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A spokesperson for the Scottish rock band confirmed the Canadian died on Tuesday night - Credit: Getty

Runrig lead singer Bruce Guthro dead at 62

Bonnyrigg author Catriona Child. Photo: Callum Moffat

Bonnyrigg novelist tells her story at Edinburgh Book Festival

CJ Egan-Riley is penalised for fouling Todd Cantwell in the lead-up to Rangers' opening goal in their 3-1 victory over Hibs

Hibs boss in 'dark arts' plea

Joanna Cherry MP has accepted The Stand comedy club's apology for cancelling the Edinburgh Fringe show she was due to be in over her views on gender self-identification.

Cherry show will go on after all as The Stand apologises

JK Rowling has backed Joanna Cherry after her Edinburgh Fringe show at the Stand Comedy Club was cancelled thanks to a staff boycott.

MP says she was 'cancelled' by Edinburgh venue over gender views

Scott McTominay celebrates making it 1-0 to Scotland during the European Championships qualifier against Spain. Picture: SNS

Ex-Hibs star Ryan Porteous hails 'special night'

Former Hibs star Marvin Bartley is now the assistant manager at Livingston. Picture: SNS

Former Hibs star accuses fellow BBC pundit 'bullying'

Lee Johnson has called for Ryan Porteous to receive more treatment - and criticised those fuelling the negativity around the player

Johnson criticises Levein over Porteous comments

White Heather Club

We check out Bonnie & Wild's first White Heather Club ceilidh

Scotland’s Eilish McColgan celebrates with her mother Liz McColgan after winning the Women's 10,000m Final at Alexander Stadium on day six of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Picture date: Wednesday August 3, 2022.

Liz McColgan: My daughter’s success is 100 times better than my own

Union bosses previously warned that uncollected waste would be 'left to pile' in the streets if council workers take strike action

Higher pay offer needed to halt strikes by Scottish council workers

British Transport Police officers with alcohol seized from rail passengers in the west of Scotland
Pic: BTP

ScotRail bosses to ‘hear what passengers think’ about alcohol ban on trains

Sir Ian McKellen will be playing Hamlet in a new production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe next month. Picture: Devin de Vil

Sir Ian McKellen launches quest over Fringe venue's ‘iconic’ clock tower

Transport and travel may be severely disrupted by record high temperatures, officials have warned: Picture: PA

Train speed restrictions in place as Scotland braced for heatwave

Passengers at Euston station in London, as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union begin their nationwide strike

Ministers will change law to allow agency workers to minimise strikes

The sobering fact is that many families in Scotland are now struggling to feed their children, writes Hayley Matthews. PIC: Shutterstock

Give less money to the wealthy and more food to the hungry - Hayley Matthews
I was joining in on a Friday discussion for BBC Radio Scotland on the current food price issue. We're a family of four made up of two hungry boys who have endless appetites. I reckon I go through about 25 yoghurts a week!

ScotRail passengers have had to cope with cancelled services.

ScotRail pay row: Talks with drivers' union to resume

Passengers at Glasgow Central station. Picture: John Devlin

Temporary ScotRail timetable may stay in place for ten days if pay deal accepted

ScotRail's reduced timetable has been hit by further cancellations due to staffing issues.

ScotRail hit by further cancellations despite promise of 'more certainty'

Swimming pools can initially seem daunting to young children (Picture: Ian Waldie/Getty Images)

Pandemic kids have missed out on learning important life skill – Hayley Matthews

Dr Lailah Peel said she and her colleagues were 'trying as much as much as we can'

Life is ‘really scary’ in Scotland’s A&E departments, reveals junior doctor

Former Hearts manager Craig Levein at Ibrox.

Rangers' illegal quest to sign Levein from Hearts

The number of people in hospital has also risen steadily in the past month, from 868 on February 12 to 1,267 on Friday.

Jason Leitch ‘not panicking’ over rising Covid case numbers

A view of Kyiv during a curfew in the early morning on February 28, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Explosions and gunfire were reported around Kyiv on the second night of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has killed scores and prompted widespread condemnation from U.S. and European leaders. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)

Ukrainian MP who has taken up arms amid conflict vows to defend country

Coronavirus vaccines have saved the lives of almost 30,000 Scots, a senior Government adviser said as he urged parents to get their children vaccinated.

