Scotland news

• ‘Scotland’s Jews expect a violent attack in the near future’ - The Times

  20-12-2025 21:00
  ‘Scotland’s Jews expect a violent attack in the near future’  The Times
  
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• Police Scotland won't disclose details of sex crimes in swimming pools and leisure centres - Scottish Daily Express

  20-12-2025 20:20
  Police Scotland won't disclose details of sex crimes in swimming pools and leisure centres  Scottish Daily Express
  
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• Emergency response to unoccupied boat run aground off Aberdeenshire beach

  20-12-2025 19:24 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Coastguard has confirmed it is responding to an incident involving an unoccupied vessel that has run aground off Inverbervie Beach in Aberdeenshire.
  
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• Police seize £14m of drugs across Scotland in record week - AOL.com

  20-12-2025 19:18
  Police seize £14m of drugs across Scotland in record week  AOL.com
  
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• Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill – The NEN - North Edinburgh News

  20-12-2025 18:00
  Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill – The NEN  North Edinburgh News
  
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• Teenager charged after three injured in tower block fire

  20-12-2025 17:52 via bbc.com
  A 19-year-old man is due to appear in court on Monday in connection with the blaze at Calder Court in Whifflet.
  
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• From hills to hollows: how LiDAR will remap Scotland’s countryside - The Scottish Farmer

  20-12-2025 17:00
  From hills to hollows: how LiDAR will remap Scotland’s countryside  The Scottish Farmer
  
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• Award-winning Castle of Light: Fire and Ice offers £10 tickets for final night

  20-12-2025 16:52 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Visitors are being offered one last chance to experience an award-winning after-dark event at Edinburgh Castle
  
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• New photo in Epstein files appears to show Andrew with head near woman’s lap

  20-12-2025 16:39 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A trove of documents, including court records, footage and images, was uploaded on Friday
  
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• Railway staff donate 125 gifts to support older people as loneliness issue raised - Glasgow Times

  20-12-2025 16:02
  Railway staff donate 125 gifts to support older people as loneliness issue raised  Glasgow Times
  
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• Nigel Farage's Reform party still not a serious threat in Scotland - Daily Record

  20-12-2025 15:50
  Nigel Farage's Reform party still not a serious threat in Scotland  Daily Record
  
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• Police Scotland release ethnicity details of rape accused in Glasgow and nationwide - Scottish Daily Express

  20-12-2025 15:26
  Police Scotland release ethnicity details of rape accused in Glasgow and nationwide  Scottish Daily Express
  
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• The Scottish 'rainforest' that is home to a very 'rare' and 'precious' ecosystem

  20-12-2025 15:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Did you know that Scotland is home to a wonderful 'rainforest' where a 'rare' ecosystem can be found?
  
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• Police Scotland seize drugs valued at £14m in run up to Christmas - The Edinburgh Reporter

  20-12-2025 14:58
  Police Scotland seize drugs valued at £14m in run up to Christmas  The Edinburgh Reporter
  
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• 48-year-old woman dies after two-vehicle crash in Fife

  20-12-2025 14:41 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The road was closed to allow inquiries to be carried out and was reopened at around 6.30am on Saturday.
  
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• Scotland's Lawrie wins JDC Junior World Championship - PDC

  20-12-2025 14:29
  Scotland's Lawrie wins JDC Junior World Championship  PDC
  
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• Police seize almost £14m in drugs across Scotland ahead of Christmas - TheNational.scot

  20-12-2025 14:12
  Police seize almost £14m in drugs across Scotland ahead of Christmas  TheNational.scot
  
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• New train route between London and Scotland offers tickets for less than £30 - London Evening Standard

  20-12-2025 14:06
  New train route between London and Scotland offers tickets for less than £30  London Evening Standard
  
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• Patients across Scotland benefit from digital dermatology service – The NEN - North Edinburgh News

  20-12-2025 14:00
  Patients across Scotland benefit from digital dermatology service – The NEN  North Edinburgh News
  
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• ‘We cannot return’ - Captain of Scotland's World Cup rivals reveals threats have been made to kidnap his family - The Scottish Sun

  20-12-2025 13:55
  ‘We cannot return’ - Captain of Scotland's World Cup rivals reveals threats have been made to kidnap his family  The Scottish Sun
  
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• Burst water main hits supply to 1,000 homes

  20-12-2025 13:42 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Engineers are working to repair a burst water main in Fife which has cut off supplies to around 1,000 homes.
  
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• Easyjet flight halted as passengers accused of bringing dead relative onboard

  20-12-2025 13:31 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Travellers say the family had placed the body into a wheelchair and pushed her to the rear of the aircraft
  
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• One of Scotland’s most notorious paedophiles freed from jail - The Scottish Sun

  20-12-2025 13:10
  One of Scotland’s most notorious paedophiles freed from jail  The Scottish Sun
  
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• Musicians slam BBC Radio Scotland for axing late-night specialist shows 😡🎸 - theriffreport.co.uk

  20-12-2025 12:51
  Musicians slam BBC Radio Scotland for axing late-night specialist shows 😡🎸  theriffreport.co.uk
  
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• First Wendy's in Scotland has grand opening in Linwood as large crowds gather

  20-12-2025 12:42 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Fast food giant Wendy's has opened its first Scottish restaurant in Linwood, and it is already proving popular.
  
