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Scottish Building firm slammed for 'glamourising rape culture' 

Core Drilling Specialist Limited (CDS Ltd) have been branded 'misogynistic' after displaying the offensive picture onto the side of a generator in Edinburgh city centre.




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Charles and Camilla visit refurbished tea rooms in Glasgow

The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall - or of Rothesay as they are known in Scotland - paid a visit to the Willow Tea Rooms on Sauchiehall Street, which date back to 1903, on Friday.




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Remote Scottish Highlands home with private beach on sale for £750k

The vast estate, which is perfect for those seeking solitude or just a break from the rat race, is on a picturesque peninsula in the Highlands often described as 'Britain's last wilderness'.




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Furious locals object to Trump's £150m village on Scottish golf resort

The property mogul has proposed a build of luxury housing, including 50 hotel cottages, a gym, an equestrian centre, shops and offices at the Menie estate near Balmedie.




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Prince Philip is spotted driving around Balmoral in his Land Rover

Philip proved he's still king of the road at 97 after he took his Land Rover for a drive on the A93 near Balmoral. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are still enjoying their annual summer break.




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Shark creeps up on snorkelers with jaws wide open off Scottish coast 

The snorkelers had been swimming in waters around the Inner Hebrides archipelago in Scotland last month when the shark suddenly 'appeared through very murky water'.




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Bodyguard's Richard Madden plans to 'ESCAPE' to Scottish hideaway

Almost 11 million viewers tuned in for Sunday's gripping finale of the hit BBC One series written by Jed Mercurio.




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Missing teen girl caught on CCTV with man in Edinburgh

Courtney Booth, 15, who went missing from her home in Doncaster a week ago has been captured on CCTV with 25-year-old Tom Fallon, whom police would like to speak to in connection with her disappearance.




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Schoolgirl, 15, found safe and well after more than a week missing

Courtney Booth, 15, has been found safe and well in Edinburgh eight days after she went missing. South Yorkshire Police shared the news today after releasing a CCTV image of the teenager.




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World's most expensive bottle of whisky made in 1926 sells for £850k

The 60-year-old Macallan Valerio Adami 1926 sold for a record-breaking £848,750 when it went under the hammer today at Bonhams Whisky Sale in Edinburgh.




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Scottish woman is deported from the US for having sex with a boy

Sarah McGill, a 28-year-old hypnotherapist from Galashiels in Selkirkshire, Scotland, was arrested in Florida in April.




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How I discovered the magic of Coorie in Scotland

Anna Pursglove who moved from London to Northern Scotland revealed how embracing coorie has helped her to experience a deep sense of proportion and contentment.




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Orwell's son slams plans for trout farm near Scottish retreat

The farm of the coast of Jura - which could hold 600,000 fish at a time in a dozen cages - would be close to Orwell's 'bothy' where he penned his most famous works.




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Scottish chip shop in Livingtston sells cheesy chips pizza

Knightsridge Chip Shop in Livingston, Scotland has been both applauded and shamed for adding a margarita pizza with an entire portion of chips coated in melted cheese on top to its menu.




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Italian father who went missing from PISA found in Edinburgh 

Salvatore Mannino, 52, was rushed to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh on September 20, after being taken ill in St Giles' Cathedral. The father-of-four disappeared from Pisa, Italy, the day before.




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Scottish starfish have been feeding on plastic since 1976

Researchers at the Scottish Association for Marine Science in Oban looked through samples from the Rockall Trough, an area of deep sea off the west coast of Scotland.




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Scottish hideaway with 4,000-year-old monuments on sale for £900k

These photographs show the exterior of Ballachar Estate in Inverness, Scotland, which comes with an additional two-bedroom cottage. It has around 287 acres and even its own fishing spot.




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British spaceport plan for Scottish highlands caught in row with farmers

Melness Crofting Estate on northern coast of Sutherland, in Scotland, was selected to be the country's first rocket launch site. But crofters worry for rare eagles and the peat ecosystem.




