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Peter Tobin leaves the High Court in Edinburgh.

Serial killer Peter Tobin dead at 76

Pallbearers from the Queen's Colour Squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF) carry the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard of Scotland, into a RAF C17 aircraft at Edinburgh Airport.

Applause for the Queen as she leaves Scotland for the final time

A child watching a broadcast of King Charles III first address to the nation as the new King

King Charles pays tribute to his 'darling Mama' in first address

Glasgow's waste workers clearing mountains of rubbish as they return to work following several days of industrial action.

Nicola Sturgeon council strike talks with unions end without a deal

Mikhail Gorbachev addresses a group of 150 business executives in San Francisco, Monday, June 5, 1990.

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91

Jerry Sadowitz

Jerry Sadowitz Fringe show cancelled by venue after audience complaints

Covid cases have risen again

Covid cases increase for the seventh week in a row in Scotland

Portobello Beach in Edinburgh was packed

Scotland braced for its hottest ever day

All over-50s will be offered boosters

Covid boosters for all over-50s amid soaring infections

There has been another increase in cases in Scotland

One in 16 Scots has Covid as infections jump in a week

A Met Office weather warning for extreme heat has been issued for Edinburgh and the Lothians. Photo: Chris Hepburn / Getty Images

Amber alert for extreme heat in Edinburgh as temperatures soar

ScotRail services are likely to be severely impacted by the action

ScotRail services set to be crippled as two further rail strikes announced

LNER is set to be hit

Cross-border trains to be hit in new rail strike

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks at a press conference at Bute House in Edinburgh to launch a second independence paper.

Next PM will shift further to the right, says Sturgeon

Services are being slashed due to the strike

Rail strike: Which ScotRail services are running during RMT action

The average cost of filling a typical family car with petrol could exceed £100

Biggest daily jump on petrol prices for 17 years

ScotRail has urged those heading to Hampden Park for the Scotland v Armenia game on Wednesday to consider their travel options

Scotland fans told last trains are before the end of the game
Scotland’s state owned railway has warned football fans they will have to leave the Scotland’s first Nations League fixture before the game ends if they want to get home by train.
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A woman cries and hugs a young girl while on the phone outside the Willie de Leon Civic Center where grief counseling will be offered in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022.
The attack in Uvalde, Texas -- a small community about an hour from the Mexican border -- is the latest in a spree of deadly shootings in America, where horror at the cycle of gun violence has failed to spur action to end it. (Photo by Allison dinner via Getty Images)

19 children and two adults killed in school shooting in Texas

BBC presenter Deborah James has told fans she doesn’t know “how long I’ve got left” (Photo: Deborah James / bowelbabe Instagram)

Cancer campaigner and podcast host Deborah James awarded damehood

Boris Becker, arrives alongside partner Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro, for sentencing at Southwark Crown Court

Boris Becker jailed for two and half years on bankruptcy charges

Boris Johnson has not yet received another partygate fine

Boris Johnson warned he will 'reap the whirlwind' of the No 10 lockdown parties

The boy was attacked in public toilets

Teenage boy sexually assaulted in public toilets on The Meadows

Undated handout file photo issued by the Metropolitan Police of Ali Harbi Ali

David Amess killer will never be freed after being given whole-life sentence

Ed Sheeran has won his high court battle

Ed Sheeran wins High Court copyright battle with Sami Switch over Shape Of You

June Brown died at her home in Surrey on Sunday evening with her family by her side.

Actress June Brown, who played Dot Cotton on EastEnders, dies at age of 95

Actor Will Smith (R) slaps US actor Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California

Will Smith hits Chris Rock on Oscars stage

Ukrainian orphans wait for a flight to the United Kingdom at Chopin airport, in Warsaw, Poland, on their way to the UK. Picture: AP

Ukrainian orphans 'cheered' as they arrived in UK en route to Scotland

People were making the most of the fine weather

In pictures: Sun-seekers at Portobello enjoy glorious spring weather
Crowds flocked to Portobello on Sunday as the Capital basked in sunshine.
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is set to be welcomed home by her husband and daughter

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on flight out of Iran as six-year nightmare ends

Members of a Territorial Defence unit prepare to deploy to various parts of the city on March 02, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

More than 100 people in Scotland 'sign up to fight' with army in Ukraine

Four key aides have quit - (clockwise from top left) Munira Mirza, Jack Doyle, Martin Reynolds and Dan Rosenfield

Boris Johnson hit by mass Downing Street resignations as four key aides quit

David Goodwillie in the stand at Stark's Park on Tuesday night. (Pic: Euan Cherry - SNS Group)

More than 5,000 sign our petition against David Goodwillie signing

The rules are changing from February 11

Covid travel tests axed in Scotland for fully-vaccinated

Vicky McClure as Lana Washington in Trigger Point, ITV's explosive drama about the battle to beat a bombing campaign in London.

Trigger Point on ITV: All you need to know about the explosive new drama

Members of the public continue with their Christmas Shopping in Glasgow city centre

New Covid rules come into force for Scottish businesses

Firefighters at the scene in Sutton, south London, where four children have died following a fire at a house.

Four children killed in house fire in south London

The alert level has been raised

UK Covid alert level raised following rapid increase in Omicron cases