Storm Floris batters Scotland with 90 mph winds, disrupts travel and festivals
Read full article: Storm Floris batters Scotland with 90 mph winds, disrupts travel and festivalsAuthorities in Scotland have canceled trains and closed parks as a rare summer storm brings destructive winds to northern Britain.
Oasis adds 3 shows to its 2025 tour as fans clamor for tickets to Gallagher brothers' reunion
Read full article: Oasis adds 3 shows to its 2025 tour as fans clamor for tickets to Gallagher brothers' reunionOasis has added three more dates to its reunion tour of Britain and Ireland, citing โunprecedented demandโ for tickets.
US fugitive accused of faking his death to avoid rape charges is extradited to Utah from Scotland
Read full article: US fugitive accused of faking his death to avoid rape charges is extradited to Utah from ScotlandA U.S. fugitive known as Nicholas Rossi, who is accused of faking his own death to avoid a rape charge in Utah has been extradited from Scotland.
Scottish court upholds UK decision to block Scotland's landmark gender-recognition bill
Read full article: Scottish court upholds UK decision to block Scotland's landmark gender-recognition billScotlandโs highest civil court has upheld the British governmentโs move to block a landmark gender-recognition law passed by the Scottish parliament.
Scottish authorities sign an extradition order for a US fugitive who is accused of faking his death
Read full article: Scottish authorities sign an extradition order for a US fugitive who is accused of faking his deathScottish authorities have signed an extradition order for an American fugitive accused of faking his own death to avoid a rape charge in Utah.
Scotland wants to decriminalize drugs. The UK government just says no
Read full article: Scotland wants to decriminalize drugs. The UK government just says noThe Scottish government has proposed decriminalizing possession of all drugs for personal use to tackle one of Europeโs highest overdose death rates.
UK police motorcyclist under criminal investigation over royal escort crash
Read full article: UK police motorcyclist under criminal investigation over royal escort crashA British police motorcyclist is facing a criminal investigation over the death of a woman who was struck in a collision with the officerโs vehicle, which was escorting Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh at the time.
Woman dies from injuries after being struck by police escort for UK royal
Read full article: Woman dies from injuries after being struck by police escort for UK royalThe Duchess of Edinburgh has expressed her condolences after the death of an 81-year-old woman who was hit by a motorcycle that was part of the U.K. royal's police escort.
This is what Queen Elizabethโs coronation looked like in 1953
Read full article: This is what Queen Elizabethโs coronation looked like in 1953There is a very special coronation happening very soon for King Charles, but until then, letโs look back at photos of what Queen Elizabethโs coronation looked like, all the way back in 1953, shall we?
Scotland's move to simplify gender change stirs strong views
Read full article: Scotland's move to simplify gender change stirs strong viewsA plan by Scotlandโs government to make it easier for people to change gender for legal purposes has sparked acrimonious debate both inside and outside of the Edinburgh parliament.
Teachers, lecturers join postal workers in UK strike action
Read full article: Teachers, lecturers join postal workers in UK strike actionMost schools in Scotland were closed Thursday as thousands of teachers walked off the job, joining scores of postal workers and university lecturers in industrial action to demand better pay and working conditions to cope with the countryโs cost-of-living crisis.
Queen hailed in Scotland as a 'constant in all our lives'
Read full article: Queen hailed in Scotland as a 'constant in all our lives'As Queen Elizabeth IIโs four children walked silently behind, a hearse carried her flag-draped coffin along a crowd-lined street in the Scottish capital to St. Giles' Cathedral.
Queen Elizabeth II's coffin takes long road through Scotland
Read full article: Queen Elizabeth II's coffin takes long road through ScotlandQueen Elizabeth IIโs flag-draped coffin has slowly processed through the Scottish countryside on a journey from her beloved Balmoral Castle to the Scottish capital of Edinburgh.
Queen to miss traditional royal garden party season
Read full article: Queen to miss traditional royal garden party seasonQueen Elizabeth II will miss the traditional royal garden party season, where she would normally meet with hundreds of people on the grounds of her residences in London and Edinburgh.
UK bans all ships with Russian links from British ports
Read full article: UK bans all ships with Russian links from British portsBritain has banned any ship with Russian connections from entering its ports as part of efforts to isolate President Vladimir Putinโs government because of its war in Ukraine.
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Queen Elizabeth reflects on 'deep' affection for Scotland
Read full article: Queen Elizabeth reflects on 'deep' affection for ScotlandQueen Elizabeth II has opened the sixth session of the Scottish Parliament, reflecting on the โdeep and abiding affectionโ she and her late husband shared for Scotland.
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UK to reunify national rail network under government control
Read full article: UK to reunify national rail network under government controlBritain plans to bring the national rail network back under government control, reversing one of the most controversial elements of the privatization drive carried out by the Conservative governments of the 1980s and โ90s.
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Scottish leader Sturgeon sorry for breaking COVID-19 rules
Read full article: Scottish leader Sturgeon sorry for breaking COVID-19 rulesScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon gives an update on COVID-19 restrictions, at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland, Tuesday Dec. 22, 2020. (Russell Cheyne/PA via AP)LONDON โ Scotlandโs leader, Nicola Sturgeon, has apologised for breaching coronavirus restrictions when she took off her face mask at a funeral wake. A photograph published in the Scottish Sun newspaper showed Sturgeon chatting to three women in a bar while standing at a distance but without wearing a mask. Under the Scottish governmentโs coronavirus rules, customers in restaurants and bars must wear a face covering except when seated at their table. โI was in the wrong, Iโm kicking myself, and Iโm sorry.โ
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England to have 3-tier lockdown system amid 'tipping point'
Read full article: England to have 3-tier lockdown system amid 'tipping point'Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on Monday expected to back a new three-tier local lockdown system, which could see pubs and restaurants in coronavirus hotspots in England being temporarily closed. In response to the virusโ resurgence, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce in Parliament on Monday a three-tier local lockdown system, formally known as "Local COVID Alert Levels," for England, his office said. Under the new system, the country will be placed into โmedium,โ โhighโ and โvery highโ alert levels. The new lockdown system, which is intended to simplify the process by which local restrictions are imposed, has been widely anticipated for a couple of weeks following a sharp increase in new cases. Englandโs deputy chief medical officer, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, warned that the U.K. is at a โtipping point" akin to where the country was in March.

