72 m. ago Met Office shares 100 places set for violent thunderstorms TODAY

Yellow weather warnings for thunderstorms are in place throughout Saturday with the heaviest rain expected across Northwest of England and most of Scotland, the Met Office says

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90 m. ago Josh Doig relishing McTominay and Gilmour Napoli battle as Scots thriving in Italy offers pathway for next top talents

The Scotland new boy - who made his debut against Liechtenstein - will back in the Serie A big time with Sassuolo next term

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3 h. ago Tiny UK airport named among Europe's best but it's nowhere near London

This small airport in Scotland has been listed as one of the best in Europe by the Airport Service Quality Awards - one of only two UK airports recognised across all categories this year

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3 h. ago Listen as Tans rapist Isla Bryson boasts about bagging men behind bars in prison call

Scotland’s most controversial prisoner has admitted life in male estates has meant the rapist has been able to forge romantic relationships with male prisoners.

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3 h. ago Alexander Dennis closure risks leaving communities 'hollowed out' as union calls for public ownership

EXCLUSIVE: The GMB warned repeated job losses across Scotland's manufacturing sector risks leaving communities "hollowed out".

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3 h. ago Scotland's 'best wild swimming' spots for summer 2025 dip named

Destinations such as Oban and Fort William were singled out.

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3 h. ago Iceland shutting two more stores as shoppers say 'this is so sad'

The frozen food supermarket is shutting its branch in Margate, Kent, on June 21, meanwhile, its store in Inverness, Scotland, will pull down its shutters forever on July 12

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7 h. ago He gave her a one star review. She ruined his life. A Fringe performer turns the tables on a critic.

Charlotte Runcie’s debut novel Bring the House Down draws on her time as a Festival reviewer and captures the fraught and funny frenzy of the city in August.

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8 h. ago NATALIE LISBONA: I cowered with my children in the shelter as the blasts above said we were under attack

The first indication I had that Israel's long-awaited operation to take out Iran's nuclear weapons programme was under way came in the early hours of yesterday morning.

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9 h. ago All of the Scots named on the King's Birthday Honours List 2025

Over 110 people from Scotland who have contributed to their community and country are celebrated in His Majesty The King’s Birthday Honours List 2025

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9 h. ago King's Birthday Honours: Scotland's recipients, from tartan to sausage rolls, history to hills

A huge variety of Scots have been named in this summer’s King’s Birthday Honours.

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9 h. ago Serena Williams attends Scottish wedding with husband dressed in kilt

Serena Williams has been left gushing over Scotland after recently attending a traditional Scots wedding with her husband Alexis Ohanian.

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10 h. ago Scott McTominay shared a secret about Napoli with me while in Naples and his Serie A impact is no surprise

The Scotland star is already a hero at his new club alongside international colleague and pal Billy Gilmour

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11 h. ago Gray must quit! Fury over SNP minister's limo trip to the pub

Scotland's Health Secretary is facing calls to quit as his position is 'untenable' after it emerged he used a taxpayer-funded limo to travel to a pub.

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11 h. ago EastEnders fans fear 'terrible' storyline for returning character after Kat and Alfie's wedding

The programme is officially under new management following a hectic period

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11 h. ago Finn Russell explains kicking tweak after Calcutta Cup agony as Bath bid to scratch 29

Scotland stand-off returns to Twickenham looking for a happier outcome than February

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12 h. ago Filming in Scotland: Here are all of the movies & shows still to be released after shooting in Scotland

There have been a huge number of films and TV shows which were filmed in Scotland over the last two years, with the country expected to welcome even more big budget productions in late 2025.

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13 h. ago Children’s social worker who got boy, 15, to sell drugs and supplied guns jailed

Chloe Scott and Miles Addy sourced a firearm linked back to a murder investigation, Scotland Yard said

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13 h. ago Trump scrambles to claim credit for Israel’s Iran attack he publicly opposed

Discordant US response as president says he was fully aware of plans for what Marco Rubio called a ‘unilateral action’ Middle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump is walking a tightrope as he claims that he was fully aware of Israel’s plans to launch massive airstrikes against Iran while continuing to distance the US from those strikes and deny Washington took any active role in the preparations.The White House’s messaging has shifted quickly from Marco Rubio’s arms-length description of the Israeli attack as a “unilateral action”, to Trump claiming on Friday morning that he was fully in the loop on the operation and that it came at the end of a 60-day ultimatum he had given Iran to “make a deal” on its nuclear programme. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago The Guardian view on Israel’s shock attack on Iran: confusing US signals add to the peril | Editorial

The recklessness of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and the incoherence of Donald Trump’s deepen the crisis in the Middle EastUS presidents who thought they could easily restrain Benjamin Netanyahu have quickly learned their lesson. “Who’s the fucking superpower?” Bill Clinton reportedly exploded after his first meeting with the Israeli prime minister.Did Donald Trump make the same mistake? The state department quickly declared that the devastating overnight Israeli attack on Iran – which killed key military commanders and nuclear scientists as well as striking its missile capacity and a nuclear enrichment site – was unilateral. Mr Trump had reportedly urged Mr Netanyahu to hold off in a call on Monday, pending US talks with Iran over its nuclear programme due this weekend. The suspicion is that Israel feared that a deal might be reached and wanted to strike first. But Israeli officials have briefed that they had a secret green light from the US, with Mr Trump only claiming to oppos...

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