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Karen Duncan is on the run after dodging court

Karen Duncan, 28, was jailed for seven years over her role in the 2007 murder of Scott Burgess at his flat in Paisley, near Glasgow.




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VisitScotland apologies for Instagram of Jimmy Savile's holiday home

The picture was uploaded to VisitScotland's feed with the caption: 'Snow-capped mountain in Glencoe, fantastic shot'. But followers were quick to notice the building in the foreground.




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Man fought in vain to save his fiancée after A1 crash in Scotland

Scot Brading, 30, ran to help at the scene of a crash near the A1 in Scotland before realising his fiancée Meghan Ambrozevich-Blair, 26, had been involved in the crash.




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Two walkers fall to their deaths on Scottish mountain Ben Hope  

The two men were scaling Ben Hope in Sutherland and sent a distress call. A search and rescue effort was paused overnight but bodies were found at 2am.




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DNA matching boy, 16, is found on Alesha MacPhail body, court hears

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - The boy denies raping and murdering Alesha MacPhail on the Isle of Bute, as well as child abduction and defeating the ends of justice.




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Ex-head of Navy Admiral Lord Alan West slams Scottish Maritime Museum ship vessel she terms bonkers

Admiral Lord Alan West, former First Sea Lord, said the Scottish Maritime Museum's plans to introduce 'gender-neutral' terms for its vessels are 'stark staring bonkers'.




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Kate and William catch budget flight back from Scottish holiday with their children

Prince William, Kate Middleton and their children flew back from Aberdeen to Norwich today, again choosing a budget airline.




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Boris Johnson tells Nicola Sturgeon that he opposes a second Scottish independence referendum

Boris Johnson has reiterated his opposition to a second vote on Scottish independence during a call with Nicola Sturgeon, despite her saying it is now a 'democratic right'.




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Boris Johnson to launch 'charm offensive' in Scotland

The Prime Minister contacted senior Tories to acknowledge the huge challenge to protect the union that they face. The SNP won 48 of the 59 Westminster seats in Scotland.




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Boris Johnson says NO to Scottish independence referendum

In a letter to the SNP leader, Boris Johnson insisted he will not authorise another vote north of the border. He later told the Cabinet that he had an 'optimistic vision' for Scotland.




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Boris Johnson considers building £20bn bridge across Irish Sea

Downing Street today confirmed it is seriously considering plans to build a bridge between Northern Ireland and mainland Great Britain.




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Inside Lewis Capaldi's parents' home: where singer still lives

Despite his rapid road to stardom, the 23-year-old singer still lives at home with his parents in Bathgate, Scotland, with no future plans of parting with his childhood stomping ground.




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Coronavirus UK: Daily death toll halves, rising by 43 to 465

Twenty-eight more patients died overnight in England. Six more patients died in Scotland, five in Wales and four in Northern Ireland.




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Coronavirus UK: Fred Olsen cruise ship anchors in Firth of Forth

The treatment of the Fred Olsen employees is being managed on board the 28,600-tonne vessel Black Watch in the Firth of Forth and there are no plans for anyone to disembark.




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Lanarkshire killer joins Plenty of Fish dating website

Barry Smith, 26, helped to stab Reamonn Gormley, 19, in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, in 2011. He said in his Plenty of Fish profile that an ideal first date would involve 'eating **** and kicking a**'.




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Paul Hollywood's ex-wife Alex set to fight for a huge chunk of his fortune in upcoming court battle

There may not have been much to smile about in the last few years of her marriage, but it's true to say Bake Off star Paul Hollywood's long-suffering ex Alex most definitely has the last laugh now.




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Wish they WEREN'T there? Not all celebrity travelogues have gone the extra mile for viewers 

Kevin Lygo, ITV's director of television, has declared enough is enough: 'I'm tired of another show that has B-rate celebrities going to Mykonos to look at their feet.'




