Postal vote returns points to high turnout

70 per cent of postal votes have already been returned, equalling the level at the 2005 general election

Anything could happen. Yes, it's Glasgow East

Nationalist hopes are high but the last weekend of campaigning shows that nothing's impossible in Thursday's by-election

Glasgow's cynics say welfare plans are merely makeover

Opponents reject claims that reforms will create a simpler system and encourage long-term unemployed back to work

Schools ‘encouraging’ underage sex

Parent groups and education campaigners have slammed schools for giving pupils free condoms, saying it encourages youngsters to have sex

Scottish football club is world’s oldest

The Football Club of Edinburgh says records prove it is the oldest club, but current holder Sheffield FC disagrees

Scottish muslims claim increased police harrassment

Justice minister Kenny MacAskill to hold urgent talks over claims that stop and search powers are being abused

Plans for local income tax ‘doomed’

The Scottish Government’s plans for a local income tax look to be doomed after finance experts warned they contain a £750m-a-year funding...

SNP says it will win Glasgow East

As polling day approaches the nationalists say they are on the brink of by-election victory

Maverick ex-Bishop to play Thomas a Becket

Richard Holloway to take lead in reading of TS Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral at Edinburgh Fringe

Visitscotland spends £1.5m to cope with visitor drop

The Scottish tourism body is targetting tourists from the UK, Europe and Canada

Copper cable replacement scheme to boost broadband

A non-invasive method of stripping copper cable and replacing it with fibre optics is being introduced to the UK

English MPs head north for Glasgow East

Labour sends out the call for help in the battle for waverers, even though strategists are confident of victory

Army private ‘to pay 18 times more local tax’ in SNP plan

Army should be allowed to visit schools

Army has just as much right to sell itself in schools as any profession, says recruitment chief Brigadier David Allfrey

SNP hopes for another Govan

The Scottish National Party will flood the Glasgow East constituency with party activists in a bid to emulate past triumphs

Accountant guilty of the murder of his wife

David Lilburn, an accountant who blamed a 'black shadow' for death of his wife Ann, is found guilty of her murder

Auction of Bond novels owned by 'the real 007'

First editions given to the man seen by many as Fleming's model for James Bond are to be auctioned in Edinburgh

Glasgow professor ready to help South Africa

Glasgow professor Ivan Turok was 10 when he was forced to flee South Africa. Now he is to return to help its townships

Scheme could cost Edinburgh heritage status

Caltongate scheme that could cost Edinburgh its World Heritage status to go ahead this year despite planned inspection

Soldiers in Scotland welcome welfare package

Reforms aimed at improving quality of life for the Armed Forces receives enthusiastic welcome from soldiers in Scotland