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Scots couple found dead at home in France named locally as Andrew and Dawn Searle
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Scots couple found dead at home in France named locally

Luke Mitchell claims parole refusal ‘unlawful’ in court challenge against decision
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Luke Mitchell claims parole refusal 'unlawful' in court challenge against decision

Man, 37, pronounced dead at scene after blaze breaks out at block of flats in Dunbar
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Man pronounced dead at scene after blaze breaks out at block of flats

Fife schoolgirl wins legal battle to have British Sign Language interpreter for support during classes
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Deaf schoolgirl wins legal battle for sign language interpreter in class

MV Glen Sannox to be taken out of service for essential works just weeks after launch
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Glen Sannox to be taken out of service for essential works weeks after launch

Glasgow teachers announce strike date in dispute over cuts
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Glasgow teachers announce strike date in dispute over cuts

Celtic avoid Champions League Bayern Munich match fan ban as club fined €10,000 by UEFA
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Celtic avoid Champions League Bayern Munich match fan ban as club fined by UEFA

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Macduff: Families protest ‘silly’ plans for battery storage facility near primary school
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Families protest 'silly' plans for battery storage facility near primary school

Scotland’s fostering crisis: Couple reflect on decade of caring for children
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Scotland's fostering crisis: Couple reflect on decade of caring for children

Lloyd Wilson on coming out as gay: Homophobia in football remains ‘a chronic problem’
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Leading Scottish referee says homophobia remains 'a chronic problem' in football

University of Edinburgh still investigating student’s abusive ex-boyfriend six months after conviction
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Why is my abusive ex still walking around my university campus?

‘Brain cancer has devastated my family – we’ve lost four loved ones to this disease’
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'Brain cancer has devastated my family - we’ve lost four loved ones to this disease'

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Swinney rules out reintroduction of lynx or any large carnivores in Scotland
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Swinney rules out reintroduction of lynx or any large carnivores in Scotland

‘Essential’ that farms can be passed from generation to generation – Swinney
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‘Essential’ that farms can be passed from generation to generation – Swinney

Swinney ‘united’ with farmers in opposing UK Government’s tax changes
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Swinney ‘united’ with farmers in opposing UK Government’s tax changes

Whale song more similar to human language than previously thought – study
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Whale song more similar to human language than previously thought – study

Teacher dispute now appears ‘inevitable’ over class time, union leader warns
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Teacher dispute now appears ‘inevitable’ over class time, union leader warns

Sean Batty: Is another ‘Beast from the East’ on the way this week?
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Scotland in midst of ‘massive energy debt crisis’, Citizens Advice Scotland warns
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Scotland in midst of 'massive energy debt crisis', charities warn

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ITV News uncovers multiple claims of inappropriate behaviour by Gino D'Acampo
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Search underway in Alaska for plane carrying 10 people

King Charles and Queen Camilla to host Stanley Tucci at Highgrove
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King Charles and Queen Camilla to host Stanley Tucci at Highgrove