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Emergency services shut down M8 in both directions after motorway crash near Edinburgh Airport
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Emergency services shut down M8 in both directions after motorway crash

Police Scotland has asked drivers to use alternative routes.

The M8 motorway was closed in both directions outside Edinburgh after a "serious" crash left a vehicle on the central reservation. The road was shut between Junction 2 Claylands Interchange and Junction 3 Dechmont Interchange near the city's airport following...

Man rescued from roof of three-storey burning building on Ettrick Road in Selkirk
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Firefighters rescue man from roof of three-storey burning building

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Queen’s letter read at Church of Scotland General Assembly opening ceremony in Edinburgh
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Queen praises Church of Scotland for welcoming Ukrainian refugees

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'I feel like an ambassador for women forced to give up their children'

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Scotland’s modern whisky industry to be preserved in new museum collection in Edinburgh
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Police officer shoulder-charged Sheku Bayoh during arrest, inquiry told
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Cherrytrees nursery in Hawick temporarily closed following suspected E.coli outbreak affecting children
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Nursery shut after suspected E.coli outbreak affects number of children

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Plans unveiled to deter vandalism and antisocial behaviour at Fleshmarket Close in Edinburgh
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Plans for lights and artwork to deter vandalism at historic city steps

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Dunfermline awarded city status as part of Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
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Dunfermline awarded city status as part of Queen's Platinum Jubilee

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GP Manesh Gill raped student nurse he met on Tinder while her ‘body shut down’ from morphine
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GP raped student nurse while her 'body shut down' after drink spike

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Three men arrested after armed police officers seen at Inchmickery Court in Edinburgh’s Muirhouse
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Three arrested after armed police officers surround block of flats

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EasyJet ordered to pay disabled man who broke both legs falling out wheelchair damages
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EasyJet told to pay compensation to man who broke both legs at airport

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Kevin Mulheron stalked ex-partner following prison release for planned raid of Old Course Hotel
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Jewel thief stalked ex-partner following release from prison

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Race played no part in risk assessment, says Sheku Bayoh case officer
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Silver casket ‘owned by Mary, Queen of Scots’ to go on display in National Museum of Scotland
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Casket 'owned by Mary, Queen of Scots' to go on display in museum

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Falkirk couple that starved and abused dog banned from owning pets after Scottish SPCA investigation
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Couple starved dog and left him with 'protruding' bones and sores

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Dnipro Kids: Four Ukrainian orphans reunited with guardians in Edinburgh for first time since war began
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Man rescued from roof of three-storey burning building on Ettrick Road in Selkirk
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Queen’s letter read at Church of Scotland General Assembly opening ceremony in Edinburgh
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