Expert urges parents to get children jabbed

Jason Leitch says there is cause for optimism

Jason Leitch: Omicron wave is ending but pandemic is ‘not close’ to being over

Humza Yousaf has conceded Scotland has not seen the last Covid variant. Picture: PA

Omicron won't be the last Covid variant, admits Humza Yousaf
Health secretary Humza Yousaf has issued a warning, conceding Omicron will almost certainly not be the final Covid variant to emerge.

Many people will be turning down the temperature on their central heating as energy prices rise (Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)

Energy price rises are starting to get out of hand – Hayley Matthews

Ministers ‘looking carefully’ at allowing more workers back to office

Presents, wrapped inside biodegradable brown paper and cloth ribbon, can also be sustainable (Picture: Nick Ansell/PA Wire)

Reused or recycled gifts are not just for hippies and geeks – Hayley Matthews

People queue outside the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) for the NHS Scotland vaccination centre Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire.

Warning of ‘substantial wave of Covid hospitalisations’ in early 2022

Covid Scotland: 'Scotland knows what a party is' says Jason Leitch as Scotland awaits news on whether Christmas parties should be cancelled

'Scotland knows what a party is' says Jason Leitch ahead of Covid briefing

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf said people should make Christmas as safe as possible

Humza Yousaf: Go ahead with Christmas festivities but ‘make them safer’

Giving all adults in Scotland a Covid booster jag by the end of January is “hopefully achievable” but will not be easy, a public health expert has warned.

Boosters for all adults by the end of January won’t be easy, expert warns

Plastic pollution is a growing global problem but microplastics are so small they can be inhaled into the lungs (Picture: Medhi Fedouach/AFP via Getty Images)

Micro-plastic pollution is more of a risk than I thought – Hayley Matthews

COP26: Young protesters have given up school due to climate urgency, says activist

Young protesters have given up school due to climate urgency, says activist

Lizzie Reid

Live In Leith returns to shine spotlight on more stars of the the future

Independence referendum prediction: Jeremy Corbyn

Corbyn predicts second independence referendum will be held ‘in a few years’

Debate night with Stephen Jardine will be broadcasting in Edinburgh City Centre on Wednesday September 29 at 10.30pm (Photo: BBC).

BBC Debate Night returns to Edinburgh

Face coverings have been compulsory on Scottish public transport since June last year. Picture: John Devlin

ScotRail 'not expecting staff to enforce' mask wearing

Deputy First Minister John Swinney at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh. Picture date: Wednesday June 23, 2021.

Face masks for clubbers could be 'tricky' says John Swinney

A patient receiving a coronavirus vaccine.

Jason Leitch says vaccine rollout is 'slowing' as younger age groups reached

Scotland fans in Leicester Square, London, ahead of the UEFA Euro 2020 Group D match between England and Scotland last month picture: Kirsty O'Connor

Spike in cases 'very clearly' linked to Scotland fans, health expert says

Scotland's national clinical director Jason Leitch.

Scots could get flu jag and Covid vaccine on same day, says Professor Leitch

BELGRADE, SERBIA - NOVEMBER 12: Scott McTominay of Scotland and Declan Gallagher of Scotland celebrate after the UEFA EURO 2020 Play-Off Final between Serbia and Scotland at Rajko Mitic Stadium on November 12, 2020

UEFA Euro 2020: How to watch Scotland v Czech Republic today?

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have named their daughter Lilibet Diana. PIC: PA/Andrew Milligan.

There's always beauty in a name - Hayley Matthews

Furlough scheme could be extended past end date, Michael Gove suggests

The Prime Minister is set to unveil the results of the Government's year long Integrated Review (Photo: Hannah McKay - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

The UK is reshaping its foreign policy - including an increase in nuclear weapon...

Scott Allan is focused on getting back to the player he knows he can be - or better

Allan feeling better than ever as he reveals chat with Ajax ace

The TRNSMT festival is due to be staged on Glasgow Green in July. Picture: Gaelle Beri

TRNSMT organisers want Scotland to have similar rules for festivals as England

Edinburgh-based crime writer Ian Rankin outside the Oxford Bar.

Ian Rankin vents anger over vaccination programme

The Isle of Skye, a popular place for staycations when they were permitted in the summer last year picture: McKinlay Kidd/PA

Staycations could go ahead in Scotland this summer if virus 'under control'

Leeann Dempster was appointed chief executive of Queen's Park earlier this month

Ex-Hibs chief Dempster sets record straight on Rangers claim

The Tweeddale Millennium Fishery near Gifford in East Lothian looking flat calm.

Six hours of free fishing offered to NHS workers

Professor Jason Leitch.

Jason Leitch urges patience over vaccine appointments