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Tue, 09 Aug 2022 08:51:42 GMT
Scottish exam pass rate drops from pandemic high
About 128,000 students are finding out how they did in National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher exams.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 08:30:57 GMT
Fire crews battle blaze at former Dumfries convent
The convent on Corbelly Hill, Dumfries, was the setting for the 2002 film The Magdalene Sisters.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 07:06:19 GMT
Scotland's papers: Sturgeon calls for crisis talks and Giggs on trial
Sturgeon's request for emergency meeting with Boris Johnson and Ryan Giggs on trial lead the papers.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 05:15:27 GMT
Commonwealth Games success gives Scotland platform to build on
Team Scotland have achieved their most successful Commonwealth Games away from home soil.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 05:36:34 GMT
Scottish exam results: What happens next?
Students finding out their National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher exam results.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 17:22:35 GMT
Aberdeen Chinese takeaway hit with £10k gas bill
The Royal Crown has been hit with a gas bill charging 10 times more than the amount they usually owe.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 20:57:04 GMT
NHS Lanarkshire restricts visiting over abuse of maternity staff
NHS Lanarkshire said employees at University Hospital Wishaw are being targeted "almost daily".

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 16:38:53 GMT
Finance Secretary Kate Forbes gives birth to baby girl
The SNP MSP said her daughter had been named Naomi MacLennan and thanked staff at Raigmore hospital.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 14:11:39 GMT
'One person turned up to watch my Fringe show'
Comedian Robin Grainger has become a Fringe legend after giving his all for one man in the audience.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 16:45:16 GMT
Nicola Sturgeon issues cost of living warning to Boris Johnson
The first minister wants an urgent meeting with Boris Johnson about the "fast deteriorating" crisis.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 16:37:49 GMT
Former prosecutor John Watt QC jailed for abusing children
A judge tells John Watt QC his "vile" crimes were of the "utmost seriousness and depravity."

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 17:01:20 GMT
Queen to interrupt Balmoral stay to meet new prime minister
The Queen is expected to return to London to hold an audience with the new prime minister next month.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 16:41:22 GMT
The Ukrainian ballet dancers waiting for a call to war
Pavlo and Igor are part of the Ukrainian Freedom Ballet company performing at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Sat, 06 Aug 2022 23:25:54 GMT
The mysteries that gave birth to the world’s newest micronation
From King Arthur to ancient Egypt, the rocky Scottish outcrop is mired in myths and legends.

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 21:03:45 GMT
Tory leadership: Where do the final candidates stand on indyref2?
Here is what PM contenders Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have to say about Scotland and independence.

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 05:06:49 GMT
Why is a wet country like Scotland facing water scarcity?
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued a series of scarcity warnings in 2022.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 09:33:00 GMT
In pictures: Lauder Common Riding
A selection of images as the curtain comes down on common riding season in the Scottish Borders.

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 05:07:20 GMT
I forgive the man who tried to murder me
A killer on home release left Linda McDonald for dead - now she says the parole system must change.

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:34:44 GMT
Covid in Scotland: The latest cases
A weekly update on Covid-19 cases, hospital admissions and deaths in Scotland.

Sat, 06 Aug 2022 07:59:17 GMT
The social enterprise hair salon in Edinburgh changing lives
Kerry Anderson set up the Brave, Strong, Beautiful salon which provides training for young people.

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 23:12:20 GMT
Commonwealth Games: Watch JJ Chalmers' emotional reaction to friend Yule's bronze
BBC Sport's JJ Chalmers pays an emotional tribute to his friend Micky Yule after he won a bronze medal for Scotland in the men's heavyweight benchpress final, having come fourth at the last two Commonwealth Games.

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 14:14:04 GMT
Seeking surgery abroad after long waits for NHS surgery
Pensioner Lynda Raitt faced "intense" pain and years of waiting on knee-replacement surgery.

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 05:16:28 GMT
Race to save Iron Age settlement in Orkney from the sea
Archaeologists are working to save the remains of an Iron Age roundhouse in Orkney.

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 21:50:49 GMT
'I couldn't have picked a better way to go' - Ross Murdoch bows out with shock bronze
Ross Murdoch says he 'couldn't have picked a better way to go' after earning a shock bronze in the 50m breaststroke - his final race as an individual.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 07:03:16 GMT
Commonwealth Games: Scotland chairman says country could host again in alternative format
Scotland could host the Commonwealth Games again - but the format would have to change, says the country's Games chair, Paul Bush.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:16:03 GMT
Commonwealth Games: Was Birmingham 2022 Scotland's best ever Games?
Team Scotland fell just shy of a record tally of Commonwealth Games medals, but might their performance have been better than at Glasgow 2014?

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 07:07:12 GMT
Scottish Gossip: Celtic, Hearts, Aberdeen, Kennedy, Hendry, Dieng, Club Brugge, Motherwell, Thomson, St Johnstone, Phillips, Davenport, Midtjylland
Scotland defender Jack Hendry's Club Brugge future is in doubt as Midtjylland eye an approach for Celtic assistant manager John Kennedy.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 11:38:53 GMT
Commonwealth Games: Divers Grace Reid & James Heatly win gold as Scotland end with 51 medals
Scotland end Birmingham 2022 with a stunning haul of 51 medals after divers Grace Reid and James Heatly earn a 13th gold and squash duo Greg Lobban and Rory Stewart take bronze.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 16:12:58 GMT
Rangers v Union Saint-Gilloise: Late calls on Kent & Morelos as Van Bronckhorst eyes Champions League play-offs
Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst is banking on another second-leg comeback, this time against Union Saint-Gilloise in Tuesday's Champions League qualifier.



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