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Scotland BBC

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:42:33 GMT
Swinney promises £500m childcare boost and more GP walk-in clinics
The first minister told his party's spring conference he will extend childcare if re-elected in May.

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 08:22:34 GMT
It was once part of Scotland's landscape - now it's been sold for £26m
King and Queen by Henry Moore used to overlook a reservoir as part of a sculpture park near Dumfries.

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 08:40:30 GMT
Scotland's papers: Childcare overhaul and 'failure' over sex offender loophole
John Swinney's pre-election gambit and claims of a "cover up" over drugs and alcohol monitoring of sex offenders make the front pages.

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:21:56 GMT
Motorcyclist killed in three-vehicle crash in South Ayrshire
The collision happened shortly after 18:30 on Friday on the B7024 Alloway to Maybole road.

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 20:30:03 GMT
'Shot at history passes Scotland by amid Irish ferocity'
BBC Sport Scotland's chief sportswriter Tom English picks through Scotland's failed bid to clinch the Six Nations with defeat in Ireland again.

Scotland Herald

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000
The flames have been doused in Glasgow but questions linger like smoke in the air
The emergency incident may be over, but there are still questions to be answered about exactly what happened in the Glasgow Union Street fire which has shut Central Station

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000
UK data centre job claims slammed as ‘ludicrously inflated’ amid AI expansion
Charity report claims UK Government job projections for hyperscale data centres are hugely inflated, warning they deliver far fewer long-term jobs.

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:30:00 +0000
How a group of Highland farmers found themselves at war with a Russian billionaire
Farmers in the Highlands are in a battle with a Russian billionaire over the proposed sale of a 9,000-hectare estate on the River Spey

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:15:00 +0000
Over a barrel: Trump’s Iran war now has 'mission creep' written all over it
The Strait of Hormuz and Kharg Island are the ground zero in this battle of wills, and their economic shockwaves will determine the war’s outcome, writes Foreign Editor David Pratt

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:15:00 +0000
The Skids left Scotland's toilet circuit to leave their mark on the pop charts
PUNK, post-punk, all bands hate being labelled, believing themselves different. This is admirable. Proud. All the same, facts are phenomena that decline to ding.

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