A CARE worker was yesterday convicted of bullying residents in a nursing home dementia unit.

THE future of Faslane naval base will be at the centre of a major military spending review, it was revealed last night.

FIVE teammates of a Scottish basketball star were shot minutes after he left a party in the United States.

THE reason behind our continued involvement with the Scottish Legal Awards is simple, really.

MICROSOFT has won what it describes as the largest reported civil award against a spammer in Europe.

HUNDREDS of young seabirds are starving to death across Scotland and many are flying miles inland from their usual coastal feeding grounds in search of food, it emerged yesterday.

THE stabbing death of a teenager has sparked fears that a gang war is set to erupt in the capital.

Public policy's tough to quantify, but one theory may help predict changes in political stability and openness. Host Kai Ryssdal talks with Ian Bremmer, president of the world's largest political risk consultancy, about his new book, The J Curve.

A NEW £2 million runway on a Scottish island is too short for air ambulance planes to land, it emerged yesterday.

I READ recently that geniuses are not born brilliant but are created by extraordinarily hard work. They invest five times as much time and effort to become great as others do to become competent.

A DRUNKEN airline passenger who had to be restrained by stewards after he headed towards the exit door while his plane was landing, was yesterday jailed for three months.

The IRS says it's renewed efforts to enforce the laws that limit churches and charities from involvement in partisan political campaigns. One group is sending out warning letters to 117,000 clergy members. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

COLIN Tyre QC has been reappointed as a part-time commissioner with the Scottish Law Commission. Tyre will serve for a further three years.

THE first of two Scottish Legal Debates saw housing, complaints and training all come to the fore. PETER RANSCOMBE reports on the evening's discussions.

JENNIFER VEITCH reports on the row over university law schools' role in preparing their students for a legal career.

The IMF today increased the influence of China, South Korea, Turkey and Mexico to reflect their growing economies. The move is seen as an attempt to boost the credibility of the IMF - but will it work? Scott Tong reports.

NEW rules aimed at tackling prostitution threaten to drive the sex trade "underground", campaigners warned yesterday.

Warner Music will distribute its music and videos through the YouTube website and license the music to its users. Which means better - or at least legal - soundtracks for all those homemade movies. Janet Babin reports.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Spinach growers facing an E. coli outbreak can minimize their losses if they keep the public informed and remind consumers of the message from Popeye and Mom -- that spinach is good for you.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp. and other U.S. restaurant chains said on Monday they removed spinach from their menus after the leafy green vegetable was linked last week to more than 100 cases of E. coli.