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• Equality watchdog issues interim guidance on single-sex spaces

  26-04-2025 21:08 via bbc.com
  
  It follows the UK Supreme Court's ruling that a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law.
  
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• Gove 'in agreement' with Swinney over second independence referendum

  18-05-2025 02:36 via bbc.com
  
  Former Tory MP Michael Gove reveals his change in position over a second vote.
  
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• Glasgow to face Stormers after narrow Leinster loss

  17-05-2025 22:42 via bbc.com
  
  Leinster round off their United Rugby Championship (URC) regular season with a hard-fought 13-5 victory against Glasgow Warriors at the Aviva Stadium.
  
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• MacKenzie left bloodied by seat thrown by own fans

  17-05-2025 20:37 via bbc.com
  
  Aberdeen defender Jack MacKenzie was left bloodied after being struck by an object thrown by one of his own fans amid a pitch invasion following his side's Scottish Premiership defeat at Dundee United.
  
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• Aberdeen's MacKenzie left bloodied after seat thrown by own fans

  17-05-2025 20:37 via bbc.com
  
  Aberdeen defender Jack MacKenzie was left bloodied after being struck by an object thrown by one of his own fans amid a pitch invasion following his side's Scottish Premiership defeat at Dundee United.
  
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• Aberdeen player left bloodied by object thrown by own fans

  17-05-2025 20:37 via bbc.com
  
  Aberdeen defender Jack MacKenzie was left bloodied after being struck by an object thrown by one of his own fans amid a pitch invasion following his side's Scottish Premiership defeat at Dundee United.
  
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• Celtic's man for all seasons maintains 16-year record

  17-05-2025 18:32 via bbc.com
  After standing imperiously for 45 years, Bobby Lennox's Celtic trophy record is felled by James Forrest, writes Tom English.
  
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• Dog walker subjected to 'frightening' gang attack

  17-05-2025 18:19 via bbc.com
  
  Police say the 51-year-old victim was assaulted near to a park in Ferguslie Park Gardens in Paisley.
  
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• Teenager charged over Portobello beach murder bid

  17-05-2025 17:51 via bbc.com
  The 16-year-old is expected to appear before Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday following the incident on Portobello beach.
  
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• Celtic fans attend unofficial title party despite club appeal

  17-05-2025 17:10 via bbc.com
  
  Supporters descended on the Merchant City and Trongate areas and let off smoke bombs following the draw against St Mirren.
  
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• Scotland's papers: Loch Lomond resort row and paramedic 'monster'

  17-05-2025 10:38 via bbc.com
  A review of the front page stories from the daily newspapers in Scotland.
  
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• How a £1 bet sparked a Scottish hill race now run 50 times

  17-05-2025 10:21 via bbc.com
  A hill race in Stirling which was started for a bet in the 1970s has just celebrated its 50th event.
  
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• Artists celebrate gardens in new Dundee V&A exhibit

  17-05-2025 10:20 via bbc.com
  The new Garden Futures exhibition at the design museum will explore the role gardens play in our lives.
  
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• We had to be on last run of UK's longest train route

  16-05-2025 23:03 via bbc.com
  Passengers enjoy the 775-mile journey from Aberdeen to Penzance one last time.
  
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• Ex-Raith & Hibs defender Dennis dies aged 55

  16-05-2025 21:15 via bbc.com
  Former Raith Rovers and Hibernian defender Shaun Dennis has died aged 55.
  
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• Edinburgh Pride bans political parties from march

  16-05-2025 20:02 via bbc.com
  Organisers said politicians had failed to act after the Supreme Court ruled that women were defined by biology.
  
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• Senior police officer suspended after disturbance arrest

  16-05-2025 19:37 via bbc.com
  Ch Supt Pat Campbell was arrested and charged following an incident at a property in Airdrie last month.
  
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• Marine body investigates loch pollution reports

  16-05-2025 19:09 via bbc.com
  The inquiry is launched at Loch Hourn in the west Highlands after fishermen report finding dead marine life.
  
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• NHS Scotland staff vote to accept two-year 8% pay offer

  16-05-2025 18:59 via bbc.com
  About 170,000 nurses, midwives, paramedics and other staff will receive the rise which includes an inflation guarantee.
  
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• Surgeon inquiry spends £1m before hearing evidence

  16-05-2025 17:28 via bbc.com
  The inquiry into disgraced Tayside brain surgeon Sam Eljamel was launched last month and has racked up £1.05m in costs so far.
  
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• Illegal release lynx arrive at their new permanent home

  16-05-2025 16:55 via bbc.com
  The three females were close to starving when they were captured in the Highlands earlier this year
  
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• Loch Lomond Flamingo Land resort set for approval

  16-05-2025 16:21 via bbc.com
  The theme park operator wants to build a £40m resort with a waterpark, monorail, hotel and restaurants.
  
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• Embezzling grandmother ordered to repay £668,000

  16-05-2025 16:07 via bbc.com
  Coleen Muirhead enjoyed expensive family holidays as part of her £1.5m fraud in Aberdeen.
  
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• How did an Ayrshire bin end up in a German village?

  16-05-2025 15:56 via bbc.com
  North Ayrshire Council told BBC Scotland News it was uncertain how the container had managed to wind up abroad.
  
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• Son admits stabbing mother to death in 'frenzied' attack

  16-05-2025 14:33 via bbc.com
  Grandmother Elizabeth Watson, 58, was stabbed at least 40 times by Jonathon Divers in Peterhead.
  
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• Seven-year-old child took knife to primary school

  16-05-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  South Ayrshire Council said no pupils in the P3 class or staff were harmed or threatened in the incident.
  
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• Ncuti Gatwa withdraws as UK's Eurovision jury announcer

  16-05-2025 11:45 via bbc.com
  The 32-year-old Doctor Who star has pulled out of the role "due to unforeseen circumstances".
  
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• Body found in search for man, 72, missing from dinghy

  16-05-2025 10:50 via bbc.com
  A major search operation along the Solway Coast involved police, coastguard andmountain rescue teams.
  
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• The tumultuous tale of Royal Bank of Scotland - The Herald

  16-05-2025 05:42 via news.google.com
  The tumultuous tale of Royal Bank of Scotland  The Herald
  
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• Scots businessman claims he has answer to solving Scotland's housing emergency - Daily Record

  16-05-2025 05:30 via news.google.com
  Scots businessman claims he has answer to solving Scotland's housing emergency  Daily Record
  
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