ST DAVID'S High School in Dalkeith was a place where most parents felt secure in the belief their children were being educated in a moral environment which protected them from some of the more disturbing aspects of youth culture.

SEXUAL health clinics offering contraception and morning-after pills to pupils could be set up in rural schools as part of radical proposals to be unveiled by ministers this week.

CORINNE Mitchell, the mother of Luke, emerged from the trial as a woman who had lost control of her son and who would go to any lengths to help him avoid justice.

AWKWARD and camera-shy, the enduring image of Jodi Jones is that of a teenager just emerging from childhood.

THE National Trust for Scotland is demanding full control of all parts of the Robert Burns National Heritage Park if it is to go through with a rescue plan for the birthplace of Scotland's Bard.

THE love of Scotland espoused by rich Americans is to be cultivated to create a multimillion-pound windfall for charitable causes in the old country.

ALEX Salmond will try to win Scotland's prized 'grey vote' for the Nationalists this week. The SNP leader will highlight the plight of pensioner poverty at a speech on Tuesday, marking the unofficial start of the party's campaign for the

A TEENAGER is being held in connection with the death of missing girl Karen Dewar.

POLICE believe a fire which damaged a plane at Glasgow Airport was started deliberately, leading to an inquiry into security.

A SECURITY company which employed a former soldier murdered in Iraq has made false claims that it has close connections to world terror experts at Scotland's oldest university.

A KIND of normality returns at last to community shattered by evil...

ST DAVID'S High School in Dalkeith was a place where most parents felt secure in the belief their children were being educated in a moral environment which protected them from some of the more disturbing aspects of youth culture.

THE sheer scale of plans for 5,000 turbines across Scotland, spurred on by huge profits, has galvanised opponents committed to preserving Scotland's natural beauty, writes JEREMY WATSON.

ALMOST half of all five-year-olds in Scotland need treatment for tooth decay, a shocking new report has suggested.

IT SOUNDS like every pupil's fantasy: thousands of Scottish teachers are losing their voices as a result of talking too much in the classroom.

THE potential profits from wind farms in the UK have helped make it the most attractive location in the world to invest.

THE Catholic Church in Scotland is to have its first ordination of a married priest after the Pope granted special permission.

NEARLY a century after Andrew Carnegie used much of his vast wealth to help charities in the United States, a new organisation hopes to deliver a reversal of fortune, capitalising on the assets and goodwill of the Scottish-American diaspora.