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Scottish News for 24 February 2012

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Physicist Higgs honoured by city Feb 24 2012

Theoretical physicist Peter Higgs has been honoured by the city which he has called home for more than half a century.Read

Asbo given to serial egg collector Feb 24 2012

A serial egg collector has become the first person in England to receive an Asbo for crimes against nature, the RSPB said.Read

Edinburgh honour for Prof Higgs, 82 Feb 24 2012

Theoretical physicist Peter Higgs is to be honoured by the city which he has called home for more than half a century.Read

£960,000 fines for fishing scam Feb 24 2012

Seventeen Scottish skippers and a processing firm have been given fines totalling almost £1 million for a massive "black fish" scam.Read

Energy company 'will remain here' Feb 24 2012

The UK's second largest energy supplier has said it has no plans to leave Scotland and will continue to invest in the country regardless of its constitutional future.Read

Teenager denies murdering barman Feb 24 2012

A teenager has denied murdering a barman and setting fire to his body.Read

Local authority cuts council tax Feb 24 2012

A local authority has become the only one in Scotland to cut its council tax.Read

Missing woman images shown to court Feb 24 2012

A court has been shown CCTV footage of a missing bookkeeper with the man accused of her murder two days before she disappeared.Read

Fishing skippers fined £720,000 Feb 24 2012

Seventeen skippers behind one of Scotland's biggest fishing scams have been fined a total of £720,000.Read

Student cash support talks for NUS Feb 24 2012

Student leaders are to have a say in how almost £100 million to support those at college will be spent.Read

Stolen gallery sculpture found Feb 24 2012

An anonymous tip-off has helped police recover a £20,000 sculpture stolen from a city art gallery.Read

Good response to murder CCTV plea Feb 24 2012

Police investigating the murder of a pensioner say they have had an excellent response to appeals for private CCTV footage and are now establishing a time-frame for her death.Read

100kg of cannabis found in car Feb 24 2012

A man has been arrested and £200,000 of drugs confiscated in one of the biggest seizures in a police force's history.Read

'Gorgeous' rabbit had ears cut off Feb 24 2012

A "gorgeous" rabbit has had both its ears cut off in what carers believe was a malicious attack.Read

Lloyds reports £3.5bn loss for 2011 Feb 24 2012

Part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group said that it is "in a significantly stronger position than it was 12 months ago" despite unveiling total losses of £3.5 billion for last year.Read