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1. Ayrshire school wins award thanks to efforts to broaden pupils' international knowledge

   The award celebrates the achievements of schools that foster an international dimension in the curriculum to support young people to gain the cultural understanding and skills they require.

2. Model stabbed to death by her own son who she was 'sleeping with'

   WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Barbara Daly Baekeland, a former model married to plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, was stabbed to death by her son Tony at their London home in a tragic case involving allegations of abuse and manipulation

3. 'Worst murder country has seen' as teen tortured and has eyes gouged out

   WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Kelly Anne Bates, 17, suffered over 150 injuries including having her eyes gouged out by partner James Patterson Smith in Manchester torture murder that shocked Britain

4. Model eaten alive by huge crocodile as tourists watch in terror

   WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT American model Ginger Meadows travelled to Australia after being inspired by Crocodile Dundee, but the 24-year-old from Colorado was tragically killed in a crocodile attack

5. Job loss warning for heating engineers after Westminster green homes grant axed

   Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced last year she was scrapping the £1.3billion ECO scheme for households in fuel poverty.

6. Hard-up police officers in ­Scotland are resorting to food banks and second jobs

   Police union leaders warn shrinking real-terms pay has resulted in scores of Scots officers having to turn to food banks due to cash shortages, mirroring trends in other parts of the UK.

7. Inside Aberdeen pub with popular 'hidden feature and tales of haunted sightings

   This quaint pub in the Granite city dates its roots back 300 years - and it's our very first Pub of the Week

8. Parents call for politicians to commit to tackling ASN crisis before election

   The call comes amid an ­explosion in the number of autism and ADHD cases being ­diagnosed, while 28,000 youngsters are on waiting lists for assessments.

9. Scots scientist hails breakthrough NHS screening for rare spinal disease in babies

   Prof Simon Parson of Aberdeen University has campaigned tirelessly for newborns to be screened for spinal muscular atrophy.

10. The SNP vows to help terminally ill Scots pay energy bills as costs rocket

    Social Justice Minister Shirley-Anne Somerville has said if re-elected in May her party will step in to end the scandal of people being left to die in grinding poverty.