BBC radio DJ Greg James raises £1m for Sport Relief
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BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James has raised more than £1 million for Sport Relief with his gruelling bike and mountain challenge that included scaling Ben Nevis.
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Book review: Dead Men’s Trousers, by Irvine Welsh
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This, apparently, is the last novel Irvine Welsh will write with the cast of his breakout debut Trainspotting. Thank goodness for that, though I doubt it. Welsh has squandered his original vision with a series of increasingly wretched spin-offs ...
6 walks to try in Scotland this spring
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As the winter's snow slowly, but surely, makes its retreat up to the tops of the country's highest peaks, wildflowers have started to introduce flashes of colour to the Scottish landscape. Enjoy the country's new lease of life with one of these fine spring walks.
New Zealanders get a lie-in to mark first Scottish settlers
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On Monday, thousands of workers in New Zealand will enjoy a day off work in honour of the first shipful of Scots settlers who arrived on South Island 170 years ago
Interview: Irvine Welsh on his new novel, Trainspotting and Trump
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Irvine Welsh has warned Trainspotting fans that the final escapades of its characters is “unlikely” to make it onto the big screen - despite saying he felt he had “no option” but to write a final book about them.
In pictures: 15 of the best views in Scotland
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With rugged mountains, peaceful lochs and unique cities, Scotland has an embarassment of riches when it comes to scenery. Here are 15 of the country’s finest views.
In pictures: The lost swimming pools of a Scottish childhood
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There was nothing like a day at the pool where hours could be lost mucking around with friends or learning a stroke or two.
Idris Elba goes back to his London childhood for new sitcom
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It’s party time. The Babycham is flowing. And shell suit-wearing guests are shuffling amid the fogged disco lights to Dead Or Alive’s You Spin Me Round.
MoonWalk founder on the benefits of power walking
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Power walking is not like running where you get the pain threshold and think ‘gosh, this is terrible’,” says Nina Barough who founded the breast cancer charity Walk the Walk.
Jim Duffy: Here’s the real reason why we should quit Facebook
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Jim Duffy has decided to delete his Facebook account – and it’s not about the Cambridge Analytica affair.
Bash Street Kids to take over Dundee museum for Beano anniversary
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The Bash Street Kids will stage a takeover of The McManus museum and art gallery in Dundee this summer – and rename it The McMenace.
About 250 cases a week of cancer in Scotland could be avoided
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Around 250 cases of cancer a week could be avoided in Scotland through lifestyle changes, according to new figures from a leading charity.
80 years of The Beano marked at “The McMenace” in Dundee
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The Bash Street Kids will stage a takeover of The McManus museum and art gallery in Dundee this summer - and rename it The McMenace.
“Bloody Tam” Dalyell and his card games with the devil
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The contents of the family pile of the late MP Tam Dalyell are being catalogued by heritage chiefs with a table where his direct ancestor is said to have played cards with the devil among the collection.
Edinburgh runner up in TripAdvisor’s top destination awards
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Users of popular review website TripAdvisor have named Edinburgh as their second favourite city in a list of the top ten UK destinations
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