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• Storm Éowyn: Teenager dies after car hit by falling tree

  26-01-2025 18:38 via bbc.com
  
  The 19-year-old was driving on the B743 in Mauchline when the accident happened on Friday.
  
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• Why is the King opening the Scottish Parliament during summer recess?

  26-06-2026 07:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  King Charles and Queen Camilla will be at Holyrood on Saturday to mark the official start of the 7th session of the Scottish Parliament.
  
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• Will our peaceful rural life be destroyed by a huge AI data centre?

  26-06-2026 07:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Families in Auchtertool are among communities across Scotland raising concerns about data centre plans
  
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• Work begins on UK's new £750m supercomputer

  24-06-2026 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It will be the most powerful computer in the UK, and one of the most powerful in the world.
  
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• Woman arrested after armed police seize BB gun in Edinburgh's Princes Street

  24-06-2026 15:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Armed officers were called to Princes Street following reports of a woman in possession of a firearm.
  
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• Council to investigate £327,000 pay-off for Edinburgh Trams boss

  24-06-2026 14:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Unite the union described the payout as an "excessive golden goodbye" and called for Edinburgh city council to take action.
  
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• Scotlands Men's World Cup with Balbardie Primary School

  24-06-2026 11:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Made with pupils from Balbardie Primary School
  
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• TV Festival to move from Edinburgh to Manchester

  24-06-2026 07:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The event is relocating from the Scottish capital next year in a move to "radically" cut costs.
  
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• Driver jailed after woman's death in motorbike crash

  23-06-2026 13:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mother-of-two Natalie Hawkins, 35, died in the crash near Armadale in 2023.
  
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• Scottish fire stations' shake-up following major review

  23-06-2026 12:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two new stations will be built and seven will close following the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service review.
  
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• Underworld to headline Edinburgh Hogmanay celebrations

  23-06-2026 07:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The legendary dance duo's headline slot will include a 30th anniversary performance of Trainspotting soundtrack, Born Slippy.
  
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• Edinburgh International Festival will be phone-free - Benedetti

  23-06-2026 07:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The violinist, who has been festival director since 2023 says the policy has come at the request of artists and audiences.
  
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• Man charged with terrorism-linked attempted murders in Edinburgh

  22-06-2026 20:28 via bbc.com
  
  Lewis Hawkes appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court charged with five counts of attempted murder.
  
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• Alleged anti-Muslim attacks are 'intolerance wake-up call' - Swinney

  22-06-2026 18:52 via bbc.com
  
  The first minister said increasingly intolerant rhetoric in the Scottish Parliament is linked to division among communities.
  
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• Teenage rapist jailed for attacks on girls in Dunfermline

  22-06-2026 12:35 via bbc.com
  
  Declan Madden committed the crimes in his hometown in Fife when he was aged 14 and 15.
  
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• CCTV shows moments leading up to arrest in anti-Muslim attacks probe

  21-06-2026 20:21 via bbc.com
  
  A topless man can be seen driving erratically in Edinburgh before abandoning his car and attacking a black man and a delivery rider.
  
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• Long queues at Edinburgh Airport after suspicious items evacuation

  20-06-2026 13:16 via bbc.com
  
  The airport says it is working to resume services after the incident on Friday night, but there would be "knock-on impacts".
  
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• Ex-lawyer jailed for sending threatening letter to lord advocate

  19-06-2026 12:26 via bbc.com
  
  Matthew Sylvestre sent handwritten notes to Dorothy Bain KC and emails to Nadia El-Nakla, wife of former first minister Humza Yousaf.
  
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• Four men arrested after skip lorry crashed into house

  18-06-2026 22:30 via bbc.com
  
  Officers raided six properties in the Kilmarnock and Darvel areas in East Ayrshire earlier on Thursday.
  
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• Crisis club or chance to reinvent - where does McInnes exit leave Hearts?

  18-06-2026 21:11 via bbc.com
  
  Derek McInnes has left Heart of Midlothian for Rangers, so how will the Scottish Premiership runners-up react to losing their head coach?
  
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• Man jailed for attempted murder after hit-and-run attack

  18-06-2026 17:26 via bbc.com
  
  Lewis Burns, 31, struck Michael McKenzie on Lochend Drive in Edinburgh on 3 February.
  
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• Safety concerns remain at Edinburgh's teenage mental health ward

  17-06-2026 09:48 via bbc.com
  
  The Mental Welfare Commission find some improvements at Melville House, but say more needs to be done to protect both patients and staff from aggression.
  
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• Firefighters tackle blaze near flats in Edinburgh

  17-06-2026 08:35 via bbc.com
  
  Six fire engines and a height vehicle were called to Dalry Road where one person was treated at the scene.
  
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• Two jailed for gangland firebombing 'ordered by boss in Dubai'

  16-06-2026 15:09 via bbc.com
  
  Richard Ordish and Kurtis Young admitted the attack which wrecked a semi-detached property in Edinburgh.
  
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• Former PM Brown and Rebus author Rankin in Edinburgh International Book Festival line-up

  16-06-2026 12:24 via bbc.com
  
  More than 600 writers from 41 countries will be among the speakers at the 16-day event.
  
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• Companies failed to protect Torness workers from asbestos - watchdog

  15-06-2026 19:21 via bbc.com
  
  An investigation was launched at Torness nuclear power station after operator EDF reported an incident at the site in March.
  
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• Summer strikes averted at Scottish airports as pay deals struck

  15-06-2026 16:05 via bbc.com
  
  Hundreds of workers have accepted offers from bosses at Glasgow and Edinburgh airports.
  
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• Public advised not to enter sea at Portobello due to 'pollution incident'

  15-06-2026 15:38 via bbc.com
  
  The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) said routine water testing had found high levels of bacteria last week.
  
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• Police treating West Lothian warehouse fire as wilful

  15-06-2026 13:55 via bbc.com
  
  Emergency services were alerted to the fire which took hold of Deans Industrial Estate in Livingston at about 15:20 on Sunday.
  
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• Scotland on front line in fight against Russia - MP

  14-06-2026 14:29 via bbc.com
  
  Graeme Downie's comments came as British armed forces boarded a sanctions-busting Russian oil tanker in the English Channel.
  
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