A pilot scheme should make it easier for foreign students to get visas and find permanent work in the UK.
Two years into a five-year scheme, 2,000 Syrians have been resettled in Scotland.
Lomond Capital's purchases in England bring the value of properties under its management to £2.7bn.
They hope to flush out the 400kg bull who disappeared from a farm near Kirkcaldy on Saturday.
A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 8 and 15 December.
Gary Mackay-Steven scores a hat-trick as Aberdeen hammer hapless Hibernian at Pittodrie.
Hearts end Celtic's 69-game, 585-day unbeaten domestic run with a stunning Scottish Premiership victory at Tynecastle.
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