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• Edinburgh Airport red-faced after Scots industrialist Andrew Carnegie's name misspelt

  28-12-2025 20:36 via heraldscotland.com
  
  One commentor on the now-deleted post said: "Mistakes happen but you'd hope someone would have noticed this before it was up on the wall for everyone to see."
  
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• 'Willy Wonka 2.0': Parents hit out at 'shocking' Wizard of Oz panto at the Hydro

  28-12-2025 20:22 via heraldscotland.com
  
  “The Tin Man was a Transformer, the lion was wearing a tiger costume, and the witch was riding round on top of a golf buggy.”
  
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• 'Remarkable' WW2 veteran dies aged 100

  28-12-2025 19:58 via bbc.com
  Tributes are paid to Douglas Baldwin, who fought in Normandy when he was 18 and mined coal as a PoW.
  
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• Man arrested following death of man, 38, found injured in Glasgow on Christmas Day

  28-12-2025 18:50 via heraldscotland.com
  
  An injured man was found on Napiershall Street, near Great Western Road, around 23.40 on 25 December.
  
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• 'Breaking point': 200 police officers quit force within one year of joining

  28-12-2025 17:52 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Data shows that 201 officers resigned within twelve months of signing up between 2021 and 2025.
  
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• 'Greater risk to safety' as 200 Scottish firefighter jobs could be axed, union warns

  28-12-2025 17:32 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said that the proposed cuts to firefighter posts and station closures would come at a “greater risk to public safety”. 
  
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• Administration move in bid to save 40 jobs at award-winning Scottish hotel

  28-12-2025 17:02 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Administrators have been appointed to find a new owner for the historic Aberdeenshire hotel
  
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• SheBeat: Afternoon Delight: It's Twixmas! - TheNational.scot

  28-12-2025 16:52 via news.google.com
  SheBeat: Afternoon Delight: It's Twixmas!  TheNational.scot
  
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• Scotland’s railway reaches record-breaking support level for Poppyscotland this year - Edinburgh News

  28-12-2025 16:49 via news.google.com
  Scotland’s railway reaches record-breaking support level for Poppyscotland this year  Edinburgh News
  
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• ScotRail passengers raise more than £200,000 for poppy appeal in 2025

  28-12-2025 16:30 via heraldscotland.com
  
  In addition to gifts donated by customers, the rail operator provided Poppyscotland staff with free travel passes and access to retail space.
  
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• Why dozens of shops have closed on this once-popular Scottish trading street

  28-12-2025 16:11 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Firms which left their premises in 2024/25 include NatWest, Sk:n Aberdeen, and the Yorkshire Building Society.
  
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• Glasgow family man, 67, dies three weeks after being struck by luxury car

  28-12-2025 15:47 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Patrick Stoddard, a 66-year-old pedestrian, was seriously injured on 4 December after he was struck by a black Audi 1 on Carmunnock Road in Castlemilk.
  
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• 'New household made homeless every 15 minutes' as Scotland's crisis deepens - Aberdeen Live

  28-12-2025 15:46 via news.google.com
  'New household made homeless every 15 minutes' as Scotland's crisis deepens  Aberdeen Live
  
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• For Women Scotland claim UK Government trying to change equality law by 'stealth' - The Herald

  28-12-2025 15:45 via news.google.com
  For Women Scotland claim UK Government trying to change equality law by 'stealth'  The Herald
  
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• For Women Scotland claim UK Government trying to change equality law by 'stealth'

  28-12-2025 15:43 via heraldscotland.com
  
  For Women Scotland has accused Sir Keir Starmer and the UK Government of trying to change equality law 'by stealth' following the Supreme Court judgment.
  
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• £200m Royal Navy tugs deal bypasses shipyards in Scotland - The Sunday Post

  28-12-2025 15:41 via news.google.com
  £200m Royal Navy tugs deal bypasses shipyards in Scotland  The Sunday Post
  
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• Board Game Evening, Three Churches Inn, Lochwinnoch - The Herald

  28-12-2025 15:38 via news.google.com
  Board Game Evening, Three Churches Inn, Lochwinnoch  The Herald
  
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• Islanders treated as 'second class citizens' amid 16,000 ferry cancellations

  28-12-2025 15:28 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The cancellations make up 43% of all 36,707 sailings cancelled since January 2023, including those scrapped due to weather. 
  
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• 'What a guy' - Ex-Scotland coach has fans and John McGinn in stitches over dark arts during huge win - The Scottish Sun

  28-12-2025 15:27 via news.google.com
  'What a guy' - Ex-Scotland coach has fans and John McGinn in stitches over dark arts during huge win  The Scottish Sun
  
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• A defiant hurrah: Billy Sloan hosts last show for BBC Radio Scotland - The Herald

  28-12-2025 15:00 via news.google.com
  A defiant hurrah: Billy Sloan hosts last show for BBC Radio Scotland  The Herald
  
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• 'Sweetness and light': Film icon Brigitte Bardot's Scottish ties remembered

  28-12-2025 14:59 via heraldscotland.com
  
  In September 1966, The Herald reported how Bardot filmed Two Weeks in September at Gullane Beach, near North Berwick. 
  
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• Investigation launched after body found on Scots beach

  28-12-2025 14:35 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A police investigation is underway after a body was discovered on a beach in Fife.
  
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• Inside the future of Glasgow's St Enoch's Centre and why there will be no demolition

  28-12-2025 14:16 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Glasgow's status as a retail powerhouse is set to continue as investment plans for shopping continue
  
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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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• Ex-Scotland leader of Nigel Farage’s Ukip under scrutiny for pro-Russian statements - TheNational.scot

  28-12-2025 13:27 via news.google.com
  Ex-Scotland leader of Nigel Farage’s Ukip under scrutiny for pro-Russian statements  TheNational.scot
  
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• Upskirting case levels do not reflect number of incidents, Lib Dems claim

  28-12-2025 13:03 via heraldscotland.com
  
  There are still only an average of 38 upskirting cases a year being passed to prosecutors despite an increase in voyeurism over the last decade, the Scottish Liberal Democrats have claimed.
  
