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All the latest news and updates on Scotland, one of four countries making up the United Kingdom. Scotland shares a border with England, and its devolved parliament sits in Holyrood, in the capital Edinburgh. Other major cities include Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee. Get breaking news and latest weather forecasts here – plus Scottish travel inspiration.

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  1. Fun runners, one dressed as a shark, compete in the 2024 London Marathon in central London on April 21, 2024.

    Exact date 'mini-heatwave' will hit UK with temperatures as high as 27°C

    Channel: UK UK 7 hours ago By Josh Milton
  2. Girl, 14, charged after 12-year-old 'seriously assaulted' in school
  3. The 'bucketlist' UK town that had starring role in iconic 00s TV show
  4. BBC soap stars protest at Parliament following show's axe after 23 years
  5. Convicted murderer who sparked manhunt after prison escape has been found

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The swear words Brits find most offensive revealed

Channel: UK UK 57 minutes ago By Sam Courtney-Guy
Fun runners, one dressed as a shark, compete in the 2024 London Marathon in central London on April 21, 2024.

Exact date 'mini-heatwave' will hit UK with temperatures as high as 27°C

Channel: UK UK 7 hours ago By Josh Milton
A 14-year-old girl has been arrested and charged in following a 'serious assault' at Hazlehead Academy in Aberdeen. Emergency services were called to the secondary school at around 10.30am on Thursday morning (April 24) following reports of an incident.

Girl, 14, charged after 12-year-old 'seriously assaulted' in school

Channel: UK UK 4 hours ago By Sarah Hooper
The BBC logo on front of their office building.

BBC soap stars protest at Parliament following show's axe after 23 years

Channel: Soaps Soaps 9 hours ago By Michael Adams
Police Scotland is appealing for any information that could help to trace 59-year-old Raymond McCourt, a convicted prisoner who has absconded from HMP Castle Huntly. He was reported missing to police around 5.30pm on Tuesday, 22 April, 2025. Raymond uses public transport and has connections to the Glasgow and Edinburgh areas. The public are being asked not to approach him.

Convicted murderer who sparked manhunt after prison escape has been found

Channel: UK UK 8 hours ago By Brooke Davies
Tobermory in a summer day, capital of the Isle of Mull in the Scottish Inner Hebrides.

The 'bucketlist' UK town that had starring role in iconic 00s TV show

Channel: Travel Travel 2 days ago By Courtney Pochin
A Lanarkshire restaurant has hit out at a couple they say were caught on camera in a 'dine and dash', before speeding away without paying the bill. The man and woman dined at Jade Palace Restaurant, on Cadzow Street in Hamilton, at around 3.45pm on Friday, April 18, before, it is claimed, they left without footing the bill.

Hunt for dine and dash couple who fled family-run Chinese restaurant without paying

Channel: UK UK 3 days ago By Danny Rigg
Jacqueline McCaig. Photo released April 10 2025. A mum has been granted a lifelong restraining order against a former neighbour who turned her life into a ?living hell? - in a row over smoking.Jacqueline McCaig spend over ?20,000 pursuing Paul Richardson through civil court for three years.She claimed his ?threating and intimidating behaviour? left her in fear for her safety.Jacqueline runs the Old Swan in Paisley in Scotland and Richardson previously lived in a flat above the pub.

Pub landlady gets lifelong restraining order against man in row over smoking

Channel: UK UK 4 days ago By Sara Odeen-Isbister
People relaxing in the spring sunshine in Victoria Embankment Gardens in London.

Easter and Good Friday UK weather forecast as 'changeable' conditions roll in

Channel: UK UK April 18, 2025 By Brooke Davies
Contactless payment system

UK city introduces new £5 ticket system on buses and trams

Channel: Travel Travel April 16, 2025 By Jon Fellowes
A packed beach in Newquay, Cornwall, one of the stops on the new Flixbus £4 route around the UK

New £4 bus ticket will let you explore 80 destinations around the UK

Channel: Travel Travel April 16, 2025 By Jessica Lindsay
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Scott Garfitt/BAFTA/REX/Shutterstock (9960146bn) Paddy Higson - Outstanding Contribution to the Scottish Industry British Academy Scotland Awards, Ceremony, Glasgow, UK - 04 Nov 2018

Cinema icon Paddy Higson known as 'mother of Scottish film' dies aged 83

Channel: Film Film April 15, 2025 By Brooke Ivey Johnson
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 20: A bee collects pollen from blossom on trees in the park surrounding Saint Paul's Cathedral on March 20, 2025 in London, United Kingdom. The astronomical spring season begins on the date of the spring equinox. This falls on 20 March in 2025, and will last until what's known as the summer solstice on 21 June. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Sunny weather to heat UK up to 22C today - but bad news for hay fever sufferers

