All news on the topic: Scotland

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Scotland eliminated from Euro 2024 after late winner from Hungary
Scotland have crashed out of Euro 2024 after a last-gasp defeat to Hungary on Sunday evening.
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Scotland thrashed by Germany in opening match of Euro 2024
It was a woeful showing from Scotland but the team’s manager says their goal of four points from the group stage remains the same.
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Five Scotland fans injured in horrific crash after ’forgetting Germany drives on the right’
Two of the five Scotland fans were seriously injured after their rental car was involved in head-on collision with a Mercedes moments after departing airport near Dusseldorf
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Suspect in court charged with murder and obstruction of justice after man’s death in Edinburgh
Police Scotland officers were called to Westfield Road on Friday afternoon following concern for a man within a property. The 53-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Owners who do not microchip cats face £500 fines
All cats in England must be microchipped and registered on a database from Monday under new laws.
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The Scottish Parliament will suspend a former minister who claimed an £11,000 roaming bill on expenses
Standards committee says Michael Matheson should also lose salary for 54 days in most serious sanctions ever imposed on MSP
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Baby girl dies after being hit by Land Rover in church car park in Aberdeenshire
Police Scotland said the girl was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary following the collision on Wednesday evening, but was pronounced dead a short time later.
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Scottish Water investigates chemical waste reports
Scottish Water has launched an investigation into the potential dumping of chemical waste by tankers in Aberdeenshire.
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Residents astounded as luxury £288 million superyacht Kismet docks at Scottish harbor
The £288m megayacht named ’Kismet’ arrived in Troon, Scotland, on its maiden voyage after being constructed at German shipyard Lurssen.
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Kate Forbes appointed Scotland’s deputy first minister
Kate Forbes has returned to the Scottish government as deputy first minister.
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Swinney wins Holyrood vote to be Scotland’s first minister
John Swinney will become Scotland’s seventh first minister after being nominated by parliament.
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Man ‘chases police with chainsaw’ in major incident
A man was filmed reportedly chasing police down the street wielding a chainsaw in a shocking incident.
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Scottish government teeters on brink of collapse
The SNP has begun its search for Humza Yousaf’s successor – but the Scottish Government will still face a vote of no confidence in Holyrood.
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Humza Yousaf rumored to resign as SNP’s faith in embattled First Minister’s continuation wanes
A source close to the First Minister shed light on the current crisis
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According to a new white paper, an independent Scotland could have the freedom to determine its own drug laws
The Scottish Government’s latest independence paper says Scotland could take its own decisions on issues such as gambling and drug prohibition if it was to leave the UK.
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A transgender double rapist prisoner asserts to be a victim of a hate crime in a prison makeup dispute
Double rapist Isla Bryson, 32, from Clydebank, Scotland, says they have been ’misgendered’ by staff at HMP Edinburgh - the prison has apologised following the complaint
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Criminal cousins establish a £1 million "secret lab" and transport heroin and cocaine to Scotland
Stephen Earle pleaded guilty to drug offences after he was returned to the UK. His fellow gang members were previously jailed last year
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Peter Murrell police charge ’incredibly difficult’ - Nicola Sturgeon
Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has described allegations that her husband embezzled funds from the SNP as "incredibly difficult".
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Police Scotland reports that only 3.8% of complaints related to hate crimes have been verified as authentic thus far
Official data for first week shows 7,152 reports received though nearly half of those were made on 1 April
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Met Office issues warning for tonight as drivers rescued from cars & river bursts banks amid flooding chaos
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for tonight as drivers had to be rescued from cars amid flooding chaos.
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Neo-Nazis flood police with complaints under recently enacted hate crime law in Scotland
First minister calls for end to vexatious reports after far-right agitators attempt to “overwhelm” official systems
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Scotland’s recent hate crime legislation inundated police with nearly 4,000 unsubstantiated reports within just 24 hours
The Scottish Conservative shadow justice secretary cautioned that soon the volume of complaints would surpass the number of actual crimes.
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British farmers want basic income to cope with post-Brexit struggles
Schemes to replace EU subsidies will not plug gap left by loss of EU subsidies for most farmers
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Multi-millionaire Rishi Sunak offers public financial advice in bizarre video
Rishi Sunak has offered financial advice to members of the public in a bizarre video posted on Twitter/X.
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PM backs JK Rowling’s views on new hate crime law
The prime minister has said people should not be criminalised "for stating simple facts on biology" in response to JK Rowling’s criticism of Scotland’s new hate crime law.