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By Magnus Gardham SNP efforts to fix Scotland's troubled new school curriculum were dismissed as "superficial" by teachers' leaders yesterday. The EIS, Scotland's biggest teaching union, hit out after a report from the Government's Education Scotland quango claimed schools were on track to deliver new exams. The report said the National 4 and National 5 exams - to replace Standard Grades - were "achieveable within the agreed timescale".

AROUND 1000 businesses could become food champions under a new scheme to promote Scottish produce. The project will recognise tourist firms such as hotels, B&Bs and visitor attractions, that use fresh seasonal produce and promote where their food comes from. The Scottish Government is contributing £450,000 to the project and tourism body VisitScotland is giving £470,000-worth of support in kind.

Abdelbaset al-Megrahi Image 1 FRESH calls for an inquiry into the Lockerbie bombing have been rejected by the First Minister. Only a court of law can determine guilt or innocence, Alex Salmond said during First Minister's Questions at Holyrood. He was urged by Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie to consider an inquiry less than a week after the man convicted for the atrocity died in Libya.

FORMER Rangers chairman Alastair Johnston has revealed that David Murray ran Rangers at such close hand he took personal control of all transfers. And he said Murray personally recruited French manager Paul Le Guen - who had a disastrous six months at Rangers - after reading about him on the net. Johnston, who slammed his ex-boss's running of Rangers in Tuesday's Record, said Murray liked to handle deals with players.