Channel: UK UK April 12, 2025 By Luke Alsford
Dad-of-seven killed in 'senseless' one-punch attack a day after 50th birthday

Dad-of-seven killed in 'senseless' one-punch attack a day after 50th birthday

Channel: UK UK April 12, 2025 By Sam Corbishley
Clune Park estate in Port Glasgow which is almost deserted, with just a handful of residents left. See SWNS story SWLNestate. One of the last remaining residents of a derelict estate dubbed 'Britain's Chernobyl" says he won't leave - despite it being earmarked for demolition. Marshal Craig, 70, still lives in Clune Park, which has been virtually empty for years and looks like something from a post-apocalyptic film. Built in 1905 it is made up of 430 flats in 45 rotting tenement buildings as well as a rundown church - all covered in graffiti and litter. It was abandoned in 1997 and is now a ghost town and the target of arson attacks with some of the cheapest properties in Britain - in 2020 one flat sold for 6K. The estate in Port Glasgow in Inverclyde was privately owned but Inverclyde Council has bought more than half the properties and wants to demolish the lot.

Inside 'Scotland's Chernobyl' and what's about to happen to it

Channel: UK UK April 11, 2025 By Sam Courtney-Guy
Jacqueline McCaig. Photo released April 10 2025. A mum has been granted a lifelong restraining order against a former neighbour who turned her life into a ?living hell? - in a row over smoking.Jacqueline McCaig spend over ?20,000 pursuing Paul Richardson through civil court for three years.She claimed his ?threating and intimidating behaviour? left her in fear for her safety.Jacqueline runs the Old Swan in Paisley in Scotland and Richardson previously lived in a flat above the pub.

Man handed restraining order after making mum's life 'living hell' over smoking

Channel: UK UK April 11, 2025 By Katie Boyden
A CrossCountry class 220 Voyager train passing through the harbour at Cockwood on the Exe Estuary.

The UK's longest train journey with 36 stops and ‘breathtaking countryside’ cancelled

Channel: Travel Travel April 10, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Comp of the UK's most immature place names like Twatt and Shitterton

The UK's 'filthiest' road trip revealed

Channel: Travel Travel April 9, 2025 By Jon Fellowes
Female clubber's bored stare as young man breathes hopeful small-talk in her ear is dubbed 'most relatable nightclub photo EVER' (and leaves the internet wondering what he's saying) , Milk Tuesdays, Edinburgh

Man in 'bored club girl' meme reveals what happened in viral picture

Channel: UK UK April 8, 2025 By Katie Boyden
On Friday evening, two team members arrived at Caldons, Glentrool, in preparation for the early morning start setting up the Bruce's Crown Race. On arrival, they could see the orange glow of wildfire toward Buchan Ridge. They drove to Bruce's Stone car park to try and get a better view of the fire's location. They noticed a few cars parked at Bruce's Stone and immediately became concerned about wild campers in the area. They still could not determine where the fire was, so they drove to Culsharg Bothy. On arrival, they could view the full extent of the fire and location. At this point, they alerted the team leader, who alerted the emergency services and expressed concern about possible campers in the area. At 0020hrs a full team callout was put out. The team arrived at Stroan Bridge to meet with police and fire personnel. The police relocated the RV to Glentrool Hive. At the RV, police and a GMRT Incident Manager inquired about the campers' location. Police obtained phone number and sent out phone finds. At approximately 3:30 am, a phone find located two campers north of Little Spear. A hill party deployed and made its way up Kirriereoch to pick up the campers on Little Spear. They were both safely located and evacuated from the hill. While this was happening, Rescue 199 from Prestwick located campers in the Loch Valley region and got them to safety. The last remaining campers were located around 10am not far from Bruce's Stone. During the day team members assisted using the team drone to assess different areas. At 330pm new information from FLS staff confirmed that the fire was spreading north quickly toward Loch Doon and had also moved to the south of Loch Dee. Team members assisted police officers alerting residents and campers in the Loch Doon and Clatteringshaws areas, advising them about the fire. Our control vehicle was also deployed to Loch Doon to assist the police and also act as spotters overnight. All team members were safely home by 4:00 a.m. this morning. We would urged anyone heading to the hills over the next week to take care and avoid lighting camp fires or using naked flames. It's an exceptionally dry period of weather we have been having and for the next week it is going to be very dry as well.

Hikers evacuated while Scotland battles wildfires on two fronts

Channel: UK UK April 6, 2025 By Danny Rigg

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