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ScotRail reminds customers to plan their journey in advance for Scotland v Spain

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ScotRail is reminding customers to plan their journey in advance for the Scotland v Spain match at Hampden tomorrow night. Scotland take on Spain in their Euro 2024 qualifier at Hampden Park on Tuesday, 28...

Scotland’s hockey women start Euro build-up

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Scotland's national women's hockey squad have kick-started their preparation for the European Championships in Germany in the summer with a weekend training camp in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Coach Chris Duncan included the under-21 squad in...

Letter from Scotland

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It’s been a chilly start to March. Temperatures have hovered just above freezing during the day but at night they plunged to minus 16C in Altnaharra in the Highlands, making it the coldest March...

Letter from Scotland

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Councillors across Scotland’s 32 local districts have been setting their council tax rates this week. It’s turning out to be a precarious balancing act between paying their staff a decent wage – notably their...

Letter from Scotland

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The best laid schemes of Scottish nationalists have gone agley in spectacular fashion and left them naught be grief and pain for promised joy. So Robert Burns may have summed up the past two...

First Minister writes an open letter to Ukrainians everywhere

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First Minister reassures any Ukrainians who have come to live here that “Scotland is your home for as long as you need it to be”. Friday will be the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of...

Scottish Government confirms solidarity with Ukraine

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As the one year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine approached, The Scottish Government's Minister with special responsibility for Ukraine confirmed that Scotland supports the country. Neil Gray also offered his condolences to those...

National Records of Scotland announce Covid figures

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National Records of Scotland has announced official figures for deaths involving Covid-19 for January 2023 and for week 6 of 2023. As at 12 February 2023, 16,780 deaths were registered in Scotland where the novel...

Letter from Scotland

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When an earthquake strikes, like the unfolding disaster on the Turkish/Syrian border, the rest of the world can only stand still in horror. We are suddenly reminded that we live on the fragile surface...

Edinburgh quartet selected for Great Britain pathway

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Four Edinburgh club hockey players have been picked for the 2023 Great Britain women’s Elite Development Programme (EDP). Emily Dark and Ellie Wilson from Watsonians, Sophie Hinds and Eve Pearson (pictured left by Nigel Duncan...

Lloyds Banking Group announce new appointment

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Lloyds Banking Group have advised a new appointment to chair their Scottish Executive Committee. Jackie Leiper will take over this role which will include working with government, business and charities to address the financial challenges...

Letter from Scotland

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Rishi Sunak and his chancellor Jeremy Hunt have ridden to rescue with a financial u-turn on a par with Wellington’s best “adjustment” tactics in the 60 battles he took part in before becoming a...

Adoption Week Scotland 14-18 November

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Promise-funded initiatives are being celebrated this Adoption Week Scotland. Two projects are trying to transform the lives of adopted children and young people in Scotland. Adoption UK Scotland’s #E Project has helped dozens of young adoptees...

Letter from Scotland

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The week began with both Nicola Sturgeon and Rishi Sunak at the UN climate talks in Egypt as the world’s glaciers melt. It ended with them meeting at the British Irish Council as the...

Extra bank holiday announced for coronation

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A Bank holiday has been announced in honour of the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III. The Prime Minister has decided there will be an additional bank holiday to mark the Coronation of His...

Letter from Scotland

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Guy Fawkes Night is particularly explosive this year.  The fireworks at Westminster have shocked and outraged us Scots. But so have the “firework riots” in Dundee. On Monday night, bonfires were lit in the streets...

Late strike denies ‘brilliant’ young Scots in Ireland

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Ireland broke Scotland hearts with a last-gasp equaliser in the third and final Test in torrential rain in Belfast. Perth-born Ruth Blaikie, who plays club hockey in Holland, fired the young Scotland squad ahead in the...

Rugby – Scotland v Italy, Rugby League World Cup 2021*

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Scotland opened their Rugby League World Cup 2021 campaign against Italy at Newcastle Falcon's Kingston Park stadium. Match favourites, the Scots were hoping to avoid their 2017 last place finish with a good result against...

South African appointed Scotland under-21 coach

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Rhett Halkett is the new head coach for the Scotland men’s under-21 team and will also assist head coach, Derek Forsyth, with the senior men after joining Scottish Hockey from Strathallan School where he...

Pedal on Parliament are holding their AGM online

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The cycle campaign group Pedal on Parliament is holding its AGM on 6 November 2022 online. Details of how to register are below. Pedal on Parliament was held earlier this summer when hundreds turned...

Letter from Scotland

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It’s been the earliest harvest in Scotland for 25 years. Not surprising, considering it’s been the driest summer for 150 years and temperatures have reached record highs. Our farmers have moved on and begun...

Letter from Scotland

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This week waiting times in Scotland’s accident and emergency departments reached a new and painful record.  According to the latest official figures for the second week in September, only 63 per cent of patients...

Auction house looking for descendants of soldier ahead of sale of medals

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An appeal to find the descendants of a “Battle of Balaklava” war hero was triggered after the soldier’s medals were found in a secret drawer where they had lain hidden for a century-and-a-half. Pensioner David...

Edinburgh duo in Scotland’s world championship angling squad in Croatia

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James Dornom (pictured) and David Corcoran are currently practicing in Croatia with Scotland's men's coarse fishing team ahead of the World Freshwater Angling Championships on Saturday and Sunday. Also on the banks are James Woodrow (Cumbernauld),...

Letter from Scotland

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We are into our second week of a bin strike in the festival city of Edinburgh and it’s now spreading to another 20 council districts across the country.  A long list of other public sector...

Letter from Scotland

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The first week of the Edinburgh Festival has been a scorcher. Temperatures in the high 20s, blazing sunshine, a warm gentle breeze, crowds from all over the world, dressed for the Mediterranean. We’re not...

Scotland’s men in wooden spoon clash in Commonwealth Games

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Victory for Ghana over Scotland men on Saturday (9am) would mean the Blue Sticks would take the wooden spoon in the Commonwealth Games hockey tournament at the University of Birmingham arena (pictured). Coach Derek...

Letter from Scotland

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One of the joys of living in a city is that when you get out into the countryside it has such a refreshing impact.  So for us city-dwellers, summer holidays in the hills or...

BBC ALBA showing Ukraine v Scotland match on Friday

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BBC ALBA is to show live coverage of Ukraine v Scotland as the women’s national team attempt to take a huge step towards World Cup qualification. The Group B qualifier for Australia and New Zealand...

Hockey – Scotland v GB Elite Development Programme – Match 2

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Following on from Saturday's drawn match, Scotland's women came back on Sunday with a better performance and outcome. Scoring early from a penalty corner, they were never under a great deal of pressure and ran...