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Drivers with parking fines offered free tickets for Fringe musical

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North Berwick residents have blasted the new parking rules that will come into effect next month.

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Parking meters and signs have been vandalised in North Berwick.

Vandals who targeted new parking meters cause £40,000 of damage

Here are all of the roads which will be closed for Spectra Aberdeen 2026.

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Shoppers outside of St James Quarter in Edinburgh.

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Princes Street Gardens Christmas market in Edinburgh after all outdoor events including the street party and fireworks display planned for Hogmanay were cancelled due to bad weather last year.

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Oasis will be playing their last show at Murrayfield this evening.

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Fans queueing for Oasis at Murrayfield on Friday.

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A performer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

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Car owners admit they treat their motor 'like a baby'

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A West Lothian Council spokesperson said:"We would like to offer our sincere apologies to anyone potentially affected by this criminal cyberattack"

Council hit by major cyber attack as warning issued over data theft

New visuals of £35m George Street revamp revealed

Heritage chiefs are considering the introduction of an entry fee at Calanais Standing Stones for the first time. PIC: Getty/Andy Buchanan.

Standing stones at risk of 'commercialisation' as entry fee considered

Aircraft taking off into the sunset at Edinburgh Airport

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Shore Road, Belhaven, in East Lothian

Overnight campervan parking bays removed after resident fury

Glasgow City Council is to introduce a dozen new controlled parking zones across the city.

Major Scots council to increase controlled parking zones by 50%

Friends travel through Europe in a Corsa.

Friends save £4k by making back of Corsa into bed to travel Europe

A9 dualling: New rest areas with electric vehicle charging planned

Edinburgh announces how many £100 fines issued for pavement parking

People struggle to pass cars parked on a narrow street pavement

Glasgow announces when it will start enforcing pavement parking ban

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Deadpool and Wolverine voted number one most popular film of 2024

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Cars parked on the pavement on Regent Street in Portobello. Only eight of Scotland’s 32 local authorities have started enforcement, with one of them being Edinburgh. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

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Texas are set to headline Belladrum 2025.

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The company behind marketing the NC500 has introduced a new rulebook to encourage visitors to travel more responsibly in the Highlands

New rulebook launched for NC500 in bid to 'preserve' beauty

A scene of the traffic queues in Fort William. Picture: Lochaber Chamber of Commerce

Watch: The scenic Highlands region crippled by one-hour delays

A poll of 2,000 motorists found a whopping 86 per cent have been in control of a vehicle while tired at some point

Millions of drivers admit getting behind the wheel when tired

Exclusive Edinburgh Airport passengers face parking prices lottery due to AI

THe NC500: The touring route across the Highland has helped fuel a surge in motorhome use across the area. Picture taken in July 2020 near Ullapool.

North Coast 500 boss says Highlands 'caught out' by motorhome surge

Glasgow from above

Anger as Scottish housing estate used as 'free car park' to avoid LEZ

Jet2 passenger jets parked up on the runway at Leeds Bradford Airport.

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Shania Twain performs on the Pyramid stage during day five of Glastonbury Festival.

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Grayson Calvert, five, with Doorpark Hamish, the miniature Shetland pony at the Royal Highland Show. Picture: John Devlin

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Taylor Swift will play three nights at Murrayfield.

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Shocking footage from a bodycam captured the moment a raging van driver threw a traffic warden to the ground after he ticketed his illegally parked van. Picture: Coventry City Council / SWNS

Watch: Raging van driver attacks traffic warden

The newly-opened Sandman Signature Glasgow Hotel in West George Street, Glasgow. Pic: Contributed

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A woman and her friend flew to Northern Ireland for a day trip - and it cost less than a train ticket to London. Rebecca Kellett, 37, surprised her pal Lauren Priest, 31, with the overseas trip, which included a picnic and a visit to the filming locations of “Game of Thrones.”

Woman plans overseas daytrip for £61 - here’s how she did it

Travelling to Fort William for the Downhill World Championship? Image: Ewan Harvey/2023 UCI Cycling World Championships

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Two of the UK’s airports have been ranked in the top five for most expensive parking rates in the world. (Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

UK airports ranked for having world’s most expensive parking rates

Jeremy Clarkson has won his battle with West Oxfordshire District council as permission to provide more parking at his Diddly Squat farm has been granted.

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Meet the woman whose van lifestyle has allowed her to save more than £22k - and live in one of Britain’s poshest areas rent-free.

Van-dweller saves £22,000 and lives in posh areas rent-free

A convertable BMW was washed out to see after parking on a beach in Cornwall

Convertible BMW gets washed out to sea after parking on the beach

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