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Scotland will join the space race when north coast site is announced  

Business Secretary Greg Clark is set to announce that Sutherland, on Scotland's north coast, has been chosen as the site for the UK's first spaceport.




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'Trump paraglider' is freed from police custody

The man, 55, who has not been named, was carrying a 'Trump Well Below Par' banner when he zoomed over the South Ayrshire hotel and golf course where Mr Trump was staying on Friday.




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Donald Trump Secret Service agent in hospital after suffering a stroke

The security official is currently recovering in hospital where he is receiving 'much needed critical care' after he fell ill during the president's stay at his Turnberry golf resort in Ayrshire.




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Walker's helmet cam captures terrifying footage on Scottish mountain

Nail-biting footage shows a hiker balancing on a narrow peak while scrambling between mountains on the Isle of Skye. Scott MacLucas-Paton, 48, jumps between rocks on Scottish island.




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Couple marry after they jokingly agreed to if they were single at 40

Mairi Gordon, 45, and Rhys McLellan, 43, married in Edinburgh last year, 22 years after they split up and jokingly agreed to tie the know if they were both still single at the age of 40.




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Trump Secret Service agent dies in hospital after suffering a stroke

A secret service agent guarding Donald Trump who suffered a stroke while the US president was in Scotland has died in hospital.




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President Trump's golf trip to Scotland cost taxpayers $1.2MILLION

Contracts show $1,094,250.39 was spent on cars, $30,073.58 was spent on installing phone lines and $30,073.58 was paid to SLC Turnberry Limited, which is part of The Trump Organization.




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Scottish outrage at plans for prominent England flags on Big Ben

In a move announced hours before England's crunch World Cup match, parliament said the St George flag will be picked out above the clock face on the famous landmark at Westminster.




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Michelle Obama slams Trump as 'mediocre' at charity event in Scotland

The former First Lady was attending the dinner organised by The Hunter Foundation (THF) in Edinburgh earlier this evening when she made the remarks.




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Schoolboy dies in Glenburn Reservoir after struggling in the water

‘Fun and loving’ schoolboy Ben Thomson has died after a day out with friends at Glenburn Reservoir in Paisley, Renfrewshire.




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Eric Trump charged the White House just $111 per night in Scotland

Amid controversy over taxpayer dollars going to a Trump Organization golf resort in Scotland, his son insisted the family business didn't make a dime on the transaction.




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Dundee has been boosted by launch of new V&A

Dundee has a proud history of shipbuilding and manufacturing but the city is reinventing itself as a centre of arts and culture, thanks to the futuristic V&A museum and gallery opening this autumn




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Scottish teenager has eyes 'split in two' after paint gun accident

Dillon Connery, 18, was smashed in the eyes during a UV paint night on Wednesday last week, shortly after he arrived in Magaluf with six friends.




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Prince Andrew attends the Open golf championships in Scotland 

Prince Andrew, 58, looked in his element as he enjoyed a chat with Sky TV commentator Andrew Coltart the 147th Open Championship at Carnoustie Golf Club in Scotland on Friday.




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Sea of 361 Golden Retrievers floods Guisachan House in Tomich

The golden retriever was celebrated at Guisachan House in Tomich, Inverness-shire. The well-loved canine was first bred on the estate in the 19th century by estate owner Lord Tweedmouth.




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Edinburgh woman goes viral on Twitter over passive aggressive note

Keli Thomson, 24, had an emergency refit at her home in Edinburgh while her landlord was on holiday, but the rubble was left in her garden. An angry neighbour took issue with the mess.




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Barclays creating 2,500 jobs in Glasgow at new technology hub

The bank is building a 470,000 sq ft office complex – the size of eight football pitches – by the River Clyde. There will be no redundancies amid the changes.




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James McAvoy's brother charged with stealing a car

Donald McAvoy, 28, who shares a father with the X-Men actor, allegedly stole the car in April from outside a house in Scotland and is behind bars another three weeks until he appears in court.




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Red squirrel trapped inside discarded plastic jar in Scotland

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT:The animal was found yesterday by a gamekeeper in Scotland. The images were posted on Facebook by the Grampian Moorland Group.




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Osprey scoops trout from Scottish Loch is caught on camera

Taken by Bill Doherty at a loch in Aviemore, Scotland, the mighty bird can be seen staring at the camera as it swoops to the water's surface and scoops up its lunch.




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Pictures reveal dolphin survived extreme sunburn on Aberdeen shore

Spirtle, the bottlenose dolphin was found stranded on mudflats in the Cromarty Firth, Moray, in 2016. She was out of the water for more than 24 hours and suffered extensive sunburn.




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Holidaymaker saves bull after startling it into spitting out bag

Gran-of-two Elaine Armstrong, 53, said she took the pictures of the bull on the Isle of Mull to highlight just how damaging dumping rubbish can be to the environment and wildlife




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Love Island's Laura Anderson and Paul Knops head to Scotland

The air hostess, 29, and the male model, 31, were seen leaving their hotel hand-in-hand, before they revealed they were heading up to Scotland together to meet Laura's family.




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Love Island's Laura Anderson cosies up to Paul Knops in Scotland

The male model captured the moment and shared the selfie on his Instagram which saw them both beaming, despite the wet weather.




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Love Island's Laura Anderson gets new beau Paul Knops in a kilt

The blonde beauty, 29, took to her Instagram to share a snap of her beau, 31, clad in a bright orange number, as they enjoyed a spot of shopping during the tour of her home town.




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Love Island's Laura Anderson cosies up to new beau Paul Knops

Laura Anderson and Paul Knops looked closer than ever as they cosied up at villa mate Eyal Booker's 23rd birthday bash in London on Friday.




