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Includes the convergence programme for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and the Competitiveness programme for lowland and upland Scotland.

Scottish football player Phil O'Donnell has died today after collapsing during a game in which his team Motherwell F.C., of which he was captain, were playing Dundee United in a Scottish Premier League match.

Scotland’s population is changing in ways that could transform the face of the country. While the latest figures show a recent upswing in births and migration to Scotland and a projected rise in the population over the next 25 years, in the long term Scotland’s population (in common with many other developed nations) is predicted to decline and age markedly.

Scotland were defeated 2-0 by Georgia in Group B of UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying.

Two men crashed their burning four-wheel drive vehicle into the terminal building at Glasgow airport in Scotland Saturday. The two have been arrested, one of them hospitalized for burns. British Government Raises Threat Level to "Critical" after Attack at Glasgow Airport.

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New Loch Ness video footage has prompted a bid to make Loch Ness in Scotland a World Heritage Site. In this new Loch Ness monster video an elusive mythical creature, which is coined as Loch Ness Monster is reputed to swim beneath the waters of Scotland's most mysterious kale. "Loch Ness Monster aficionados say the footage, captured by an amateur scientist, is among the finest ever taken of the fabled creature," reports WLTX.COM

American actress Scarlett Johansson is to play red-haired monarch Mary, Queen of Scots, in a historical film epic. The deal was announced Thursday by production company Relativity Media at the Cannes Film Festival.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair's party risked losing control of the Scottish parliament to a pro-independence rival on Friday and his government also suffered losses in local elections.

Generational change is contributing to a decline in British national pride with young people in Scotland and Wales likely to become increasingly responsive to nationalist parties, a study sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) shows.