But Scottish Power last week repeated its position that undergrounding would be too expensive and delay the project.
This week Scottish ministers announced that prosecutors will have to tell courts if religious sectarianism is an element in a crime.
Head coach Paul Hull echoed his skipper's sentiments after seeing off the Scottish visitors a week after beating Melrose in the quarter-finals.
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The UK government has agreed to grant limited powers to Holyrood to hold a legally binding referendum through a Section 30 order, which was laid at the Scottish Parliament last week.
The visitors, who meet St Johnstone in the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup next week, were dealt an injury blow when winger Chris Humphrey had to be replaced by Jamie Murphy.
Hamilton made four changes to the side that lost at home to Dundee United in the Scottish Cup last week, with Marco Paixao, Mark Carrington and Andy Graham dropping down to the bench and Lee Kilday left out altogether.
Earlier this week, Scottish Secretary Michael Moore held the first in a series of talks with Mr Salmond on arrangements for the referendum.
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The Scottish campaign began last week cloaked in genuine optimism for a successful championship, before a lacklustre home loss to France brought expectations crashing.
The number of days the Scottish Parliament sits each week is to be increased, amid concern the institution is not moving with the times.
Scottish Power has this week announced big rises in gas and electricity prices and there are fears the other five major suppliers will follow suit.
But last week the Scottish government was attacked for failing to meet its own climate change targets in 2010, according to the latest official figures.
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Highland Golf Links is intended to pick up on the high profile given to the new Castle Stuart course at the Scottish Open championship last week.
The film made headlines earlier this week when Scottish director Lynne Ramsay did not arrive on the Santa Fe set for the first day of shooting.
Amid warnings the freezing conditions could continue for another week, Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney urged councils to be innovative with limited resources when dealing with the effects.
The committee called for the number of days the chamber of the Scottish Parliament sits each week to be increased, amid concern the institution was not moving with the times.
The prime minister has said he will meet Scottish First Secretary Alex Salmond next week to try to reach a deal on a referendum on Scottish independence, to be held before the end of 2014.
Gordon had been left in the stand for last week's Scottish Premier League match at Ibrox.
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Irish diplomats raised concerns this week with the Scottish Government over chanting at the recent Old Firm match.
Rangers now turn their attention to Falkirk and next week's Scottish Cup final as they attempt to secure a domestic double.
Last week, a Scottish appeal court rejected a bail application from Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.
He will work for the Scottish government three days per week.
However, it would go against recommendations made last week by the Scottish Law Commission, which said any change to the law should not be applied to cases retrospectively.
Manager George Burley has to take his side to searing Macedonia in September 2008 and visit Norway in August last year less than a week into the Scottish Premier League season.
The first minister's BBC appearances follow a deal reached earlier this week between the Scottish government and UK government on the rules governing a Scottish independence referendum in two years' time.
But McGeechan has been extremely limited by resources, and it was with this in mind that the Scottish Rugby Union said this week it would defend the right for players to qualify for a given country through their grandparents.
If you apply this week's Scottish government figures to the most recent assessment from the Centre for Public Policy for Regions, and assume that spending plans stay as they are, you find that the next few years would see fiscal deficits shrink at a gathering pace.
Lionel Djebi-Zadi had retained his place despite being sent off in last week's Scottish Cup defeat by Falkirk and it was his Inverness defence that were under pressure from the kick-off as both sides struggled to cope with the wind swirling in from the Moray Firth.
The reason the Scottish Secretary is planning to unveil his approach this week is because the Scotland Bill - which gives the Scottish Parliament some new powers - returns to the House of Lords in a couple of weeks.
Mr Salmond's speech came after legislation on the arrangements for holding the referendum was this week introduced to the Scottish Parliament.
This week also saw the Scottish government clear the way for Asda to push ahead and build at Slackbuie, in Inverness.
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