Pupils from schools across Scotland will join major names from the world of football at Hampden Park today to stand united against racism. The pupils are meeting to celebrate the winning entries in the schools’ anti-racism competition.

The operator of a Scottish nuclear site has begun checks on whether body tissue was removed from deceased ex-workers without the consent of their families. It follows claims that samples were taken from former Sellafield employees who died in the 1960s.

Scottish scientists have discovered a brain abnormality which causes Fragile X syndrome, a common form of learning difficulty, raising hopes that a therapy could be found. The condition affects one in 4000 children and adults, and can cause slow learning and lead to behavioural problems similar to autism.

A man who stabbed a teacher to death in North Lanarkshire eight years ago has been found after he went missing from his home almost a week ago. Anthony O’Brien, 37, was sent to the state hospital at Carstairs in 2000 after admitting the attack on Bill Scott in Cumbernauld.

A teenager who raped a care worker at knifepoint may never be released from jail after a judge imposed a lifelong restriction order on him. Steven Malcolm, 19, is only the second dangerous criminal in Scotland to be subjected to the order, which involves monitoring for the rest of his life.

People involved in the care sector are being offered a free training course. North Lanarkshire Council aims to help improve the communication, number and computer skills of people already working in the care sector or unemployed people with an interest in the work.

A pathologist has detailed the horrific injuries suffered by Angelika Kluk as she fought to defend herself from a “sexually motivated” attack. Dr Julie McAdam told the murder trial that the Polish student may have been alive when she was dumped under the floor of a Glasgow church.

Aberdeen City Council yesterday became the first local authority to approve plans for a total ban on airguns. Councillors in Aberdeen have backed the motion for the controversial weapons to be outlawed.

Council leader Ewan Aitken today vowed that there would be no “naming and shaming” of young offenders in Edinburgh if he is in charge after May 3 – despite a pledge by First Minister Jack McConnell to introduce the policy.

Council leader Ewan Aitken today vowed that there would be no “naming and shaming” of young offenders in Edinburgh if he is in charge after May 3 – despite a pledge by First Minister Jack McConnell to introduce the policy.