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A fresh round of court closures is being considered beyond those already planned, according to the Scottish Court Service's chief executive.

At just under 3000 feet in elevation, Ben Rinnes is not Scotland 's highest peak; it is, however, the tallest freestanding mountain in Moray, Banffshire, east of Inverness and Elgin.

British Transport Police are searching for about 30 youths behind vandalism and disorder on a train from Wemyss Bay to Glasgow Central.

James Gray-Cheape, SCAA Ambassador to Forfar, Kirriemuir and the Angus Glens, with George Currie of Currie & Co.

Services to and from Dalmar-nock were back on track after problems with ground work derailed a 11million upgrade ahead of the 2014 Common-wealth Games.

Lack of grants in Wales blamed for nation's eco-bus shortage, while 434 are on the roads over the border The Welsh Government has been urged to fund greener buses as towns and cities struggle to cut air pollution, amid suggestions Wales is lagging behind England and Scotland on the issue.

THE court heard Scott Snowden told a steward, who kicked him out of The Garth Inn in Helensburgh, that he would "make his life hell"- days later it burned down.

The Met Office has issued both amber and yellow warnings for parts of the country in the afternoon and evening.

A number of local bus services in Arbroath operating are set for changes which will come into effect from Monday .

SKENE Group is planning to hire around 20 new staff after picking up construction and civil engineering contracts worth 8 million.

The Scots are accustomed to having their views ignored in the British political system.

'I was thinking: This is really it. I am going off a cliff. I am going to die': Miracle survivor of 2,000ft avalanche fall reveals terrifying moment he was forced to SWIM to safety through snow Ally Swinton, pictured with his ripped clothes, survived a 2,000ft avalanche fall while walking along a ridge towards Mont Blanc A British climber ... (more)

JOHN hits out at the Coalition Government and its cut backs as thousands of families across the Britain try to survive on the most meagre of state handouts.

The 40 billion engineering giant, Babcock, is demanding up to 500,000 from the Scottish Government's wildlife agency because it opposed the company's plans for a major new freight terminal in Fife.

SHARON Conway is claiming unfair dismissal at an employment tribunal and says other bodies were wrongly tagged in the past.

A landlord has been jailed for violating fire safety regulations after a blaze that killed a Scots apprentice jockey and a fellow rider.

The council had made an offer to the supermarket firm in the hope of taking over the derelict site as the base for its new headquarters.

FIVE potential sites for a skatepark in Bo'ness have been revealed, ahead of a public meeting on May 29 for which a big turn-out is hoped.

On September 1, 2012, Scottish school teacher Gerry Hughes set out from the Firth of Clyde in Scotland in his Bruce Farr-designed Beneteau 42s7, Quest III .

Drummer Roger Taylor and singer Freddie Mercury of the British rock band Queen perform at the Playhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1st September 1976.