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There will be no more scrabbling for torches or lighting candles in the night on Fair Isle as the island gets a 24-hour electricity supply for the first time.
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Celebrities and social media may be driving once-popular dog breeds into extinction, as new owners demand “fashionable” breeds inspired by famous owners.
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The boss of a heritage group opposed to plans to turn Edinburgh’s old Royal High School into a luxury hotel has apologised after admitting doctoring an image of the scheme and presenting it at a public meeting.
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Garry Knox, 50, sleeping rough on the streets of Edinburgh, says having a book to read is “like having an extra blanket.”
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A whisky company is to create a native oyster reef near its Highland home to enhance marine biodiversity a century after oysters were fished to extinction
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The brutal death of a Pictish man who lived in a Fife coastal community around 1,500 years ago has been revealed following analysis of his badly damaged skull.
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Parts of Glasgow city centre are to be closed later this month for filming of a big budget US movie which could bring Hollywood stars such as Dwayne Johnson and Idris Elba to the city.
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It is the channel which will finally meet demands for television viewers north of the border to get their own “Scottish news hour.”
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Scottish Ballet is to launch a brand new adaptation of the classic American play The Crucible at the Edinburgh International Festival to mark its 50th anniversary.
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The BBC gender pay gap is closing, with the broadcaster reporting “strong progress” in reducing differences in male and female earnings.
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Scotland's record-breaking Summer heat is now a distant memory, with wind and rain now dominating weather forecasts.
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A new ‘age of the train’ began in Aberdeen at 12.55pm today as passengers boarded ScotRail’s new high-speed service for the first time.
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Coronation Street star Charles Lawson has pulled out another two performances of the Inspector Rebus stage play.
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BBC Scotland is set to launch a “People’s News” programme on its new channel when it launches next year.
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Retiring from work was traditionally something that people expected to do around the age of 65, when they would say goodbye to their colleagues and head off to spend more time with their family, on the golf course, or travelling with the pension pot they had built up over many years.