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• Drugs worth almost £14 million in the run-up to Christmas in Scotland

  20-12-2025 12:36 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Police Scotland has seized drugs worth almost £14 million in the run-up to Christmas, marking one of the force’s most successful weeks for recoveries.
  
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• Cannabis and cocaine worth more than £500,000 seized near Elgin - Northern Scot

  20-12-2025 12:36
  Cannabis and cocaine worth more than £500,000 seized near Elgin  Northern Scot
  
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• Football tops, toys and a metal detector: Gourock pupils reveal their Christmas lists - Greenock Telegraph

  20-12-2025 12:30
  Football tops, toys and a metal detector: Gourock pupils reveal their Christmas lists  Greenock Telegraph
  
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• Man charged amid murder probe into death of 40-year-old in Alloa

  20-12-2025 12:28 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a 40-year-old man in Alloa.
  
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• Asda, Tesco, Lidl, Morrisons & M&S festive opening times in Scotland REVEALED - The Scottish Sun

  20-12-2025 12:28
  Asda, Tesco, Lidl, Morrisons & M&S festive opening times in Scotland REVEALED  The Scottish Sun
  
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• Sandie Peggie: 'Men who think they are women are delusional'

  20-12-2025 12:07 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Sandie Peggie said her life had been turned “upside down” by the row, but maintained she was not a “bigot.”
  
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• LETTER: ‘Pigs might fly’ - SNP’s new energy policy claim on renewables features ‘grave errors’ and needs to be withdrawn - Shetland Times

  20-12-2025 12:00
  LETTER: ‘Pigs might fly’ - SNP’s new energy policy claim on renewables features ‘grave errors’ and needs to be withdrawn  Shetland Times
  
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• Murder probe detectives arrest suspect after man found dead

  20-12-2025 11:23 via bbc.com
  A 26-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of William Devaney in Sauchie, Clackmannanshire.
  
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• What Kyle Steyn expects from Scotland wing rivals DvdM and Graham - Rugbypass.com

  20-12-2025 11:02
  What Kyle Steyn expects from Scotland wing rivals DvdM and Graham  Rugbypass.com
  
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• What is the winter solstice and when does the sun set in Scotland on this day?

  20-12-2025 11:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Here is everything you need to know about the Winter Solstice on December 21, 2025, including what it is and when the sun will set in Scotland.
  
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• 'We can't save everything': HES explores controversial move for historic buildings

  20-12-2025 11:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Historic Environment Scotland is exploring a controversial ‘hands off’ approach for some of the 300-plus properties in its care which fail to meet certain criteria for future upkeep
  
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• 'It's Scotland's Shakespeare' - why the nation loves panto - BBC

  20-12-2025 10:23
  'It's Scotland's Shakespeare' - why the nation loves panto  BBC
  
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• Scotland's papers: Doctors 'united in anger' and 'slow trains' warning - BBC

  20-12-2025 10:19
  Scotland's papers: Doctors 'united in anger' and 'slow trains' warning  BBC
  
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• First ever doctors' strike in Scotland will 'push SNP's broken NHS over the edge' - Scottish Daily Express

  20-12-2025 10:12
  First ever doctors' strike in Scotland will 'push SNP's broken NHS over the edge'  Scottish Daily Express
  
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• Resident doctors in Scotland set to strike for first time - lbc.co.uk

  20-12-2025 09:39
  Resident doctors in Scotland set to strike for first time  lbc.co.uk
  
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• Scots coastal gem is dream for dog-friendly winter break with spa & beach walks - The Scottish Sun

  20-12-2025 09:38
  Scots coastal gem is dream for dog-friendly winter break with spa & beach walks  The Scottish Sun
  
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• Why holly has been a bogey-man for Scotland’s forgotten tree - The Herald

  20-12-2025 09:35
  Why holly has been a bogey-man for Scotland’s forgotten tree  The Herald
  
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• 'If we want rural Scotland to have a future, we need families to be able to stay' - The Herald

  20-12-2025 09:05
  'If we want rural Scotland to have a future, we need families to be able to stay'  The Herald
  
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• The full list of bank opening times in Scotland over Christmas - The Herald

  20-12-2025 09:04
  The full list of bank opening times in Scotland over Christmas  The Herald
  
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• Showcase Scotland - Creative Scotland

  20-12-2025 09:02
  Showcase Scotland  Creative Scotland
  
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• Rural Scotland needs support for long term - The Scotsman

  20-12-2025 09:01
  Rural Scotland needs support for long term  The Scotsman
  
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• What are the bank opening times in Scotland this Christmas? See full list

  20-12-2025 09:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Here is the full list of high street bank opening times in Scotland over Christmas and New Year, including the Bank of Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland, Tesco Bank and Clydesdale Bank.
  
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• 'Screaming into pillow': Why I'm furious with the government as an unpaid carer

  20-12-2025 09:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Being an unpaid carer is isolating and unrelenting, according to Lesley MacCulloch, a full-time carer for her 82-year-old mother with dementia.
  
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• Public Health Scotland: Changes to childhood vaccination programme – The NEN - North Edinburgh News

  20-12-2025 09:00
  Public Health Scotland: Changes to childhood vaccination programme – The NEN  North Edinburgh News
  
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• Plans to partially reopen Edinburgh's Radical Road in 2026 published

  20-12-2025 09:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Plans for a partial reopening of a popular footpath at Arthur’s Seat after eight years have been lodged with Edinburgh Council.
  
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