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• Bathgate set for 103 new houses if Cruden Homes secures development site

  28-08-2026 15:05 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Cruden Homes has secured a brownfield site in Bathgate where it plans to build 103 private-sale homes, subject to planning approval.
  
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• Michael Marra: Scotland will miss child poverty target ‘by a mile’

  29-08-2026 01:01 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Scottish Labour leadership contender Michael Marra has called for the forthcoming Programme for Government to put Scotland on a credible path to meeting its statutory child poverty targets.
  
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• Heavy congestion at Glasgow M8 motorway exit due to The Batman: Part 2 filming

  28-08-2026 22:06 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Congestion is being reported at a major motorway exit in Glasgow due to a closure to allow for scenes to be filmed for The Batman: Part II.
  
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• Passengers brawl at Glasgow Airport as London flight hit by seven-hour delay

  28-08-2026 19:44 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A fight reportedly broke out among passengers at Glasgow Airport as they awaited a delayed Ryanair flight to London.
  
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• Glasgow visitor economy reaches £2.74 billion as tourism continues to grow

  28-08-2026 19:17 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Glasgow’s visitor economy continued to grow in 2025, with visitor spending reaching £2.74 billion and more than 31 million people coming to the city, new figures show.
  
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• Jet2 announces new Glasgow flights for 2027 Eurovision contest

  28-08-2026 18:54 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Jet2 has announced new flights from a number of UK airports for Eurovision fans looking to travel to Bourgas, Bulgaria, for the 2027 contest.
  
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• What does Edinburgh's visitor levy vote mean for festivals and arts organisations?

  28-08-2026 18:50 via heraldscotland.com
  
  All arts organisations with long-term funding agreements with the city council are currently in line for a 25 per cent boost after a narrow vote.
  
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• Police appeal after body of boy, 16, pulled from Dumfries river

  28-08-2026 18:31 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Police are appealing for information following the death of a teenager in Dumfries.
  
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• Scottish cities tell Burnham England’s devolution push cannot stop at border

  28-08-2026 18:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Business leaders argue Scotland’s two largest city regions need the funding certainty and flexibility increasingly available to their English counterparts
  
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• New book to offer 'definitive guide' to classic soap opera Take the High Road

  28-08-2026 17:30 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The first in a new series of comprehensive guidebooks exploring the rich history of one of Scotland’s most beloved and longest-running serial dramas is to be published later this year.
  
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• Proposed changes rubber-stamped at historic mansion in Berwickshire

  28-08-2026 17:15 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Proposed changes have been rubber-stamped at a mansion of historic importance in Berwickshire.
  
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• 'Simply indefensible': 2,400 planning applications decided outwith legal timescales

  28-08-2026 17:14 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Large-scale developments must be ruled on within four months, while smaller planning applications must be decided within two months.
  
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• Activists who allegedly vandalised Trump Turnberry accused of 'terrorism connection'

  28-08-2026 17:14 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Seven protesters who allegedly vandalised Donald Trump's Ayrshire golf course will face trial with a "terrorist connection"
  
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• Fish processing company fined £451k after worker suffered life-threatening injuries

  28-08-2026 16:56 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A fish processing company has been fined £451,500 after a supervisor suffered multiple fractures and two collapsed lungs when he became entangled in a palletiser machine at its Lerwick plant.
  
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• Saltcoats man jailed after luring teenager to his house and raping her

  28-08-2026 16:34 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A sex predator who raped a teenage girl he discovered alone in the street has been jailed for seven years
  
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• Sandie Peggie appeal lays out claims of tribunal ‘errors’ in NHS Fife trans row

  28-08-2026 16:32 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Sandie Peggie’s legal team argue an employment tribunal applied the “wrong legal analysis” when it ruled NHS Fife could lawfully allow transgender doctor Beth Upton to use female changing facilities at Victoria Hospital.
  
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• Over 14,000 complaints made to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde since 2023

  28-08-2026 16:29 via heraldscotland.com
  
  More than 14,000 complaints have been made to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) since the beginning of 2023, new figures have revealed.
  
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• 'A racist form of state kidnapping': Edinburgh condemns 'traumatic' Home Office raids

  28-08-2026 16:17 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Councillor Heap described the raids as part of a "relentless ongoing drive to transform the UK into a hostile environment for racialised communities".
  
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• Bluetongue vaccination rules eased for some livestock in Southwest Scotland

  28-08-2026 16:15 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Scotland eases bluetongue movement rules for store and fattening livestock as ministers urge farmers to maintain vaccination plans.
  
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• Sir Anton Muscatelli: Universities have ‘run out of runway’ on funding

  28-08-2026 15:30 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Sir Anton Muscatelli warns Scotland’s universities have ‘run out of runway’ as analysis reveals a £200m funding gap that is expected to grow.
  
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• Edinburgh festivals set for 25 per cent funding boost after narrow visitor levy vote

  28-08-2026 15:08 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The city's Labour administration lost a crucial vote on future core funding support for arts organisations.
  
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• The Fife Arms and Fingal ranked among Scotland's most influential hotels

  28-08-2026 15:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  With a new generation of hotel owners reimagining hospitality, luxury is no longer the sole guarantor of influence in the hospitality industry
  
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• Police officer admits attempted fraud by forging document used in her divorce case

  28-08-2026 14:53 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A police officer has admitted a £2,300 attempted fraud by forging a document to be used in her divorce proceedings.
  
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• Care worker caught with £114,000 of drugs at home

  28-08-2026 14:32 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Aman was caught with £114,000 of drugs after a raid on his home.
  
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• Nearly 800 Glasgow streets to get 20mph limits in major safety expansion

  28-08-2026 14:26 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Glasgow is extending its 20mph network to 797 more streets across the south and east of the city from September.
  
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• Boy racers racing down historic town’s high street 'causing major disturbance'

  28-08-2026 14:06 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Revving engines and booming exhausts echo off the walls in Linlithgow’s High Street, in the early hours of the morning. The noise made worse by the narrow street and high buildings
  
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• Britpop favourites announce their return to Glasgow for new shows

  28-08-2026 13:37 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Britpop favourites Supergrass have announced their return to Glasgow
  
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• Highland wind farm plans could generate enough power for 98,000 homes

  28-08-2026 13:14 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Plans have been submitted for an 86MW wind farm in the Scottish Highlands that could power more than 98,000 homes and support peatland restoration.
  
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• Meet the Belfast-born and Cambridge-educated new head of Fettes College

  28-08-2026 13:13 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Richard Girvan was announced as the next head of Fettes last year, succeeding Helen Harrison, who stepped away after seven years in the top seat.
  
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• New affordable housing development completed in South Queensferry

  28-08-2026 13:05 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A new development of 100 affordable homes has been completed in South Queensferry, marking Sanctuary Scotland’s first project in Edinburgh.
  
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