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Last Updated: Monday, 10 December 2007, 00:38 GMT
Hands on bars
Tighter rules on bail provision
Measures aimed at tightening up the system of bail provision come into force in the Scottish courts.
Fears over prison overcrowding
Two thirds of prisoners re-offend
Community sentences scrapped

Dr Helen Jackson's surgery MSPs consider more GP protection
Better protection for GPs and community midwives is to be considered by a Holyrood committee.
Red deer in snow Food supply link to animal ageing
Animals could age faster depending on how much they compete for food in early life, research shows.
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