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• Elves at Royal Mail hub sort letters to Santa

  04-12-2025 13:15 via bbc.com
  Across the festive season, the Royal Mail organise hundreds of thousands of letters to Father Christmas
  
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• In Pictures: Wolf supermoon snapped over Scotland

  04-01-2026 11:44 via bbc.com
  BBC Weather Watchers have taken pictures of the Wolf supermoon as it lit up skies across Scotland.
  
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• Man dies after crash involving van and parked car

  03-01-2026 15:47 via bbc.com
  Police said the driver of a white Mercedes Sprinter van was pronounced dead at the scene.
  
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• Seven SPFL games off because of snow & ice

  03-01-2026 15:12 via bbc.com
  Five of this weekend's SPFL matches have been postponed because of freezing weather across Scotland with further pitch inspections to follow on Saturday.
  
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• Work begins to replant urban jungle in restored hot houses

  03-01-2026 10:10 via bbc.com
  It is hoped the palm houses in Edinburgh will reopen by September.
  
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• Man arrested after car crashes into scaffolding

  02-01-2026 18:07 via bbc.com
  Hanover Street and Queen Street were shut and diversions set up following the incident which happened at about 14:20.
  
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• Boy, 17, arrested over Hogmanay weapon offence and hate crime

  02-01-2026 14:15 via bbc.com
  The teenager was allegedly found with the weapon on Frederick Street in Edinburgh.
  
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• From Harry Potter to Doctor Who - archives show stars before they were famous

  02-01-2026 10:43 via bbc.com
  The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has unearthed images of Scotland's most famous acting talent in their student days.
  
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• Edinburgh's Hogmanay returns in a blaze of light and colour

  01-01-2026 19:11 via bbc.com
  Images of the new year celebration in the Scottish capital a year after it was cancelled by bad weather
  
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• Scotland rings in new year as weather warnings kick off 2026

  01-01-2026 13:43 via bbc.com
  A yellow weather warning for heavy snow and wind covers much of Scotland for the first four days of the new year.
  
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• Hundreds brave freezing Firth of Forth in 2026 Loony Dook plunge

  01-01-2026 12:28 via bbc.com
  It is the 40th time the event has taken place at South Queensferry, with many participants wearing colourful fancy dress as they raced into the water.
  
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• Scotland rings in new year as weather warning kicks off 2026

  01-01-2026 01:11 via bbc.com
  A yellow weather warning for heavy snow and wind covers much of Scotland for the first four days of the new year.
  
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• Power restored to Edinburgh pubs in time for Hogmanay

  31-12-2025 18:17 via bbc.com
  SP Energy Networks says its staff will be on standby in The Grassmarket until the early hours of New Year's Day.
  
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• Four injured as police car collides with vehicle

  31-12-2025 11:07 via bbc.com
  The crash happened on the capital's Salisbury Road on Saturday.
  
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• Chaos, fun and fireballs: Working the Hogmanay night shift

  31-12-2025 07:04 via bbc.com
  BBC Scotland meets some of the workers and volunteers keeping events, restaurants and the transport network running this New Year's Eve.
  
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• 'I'm my own worst enemy' - Hamish Hawk gears up for Hogmanay

  31-12-2025 07:03 via bbc.com
  Hamish Hawk will support Wet Leg at Edinburgh's Hogmanay street party
  
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• Rapist jailed for 12 years for abuse of four underage girls

  30-12-2025 17:17 via bbc.com
  The former bus driver was confronted in a sting by vigilantes in 2022, when he attempted to contact girls online.
  
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• Nuns accused of multiple historical abuse charges against children

  30-12-2025 16:08 via bbc.com
  Offences are alleged to have taken place at Nazareth House premises in Aberdeen and Midlothian between 1965 and 1982.
  
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• Why did Edinburgh become the home of Hogmanay?

  30-12-2025 07:01 via bbc.com
  The history of New Year's Eve street parties in Edinburgh goes back centuries.
  
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• Torchlight procession kicks off Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations

  29-12-2025 23:27 via bbc.com
  Thousands of people carrying flaming torches marched through the streets of the city to kick off the annual Hogmanay festival.
  
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• Harry Potter cafe reopens four years after devastating fire

  29-12-2025 12:42 via bbc.com
  Author JK Rowling was a regular while writing her first novels in The Elephant House in Edinburgh.
  
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• Search for family of firefighter killed in an accident in 1937

  29-12-2025 11:45 via bbc.com
  George MacDougall died after falling out of an open sided fire engine near Beauly in 1937.
  
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• Earliest coin minted in Scotland saved for the nation after 900 years

  29-12-2025 07:10 via bbc.com
  The medieval David I silver coin, discovered in a wooded area in Midlothian, has been dated to the second half of the 1130s.
  
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• Green shoots of recovery on Arthur's Seat after summer wildfire

  29-12-2025 07:08 via bbc.com
  Historic Environment Scotland says grass is beginning to regrow and wildlife return after a damaging gorse fire in the summer.
  
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• The internet can't get enough of this Edinburgh cobbler

  28-12-2025 14:06 via bbc.com
  The internet can't get enough of this Edinburgh cobbler, who has become a viral sensation with his shoe repairs.
  
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• Fireworks and first-footing: Your guide to Hogmanay in Edinburgh

  28-12-2025 10:20 via bbc.com
  Thousands of people are expected to travel to the city for three days of celebrations.
  
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• I'm watching brain surgery to see if Alzheimer's can ever be cured

  26-12-2025 07:00 via bbc.com
  BBC health and science correspondent James Gallagher finds out if it is scientifically possible to ever cure Alzheimer's.
  
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• Festive baby joy for Scottish families

  25-12-2025 13:04 via bbc.com
  Mothers and fathers across the country have received special festive presents as they welcome newborns.
  
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• Cancer treatment ended my last pregnancy - this baby is my Christmas miracle

  25-12-2025 11:31 via bbc.com
  When Lucy Turner was diagnosed with an aggressive mouth cancer she was told she would have to terminate her pregnancy.
  
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• Protection areas in place following bird flu outbreaks

  24-12-2025 19:36 via bbc.com
  Outbreaks of the H5N1 strain have been detected at farms in the Borders, Midlothian and South Lanarkshire.
  
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