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Call to hire more sex-swap police

23 March 2013

THE body representing Scotland's transgender police has urged the country's new national police force to recruit more transvestite and sex- swap officers.
Exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky found dead at Surrey home

23 March 2013

Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky has died, a friend has confirmed.
In full: Alex Salmond's speech to SNP conference, March 2013

23 March 2013

Here is the text of the First Minister's speech:

Fined for stalking the Thai love who left him

23 March 2013

A PENSIONER who claimed his Thai bride used him to gain UK citizenship and left him penniless has been fined for stalking her after they split up.

Salmond: independence will let us build a fairer society

23 March 2013

Independence will allow Scotland to build a "prosperous economy and a just society", the First Minister has declared as the SNP spring conference opened today.
Rural areas face lengthy power cuts as Scotland shivers

23 March 2013

Rural communities are facing a prolonged blackout after high winds and heavy snow brought down power lines and cut off supply routes.
Hushed up: cash probe into priest who made sex complaint against Keith O'Brien

23 March 2013

A priest at the centre of the scandal that forced the leader of Scotland’s Catholics to stand down was forced to leave his parish following an investigation into church finances.

Ex-policeman rape victim was pregnant

23 March 2013

A FORMER policeman who raped two women has been jailed for six years as it emerged one of his victims was heavily pregnant.
House hunters face hike in lawyer costs

23 March 2013

SCOTTISH house hunters will have to pay hundreds of pounds in extra costs to seal the purchase of their homes after lawyers voted for more red tape in the property market.
Police arrest man over 26-year-old murder case

23 March 2013

A 48-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested by police over the alleged murder of a schoolgirl more than 26 years ago.

Elsewhere on Herald Scotland

Boy, 10, finds rare fossil footprints

23 March 2013

A schoolboy has discovered what appears to be an extremely rare fossil of footprints from more than 300 million years ago.
Buchanan opening draws the crowds

23 March 2013

GLASGOW has been hailed as the second city of UK retailing after shoppers braved freezing temperatures and snow to check out the first Scottish stores from US fashion brands Forever 21 and Vans.
Trust criticised over £70,000 US fee

23 March 2013

Health bosses have been criticised after they paid a £70,000 cancellation fee to Harvard University after pulling out of a course to teach business skills.

Snow brings chaos to roads and schools

23 March 2013

HEAVY snow brought travel chaos to much of Scotland as drifts created hazardous driving conditions.
Olympic stars back youth games bid

23 March 2013

THREE Olympic medal winners have been unveiled as champions for Glasgow's bid to host the 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG).
Date set for disaster hearing

23 March 2013

A hearing will take place next month to discuss preparations for a fresh inquest into the deaths of 96 people in the Hillsborough football disaster.