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ShowAmerican businessman Bill Miller sensationally pulls out of his bid for Glasgow Rangers. Footballer Derek Riordan has been arrested after an alleged disturbance outside an Edinburgh nightclub. The St Johnstone player is said to have been involved in an incident with a bouncer outside the HMV Picturehouse on Lothian Road. He'll appear at Edinburgh Sherrif Court later this month. Scotland's two biggest parties have joined forces to run the capital's council after days of negotiations. In a historic coalition, Labour and the SNP will team up to govern Edinburgh. The authority had been run by the Liberal Democrats, together with the nationalists, but last week's elections saw Lib Dem support collapse and their leader Jenny Dawe fail to secure a seat. Health campaigners are calling for more heart patients to benefit from cardiac rehabilitation. According to the British Heart Foundation that just three percent of eligible patients with heart failure were offered the treatment, compared to around two-thirds of those who have had either a heart attack or cardiac bypass surgery. The Duke of Rothesay has warned of the "dire social and economic consequences" of failing to manage the world's fish stocks sustainably at a conference in Edinburgh. The administrators at Rangers have denied refusing or delaying requests for information by police about the takeover of the club by Craig Whyte last year. Duff and Phelps released a statement this morning saying they were aware of media reports that "referred to police interest" in the circumstances of the takeover in May 2011 and said they are "co-operating fully" with inquiries. Families of villagers allegedly slaughtered by Scots troops in Malaysia more than sixty years ago, were in court in London today to discover why the Westminster Government has blocked an inquiry into the events. Fourteen soldiers from the Scots Guards have been accused of killing twenty-four unarmed villagers in December 1948. A man found dead on a walkway in Edinburgh following a motorbike crash yesterday, has been named by police. Twenty year-old Daniel Baird was discovered just before 6am on a path near the Milton Link. Police in West Lothian are appealing for witnesses after an incident in which two shop staff were threatened at knifepoint. A new service providing information and support for people affected by cancer has been officially opened in the south-west of Edinburgh. The centre was developed by Macmillan Cancer Support and the Wester Hailes Health Agency. A Scottish soldier who was shot in the head in Afghanistan, is to undertake a five-hundred mile bike ride for charity. Chris Paterson says he has ambitions of coaching the national side, that on the day he was unveiled as Scottish Rugby's new ambassador and coach. This international version of STV News at Six is viewable world-wide. It has been edited for rights reasons, which also allows us to keep the programme online after the initial 24-hour broadcast window in the UK has passed. Viewers within the UK who want to watch the full episode 'as broadcast' should select the UK version of the programme.
