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1. Police confirm 'no criminality' after probe into serious sexual assault in Kirkcaldy

   Officers carried out door-to-door enquiries in the area and studied CCTV footage.

2. Humza Yousaf's brother-in-law acquitted of extortion and drugs charges

   Prosecutors at the High Court in Edinburgh accepted Ramsay El Nakla's not guilty pleas.

3. Hotel owner and security guard deny charges over three teens killed in horrific disco crush

   Lauren Bullock and Morgan Barnard, both 17, and Connor Currie, 16, died in the queue for a St Patrick's Day dance

4. Pair of long-running rural Stirling projects to benefit from £150k of support

   Community efforts to transform a field in Kinlochard into a food garden and education spot, as well as the acquisition of a former Fintry church building have been helped.

5. Perth Museum hosts historic chance to see Mary, Queen of Scots manuscript

   The document is believed to be the last letter ever penned, writing to her brother-in-law in France to put her affairs in order, with her execution set six hours later.

6. Violent Scots rapist who terrorised women for 11 years caged

   Jonathan Moroney, 39, from Aberdeenshire, was jailed for ten years.

7. Mum who killed her two young sons in crash after driving with flat tyre avoids jail

   Amy Sheppard, 29, crashed after her car “fishtailed" on a bend due to having a flat tyre.

8. West Lothian Royal Mail workers 'pulling out all the stops' in run-up to Christmas

   Angela Constance MSP visited the Livingston Delivery Office and met with the dedicated management, postmen and postwomen who are working tirelessly to sort and deliver the huge volume of Christmas mail.

9. Dobbies’ Livingston store announces Christmas tree donation winners

   St Nicholas Nursery, Whitdale Primary School, Seafield Nursery Class and Polkemmet Primary School headed along to the Livingston store to pick up their free Christmas tree, bringing festive magic to their local community this December.

10. Nigel Farage hails Reform’s ‘fantastic’ first ever election win in Scotland

    Reform emerged victorious in a West Lothian by-election in a breakthrough moment for the party.