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An historic bowling club which dates back to the 19th century has vowed not to hold birthday parties for anyone under the age of 40 in its new clubhouse.

Electric trains are now running on all five routes between Edinburgh and Glasgow with the launch of electric services on the line via Shotts today.

The number of offences involving a firearm is at its lowest level for almost 40 years, according to official statistics.

A maritime museum is to stop calling ships and boats ‘she’ - to make them gender neutral.

A leading criminologist has warned that a spate of attempts to poison dogs in Glasgow parks and hiding nails in dog biscuits could be the work of a psychopath.

Passengers will board the first new overnight Scotland-London trains for nearly 40 years on Sunday, Caledonian Sleeper will announce today.

Theresa May could face an unprecedented vote of confidence in her leadership after 70 local association chiefs reportedly signed a petition supporting one.

A probe into the breast cancer chemotherapy scandal at NHS Tayside will reportedly centre on the conduct of two consultants.

Older women are being exploited by IVF clinics “trading on hope” despite just two a year achieving success after the age of 44, the fertility watchdog has warned.

The lawyer who represented Kezia Dugdale in her legal battle with the blogger Wings over Scotland has said the case would have been thrown out of court under proposed changes to defamation law.

Developers have unveiled ambitious final plans for a controversial £30 million tourism hub at the foot of Loch Lomond that would see the creation of a “world-class family holiday village”.

Violinist Nicola Benedetti, singer-songwriter Karine Polwart, musician and composer Donald Shaw and comedian Fred MacAulay have joined forces to back the creation of the first new concert hall in Edinburgh for a century ahead of a crunch decision by councillors this week.

Scotland basked in its warmest ever Easter Monday weather - with a village in the Highlands claiming the new record.

Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been given an overwhelming directive to produce change after collecting more than 70 per cent of the votes in the Ukrainian election.

British mother Anita Nicholson and her two children have been confirmed dead in the wave of terror attacks that hit Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.

The family of a British aid worker killed after gunmen stormed a Nigerian holiday resort has said her bravery “took her to places others feared”.

The deaths of two men in two separate incidents in Glasgow are being probed by police.

An alternative atlas of Scotland is set to see some of its most famous landmarks, monuments, attractions and addresses renamed after notable women.