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Games Talks Live Scotland will be headlined by a keynote speech from Dr Dan Pinchbeck, the co-founder of Still Wakes The Deep developer The Chinese Room.

Speaker lineup for series of Scottish games industry talks announced

The fallen Aberlemno III stone surrounded by its protective box

The Picts: Call for 'full and open' investigation into toppled stone

HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship during the Battle of Trafalgar, is now in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard home

National Lottery Open Week is back and it's bigger than ever

Grant, Heather and their baby

The shipping container restaurant opening by North Coast 500 beach

Two men charged over alleged sexual assault in Scottish town

Two men charged over alleged sexual assault in Scottish town

Tom Cooper, of Glengarry Community Development Trust, with the cabins set in the woods.

'Cabin fever' as Highland community opens up holiday huts in the woods

Sarah Frame, owner of The Book Nook in Stewarton, East Ayrshire, which has been named Scotland's Independent Bookshop of the Year just months after she got married in the shop.

Perfect ending as indy bookseller of year marries author in her shop

Ayrshire assault: Police Scotland launch investigation as two teenagers and a man found with serious injuries

Two teenagers and a man found with serious injuries

Communities on the west coast of Scotland have united to take over the running of a 34-turbine wind farm in Argyll from an energy giant. PIC: Andy Buchanan.

Communities unite to take over Scottish windfarm from energy giant

Warblaw Hill in the distance adjoining the town of Langholm

Row over Sitka forest in Scottish community prolonged over fresh delay

Detectives bid to identify motive after death of 15-year-old boy

Dr James Naismith, the Canadian-born inventor of basketball, who is being reclaimed as Scottish.

The inventor of basketball who is being reclaimed as Scottish

Dalmuir Municipal Golf Course in Clydebank is set to close after a decision on Wednesday by West Dunbartonshire Council

Dalmuir loses council funding but Hollandbush model offers fresh hope

The seats from the theatre's auditorium have been kept.

Look inside 'intimate' theatre preparing to reopen after seven years

Adrien Brody, from left, Mikey Madison, Zoe Saldana and Kieran Culkin took home some of the big Oscars on the night

The full list of Oscar 2025 winners, as Anora and Mikey Madison shine

Ad Feature Your money now could alter Midlothian’s mental health for the future

View from the Aigas Community Forest over Aigas Loch, near Beauly. The peace of the woodland is due to be rocked by construction traffic linked to the SSEN upgrade of a powerline between Beauly and the coast near Wick.

Community-owned forest under threat from super pylon construction

Fort William, despite often being talked down, appears to be going through a revival

How Highland town once voted worst place to visit is seeing 'revival'

Hugo relaxes in one of his favourite spots in Edinburgh's West End. Soon, there will a statue to forever remember him in the neighbourhood where he made many friends. PIC: Contributed.

Hugo the charismatic West End cat to be remembered with statue

'Exceptional circumstances' with CalMac's fleet trigger route changes

Emily and Rachel outside Kitchen Table

The team behind pioneering Scottish bakery share their secrets

Entrance to Stobo Hope site where planting was taking place but has since been paused due to ongoing court proceedings

Controversial Sitka plantation plans to undergo new impact assessment

Glencanisp Lodge near Lochinver sits on the track leading to Suilven Mountain. The property will soon re-open as a boutique hotel.

Highland community brings boutique hotel to NC500 beauty spot

Red, the hen harrier who fledged from Tarras Valley Nature Reserve last year

Raptor disappears under 'suspicious circumstances'

Ad Feature New apartments: Edinburgh’s first private homes for net zero living

Dalmuir Municipal Golf Course is under threat again from West Dunbartonshire Council

Scottish golf course spared from closure a year ago under threat again

Manhunt after sexual assault and robbery on public footpath

Manhunt after sexual assault and robbery on public footpath

Lismore in the Inner Hebrides has a population of 170. PIC: geograph.org/Stephen Branley.

Tiny Scottish island school seeks head teacher on £64k salary

Marie Curie Scotland has said there must be more ‘equitable and accessible’ care. Picture: Getty Images

Exclusive Too many Scots dying in hospital, leading hospice provider warns

The Isle of Canna in the Inner Hebrides is looking for a worker this summer. PIC: NTS

Tiny Scottish island seeks 'community assistant' for the summer

Allan, Coursington and Draffen Towers will be demolished in a controlled explosion

High rise tower blocks to be destroyed in controlled explosion

Kirkintilloch Canal Festival

Push to revive hugely-popular festival after axe falls

Analysis I cycled this scary road that campaigners insist must be bypassed

The historic house 'smashed to smithereens' over safety concerns

The Eastgate Theatre, Peebles.

Scottish theatre hit by 'devastating' funding cut launches campaign

Glen Sannox to be pulled from service for maintenance as date revealed

We have beer to thank for modern agriculture, the Pyramids and America, says Vladimir McTavish

Hugely-popular 135-year-old Scottish pub to close down

Four fire appliances were sent to the blaze

Man dies after blaze erupts in three-storey building on high street

National Park bosses hope 'shared larder' will boost deer cull

Plan for 'community deer larder' to encourage deer culls

Veterans can have their independence and continue living comfortably in their own homes

Ad Feature UK veterans can claim 'discount' for more affordable mobility care

Greg and Jules in the sauna

The stunning new Fife sauna that was opened by Wild Swim stars

Caledonian Trust has appointed Scarlett Land and Development to market 151 London Road (St Margaret’s House) in Edinburgh.

Famous offices transformed into hundreds of student flats hits market
“This development presents a significant opportunity to help address the city’s housing challenges and support the long-term regeneration of the region” - Micha...

The whale entangled in rope off Skye before rescuers managed to free it

Rescuers manage to free humpback whale caught in rope off Skye

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Guizer Jarl Calum Grains leads the Jarl Squad through Lerwick on the Shetland Isles during the Up Helly Aa festival. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Up Helly Aa: Woman takes on Guizer Jarl role on island for first time

Gen Z is increasingly turning to the divine to help them cope with an ever-complex world

Young people are bigger believers in God than their elders, study

King Charles III talking to members of the public during his visit the Jewish Community Centre (JCC) Krakow. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

'Never be a bystander': King Charles meets with Holocaust survivors

Dorothy Pritchard, chair of Melness Crofters Estate. PIC: John Devlin.

Crofters 'very deflated' as rocket firm vows no launches until 2028

The Inverclyde Islamic Centre, Greenock, where a youth was apprehended

Second boy, 16, arrested under Terrorism Act after incident at mosque

Gary Oldman in Slow Horses

Slow Horses creator wins crime award for ‘reinventing spy thrillers’

A family enjoying a Hebridean Farm Hike at The Fauld

The movement behind changing tourism in the Highlands and Islands

Police have released the mugshot of Axel Rudakubana, the 18-year-old responsible for the brutal murder of three young girls in Southport last year.

Who is Axel Rudakubana, the teenager guilty of Southport murders

Claire Halliday has been missing for a week

'We're really worried': Woman missing on island for a week

Highland estate in Cairngorms National Park taken over by Oxygen Conservation

Firm buys historic 15,000-acre Highlands estate to 'rewild'

Tropical rainforest mural

Community unites to brighten care home with vibrant mural

The long-delayed Glen Sannox ferry is finally ready but a harbour it was supposed to use is not (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Fiasco-struck Glen Sannox finally ready to enter service despite snags

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries