Brown targets pay in bank nationalisation

PM moves to cap City salaries after pumping £37bn into part-nationalisation of RBS, HBoS and Lloyds TSB Watch video

End of Fred the Shred, RBS chief

The Government may have to give the bank's chief executive a £1.2 million payoff as it steps in with state cash

Jury shown footage of terror havoc

Bilal Abdulla and Kafeel Ahmed were said to have hurled petrol bombs as they drove a jeep into Glasgow airport

£2.7m boost for Gaelic language

Festival-goers are attending the Mod in Falkirk, with people of all ages competing in Gaelic music and song

SNP local funding deal with councils near collapse

Renegotiation demand by local authorities threatens council tax freeze

Flooded rivers swamp Scottish homes, roads and shops

More than three inches of torrential rain swamped houses and closed roads in southwest Scotland on a day of downpours

Scotland to lose a lot more than pride

There is no doubt that if the Royal Bank and the Bank of Scotland lose their local base the whole nation will be the poorer

No plan for Islamic law in Scotland, say ministers

Holyrood ministers have denied claims that there are plans to introduce Sharia in Scotland

Convoy veterans gather to remember comrades

Veterans of the Second World War Arctic convoys paid tribute to those who perished on the treacherous trips to Russia

'O who is this dark angel with her unruly Slavic eyebrows?'

Don Paterson's paean to a little-known Georgian techno-rocker secured him his award in the Forward Prize for Poetry

SNP deal with councils in turmoil over free school meal

Council leaders across Scotland have been summoned to an emergency meeting

Bank shares rocked by nationalisation rumours

Government expected to demand convertible preference shares giving taxpayers exposure to improvement in banks' share prices

Creative Scotland 'will not cost £7m'

Linda Fabiani claims there is 'no basis' to £7m figure but refuses to reveal final bill to taxpayer

Ceasefire in Cold War as Murphy invites Salmond to crisis summit

New tone is set under new Scotland minister in relations with Nationalists

A Free Scotland would still have to beg for English cash

'Procurator fiscals should be elected'

Think-tank report urges US-style election of senior prosecutors

'Evil-doing at Blue Peter' as BBC feels Professor's wrath

Parliament bewildered as Christopher Harvie lambasts children's favourite

Rangers pledge £300,000 to help girls in India

Football club joins UNICEF drive to bring education to millions of disadvantaged children

Labour attacked by militant tendency . . . of caravanners

Talks to end rail strike misery restart

Union and and bosses hopeful for resolution as more strikes threaten Scottish travellers