84 m. ago Suzuki Vitara review: New tech and a facelift rejuvenates an old favourite

Motoring writer Gareth Butterfield tests the latest version of the Suzuki Vitara

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1 hour ago Last CCTV image of Scot found dead 'in sack' as two arrested in Kenya

It's understood the image was captured shortly before Campbell Scott disappeared while in Kenya.

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3 h. ago Aberdeen twins cause of death confirmed after both were found dead in river

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both aged 32, went missing before their bodies were found dead in a Scottish river - a cause of death has now been confirmed, reports say

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3 h. ago Arrests made after Scots businessman's body found dumped in Kenya

Campbell Scott from Dunfermline in Fife went missing in Kenya while staying in Nairobi on a work trip.

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3 h. ago Best energy bars: Top nutritional choices for a sustained boost

From vegan to low-sugar options, these tasty bars were designed with sports and adventure in mind

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4 h. ago Secret Italy: Give Tuscany's cities a miss and visit this charming village that's perfect for pasta, pizza and people watching

Harriet Sime visits a tiny village in Tuscany known for its castles and craft pasta. 'Give the region's larger towns and cities a miss and head to the charming little village of Lari instead,' she writes.

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4 h. ago 6 burning Rangers issues that Barry Ferguson must tackle from Tavernier captaincy to absent 'Scottish core'

The Ibrox icon will have plenty of work to do following his emotional homecoming

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4 h. ago First picture of Scots pensioner and two dogs killed in horror fire at Scots home

Emergency services raced to Balnagowan Road in Selkirk after the alarm was raised at around 5.30am on Saturday.

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4 h. ago Aldi will give out free bottles of wine to shoppers in exchange for a review

The supermarket is looking for 10 people to join its new club of exclusive testers

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5 h. ago Arrest for 'blunt weapon' incident after armed cops descend on Inverness flat

Emergency services were called to Smithton Park in the city following reports of "a man with a blunt weapon causing a disturbance" at around 11.35am on Monday.

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5 h. ago Ramadan 2025: How to keep your energy levels up during the day if you’re fasting

Ramadan will take place from the evening of February 28 to March 30 this year

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5 h. ago West Lothian carers say dropping of National Care Service plans 'tragic'

Speaking in her role as the rep for unpaid carers on West Lothian’s Integration Joint Board, Ann Pike told councillors and other board members that unpaid carers, and those that are cared for in Scotland felt left down at the Scottish Government decision’s to desert a national scheme.

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5 h. ago Livingston MP welcomes £200m investment in Grangemouth refinery

The investment, announced by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at Scottish Labour Conference in Glasgow, will be delivered through the National Wealth Fund and aims to unlock private sector investment to ensure Grangemouth remains a hub for clean energy and skilled jobs.

Economics

6 h. ago How much fees and charges for council services in Merthyr could increase next year

A standard 2.5% increase looks set to be implemented but some areas are under review

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6 h. ago Why this Fife restaurant is still a Scottish icon, as it celebrates its 20th birthday

They’ve got a spectacular location

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6 h. ago Scots could face more drastic transport and heating rules amid 2045 net zero fears

Scots could face more drastic restrictions on transport and heating emissions to keep a legal net zero target on track.

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6 h. ago The fight at the heart of the German election is simmering everywhere | Zoe Williams

In all similar democracies, left and right are having versions of the same argument: does ‘electable’ mean centrist or radical?As the German election results land, a lot of people are looking on the bright side: nearly 80% of Germans won’t entertain voting for Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). A nanosecond ago, however – as recently as Saturday – the idea that voters might go this far-right, in these kinds of numbers, for the first time since the second world war was terrifying. Some are calling this a victory over Donald Trump and Elon Musk, who vocally supported the AfD; others are calling it a victory for them.Nobody is puzzling much over the decline in support for Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic party – down 9%, almost equal to the AfD’s gains, although the numbers on switchers have yet to be crunched – because it was so long expected. The CDU/CSU alliance has won, with 28.5%, pretty much as the polls predicted. It’s an incredibly German story in its labyrinthine and laborious ...

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7 h. ago Julianne Moore’s freckles? How Republican bans on ‘woke’ books have reached new level

Trump administration escalates movement forged by US states to censor literature in full-scale DEI crackdownWhen the actor Julianne Moore learned her children’s book, Freckleface Strawberry, a tale of a girl who learns to stop hating her freckles, had been targeted for a potential ban at all schools serving US military families, she took to Instagram, posting that it was a “great shock” to discover the story had been “banned by the Trump Administration”.Moore had seen a memo that circulated last week revealing that tens of thousands of American children studying in about 160 Pentagon schools both in the US and around the world had had all access to library books suspended for a week, while officials conducted a “compliance review” to hunt out any books “potentially related to gender ideology or discriminatory equity ideology topics”. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Monster Hunter Wilds review: A fitting sequel to World that expands upon it in every way

Monster Hunter Wilds is that rare sequel that takes everything good about its predecessor and improves it all, while also adding more of what made it so special

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7 h. ago Motherwell and Wishaw Inner Wheel Club receive Scottish Parliament recognition

The ladies were delighted to learn that they had received a letter advising that Motherwell and Wishaw MSP, Clare Adamson, has raised a motion at the Scottish Parliament recognising the club for their longstanding contribution to the community.

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