THE WEEK ROUNDING UP ALL THE NEWS

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MONDAY SEVERAL of Bob Dylan's songs have been translated into Gaelic.

The chorus of Knockin' On Heaven's Door goes "Cnog, cnog, cnogagh leam anns an speur".

In Edinburgh, the coalition between the SNP and the LibDems appeared close to collapse after the SNP withdrew their support for the planned closure of 22 schools in the city.

BBC Scotland announced it is to donate its art collection, housed in its former headquarters at Queen Margaret Drive in Glasgow, to the City of Glasgow. A house in London bought in June for GBP32 million is on the market again at GBP75m.

Declassified files show that MI5 kept tabs on George Orwell for more than 20 years.

A file dated January 1942 said: "This man has advanced Communist views. He dresses in a bohemian fashion both at his office and in his leisure hours." The Scottish Executive is to be renamed the Scottish Government at a estimated cost of GBP100,000. The Bishopsteignton Museum of Rural Life in Devon has been left GBP1.5 million by a reclusive spinster who requested that it move into her four-bedroom house in the Devon village.

TUESDAY THE adventurer Steve Fossett was posted missing in Nevada. He was last seen taking off in an aerobatic aircraft at midday on Monday.

A poll put Labour on 37-per cent and the Tories on 36-per cent, thus making an October general election less likely. A Eurostar train travelled the 306 miles from Paris to London in a record two hours, three minutes and 39 seconds. The previous record of two hours 18 minutes was achieved in September 2003.

Justice secretary Kenny MacAskill said the alcohol ban would remain at football grounds although it has been lifted for rugby internationals.

A report for the Commonwealth Games Federation suggested Glasgow is favourite to host the 2014 games. The Duke of Buccleuch died aged 83. Jane Tomlinson died, aged 43, seven years after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. She was described by Gordon Brown as a "daily inspiration". Andy Kershaw, the BBC DJ, was barred from visiting pubs after breaching a restraining order granted his expartner.

WEDNESDAY DAVID Cameron advised critics such as Michael Ancram "to think carefully before they open their mouths". Alex Salmond introduced his government's first legislative programme, which included bills proposing the abolition of tolls on the Forth and Tay bridges and reform of the rape laws. Residents in Ballymurphy, Northern Ireland, where 145 people were killed during the Troubles, said their quality of life has worsened with peace.

A significant number of people interviewed for a report commissioned by Corpus Christi Services, a local Catholic community group, expressed a strong sense of loss and a "dismantling" of their community identity.

Taxi drivers in New York began a twoday strike in protest against the installation of satellite tracking devices in their yellow cabs. In the hope of improving efficiency, the mayor of Megion, Siberia, has banned bureaucrats from using phrases like "I don't know" and "I can't".

THURSDAY PRESIDING Officer Alex Fergusson told MSPs to stop calling each other by their first names in the parliamentary chamber.

Opera superstar Luciano Pavarotti died in his home town of Modena. He was 71 and had been suffering from pancreatic cancer.

Robert Plant, below, will return to the stage as Led Zeppelin reunite for a concert in November. Research for the Food Standards Agency published in the Lancet has established the "deleterious effects" of taking a mixture of artificial extras that are added to sweets, drinks and processed foods.

The Advertising Standards Agency told Devon County Council to stop using the slogan "Britain's greenest county" after a local resident complained that a new bypass had been built beside her house.

The BBC said it is scrapping Planet Relief, a television special about climate change, starring among others Jonathan Ross and Ricky Gervais, because of worries that it might compromise the broadcaster's impartiality guidelines. Fred Thompson, star of US TV series Law And Order, declared his intention to seek the Republican nomination for the presidency. Prince Harry arrived half-an-hour late to pick up his girlfriend from Heathrow.

FRIDAY GOLFER Colin Montgomerie, who is still to win a major, announced his engagement to Gaynor Knowles, who is estimated to be worth GBP20 million. Portugese police told Madeleine McCann's parents Kate and Gerry that they are suspects after receiving new information from scientific tests in Britain. No Scottish views were shortlisted for the final of Britain's Favourite View, the winner of which will be revealed tonight, September 9, on ITV1. On the release of their latest album The Proclaimers said they intend to continue singing until they're 100. A tunic thought to have been St Francis of Assisi's was made at least 80 years after his death, said researchers in Florence.

However, no one is sure about the tunic's rope.

SATURDAY LORD Sainsbury donated GBP2 million to the Labour Party.

Andy Park, the producer of the fabled TV series Tutti Frutti, said it has not been repeated because of a lost contract relating to one word in the title song. Luciano Pavarotti was buried in Modena. The Church of Scotland announced it is to appoint a full-time member of staff charged with tackling climate change.