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64 minutes ago Forensics comb scene after Scots pensioner dies in house as woman arrested

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17 hours ago Nicola Sturgeon and best pal Val McDermid at Glasgow Comedy Festival launch days before former FM ended marriage

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1 hour ago Parents calling for new Welsh medium school in Cardiff gather at County Hall again

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28 hours ago Families 'devastated' as another Scottish council proposes cut to school music tuition

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24 hours ago Helen Flanagan is handed roadside ban for boyfriend speeding in £66k Audi despite claiming she can't afford it because her job is 'being a mummy at home'

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6 hours ago Apply for Household Support Fund: £200 payments available through local schemes

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25 hours ago BBC The Traitors Alex Oleksy: Meet Scots care home manager hoping to bag huge cash prize

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For a while I lost my sense of self and dressed in void-core black. Finally I’m finding myself again in a new, colour-filled wardrobeFirst my dad died, followed by my gran, the resulting trauma forced me to quit my job, the love of my life left and before I knew it I was an only child who didn’t know who they were any more. All inside 18 months. I didn’t recognise the person who showed up at social gatherings, spoke for me or stared back from the mirror. That vanished person really enjoyed playfully dressing up but the new me only felt comfortable wearing black – an unconscious tonal shift to match life’s darkness.As a kid I’d often be deep in my puppeteer mum’s dress-up box, and she gave me a small clothing allowance from an early age (which I’m sure she sacrificed her own needs to provide) that gave me autonomy over my image. I was the only boy in my high school sewing class and for a time I wanted to be a tailor. I’m straight but my choice of clothing became a target for homophob...

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2 hours ago Starmer considers UK troops in Ukraine in peacekeeper role as he meets Zelensky in Kyiv

Keir Starmer has made his first trip to Kyiv as UK prime minister to offer long term support to Ukraine which could see British troops brought in as peacekeepers

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Terry Thurling was banned from owning a dog for 15 years

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Edinburgh was ranked 13th and Glasgow 36th

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2 hours ago Scotland star's future not impacted by major new contract development for rival

Goalkeeper’s situation ‘separate’ after Clark agreed terms earlier in week

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29 hours ago I’m a climate scientist and my house in LA burned down. My work has never been more real | Benjamin Hamlington

I feel like I am safe in saying that we are not thriving on our changing planet – and we will not in the coming decadesMy house in Altadena burned down in the wildfires on Wednesday. It all happened quickly. On Tuesday around 7pm, my wife and daughters went to a hotel as a precaution. I left the house with the dogs when the mandatory evacuation order came in around 3am. As best as I can put the timeline together, our home burned down around the same time that the sun came up, and I was able to drive in and see the damage around 2pm.Neighbors that went in after said it looked like a “war zone”. I have never been in a war zone thankfully, but I didn’t think so. There was nothing violent or chaotic about it. No one stopped me from driving in. There were no sirens. I stood alone – no one else around – in front of my house that was at that point just a fireplace and chimney. The house across the street was about halfway done with burning down, and the house behind ours had just started t...

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7 hours ago See inside this incredible £6 million dream house in coastal Norfolk up for grabs for just £10

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Studies point to a considerable increase in emissions when both state and private schools are open

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7 hours ago School cannot use its new £700,000 sports field after neighbours complained about the noise of referees whistling

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It’s the first time ever that the event will be available at no extra charge to streaming subscribers.

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2 hours ago Scots nurse creates square sausage roll and told 'get it on Greggs menu now'

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Politics

8 hours ago Second legal bid to reverse Winter Fuel Payment cuts to millions of pensioners

A court in Edinburgh heard how the Scottish Government's decision was a ‘direct consequence’ of the Westminster move.

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4 hours ago Scots pensioner dies at Hamilton house as forensics seen scouring property

Cops were called to a property in Hamilton on Wednesday night.

Events

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9 hours ago 'Raging' man vows never to fly easyJet again after 'absolute nightmare' costs him hundreds

Michael Doran says he was stranded in Paris after an initial flight back to the UK, heading from Paris Charles Gaulle Airport to Liverpool John Lennon Airport, was cancelled due to heavy snowfall

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4 hours ago Shocking moment brazen thief steals electric bike after using angle grinder to slice through D

The calm crook used the power tool on a busy street in Paddington, central London, as stunned onlookers watched on.

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2 hours ago I’m 24 years old and embarrassed that I’ve never dated anyone. How do I meet a girl? | Leading questions

We’re all on different timelines for love and fun, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. If you want a good dating life, focus first on creating a robust social lifeRead more Leading questionsI have a bit of an embarrassing situation: I’m 24, single, a lesbian, and I’ve never been with anyone! I have had depression for a few years – a combination of family losses and years caring for my terminally ill mother, only going out to work. It’s been a lot, and I’m only just starting to feel better.People I know either met someone in school and are happily coupled up or they were able to have wild “coming-of-age” experiences at university. Lots of sex, club nights and friends. I’ve got life experience some of those people haven’t had. But I feel as though I missed out on that opportunity to practise dating and sex. It seems that to meet someone nowadays it’s through work, apps or on a night out. I work in a male-dominated industry. There are no gay bars within 70 miles of me, but I’...

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9 hours ago EasyJet plans to turn city breaks into package holidays as bosses take on Tui and Booking.com... here's where you could grab a bargain this year

EasyJet has revealed plans to turn city breaks into package holidays as it tries to get customers to book their whole trip abroad through the budget airline.

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4 hours ago Australian tourist jailed for threatening to crash flight at Changi airport

Man repeatedly threatened to crash flight after being denied entry to Southeast Asian nations

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