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WHEN Nicola Benedetti voices concern over the spiralling educational dilemma facing young instrumentalists in Scotland today, she knows it will make headlines. She knows she will be listened to by the movers and shakers. She also knows that she will be repeatedly frustrated by the subsequent lack of meaningful action. But what marks Benedetti out from many of the other vocal campaigners is her willingness to roll up her sleeves and do something tangible about it.

A devastated widower from Dalkeith has recalled his agony at learning an ambulance that passed him was responding to his jogger wife who was killed by a teen driver.

BBC Children in Need has awarded a grant worth £30,000 to Motherwell charity The Miracle Foundation.

Tesco has increased prices on more than 1,000 products in the past two weeks, including staples such as bananas, cheese, pasta and jam, new internal documents seen by PA show.

When Apollo 11 landed on the Moon on 20 July 1969, history was made. Fifty years later, it stands as arguably the greatest achievement of the 20th century and a testament to human endeavour and perseverance.

It's played at weddings, funerals and football matches.

TAXPAYERS have been left with a near £500,000 policing bill from a week-long climate protest at Holyrood last month.

Bo’ness actor Gary Wales has returned from a month in Oklahoma shooting an action/thriller movie, which he hopes will help him fulfil his Hollywood dreams.

Andrea Camilleri, author. Born: 6 September, 1925, in Porto Empedocle, Italy. Died: 17 July, 2019, in Borgo, Italy.

It is 50 years this month since Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon. The release of rare footage in the much-acclaimed film Apollo 11 and the just released Armstrong, following on from last year’s movie First Man, reminds us just how extraordinary the achievement was.

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.

Multi-award winning DJ and producer Mark Ronson will headline Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations, it has been announced.

Drug deaths across the Lothians increased by 11 per cent in 2018, accounting for 152 deaths compared to 137 in 2017, according to National Records of Scotland figures.

Robbie Williams superfan Lesley Park couldn’t believe her luck when her idol invited her to join him on stage during a recent concert.