Sweet success! Bakers create largest-ever Empire biscuit to launch annual awards

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Tiny figures explore Irn-Bru cans in school project assisted by top photographer

Arts
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Trio complete ‘missing link’ of 17,000-mile cycling challenge 40 years later

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Jimmy Fallon gets Highland welcome from soldiers as he holidays in Scotland

Balmoral
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Justin Bieber films impromptu music video in Dundee bar

Dundee
DundeeJustin Bieber

Man chosen to voice Lidl’s Scottish tills provides hometown’s ‘friendly’ accent

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I feel they’re watching me – Pride of Wren aged 100 as she visits old barracks

Edinburgh
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Unicorn called Finnie unveiled as mascot for 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

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D-Day veteran, 99, is ‘great example to us all’, King says

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Almost 293,000 ‘welcome gift’ baby boxes handed out since scheme’s launch

children
childrenpoliticsScottish GovernmentYoung People

The King meets ‘queen Scotland’ on his first Scottish visit post-coronation

King Charles
King CharlesRoyal family

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee outfits to go on display at Holyrood Palace

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Princess Royal feeds penguins on visit to zoo

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Appeal raises around £10m for Ukraine in four days

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