| A man convicted of raping a woman he lured to Scotland from Latvia with a false offer of work has been jailed for seven years. Fifty year old Indulis Lukstins attacked the 21 year old victim at knifepoint in a layby on the A9 south of Inverness last January. A Fife businessman has gone on trial accused of arranging the assassination of his brother by a hit-man. Mohmammed Azam Siddique denies being involved in the murder of Mohammed Nadeem Siddique in Glenrothes last year. An investigation is underway after a 21-year-old man from the Western Isles was found dead on board a ship in Hong Kong. It's understood Andrew MacLeod, a Merchant Seaman from Lewis, was discovered in his cabin earlier today. A leading academic has warned Aberdeen could end up with a ''mediocre'' city garden project because of the composition of the judging panel. The European Commission has ditched proposals which would have seen an automatic cut in fish quotas where there's insufficient information about stock levels. Gaelic singer Calum Kennedy's legacy has been celebrated on Lewis during National Mod week. Celebrity Chef Nick Nairn is to open a cookery school in Aberdeen. In sport, Jody Morris has refused to rule himself IN or OUT of the running for the St Johnstone manager's job while Aberdeen defender Andrew Considine says their upcoming Old Firm double header will be a true test of the progress they've made. This is an international version of the news which may have been edited for rights reasons. |
