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• Jean, 88, could be a prisoner in her own home for months

  AN elderly woman is a prisoner in her own home after she was told it would take months to get a ramp.

• He died with his family around him. My daughter died a horrible death when she was 20 years old with her full life ahead of her. You call that justice? DEATH OF THE LOCKERBIE BOMBER No forgiveness from some of the families who lost their loved ones

  THE Lockerbie bomber has died - nearly three years after he was released from a Scots jail.

• King in claim on Whyte's Gers shares

  Rangers director Dave King has claimed he has first option on Craig Whyte's shares in the club.

• Boffins to bring city £5m boost

  Sports scientists from around the world are expected to inject around £5million into the local economy when they jet into Glasgow ahead of the London Olympics.

• Loose Women's Janet is Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice star guest

  LOOSE Women panellist Janet Street-Porter presided over a gathering of more than 550 women at a charity fundraiser in Glasgow.

• Climb raises £20k in Joe's memory

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• You've lost that Govan feeling -

  A LONG-SERVING boss who helped save a Glasgow institution from closure has left his post after nine years.

• Macca helps refs send off £2k to charity

  KIND-hearted members of a football referees' group have presented two charities with £2000 following a fundraising sportmans' dinner.

• IN:DEMAND SHOW IS THE NOISIEST YET AS FANS WELCOME TOP POP ACTS TO SECC screaming success

  THOUSANDS of screaming fans flocked to Glasgow's SECC to see some of the biggest names in pop perform.

• Scottish biker killed in crash at Irish event

  A SCOTTISH biking champion has been killed in a top motorcycle road race.

• STRENGTH TO STRENGTH

  THERE are still 793 days to go before the opening ceremony but Glasgow is going from strength to strength in its bid to put on a spectacular Commonwealth Games in 2014.

• New life for derelict city block

  TENEMENTS saved from demolition are to be transformed into dozens of new homes for a Glasgow community.

• Judges praise Argyll Arcade

  A £750,000 makeover helped catch the eye of judges for a major Scottish awards.

• School break splash time

  Paisley's Lagoon Leisure Centre pool will reopen in time for the school summer break following a £300,000 revamp.

• Street titles gear up to go digital

  THE UK-based umbrella body for street papers such as the Big Issue, is to pilot digital versions of its titles.

• Caring readers are in with the bricks

  EVENING Times readers have rallied behind a campaign to raise almost £500,000 for a new cancer support centre in Glasgow.

• Probe into blanket shortage claims for city's newborns

  NEWBORN babies are being wrapped in towels at Glasgow's biggest maternity hospital because of a shortage of blankets.

• Police hunt for gunman after store raid bid

  A MASKED gunman is being hunted after he held up a grocers in the city's East End.

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  A DEMAND for an inquiry into child protection has been made after failings in a council following the murder of infant Declan Hainey.

• Engineering firm set to axe 90 jobs

  CLYDE Union Pumps' new US owner has announced plans to axe around 90 jobs at its plant in Glasgow.