Tara Fitzpatrick

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Scotland fans urged to ‘show FIFA and Qatar the red card’ ahead of World Cup
Scotland

Fans urged to 'show FIFA and Qatar the red card' amid workers deaths

2 days ago
Petition to decriminalise abortion in Scotland gains approval by Scottish Parliament
Scotland

Petition to decriminalise abortion in Scotland approved by parliament

3 days ago
War medals and jewellery ‘of great sentimental value’ stolen from Edinburgh home
Edinburgh & East

War medals and jewellery 'of great sentimental value' stolen from home

3 days ago
Man rushed to hospital with serious injuries after assault in Lanark as police launch appeal
Glasgow & West

Man rushed to hospital with serious injuries following attack 

3 days ago
Single parent families feel ‘forgotten about’ amid cost of living crisis, warn Scottish charity
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Scotland

'I skip meals and scrimp on heating so I can pay the mortgage'

3 days ago
Students told to withdraw from studies due housing ‘crisis’ in Glasgow
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Glasgow & West

Students told to withdraw from studies due to 'housing crisis'

3 days ago
Two men rushed to hospital after three vehicle crash in Highlands as police shut road
Highlands & Islands

Two men in hospital after three vehicle crash as police shut road

4 days ago
Too many ballots spoiled in local authority Scottish elections due to voter confusion, report finds
Scotland

Too many ballots spoiled in local elections 'due to voter confusion'

4 days ago
Body of man found in Maybole identified by police as missing Colin McKerrell
Glasgow & West

Body of man reported missing overnight found near beauty spot

5 days ago
Man and woman air-lifted to hospital after motorbike crash on A9 in Highlands
Highlands & Islands

Man and woman air-lifted to hospital after crash between two motorbikes

5 days ago
Scottish university staff stage two-day strike in dispute over pay due to cost of living crisis
Scotland

Scottish university staff stage two-day strike in dispute over pay

5 days ago
Train drivers to walk out at 12 rail companies causing travel disruption across Scotland
Scotland

Train drivers announce further strike action over ongoing pay dispute

5 days ago
Police issue CCTV of man in connection to serious Edinburgh assault which left victim with facial injuries
Edinburgh & East

Police issue CCTV of man in connection with serious assault 

5 days ago
Funeral marked across the country as Queen laid to rest in Windsor after historic day
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UK & International

Queen's funeral marked across the country on historic day

6 days ago
Body of teenager found in property on Kennishead Avenue, Glasgow as police launch investigation
Glasgow & West

Teenager found dead in property as police launch investigation

6 days ago
Mourners unite across Scotland to watch historic state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II
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Scotland

Mourners unite across Scotland to watch historic state funeral

6 days ago
Man and teenage woman arrested and charged after alleged hate crime at student halls in Glasgow
Glasgow & West

Man and teen charged after alleged hate crime at student halls

6 days ago
Full order of service for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey
UK & International

Full order of service for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

6 days ago
Order of service for Queen’s funeral at Westminster Abbey published by Buckingham Palace
UK & International

Order of service for Queen's funeral at Westminster Abbey

6 days ago
Family of missing woman from Galashiels say they are ‘very worried for her’ as police search continues
Edinburgh & East

Family 'very worried' for woman who disappeared three weeks ago

1 week ago
Search launched after man’s face badly injured in Glasgow city centre assault
Glasgow & West

Search launched after man's face badly injured in city centre assault

1 week ago
Rare leatherback turtle spotted in water of Loch Long in Arrochar as Navy issue safety warning to public
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Glasgow & West

Huge endangered two-metre turtle seen in loch after chasing jellyfish

1 week ago
Scotland’s largest teachers’ union EIS votes to strike over pay offer
Scotland

Scotland's largest teachers' union votes to strike over pay offer

1 week ago
Man, 66, dies in three-vehicle crash in Westhill Aberdeenshire as police call for witnesses
North East & Tayside

Pensioner dies and man taken to hospital after three-vehicle crash

1 week ago
Around 17 Trussell Trust food banks in Scotland to close for Queen’s state funeral amid backlash
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Scotland

Over a dozen Scottish food banks to close for Queen's funeral

1 week ago
Campaigners praise SNP after party MSP disciplined over support for anti-abortion protest
Politics

SNP MSP disciplined over support for anti-abortion protest

1 week ago
Woman, 31, dies after car collides with wall in early morning crash in on Beith Road in Johnstone
Glasgow & West

