New Posts to BBC News - Scotland on Jun 14, 2013:
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1) Knighthood for Scottish police chief
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22905293#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Scotland's top police officer and golfer Paul Lawrie are among more than 100 people from Scotland recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
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2) In Pictures: Jolomo comes home
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22915805#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The artist John Lowrie Morrison - said to be one of Scotland's most successful - returns to his roots with a major exhibition in Clydebank.
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3) Sightings of upland birds sought
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22909341#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
People working in and visiting Scotland's hills and mountains are being asked to note the birds they come across.
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4) Scotland race crime at 10-year low
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22904552#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
New figures show a drop in race-related offences in Scotland but a rise in hate crimes related to sexual orientation and disability.
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5) Malaysian author scoops Scott prize
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-22904073#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng wins the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for historical Fiction for his second novel The Garden of Evening Mists.
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6) Scots time-lapse imaging baby born
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22910864#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The first woman to conceive using a breakthrough IVF technique which uses time-lapse photographs of embryos has given birth.
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7) Men rescued as boat runs aground
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-22903608#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Three fishermen are rescued after their boat runs aground in Orkney, sparking a major operation.
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8) Portrait honours physicist Higgs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-22912483#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The Royal Society of Edinburgh unveils a new portrait of scientist Prof Peter Higgs who gave his name to the so-called "God particle".
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9) Bike shinty launched at festival
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22902230#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A new sport called bike shinty polo is launched at a bicycle festival in the Highlands.
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10) Woman raped in Midlothian wood
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-22905503#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A man who raped a woman in her early 20s in a Midlothian wood is being sought by police.
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11) New details about Corstorphine body
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-22911895#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Police investigating the murder of a woman whose dismembered remains were found on Corstorphine Hill in Edinburgh release new information.
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12) Cab driver hurt after stone thrown
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-22905499#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
An Edinburgh taxi driver is injured after a stone thrown at his black cab smashes one of the vehicle's windows.
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13) Rail vandal probe in £10,000 reward
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22911663#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A £10,000 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest of people behind a spate of vandalism to train signalling equipment in Glasgow.
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14) Two arrested over attempted murder
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22902781#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Two men, aged 46 and 21, are arrested in connection with an attempted murder in Tollcross Road in Glasgow's east end.
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15) Cargo ship runs aground off island
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22904560#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A 90m cargo vessel has run aground on rocks south of Tobermory on the isle of Mull in the Hebrides.
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16) Cape Wrath land bid moves forward
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22902233#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A community group moves a step closer to taking over land adjacent the historic Cape Wrath Lighthouse.
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17) North police morale low, claims MSP
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22910946#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
An MSP says police officers working in the Highlands and Islands have reported a deterioration in morale under a single police force.
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18) Cuckoos clocked using satellite tags
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22902235#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Four cuckoos caught at sites in Lochalsh and Skye are fitted with satellite tags in an effort to track their migrations to Africa.
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19) Tribute to 'devoted' crash mother
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-22903611#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Tribute is paid to a 32-year-old mother-of-two who died in an Aberdeenshire car crash.
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20) Search under way for missing woman
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-22901296#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A land and sea search is carried out for a 49-year-old woman who has gone missing from the Berryden area of Aberdeen.
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21) Glen Keith distillery re-opened
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-22911946#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A Speyside distillery which closed in 1999 is re-opened by the Chivas Brothers firm.
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22) Mountain team rescues injured biker
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-22903392#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A mountain rescue team is called out to help get a biker to hospital after he is injured on a south of Scotland trail.
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23) Common riding marks Flodden battle
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22871777#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The loss of life at the Battle of Flodden 500 years ago is the focus for one of Europe's oldest and biggest equestrian spectacles.
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24) Teenager admits raping young boys
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-22911444#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A teenager admits raping two young boys aged nine and seven in the grounds of a primary school.
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25) Thieves steal house's double garage
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-22905294#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Thieves dismantle and steal a prefabricated double garage from outside a house in Forfar in Angus.
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26) 'Wolf's castle' wind farm approved
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22905181#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The Scottish government grants planning consent to a 17-turbine wind farm on Cawdor Estates land near Tomatin.
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27) Tesco store in 'strong alcohol ban'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22903487#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Tesco agrees not to sell higher strength alcohol at one of its stores in order to secure licensing approval from West Dunbartonshire Council.
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28) Iarrtas a-staigh airson Càbal a' Chuain Sgìth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan/22903082
SHE Transmission Eta air iarrtas a chur gu Ofgem airson càbal dealain a chur fon mhuir eadad Leòdhas agus Tìr Mòr, airson cumhachd ath-nuadhachail a chur ris a' Ghriod Nàiseanta.
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29) Nead Iolaire-mhara ga mhilleadh
http://www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan/22905083
Chaidh nead Iolaire-mhara a mhilleadh air oighreachd ann an Gleanntan Aonghais.
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30) Maill air obair-càraidh Drochaid Cheasaig
http://www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan/22903081
Tha dùil gum bi Drochaid Cheasaig làn-fhosgailte a-rithist deireadh na mìos, às dèidh dàil air obair-càraidh.
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31) VIDEO: First 'bicycle shinty' match to be played
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22911445#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Shinty bicycle polo has been dreamt up by the organisers of Bikefest Scotland, a cycling festival taking place this weekend in and around the village of Kingussie.
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32) AUDIO: 'There is always a jolly atmosphere'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-22904064#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Golf commentator Peter Alliss tells BBC Scotland's Richard Gordon how he has become a fan of book festivals like the one in the Scottish Borders.
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33) Your pictures
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22887966#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A selection of your photographs sent in from around Scotland this week
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