Heat camera at tourist attraction spots woman's breast cancer
Read full article: Heat camera at tourist attraction spots woman's breast cancerThe Camera Obscura and Wold of Illusion attraction in Edinburgh is a popular stop for tourists. (CNN) - A trip to a tourist attraction in Scotland turned out to be a life-changing moment for one woman after a thermal camera detected she had breast cancer. Dr. Tracey Gillies, medical director at NHS Lothian, said her teams use digital mammography to detect breast cancer. "Thermography devices are not sensitive or specific enough to be a trusted method to detect breast cancer -- in Ms Gill's case the discovery was serendipitous." October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month -- an international campaign aimed at increasing awareness of the second most common cancer in women.

Collection of paintings by famed chimp to go on sale for $250,000
Read full article: Collection of paintings by famed chimp to go on sale for $250,000(CNN) - Fifty-five paintings by a chimpanzee -- whose works have been acquired by the likes of Pablo Picasso, Joan Mir and the Duke of Edinburgh -- will go on sale at a London gallery in December, collectively priced at around 200,000 ($247,000). Desmond Morris, the famed ethologist and painter who owns the collection, has decided to sell them at the Mayor Gallery in London. Over a three-year period, the chimp completed 400 paintings in an abstract expressionist style. James Mayor, director of the Mayor Gallery, told CNN that many of Congo's paintings are "actually very good." "He was a fascinating painter," Mayor said.

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