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World Porridge Making Championships 2025

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Data centres are an economic opportunity for Scotland, but are proving controversial with residents living close to the planned hyperscale developments (Picture: Yui Mok)

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To celebrate Toy Story 5 arriving in cinemas, ODEON is launching the 'Play Them Forward' toy collection campaign this weekend.

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The Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields are off the Scottish coast

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The Met Office says the northern lights could be visible from parts of the UK this week.

Where and when Northern Lights could be visible in UK this week

Katie Milligan is the new CEO of Openreach

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A view of historic houses in Bergen, Norway's second city, from the Scandic Neptun hotel.

Traditional Norway is waiting to be explored from this Bergen hotel

Bruce Mouat has led his Olympic curlers to the semi-finals.

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Pharos docked in Leith Harbour for maintenance this week. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Scots lighthouse ship Pharos is saviour of submariners too

The Met Office says the Northern Lights could be visible in Scotland this week.

When Northern Lights are forecast to be visible in Scotland this week

Brisk walking for an extra five minutes a day can help reduce a person's risk of death, a new study has found

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer poses with US President Donald Trump last October (Picture: Suzanne Plunkett//Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

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Almost all the new cars sold in Norway are fully electric (Picture: Sergei Gapon)

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The island of Fedje off the west coast of Norway, is a 90-minute drive from Bergen.

I stayed at this Norwegian island village with its own distillery

A view of Flam from the Ambassador Ambition

Cruising around Norway, the coast with the most

Keir Starmer has praised workers at Leonardo in Edinburgh

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An image of the Northern Lights in England in 2024 and a Met Office map showing where the Northern Lights could be visible in the UK on October 28 2025.

Where Northern Lights could be visible in the UK tonight

Torness Nuclear Power Station.

Ministers plan nuclear power in Scotland in anticipation of Labour win

Scottish civil servant Mark Crawford, with his wife Clair, is told he had become an instant millionaire from a £15 Omaze entry.

Moment Scottish civil servant told he had become instant millionaire

Among other reasons, the premature award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama makes it less likely that Donald Trump will win this year (Picture: Andrew Harnik)

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Bringing Norwegian adventure to Edinburgh

Julie's ship, Apex, moored in the beautiful Geirangerfjord

Celebrity Apex fjords cruise review: luxury, views and my verdict

Met Office map shows where in the UK Northern Lights could be visible tonight.

Map shows where in the UK Northern Lights could be visible tonight

The Northern Lights visible over Aberdeenshire, Scotland during the early hours of September 2.

Incredible time-lapse shows Northern Lights visible over Scotland

When Northern Lights may be visible as aurora sightings possible in UK.

When Northern Lights may be visible as aurora sightings possible in UK

Ewen Ferguson tees off on the 13th hole during day one of the Betfred British Masters hosted by Sir Nick Faldo at The Belfry in Sutton Coldfield

Ferguson still 'bothered' by Belgium and goes back to 'basics'

Drink drive limit is much lower across Europe

Drivers warned of stricter motoring laws abroad

Where you could see Northern lights tonight as Met Office forecasts enhanced auroral activity.

Watch: Met Office forecasts visible auroral activity - where and when

This 1891 Canstatt-Daimler is a car that looks a lot like a horse-drawn carriage that's missing its horses (Picture: National Motor Museum/Heritage Images)

How demise of hybrid cars in Norway shows UK is falling behind Ian Johnston

US President Donald Trump on the first tee during the official opening of the New Course, the second championship course at Trump International Golf Links, on the Menie Estate in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire

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Switzerland face a date with destiny in the Women's Euros on Thursday. Cr: Getty Images.

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Here is our complete guide to Group A at the Women's Euros 2025. Cr: Getty Images.

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Adrian Murphy and Jim Rowan on location at co-working space thebeyond.

Why Dyson's former CEO backs the creation of a Scottish sovereign wealth fund

Thor Stenhaug

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The aurora borealis, or northern lights, are visible in parts of Scotland and get more spectacular the further north you go.

Where northern lights could be visible tonight as red alert issued

Campaigners outside the Scottish Parliament.

Plans to overhaul prostitution laws in Scotland branded 'disastrous'

Undated handout photo of Astrid Larsen's son Andreas Moe Larsen and her father Leif Andreas Larsen

Daughter of 'Shetland bus' sailor to embark on trip to Scotland
Late seafarer’s daughter to travel on ‘Shetland Bus’ in recreation of Liberation Convoy

Hazel Gray

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Jim McGill with the Mazda CX-30

Armed police, avalanches and 40cm of snow - our 3750-mile Arctic drive

Clara Weale has created a new scent connected to James VI as a new exhibition about the monarch is launched. The scent has been name 'Prescence'. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

New scent that whiffs of a 'misunderstood' Scottish king created

I went on TUI’s new beginner skiing holiday package called ‘Slope Starters’. (Photo: Isabella Boneham)

I went on TUI's £1k skiing holiday - the best option for beginners

Northern Lights photographed in Longniddry, 12 miles east of Edinburgh.

Watch: Spectacular Northern Lights display lights up Scotland’s skies

The aurora borealis.

Map shows where in Scotland Northern Lights could be visible tonight

Met Office map shows where in Scotland Northern Lights could be visible tonight.

Map shows where in Scotland Northern Lights could be visible tonight

Met Office map shows where in Scotland Northern Lights could be visible tonight.

Map shows where in Scotland Northern Lights could be visible tonight

The String of Pearls jellyfish has been blamed for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of salmon

Jellyfish blamed for deaths of 200,000 Scottish salmon

New Brexit rules will soon come into force.

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The CalMac ferry to Rothesay, Isle of Bute (Picture: John Devlin)

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Skiing in the popular family resort of La Plagne in the French Alps

Brits yearning for white Christmas are jetting abroad

A handwritten manuscript shedding new light on Scottish history has been acquired by St Andrews University.

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A perfect catch: FishPal and Elveguiden have joined forces to net a combined service that will become the European market leader in this segment. Pictured are Head of FishPal Will Draper (L) and Elveguiden's founder Patrick Gimmestad Emblem (R).

FishPal pals with Elveguiden to create European fly-fishing market leader

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