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Jaxon Lambert was born at Victoria Hospital on May 18, 2019 at 9am, weighing 7lbs 4oz

Its earliest origins in Scotland have been shrouded in mystery though peasants, monks and alchemists had all discovered how to transform grain into a potent golden liquid which could be drunk for pleasure, healing or preparing gunpowder for use in battle.

Plans for over-75s who face having to pay for their TV licences for the first time to be visited by “outreach” workers have been condemned as “traumatic” for older people.

Tom Cruise has debuted the first trailer for Top Gun: Maverick.

Estate agents expect world-wide interest in the sale of a Scottish island redolent with tales of secretive smugglers and violent Vikings.

Exercise is important for everyone, not just people who are over-weight, writes Harry Burns.

It is the historic capital of Orkney, a safe haven for seafarers that once harboured Vikings but has since reinvented itself as a leading hub for cruise ships.

This summer’s feel-good film, apparently, is ­Yesterday, a concept based on a world where no one remembers the Beatles and their songs.

More than four million visitors come to Edinburgh each year to sample its unique heritage combined with its world class culture.

A Faberge egg made in honour of Celtic legend Jimmy “Jinky” Johnstone is expected to sell for up to £15,000 at auction tomorrow.

From monitoring crops in South America to helping to preventing deforestation in Asia, space technology is a  major export success story for Scotland.

An app that uses AI to show users what they might look like when they are old and grey has gone viral, with thousands of people uploading images to social media.

Picture the scene: you’ve just been on a lovely walk one summer’s evening in the local woods and a field with the family dog, you’ve worn shorts and a t-shirt and have enjoyed one of those warm sunny spells that we sometimes get in between the relentless wind and rain. You go home and put your feet up with a cuppa, perhaps put the tv on before heading up to bed for the night.

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago – and this time he had the spotlight all to himself.