Woman dies after car collides with wall in early morning crash

1 week ago
Schoolboy missing from Dunragit traced by police after officers were ‘extremely worried’
Glasgow & West

Schoolboy reported missing overnight traced 'safe and well'

1 week ago
Woman killed in car crash with articulated lorry on A95 in the Highlands
Highlands & Islands

Woman killed in car crash with articulated lorry on major road

1 week ago
Thriving Angus family-owned Christmas tree farm goes on sale for staggering £7m
Scotland

Family-owned Christmas tree farm goes on sale for staggering £7m 

1 week ago
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Hundreds of mental health patients transferred to England and Wales for treatment
Politics

Hundreds of mental health patients transferred to England for treatment

Health and social workers to no longer require weekly Covid-19 testing
Scotland

Health and social workers to no longer require weekly Covid-19 testing

Lib Dems say ‘radical underfunding’ leads to police ‘facing costs of more than £10m’
Politics

'Radical underfunding' leaves police 'facing costs of more than £10m'

Driver dies at scene after Jaguar leaves A83 as appeal launched
Glasgow & West

Driver dies at scene after Jaguar leaves road as appeal launched

Lauren Lyle stars in STV adaptation of Val McDermid character Karen Pirie
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New star of Sunday nights made sure she was 'good on the Fife'

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Scottish Labour urges Yousaf to act on Scotland’s NHS crisis
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Scottish Labour urges Yousaf to act on Scotland’s NHS crisis

Climate change: Potato farming in Scotland ‘under huge threat’
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Edinburgh & East

Potato farming in Scotland 'under huge threat from climate change'

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Dundee University staff will fight pension plans ‘as long as it takes’
North East & Tayside

University staff will fight pension plans 'as long as it takes'

Troubled Stoneywood paper mill loaned £12m in public money before administration
North East & Tayside

Troubled paper mill loaned £12m in public money before administration

Deputy head teacher at Peterhead Academy admits relationship with pupil who he moved into his home
North East & Tayside

Deputy head admits relationship with pupil who he moved into his home

ScotRail workers to take strike action during SNP conference in Aberdeen
North East & Tayside

ScotRail workers to take strike action during SNP conference 

Devastation and shock as hundreds lose jobs in Aberdeen Stoneywood paper mill administration
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North East & Tayside

Devastation and shock as hundreds lose jobs in paper mill collapse

Three aircrafts targeted in last week by lasers on approach to Aberdeen airport as police hunt culprits
North East & Tayside

Three aircrafts targeted in last week by lasers on approach to airport

Hundreds of jobs lost as Scottish Government bailed-out Stoneywood paper mill goes into administration
North East & Tayside

Hundreds of jobs lost as bailed-out paper mill enters administration

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Crowds gather in Glasgow over death of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested over hijab laws in Iran
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Glasgow & West

Glasgow protest over death of woman arrested over hijab laws in Iran

Edinburgh GP warns that more doctors are leaving the NHS as patient backlog grows
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Edinburgh & East

GP warns NHS under threat as 'more doctors quit profession'

Electric substation creates ‘fireworks’ by exploding on Culzean Avenue in Coatbridge
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Glasgow & West

Electrical substation surrounded by homes explodes like 'fireworks'

Comic book writer Etienne Kubwabo explains why he created DJ E.T – Scotland’s first Black superhero
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Entertainment

Why I created a comic book starring Scotland's first black superhero

Edinburgh woman lost ‘last piece’ of late friend after wallet stolen at fundraiser
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Edinburgh & East

'Stolen purse had last piece of my friend who took her own life'

Students told to withdraw from studies due housing ‘crisis’ in Glasgow
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Glasgow & West

Students told to withdraw from studies due to 'housing crisis'

Single parent families feel ‘forgotten about’ amid cost of living crisis, warn Scottish charity
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Scotland

'I skip meals and scrimp on heating so I can pay the mortgage'

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Astronaut Brian Binnie, known as ‘the first Scot in space’, dies aged 69
North East & Tayside

Astronaut known as 'the first Scot in space' dies aged 69

Glasgow man’s agonising 30-hour journey home from Colombia for emergency bowel surgery
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Glasgow & West

Scot's agonising 30-hour journey home from Colombia for bowel surgery

Dunblane teenager becomes first in Scotland to get revolutionary OSIA hearing implant
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Edinburgh & East

Teenager becomes first in Scotland to get revolutionary hearing implant

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