments in their constituencies.

Scottish News: Body found in flooded quarry hunt

Ayrshire Post — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:25:14 GMT

Police searching for a teenager who fell into a flooded quarry have pulled a body from the water.

Scottish News: Six charged with 'website racism'

Ayrshire Post — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:25:14 GMT

Six people have been charged in connection with anti-Semitic and racist posts allegedly left on a website.

Scottish News: Classroom technology use analysed

Ayrshire Post — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:25:16 GMT

Education Scotland is to look at how tablet computers and mobile devices are being used in classrooms and consider how they could be introduced in schools on a wider scale.

Scottish News: Job interviewees may get texted

Ayrshire Post — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:25:16 GMT

Jobcentre staff are being trained to use text messaging and Twitter to try to reduce the number of people not turning up for job interviews.

Scottish News: Seafood firm plans £80m investment

Ayrshire Post — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:25:15 GMT

A fish farm operator hopes to create 100 new jobs in an £80 million expansion of its Scottish operation.

Scottish News: Boyle's 'autistic' comment attacked

Ayrshire Post — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:25:15 GMT

Comedian Frankie Boyle has been attacked over his "sickening" comments about 2,100 schoolchildren who formed the Olympic rings in their school grounds to raise money for charity.

Scottish News: Owners of empty homes 'need advice'

Ayrshire Post — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:25:15 GMT

Legislation allowing local authorities to double council tax on empty homes should be accompanied by advice and help for owners, MSPs have been told.

Scottish News: Gas leak on platform 'has stopped'

Ayrshire Post — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:25:16 GMT

A gas leak on a North Sea oil platform has been stopped, according to the operators.

Scottish News: 'Fewer cases of norovirus recorded'

Ayrshire Post — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:25:16 GMT

Outbreaks of the potentially fatal norovirus have fallen in recent years, Scotland's top doctor has said.

Scottish News: Scottish jobless total falls again

Ayrshire Post — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:25:14 GMT

Unemployment in Scotland has fallen for the second month in a row, with the latest figures showing 221,000 are out of work.

Scottish News: Crews tackle recycling plant fire

Ayrshire Post — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:25:15 GMT

Around 30 firefighters have been tackling a blaze at a recycling plant.

Scottish News: SSE squeezed by rising energy costs

Ayrshire Post — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:25:15 GMT

Energy firm SSE has said profits from its domestic supply operation fell 21% over the last year as it battled higher costs and falling consumption.

Scottish News: Tax-add on empty homes 'no panacea'

Ayrshire Post — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:25:15 GMT

Allowing local authorities to double council tax on empty homes is not a "panacea" for solving the problem, housing chiefs have warned.

Scottish News: MSPs to agree library legislation

Ayrshire Post — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:25:13 GMT

Legislation to modernise the National Library of Scotland is expected to be agreed.

Scottish News: Surge of house buyers 'a one-off'

Ayrshire Post — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:25:19 GMT

A surge of first-time buyers nudged the average house price in Scotland up in March during a rush to beat the stamp-duty deadline, according to a report.

Scottish News: Sales slump 'biggest in 13 years'

Ayrshire Post — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:25:19 GMT

April was a washout for retailers as high street sales saw their worst decline in 13 years.

Scottish News: Welfare cuts create 'grave concern'

Ayrshire Post — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:25:14 GMT

MSPs have "grave concerns" about the future of the most vulnerable people because of a £2.5 billion cut in benefits.

Scottish News: MSPs have questions about key road

Ayrshire Post — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:25:17 GMT

A Holyrood committee hopes to quiz transport minister Keith Brown about problems on a "lifeline" road.

Scottish News: Arctic men 'owed an official medal'

Ayrshire Post — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:25:17 GMT

Veterans minister Keith Brown is leading the call for sailors who took part in Arctic convoys during the Second World War to be officially recognised.

Scottish News: Hands of accused 'were shaking'

Ayrshire Post — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:25:15 GMT

A man accused of murdering his estranged wife was pacing around and his hands were shaking on the day she disappeared, a court has heard.

Scottish News: Cuts may risk disability care plan

Ayrshire Post — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:25:15 GMT

A plan to give disabled people more control of their care risks being "poisoned" and "discredited" by real and perceived service cuts, MSPs have heard.

Scottish News: Post-independence defence discussed

Ayrshire Post — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:25:16 GMT

Scotland may struggle in the short-term to recruit the right people to fill its military forces in the event of independence, a defence conference has heard.

Scottish News: Murder accused says he has alibi

Ayrshire Post — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:25:15 GMT

A businessman accused of murdering his estranged wife 14 years ago was making routine deliveries on the day she disappeared, a court has been told.

Scottish News: 500 jobs created in oil industry

Ayrshire Post — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:25:17 GMT

An oil services company has announced it is to create 500 jobs at its operations in the north east.