A selection of photographs submitted to BBC Scotland News from around the country this week.

A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 24 and 31 January. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk. Please ensure you adhere to the BBC's rules on photography that can be found ...

It's one thing to read about years gone by between the pages of a fascinating history book. But nothing brings the past back ...

Officers from Police Scotland say a 35-year-old man was subsequently ... what they have described as a "targeted incident". Pictures taken from the scene on Monday afternoon showed an area ...

CHILDREN are being warned of the 'risks and rewards' of sexting amid fears their private images can end up on ... which is headed by a mix of Scottish local authorities and NHS health boards ...

The Mohammed family sat up talking late into the night before their journey back north to the ruins of their Gaza home, a trudge across a desolate landscape that hundreds of thousands of ...

Have a go at the greatest telly and radio quiz you never knew you needed ...

Every judge in Scotland, in each of our courts and tribunals, commits themselves when assuming judicial office to upholding these values. I renew my own dedication to them today.” ...

In the spring of 1980, six years before Mikhail Gorbachev introduced “glasnost” to the Soviet Union, Modernism gallery brought Russian avant-garde [1910-1930] art to the West Coast of the United ...

The company has won a number of awards, being voted Top City Operator of the Year award at the UK Bus Awards 2011 and, most recently, being named Scotland’s public transport operator of the year at ...