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The BBC

• Trauma care 'needs major rethink'
  Scotland is falling behind other parts of the world in its provision of care for victims of major trauma, according to a new report.
• Man admits rape and sex assault
  A man admits raping one woman and seriously sexually assaulting another in Glasgow city centre on a Christmas night out.
• Forth Bridge memorials unveiled
  Memorials to workers who died building the world famous Forth Bridge are set to be unveiled at either end of the crossing.
• Man who changed legal system free
  A man whose appeal changed the Scottish legal system walks free from court after a re-trial collapses.

The Press and Journal

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              http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/2772618| New council  top  team hands itself pay rise]]
THE new Labour-led administration took control of  Aberdeen City Council yesterday  ? and immediately sparked a row by awarding senior councillors a pay rise.

• [[

              http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/2772027|Helicopters back in the air]]
Bond Offshore has resumed helicopter flights which had been suspended after one of its Super Pumas ditched in the North Sea.

• [[

              http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/2771872|Gas leak  finally  under control  ]]
Offshore giant Total has finally stopped the gas leak on its Elgin platform.

• [[

              http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/2772691|Fraser ?left  bank slip to mislead Arlene  on wealth?]]
MURDER accused Nat Fraser tried to fool his wife into thinking he was short of cash, it was claimed yesterday.

The Herald

• Shake-up in funding hits arts groups
  ARTS companies last night expressed fears for their future after one of the most significant revamps of cultural funding in recent years.
• Former MSP Rosie swaps Holyrood for the theatre
  SHE is better known for her protests than her performance abilities, but this weekend former socialist MSP Rosie Kane will take to the stage in a show about her life.
• Sniper: I'd never used night sights
  A SCOTS sniper who is believed to have shot a comrade he thought was a Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan told an inquest he had not been trained to fire his rifle in the dark.
• Academics condemn plan to split Catholic archives
  NINETY academics have called upon the Catholic Church to suspend a plan to divide up its priceless archive in different locations in Scotland.