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• 'Not at end of storm, but light amid darkness for Nancy at Celtic'

  21-12-2025 20:47 via bbc.com
  On the winter solstice, some light finally illuminated the darkness of Wilfried Nancy's opening 17 days as Celtic manager.
  
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• Labour MSP to quit Holyrood over links to sex offender

  21-12-2025 20:12 via bbc.com
  Pam Duncan-Glancy stood down as the party's education spokeswoman earlier this month after admitting a "serious error of judgement".
  
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• 'Hearts have arrived'... but McInnes warns they can get better

  21-12-2025 20:01 via bbc.com
  Hearts "have arrived" as Scottish Premiership title contenders after beating Rangers for the second time this season, says Kris Boyd.
  
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• Police seize £10m of cocaine and heroin after house raid

  21-12-2025 19:59 via bbc.com
  Two men, aged 43 and 22, are due to appear before Glasgow Sheriff Court on Monday following the operation in Shettleston.
  
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• Labour MSP to quit Holyrood over friendship with sex offender

  21-12-2025 17:08 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A Labour MSP will quit Holyrood after a damaging row over her continued friendship with a convicted sex offender, it is being reported.
  
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• Celebrity chef severs partnership with renowned Scottish hotel after 16 years

  21-12-2025 17:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A celebrity chef is ending a long-standing partnership with a renowned Scottish hotel.
  
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• Passenger dies in hospital two days after driver killed in crash

  21-12-2025 15:56 via bbc.com
  Police say a 64-year-old man died from injuries sustained during the collision, which also claimed the life of a 48-year-old woman.
  
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• Second person dies following serious crash in Fife

  21-12-2025 15:52 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A man has died in hospital following a serious crash in Fife which claimed the life of a woman on Friday night.
  
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• HGVs and trailers destroyed after fire breaks out at harbour

  21-12-2025 15:31 via bbc.com
  Emergency services said the blaze spread to a number of vehicles but there were no reported injuries.
  
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• Michael Shanks: Anas Sarwar will be First Minister after Holyrood 2026 elections

  21-12-2025 15:29 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The UK energy minister has said he is confident Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar will become First Minister after the Holyrood elections in May next year.
  
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• Thousands gather at Stonehenge to welcome winter solstice

  21-12-2025 14:21 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Thousands of people descended on Stonehenge this morning to welcome the dawn on the winter solstice.
  
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• Smoke warning as emergency services deal with huge blaze in Fife town

  21-12-2025 13:24 via heraldscotland.com
  
  People have been asked to avoid an area of a Fife town after emergency services were scrambled to deal with a vehicle on fire.
  
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• Dining across the divide: ‘A lot of English people living in Scotland have a visceral reaction when you say you want independence’ - The Guardian

  21-12-2025 13:00 via news.google.com
  Dining across the divide: ‘A lot of English people living in Scotland have a visceral reaction when you say you want independence’  The Guardian
  
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• Police continue missing person search after boat found on shore

  21-12-2025 12:46 via bbc.com
  The vessel ran aground near Inverbervie Beach on Saturday but its sole occupant has yet to be traced.
  
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• MSPs call for radical reforms to public inquiries amid soaring costs

  21-12-2025 11:39 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Public inquiries in Scotland should have agreed budgets and timescales amid fears over soaring costs, a Holyrood committee has said.
  
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• Swinney’s Christmas card features photo of loch he took in ‘moment of peace’

  21-12-2025 11:33 via heraldscotland.com
  
  First Minister John Swinney has urged Scots to get outdoors this festive season as he unveiled his self-taken Christmas card photo.
  
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• Driver killed after country road crash near Kelso

  21-12-2025 11:06 via bbc.com
  Police say the incident happened at around 19:40 on Saturday and involved a black Vauxhall Astra.
  
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• The avalanche hunters on the frontline of Scotland's winter danger zone

  21-12-2025 11:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Every winter for more than 35 years Scotland’s avalanche hunters have spent mornings scouring snow-covered slopes in a quest to make the difference between life or death for countless climbers.
  
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• Man dies in Borders crash near Kelso

  21-12-2025 10:48 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A man has been killed in a crash in the Scottish Borders.
  
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• First minister recalls 'moment of peace' as Christmas card revealed

  21-12-2025 10:42 via bbc.com
  John Swinney captured the image during a walk along the banks of Loch Ossian, on Rannoch Moor, in 2024.
  
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• 'You're on standby for Lockerbie' - volunteers recall their role after Pan Am bombing

  21-12-2025 10:27 via bbc.com
  Amateur radio enthusiasts found themselves acting as a link between emergency crews.
  
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• Postcode glitch freezes pensioners out of winter heating benefit

  21-12-2025 10:22 via bbc.com
  Customers living in a specific Glasgow postcode were unable to apply for the Warm Home Discount.
  
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• Call for time limits on public inquiries as costs soar

  21-12-2025 10:20 via bbc.com
  MSPs have recommended changes as they revealed almost £260m has been spent on Scotland's public inquiries since 2007.
  
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• Scotland's papers: 'Fake name' complaint row and maternity care warning - BBC

  21-12-2025 10:18 via news.google.com
  Scotland's papers: 'Fake name' complaint row and maternity care warning  BBC
  
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• Scotland told World Cup hopes rest on star whose last cap was five years ago - talkSPORT

  21-12-2025 10:07 via news.google.com
  Scotland told World Cup hopes rest on star whose last cap was five years ago  talkSPORT
  
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• Search called off after creel boat runs ashore empty on Aberdeenshire beach

  21-12-2025 09:54 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Coastguard has said they have called off their search after responding to an incident involving an unoccupied vessel that ran aground off Inverbervie Beach in Aberdeenshire.
  
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• 'This used to be a boom town': Grangemouth weighs up £150m promise

  21-12-2025 09:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  After a bruising period that has seen Grangemouth's refinery stop processing crude oil with the loss of 400 jobs, was some festive cheer in the form of a £150 million package of support for part of the sprawling petrochemicals site
  
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• 'Scotland is sinking into an ethical abyss and we all know who is to blame' - The Herald

  21-12-2025 07:36 via news.google.com
  'Scotland is sinking into an ethical abyss and we all know who is to blame'  The Herald
  
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• Does Glasgow University need to do more to fight hate speech amid Gaza protests?

  21-12-2025 07:30 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Student activists have walked out of classes, gone on hunger strike, occupied buildings, thrown paint on walls, and blocked roads.
  
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• 'The Trump effect' Expect shifting alliances and the blurring of boundaries in 2026

  21-12-2025 07:15 via heraldscotland.com
  
  As the year draws to a close Foreign Editor David Pratt runs the rule over the global stories and themes likely to make the headlines in the coming year  
  
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• ‘Jesus was a refugee’: Kirk Moderator speaks out against hate in Scottish society

  21-12-2025 07:15 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Rt Rev Rosie Frew has composed a special Christmas reflection for Herald readers. She talks to our Writer at Large about the need to love those on the margins of society
  
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• John Muir Trust CEO on turmoil and wild places. 'Feels like we are through worst'

  21-12-2025 07:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  John Muir Trust CEO, David Balharry, talks about why we need wild places - as well as the turmoil and controversy under his leadership
  
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• 'Matter of urgency': Watchdog demands benefit to be automatic as in England and Wales

  21-12-2025 06:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Labour and SNP ministers have been called on to ensure everyone eligible for an allowance to help heat their homes should receive the payment automatically.
  
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