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The Queen arrives at Balmoral Castle at start of annual summer break

The 92-year-old monarch looked typically elegant in a sky blue ensemble as she arrived at the gates of Balmoral, Scotland, where she inspects the guard of honour before entering the Castle at the start of her annual holiday.




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Mother sues Glasgow beauty salon claiming hair wash caused a stroke

Adele Burns, 47, was left unable to see or move 24 hours after a nightmare visit to Rainbow Rooms in Glasgow where stylists struggled to get her colour and cut right.




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Carer leaves frail pensioner screaming in pain after falling on her

Phamie Sutherland, 94, had been released from hospital hours before her carer visited her home in Lumphinnans, Fife. The carer was seen on camera roughly lifting and falling on top of her.




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Scotland could soon be able to make Amazon pay higher taxes

In a pilot scheme, Scottish town halls can introduce the supplement, dubbed a ‘Robin Hood tax’ because it takes from rich online giants and gives to beleaguered town centre stores.




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The Queen is joined by Princess Beatrice at church in Balmoral

The monarch was joined by her granddaughter Princess Beatrice for the Sunday service at Crathie Kirk church this morning.




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Euromillions winner Gillian Bayford marries man nine years her junior

Former healthcare assistant Gillian Bayford, who got married at the Fairmont Hotel near St Andrews, Fife, won the huge Euromillions prize with previous husband Adrian Bayford in 2012.




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Bull charges out of a public toilet on the Shetland Islands

The bull had escaped from a nearby farm and briefly hid out in a gents toilets on the Shetland Islands in Scotland before deciding to make a break for it.




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Solider cleared of rape in Dundee ordered to pay alleged victim £100k

A soldier cleared of rape has been ordered to pay his alleged victim £100,000 in damages following a landmark civil case. Sean Diamond failed to defend the claim in June at Edinburgh High Court.




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Top 10 jokes from this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe are revealed

The Jobcentre is not the most likely place to provide inspiration for a stand-up comic.But the gag, by Adam Rowe, won the annual award for funniest joke at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.




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First dinosaur footprints on mainland Scotland were left by sauropods

Sauropods roamed during the Middle Jurassic period and were discovered in a secret location around Inverness. The only previous evidence of dinosaurs in Scotland was from the Isle of Skye.




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Scottish island goes on sale for £120,000

The island is home to an abundance of wildlife and is located on Loch Craignish just off Argyll’s west coast. It has no planning permission but this is because no one has ever applied for it




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Man returns to Edinburgh spot where he parked car only to find hole

A motorist returned to the Edinburgh street where he left his car only to find a giant hole after Scottish Power contractors moved it - and he then spent 12 hours trying to find it.




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Scottish mother shocked after discovering drunk stranger on her sofa

Mother-of-two Elaine McDade, 43, from Glasgow, took a snap of sleeping Thomas, Airlie, 26, and posted it on Facebook, saying it was the first time she had forgotten to lock her door.




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Designer reveals he made Vogue Williams' wedding dress in 7 days

Irish designer Paul Costelloe, 73, shared sketches of the stunning silk gown with a plunging neckline on Instagram and revealed that he and his team had just seven days to make the gown.




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Australian artist Smug transforms Glasgow wall with mural 

A depressing-looking wall in Glasgow has been transformed by the beanie-wearing artist, who spent a week painting the image of St Enoch holding her young son, St Mungo, Glasgow's patron saint.




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Girl snaps the Loch Ness Monster on her iphone while on holiday

Charlotte Robinson from Leeds who was staying at Loch Ness Highland Lodges in Invermoriston snapped Nessie with her iPhone. An expert has called it the best picture taken 'in years'.




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Scottish mother says inhaling cannabis oil cured her eczema

Cheryl Halliburton, 27, from Elgin in Scotland suffered from extreme eczema after falling pregnant with her daughter four years ago, and turned to CBD oil after doctors could not help her.




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Floss dance by boy, 8, steals the show as parents cut wedding cake

Newly-wed Stacey and Brian Paterson, from Falkirk, Scotland only realised they had been upstaged by son Jay, 8, days later when watching the video back.




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Rail passenger live-tweets row over wrong seat with racist woman

Photographer Elizabeth Argyll was targeted by a woman who wrongly believed she was in her seat during a train journey. She live-tweeted the incident and said: 'The next 90 mins will be frosty.'




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Scottish baronial mansion transformed into 'pop art' paradise

The Gart, in Perthshire, dates all the way back to 1835. An original, smaller house was designed on the site by William Burn, and was substantially rebuilt and enlarged after a fire in 1901.




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Viscount Chelsea's son caught speeding says he 'lost concentration'

Teen aristocrat Charles William Llewellyn Cadogan (pictured left with his father), 19, was driving his grey BMW at 71mph in a 50mph zone near his family's castle in Perth when he was pulled over.




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Supporters of Somer and Areeb Umeed Bakhsh raise 85k-strong petition

Somer and Areeb Umeed Bakhsh, aged 15 and 13, fled to Glasgow with their parents in 2012. 85,000 have signed a petition supporting them after they were threatened with deportation to Pakistan.




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Boy dies after falling from mountain in the Scottish Highlands 

Timothy Murray, 16, of West Yorkshire, was found dead after hiking Stac Pollaidh, north of Ullapool in Scotland on Sunday. He was found dead hours after another teen plunged to his death in Wales.




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Scottish voters could back splitting from the UK after Brexit

The findings - by the pro EU Best for Britain - will fuel claims that pursuing a hard Brexit risks breaking up the United Kingdom. The poll found a 47-43 pro Independence split after Brexit.