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Inside Ellie Goulding's fairytale wedding: ALISON BOSHOFF reveals all

ALISON BOSHOFF: Pop star Ellie Goulding will be watched by royalty as she walks down the aisle of York Minister, a £150,000 ring on her finger, and into the arms of Old Etonian Caspar Jopling.




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Have you been captured by the secret state? That's the gripping premise of BBC thriller The Capture

The show is a 'surveillance thriller' where everything - even CCTV footage - can apparently be faked, with the police and intelligence services having astonishing reach.




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Strictly stand-in Kelvin Fletcher is hot favourite to lift the glitterball, writes ALISON BOSHOFF

ALISON BOSHOFF: From the moment he sprung on to the Strictly dancefloor in September to perform a sizzling, hip-swinging samba, Kelvin Fletcher has been the dancer to watch on Saturday nights.




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Robbie Williams's life in No. 1 hits: Former Take That star equals Elvis Presley's record

Robbie Williams left Take That in 1995 but jumped back into making music after a two-year hiatus. The album went platinum eight times in Britain and had more than two million sales.




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Can Anton Du Beke lift his curse of the clodhoppers?

Tonight Anton has perhaps his best shot at the Glitterball trophy for years, with Emma Barton as his partner. ALISON BOSHOFF trots through the history of Du Beke's Desperate Dance Divas ...




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ALISON BOSHOFF reveals how Phil Vickery hated Fern Britton's tattoo, fake tan and their rows

ALISON BOSHOFF: Fern Britton, 62, remains greatly loved as a reassuringly 'safe', mumsy figure. At the centre of her life was her marriage to Phil Vickery. The couple married in High Wycombe in May 2000.




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ALISON BOSHOFF: Rumours about Phillip Schofield circulated for years

ALISON BOSHOFF: No one should doubt the sincerity of his heartfelt comments about how 'incredible', kind, wonderful and supportive Steph has been. He and Steph met when he was 25.




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Harvey Weinstein's English rose and a VERY thorny comeback

ALISON BOSHOFF: Friends say that Georgina Chapman, 43, 'does not want to be seen as a victim'. That right she reserves for others.




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How DID Ant McPartlin blow £20million? ALISON BOSHOFF asks where could the money have gone?

ALISON BOSHOFF: Ant McPartlin has opted to dissolve his company Teecourt. Ant, who lives in South West London applied to Companies House last month to have the company struck off.




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ALISON BOSHOFF asks why fatcats worth millions want taxpayers to cover staff wages during lockdown

ALISON BOSHOFF: With Prince Charles not asking for help from the Government's coronavirus furlough scheme - but Victoria Beckham among those taking it - it's sparking furious debate.




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ALISON BOSHOFF: Six years after becoming a father, why is Simon Cowell so scared to tie the knot?

Friends say it's just that Simon 'can't bear' the idea of matrimony, monogamy or losing his freedom. This is no secret. But why is the X Factor judge so scared to become Lauren Silverman's husband?




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Josh Duhamel awkwardly imitates his pregnant wife Fergie for an opening singing and dancing act at the Kids Choice Awards

Josh Duhamel didn't just kick off the Kids Choice Awards with a bang, but also with a lovely baby bump. Imitating his pregnant wife Fergie, the host of Saturday's Nickelodeon awards show revealed his sweet dancing skills for a comedic opening skit.




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America Ferrera is SUITably stylish at Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards

She wore a uniform of unflattering cardigans and vests as a geeky personal assistant on Ugly Betty, but America Ferrera was anything but frumpy at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards on Saturday.




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Eva Longoria risks all-white outfit at Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards

Eva Longoria was asking to get slimed at the Nickeloden Kids Choice Awards on Saturday.




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Jennette McCurdy tweets a mysterious explanation for missing the Kids Choice Awards

She was nominated for the coveted Favorite TV Actress at the 2014 Kids' Choice Awards.