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Scottish News for 9 January 2009

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Flesh-eating disease kills two Jan 09 2009

Drug users have been warned about the dangers of injecting after two people died from the flesh-eating disease necrotising fasciitis.Read

Boxing promoter remanded Jan 09 2009

Boxing promoter Barry Hughes has appeared in court charged with attempted murder.Read

Man electrocuted at farm Jan 09 2009

A man has been electrocuted by overhead power lines at a farm, police said.Read

Dalglish in appeal over missing man Jan 09 2009

Football legend Kenny Dalglish has urged anyone with information about a young man who has been missing since Boxing Day to contact police.Read

'Head in bag' woman identified Jan 09 2009

A woman whose head was found in a shopping bag on a footpath has been named by police.Read

Police body chief to face hearing Jan 09 2009

The head of one of Scotland's top police bodies will face a disciplinary hearing after failing in his legal bid to block the action.Read

Teaching posts 'will be lost' Jan 09 2009

Labour has hit out over claims that thousands of teaching positions will be lost because short-term contracts are coming to an end.Read

Warning over primary pupil tests Jan 09 2009

A teachers union has warned that any attempt to impose literacy and numeracy tests on primary pupils would set education back 20 years.Read

£10m extra in cold weather payments Jan 09 2009

About £10 million has been paid out in cold weather payments to more than 315,000 Scots so far this winter, it has been announced.Read

Businesswoman to be extradited Jan 09 2009

A businesswoman is to be sent back to Italy to serve a prison sentence for organising an armed robbery and counterfeiting after she lost her appeal against extradition.Read

Parties battle over budget plans Jan 09 2009

A political poker game over the Scottish Government's £30 billion spending plans has intensified as ministers published their detailed budget.Read

4,700 jobs secured in budget Jan 09 2009

Almost 5,000 jobs will be secured as a result of the Scottish Government's budget for next year, finance secretary John Swinney said.Read

Parliament holds tartan competition Jan 09 2009

Students have been invited to design an official tartan for the Scottish Parliament.Read

Airport bombing police honoured Jan 09 2009

A senior police officer, honoured for thwarting a car bomb attack at Glasgow Airport, said the crime had left the force better equipped to combat terrorism.Read