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ShowWalter walks away - the group led by the former Rangers' manager fails in its bid to buy the club. Head to head - Labour and the SNP lock horns in the battle over independence. Britain's former Chancellor has warned of the economic risks of Scotland going it alone. Alistair Darling said Scotland would be taking a terrible gamble in being able to support its banks if another crisis hit. But the SNP say the pro-union campaign is relying on negative arguments. The long running feud between the former MSP Tommy Sheridan and the now defunct News of the World took another potentially significant twist today. A lawyer, acting for Fiona McGuire, who gave evidence in the papers defence at his 2006 defamation trial, has claimed her computer was hacked by journalists. The mother of a missing Edinburgh woman has appealed for help to find her daughter. Thirty year-old Laura Gorrie, who has learning difficulties and diabetes, hasn't been in touch with friends or family for almost a month. A Russian ship carrying illegal arms to Syria has been turned back from Scottish waters after action by British and other governments. The Motor Vessel 'Ah-layed' was transporting military helicopters when its London-based insurers were ordered to withdraw their cover because of a European Union ban on selling arms to Syria. A bid to fast-track a law which would make it an offence to pay for sex has been rejected at Holyrood. Labour MSP Rhoda Grant's proposal will now go out to consultation rather than take a quick route through the Scottish Parliament. She believes the Purchase of Sex Bill would reduce the demand for prostitution. A previous attempt for a total ban failed. The Royal Bank of Scotland is cutting more than six-hundred jobs from its financial planning service. The Unite union claims the cuts represent a fifty percent reduction in the department across the country. The bank says the move is in response to new rules which will see customers charged a fee for investment advice from a qualified professional. Forty million pounds will be spent on upgrading the main road from the central belt to the English border. A young widow from Edinburgh who wrote a book explaining death to young children, is hoping to publish her work to help others. Elke Barber's husband died after suffering a heart attack in front of their three year-old son. The thirty-seven year-old, who is now battling breast cancer, has already raised eight thousand pounds and hopes to raise even more to print as many copies as possible. A farm worker who stabbed her housemate to death after tying him up has been jailed for nine years at the High Court in Edinburgh. A lawyer defending Fife's Chief Constable on a driving charge has asked for more time to consider the evidence against her. Norma Graham is alleged to have lost control of her vehicle and smashed into another car on the Cluny to Kinglassie Road in February. More than three and a half thousand patients at an East Lothian dental practice have been written to after some infection control procedures didn't meet national standards during an inspection. Scots are putting their health at risk by working almost two hours extra after they leave the office. The Hollywood premiere of the Disney film 'Brave' has taken place, with high hopes it'll put Scotland firmly at the top of people's 'must visit' destinations. The animated feature boasts a line-up of Scottish talent, including Robbie Coltrane, Kevin McKidd and Billy Connolly. 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.
