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Kirkintilloch High School

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The new-build market in Scotland is booming and cannot keep up with demand (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

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The results in terms of pass rates for Highers by council area can be viewed with our interactive map

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A lone woman hurries on her way along streets that no longer feel safe for many (Picture: Chris Young/AFP via Getty Images)

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The five-bedroom detached villa dates back to 1912 and has only had four owners, the most recent being Janice and Tom Wallace, who have enjoyed raising their daughter and two sons there after buying the home in 2001.
“We fell in love with the location, just a five- minute walk from the train station, the village and the countryside,” Janice recalls.
“It was a well used family home that is full of character.”

Home with bar hits the market

Members of the public flock to Portobello Beach in Edinburgh during the summer. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Removing VAT on sunscreen could help save lives from skin cancer, SNP MP says

Leanne Maiden, 42, from Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire, who hopes to be the first South African woman to row across the Atlantic Ocean solo. Photo: World's Toughest Row/PA Wire

Amateur rower hopes to inspire sons by conquering solo Atlantic crossing

The GMB union had been due to take action this month. Photo: John Devlin

Scottish school strikes suspended amid talks with other unions

The newly engaged couple, Stephen McCann and Bridget Byrne.

Marriage proposal etched into Barra sand for plane landing

From which events are part of the 2023 Cycling World Championships to where to watch them on TV - we have everything you need to know. Image: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com

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Teenage Students In Uniform Sitting Examination In School Hall

Scottish towns 'underperform' in new school league tables

The scale of poverty and health inequalities is not inevitable (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Child poverty is getting worse, but it doesn't have to be like this

Supplies have been restored to around 100,000 properties left without water after a major pipe burst.

Water restored to 100,000 properties after pipe burst

Cold case investigators have released a new facial reconstruction image of a man whose body was found in woods more than 11 years ago in a bid to identify him.

Fresh bid to solve decade-old mystery of body found in woods

Scotland's rental market has seen a number of rises across the different regions.

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Mrs and Mr McVey with Willis and Sian Wilkie.

Dunbartonshire optometry firm acquires practice in Glasgow suburb

The M8 motorway may not be the highway to hell, but Scotland's busiest road just got a bit busier (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Stephen Jardine: Greenwashing is driving us further down highway to climate hell

The solar array at Balmore will be similar to this scheme at Erskine on the banks of the Clyde in Renfrewshire

Scottish Water looks to the horizon with solar power scheme

Darren McGhee is looking forward to teaching secondary school pupils about the skills required to become a roofer.

Roofing firm boss Darren McGhee hopes to help school pupils learn new skillls

A large-scale trial of green home heating is being carried out across three Scottish council areas to help the country slash climate emissions

Scottish trial will test out green technology for heating homes

Alan Cumming appears as schoolboy imposter Brian MacKinnon in the new drama-documentary My Old School by Jono McLeod. Picture: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan.

Alan Cumming to play ‘Scotland’s most notorious imposter’ in new film

Bishopbriggs Village Nursery is a one-of-a-kind village nursery has moved to a new base in East Dunbartonshire

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Bishopbriggs Academy has been named Scottish State School of the Decade

Top performing schools in Scotland revealed

Jim Lawrie with three generations of his family

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As cases continue to rise here are the 10 Scottish areas with the highest covid rates including East Dunbartonshire, Inverclyde and Glasgow

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Care firm managing director Lynn Laughland highlights the appeal of working in the sector. Picture: contributed.

Care at home firm looks to take on 100 staff

The two were found dead in a property on Station Road, Milngavie (Photo: Google Maps).

Two people found dead in Milngavie property

The G8 Summit, Make Poverty History march in Edinburgh in July 2005. Picture: Ian Rutherford

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Frank Cooke, 71, was one of the first care home residents to receive the vaccination

Greater Glasgow and Clyde offer all eligible care home vaccinations

Emily Lawson, 101, being vaccinated against Covid-19.

Scot born during Spanish flu pandemic gets Covid jag

Jennifer Bell, 28, with daughters Georgia, eight, and Kacey, one.

Single mum who battled MND died on Christmas Eve, aged 29

The replica Eastermains stone. It is one of five distance slabs carved by the Romans who occupied Scotland from around 142AD to be recreated and placed along the line of the Antonine Wall. PIC: Contributed.

Revived Roman treasures to mark the soldiers who occupied Scotland

MP Amy Callaghan has said she will treat the scars from her surgeries as “marks of courage and strength”. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Amy Callaghan MP says her surgery scars are ‘marks of courage and strength’

Samaritans Scotland has said spending Christmas without loved ones is one of the biggest concerns among callers to its helpline.

Samaritans Scotland say callers are concerned about spending Christmas alone

Mavisbank Care Home, Bishopbriggs.

13 residents die due to coronavirus outbreak in Bishopbriggs care home

Marion Ritchie and her husband David

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I remember my last day at work. I’d clearly been quite stressed that morning, as halfway through my leaving presentation I realised my blouse was on inside out.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon leaves after making a statement to the Scottish Parliament. Photo by Russell Cheyne/Getty Images

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Many may face a lonely Christmas if numbers do not come down, according to Professor Bauld

Coronavirus numbers 'not dropping fast enough to allow Christmas meetings'

The US presidential election takes place on Tuesday

New polling reveals which way Scotland would vote in Biden v Trump

The surrounding area boasts some breath-taking scenery

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Amy Callaghan was discharged from hospital today. (Image: Twitter/Amy Callaghan)

SNP MP Amy Callaghan discharged from hospital

Official figures have been released highlighting life expectancy in Scotland.

Scotland's life expectancy lowest in Western Europe

Councils have the authority to impose local lockdown restrictions in an effort to control the virus (Photo: ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Scotland local lockdown rules explained

Members of the public walk past graffiti in Glasgow. East Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire have joined Glasgow city, West Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire, with people banned from visiting other households. Picture: Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Lockdown extended in Scotland’s west as Sturgeon puts more openings on hold

An aerial image of Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire. Pic: TreasureGalore/Shutterstock

Covid-19 restrictions expanded in west of Scotland

SNP MP Amy Callaghan. Pic: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

MP 'making good progress' after haemorrhage

Former Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson is to take up a role as a visiting professor at a leading business school

Former Lib-Dem leader Jo Swinson takes on role at business school

SNP MP for East Dunbartonshire Amy Callaghan, 28, was found collapsed at home last week after suffering a brain haemorrhage

Scottish MP Amy Callaghan "stable" after emergency surgery for brain haemorrhage

Christine Jardine won't stand to be UK Lib Dem leader

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Former Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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