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• Scotland outraged as hospital sends wrong body for cremation - Philenews

  28-12-2025 12:48 via news.google.com
  Scotland outraged as hospital sends wrong body for cremation  Philenews
  
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• John Swinney sets out goal to be ‘long-term political leader’ for Scotland - TheNational.scot

  28-12-2025 12:29 via news.google.com
  John Swinney sets out goal to be ‘long-term political leader’ for Scotland  TheNational.scot
  
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• French cinema icon Brigitte Bardot dies at the age of 91

  28-12-2025 11:07 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Brigitte Bardot Foundation announced the news of her death in a statement released on Sunday.
  
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• 201 officers quit Police Scotland after less than 12 months in last five years - STV News

  28-12-2025 11:05 via news.google.com
  201 officers quit Police Scotland after less than 12 months in last five years  STV News
  
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• Ayrshire church becomes the latest listed for sale by the Church of Scotland

  28-12-2025 11:02 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A former Stevenston church building has become the latest to be listed for sale by the Church of Scotland.
  
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• Where to find the best Scottish culture during Edinburgh's Hogmanay festival

  28-12-2025 11:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Where to find the best Scottish culture during Edinburgh's Hogmanay festival
  
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• Scotland’s role in a world of crisis: Hope amid shrinking aid budgets - The Herald

  28-12-2025 11:00 via news.google.com
  Scotland’s role in a world of crisis: Hope amid shrinking aid budgets  The Herald
  
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• Salmon Scotland chief executive Tavish Scott defends sector against attacks from Conservatives and Greens - Shetland Times

  28-12-2025 11:00 via news.google.com
  Salmon Scotland chief executive Tavish Scott defends sector against attacks from Conservatives and Greens  Shetland Times
  
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• Eight of the best new food spots opened in Dundee this year

  28-12-2025 11:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Dundee’s dining and hospitality scene has enjoyed an exciting year of reinvention and growth in 2025.
  
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• Façade repair works at Ayr Sheriff Court cost over £250,000 so far

  28-12-2025 10:56 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Renovation and safety works at Ayr Sheriff Court have cost more than £250,000 so far.
  
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• Earliest known coin minted in Scotland made in Edinburgh found by a Midlothian metal detectorist - Edinburgh News

  28-12-2025 10:56 via news.google.com
  Earliest known coin minted in Scotland made in Edinburgh found by a Midlothian metal detectorist  Edinburgh News
  
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• Update on major improvement works at popular beach

  28-12-2025 10:44 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The planned improvements include better parking, EV charging points, secure cycle racks, accessible wooden ramps, and more.
  
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• Greenock Ocean Terminal gears up for busy 2026 season

  28-12-2025 10:40 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Greenock Ocean Terminal is preparing for another busy cruising season, with upwards of 60 vessels already scheduled to stop off at the port in 2026.
  
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• Scotland's papers: Courts face 'breakdown' and army drugs probe - BBC

  28-12-2025 10:29 via news.google.com
  Scotland's papers: Courts face 'breakdown' and army drugs probe  BBC
  
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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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• Chris Birt: Ending the two-child limit is progress but poverty remains too high - The Herald

  28-12-2025 09:37 via news.google.com
  Chris Birt: Ending the two-child limit is progress but poverty remains too high  The Herald
  
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• Should Edinburgh’s ‘ugliest building’ be torn down?: The fight to save Argyle House

  28-12-2025 09:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Argyle House could be demolished and redeveloped - but the plan is coming up against criticism from conservationists, heritage bodies and architects.
  
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• How sustainable is your New Year dram? The distilleries striving to be eco

  28-12-2025 09:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Over Hogmanay many of us will toast in the New Year with a whisky, but how sustainable will your dram be?
  
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• Last minute 2025 Hogmanay events across Scotland you can head to this New Year's Eve - Daily Record

  28-12-2025 08:27 via news.google.com
  Last minute 2025 Hogmanay events across Scotland you can head to this New Year's Eve  Daily Record
  
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• MSP Brian Whittle: '2026 is already shaping up to be an exciting year' - Cumnock Chronicle

  28-12-2025 08:05 via news.google.com
  MSP Brian Whittle: '2026 is already shaping up to be an exciting year'  Cumnock Chronicle
  
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• Top 100 Tunes from Scotland in 2025 Pt 4 (25-1): Lewis Capaldi to Young Fathers

  28-12-2025 07:31 via heraldscotland.com
  
  This is the final part of a playlist of the essential 100 (or so) tunes to come out of Scotland in 2025.
  
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• 'Sold a lie': Public cost of ScotGov railways doubles since firing private firm

  28-12-2025 07:31 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The cost of running Scotland’s railways has doubled since nationalisation, with taxpayers now footing a bill of more than £800 million a year, The Herald can reveal.
  
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• 'Nothing beats the magic of being a kid in granny’s front room at Hogmanay'

  28-12-2025 07:27 via heraldscotland.com
  
  When Amy Irons was a wee girl at her granny’s house in Stirling, the Hogmanay party lasted until the wee hours with folk spilling from the front room to the back garden and the children wide-eyed despite the hands of the clock.
  
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• Trump’s bombing of Nigeria is simply showmanship for his evangelical base

  28-12-2025 07:15 via heraldscotland.com
  
  It’s about ‘saving Christians’ says the US president, but as Foreign Editor David Pratt reports, it’s yet more proof that his administration is opportunist and far from ‘isolationist’
  
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