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A SNIPER who is believed to have shot a comrade he thought was a Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan has told an inquest he had not been trained to fire his rifle in the dark.

A MAN has admitted raping a woman and sexually assaulting another in the space of 15 minutes in a city centre street.

HATE crimes of all kinds have increased in a year across Scotland, according to new figures.

THREE rings were spotted in a missing woman’s bathroom on the day she disappeared, a murder trial heard.

CIVILIAN police staff numbers could be almost halved when Scotland moves to a single national force with the loss of 3200 jobs, according to the Labour party.