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Scottish News: Language could be taught from P1

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:25:15 GMT

Scottish children are to be taught a foreign language from primary one, learning minister Alasdair Allan has announced.

Albion Rovers FC: Stranraer 2 Albion Rovers 0 match review

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:20:00 GMT

A LATE goal from Stranraer's Michael Moore has left Albion Rovers with a play-off mountain to climb on Sunday.

Airdrie Utd FC: Dumbarton 2 Airdrie United 1 match review

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:15:00 GMT

AIRDRIE boss Jimmy Boyle says it's all to play for after Dumbarton gained a slender first-leg advantage.

Scottish News: Rail crime levels fall in Scotland

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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'

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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'

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:25:14 GMT

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

Monklands News: Body found at Springbank Quarry

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:27:00 GMT

POLICE divers recovered a body from a flooded Airdrie quarry following a search for a missing 16-year-old boy.

Scottish News: MPs beg 'Respect Our Regiments'

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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'

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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'

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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'

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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'

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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.

Airdrie Utd FC: Dumbarton v Airdrie United match preview

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:44:00 GMT

AIRDRIE star Kieron Stallard says promotion is the aim as they prepare for the Irn-Bru First Division play-off final.

Albion Rovers FC: Stranraer v Albion Rovers match preview

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:31:00 GMT

ALBION ROVERS travel to Stranraer tonight in the first leg of their Irn-Bru Second Division play-off final.

Scottish News: Crews tackle recycling plant fire

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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'

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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'

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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'

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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'

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — 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.

Airdrie & Coatbridge Football: St Andrew’s High ready for cup final

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

ST ANDREW’S High School coach Vince Cairns is hoping his side can complete a special treble on Friday night.