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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Dundee surgeon accused of 'removing tear gland instead of TUMOUR'

A surgeon has been accused of removing a tear-duct instead of a brain tumour, before then trying to cover up the botched surgery, which took place at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.




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Outrage as Scotland's national dish rebranded 'Great British Haggis'

Stahly Quality Foods, based in Fife, has come under fire following the launch of the new product (pictured) with some describing it as a 'betrayal' and others labelling it 'wrong, very wrong'.




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Glasgow father battling cancer whose benefits were cut died at 56

Joseph MacMillan from Glasgow was deemed fit to work while also suffering from diabetes, pancreatitis and heart problems as he suffered from cancer that left him needing his nose amputated.




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Ibiza holidaymaker accused of sex with 14-year-old boy on balcony

Gail Dickinson, (pictured) of Glenrothes, Fife, was allegedly seen by the victim's grandmother having sex on the balcony of an apartment in San Antonio, Ibiza in June last year.




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Gail Dickinson 59 of Fife Scotland accused of sex with boy 14 on holiday in Ibiza cleared not guilty

Gail Dickinson, of Glenrothes, Fife, was allegedly seen by the victim's grandmother having sex on the balcony of an apartment in San Antonio in Ibiza. But today she was cleared.




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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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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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Craig Doogan snaps red squirrel pushing tiny 'supermarket trolley'

Photographer Craig Doogan, of Dundee, spent three weeks patiently waiting for the right shot after dropping his children off at school each morning.




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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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Microwave spotted outside a rural Scotland home being used as post box

Bev Macleod spotted the microwave perched on two posts and strapped tightly in place with rope while completing a charity walk in Moray, Scotland.




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Robert Blomfield's images capture Edinburgh in the 1960s

Robert Blomfield had practiced photography across the UK from the 1950s to the 1970s and started capturing the beauty of Edinburgh when he moved to the city to study medicine.




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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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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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Two men who carried out £500,000 Rolex robbery at prestigious Gleneagles Hotel are jailed

Richard Fleming, 42, and Liam Richardson, 30, were part of a three man team which stole dozens of Rolex watches from the hotel in Scotland in June, 2017 in a raid caught on CCTV (pictured)




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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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Ruth Davidson 'delighted' after she gives birth to boy

Ms Davidson said she and her partner Jen Wilson were 'delighted' after the infant's safe arrival at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary this morning.




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Edinburgh mother buys 'cheap and frumpy' sexy Santa playsuit

Lisa Williamson, 28, from Edinburgh, bought the red slinky 'one size fits all' playsuit for £6.98 - but when it arrived, the garment was so tight she was barely able to squeeze into it.




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Andrew Fairlie dies aged 55: Gleneagles chef dead after cancer battle

Andrew Fairlie, one of Scotland’s most celebrated chefs has died after battling a brain tumour. He was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2005 and had received chemotherapy.




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Up Helly Aa 2019: Thousands dressed as Vikings descend on Shetland

The Up Helly Aa fire festival, which attracts visitors from around the globe, takes place in Lerwick on the last Tuesday of January each year.




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Bradley Welsh dead: Trainspotting 2 star dies in Edinburgh shooting

Actor Bradley Welsh, 42, was shot and killed on his own doorstep in Edinburgh's affluent West End on Wednesday night in what a source has claimed was a drug-linked assassination.




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Margaret Fleming murder: Carers Edward Cairney and Avril Jones jailed for life

Margaret Fleming suffered a cruel death at the hands of Edward Cairney, 77, and Avril Jones, 59, at the pair's home in Inverkip in western Scotland. Her body has never been found.




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Lonely Planet's top 500 UK experiences: Edinburgh Fringe takes No1

Lonely Planet's latest book - Ultimate United Kingdom Travelist - ranks the top 500 unmissable experiences and hidden gems across Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands.




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Doctor: coronavirus pandemic could kill off NHS bed blockers

Professor June Andrews, a former Scottish government official, admitted the comments sounded 'horrific' but said they gave an honest assessment of the impacts of a Covid-19 pandemic.




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Robert Peston: BBC bosses feared Alex Salmond so held back info

Peston, the BBC's Economics Editor in 2014 when Scotland held its referendum, claimed his report on the vote's economic implications was ditched minutes before it was due to be broadcast.




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Alex Salmond accuser says she was 'too scared' to call for help

The 65-year-old former first minister of Scotland is on trial at the High Court in Edinburgh over accusations of sexual assault, including one of attempted rape.




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Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 435, with 8227 diagnosed cases

It comes after it was revealed today that Prince Charles has the coronavirus and may have been contagious just 24 hours after last seeing the Queen.




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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.