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The Viaplay Cup group-stage draw has been made for the start of the 2023-24 season. (Photo by Ross MacDonald / SNS Group)

Viaplay Cup draw: Fife derby among highlights as 7 Premiership clubs learn fate

Lindores Distillery still

Lindores Bear Burning 2023: We experience this modern ritual

Reece Rodger was reported missing two months ago

Reece Rodger: police searching for missing Fife man find a body

Former Aboyne Academy pupil and Scotland team athlete Kathryn Christie. PIC: Moyra Gray.

Highland Games introduces female-only events to beat 'intimidating' atmosphere

Rory Franssen shows off the trophy after winning the Tartan Pro Tour's Fairmont St Andrews event supported by Martin Gilbert. Picture: Tartan Pro Tour

Franssen eagles last to land maiden pro win in Tartan Pro Tour event

Xan Tyler PIC: Stephanie Gibson

Under the Radar: Xan Tyler

Wendy Chamberlain (Pic: Lisa Ferguson)

Fife MP’s Bill to give carers the right to unpaid leave set to become law

St Andrews is described as a "unique and captivating" place and the stunning university campus is no exception. Founded in 1413, this is Scotland's first ever university and the third oldest in the English-speaking world.

14 Scottish Universities ranked best to worst in the Good University Guide 2023

The autonomous service is due to be launched on Monday. Picture: The Scotsman

No hands on the wheel: Aboard Britain’s first autonomous bus service

The driver demonstrating the bus in autonomous mode by taking his hands off the wheel while crossing the Forth Road Bridge. Picture: The Scotsman

UK's first self-driving bus service launched over Forth Road Bridge

The two winding towers at Seafield colliery in Fife.

Seafield disaster: silent tribute marks 50th anniversary of Fife mining tragedy

Sheku Bayoh

Struggle against restraints may have played role in Bayoh’s death, inquiry hears

Alastair Lindsay, managing partner at GGFM, Gavin Wilson, and Steve Herkes, managing director of GGFM.

Gilson Gray Financial Management seals fourth acquisition in 12 months

Scotscraig Golf Club in Tayport has introduced new gender-neutral tees. Picture: Scotscraig Golf Club.

Scotscraig Golf Club implements gender-neutral tees for inclusivity

Sip Champagnes co-founder Peter Crawford.

Dundee-born champagne expert celebrates US export milestone

David Grann PIC: Rebecca Mansell

New book tells tale of Scottish navy captain who survived shipwreck and mutiny

This five-day holiday break comes free with your new or used car

Ad Feature Drive off with a free holiday break when you buy a new or used car

A Scottish coastal town has made it to a list of the top five seaside destinations in the UK (PA)

Scottish town makes it to top five UK seaside destinations

Left to right are Andrew McNeill, Mark Beaumont, Jill Arnold, and Ana Stewart of Eos. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Fife investment firm with famous globe-trotting cyclist on team hails new record

(Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

The latest illicit drug trends reported by police and health workers

Schloss Roxburghe player Jack McDonald shows off the Battle Trophy after storming to a nine-shot success at Crail Golfing Society. Picture: Kenny Smith

McDonald storms to nine-shot success in Battle Trophy at Crail

The fire scene in Dunfermline

Kushi's fire: Fife restaurant 'severely damaged' in devastating blaze

Co-founder Adam Robertson with Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, who officially opened the new Fife base. Picture: Phil Wilkinson

Ethical clothing enterprise grows eight-fold with move to Fife warehouse

Police have released an image of Reece and the clothing he was wearing when he went missing

Reece Rodger: family of missing Fife man return for major search in Perthshire

A CGI of a typical street scene at Victoria Wynd

New builds: Measure up Langwood in the Lang Toun

Niesmann+Bischof's iSmove has a range of luxury features.

11 of the luxury features of the £110,000 SNP campervan seized by police

Rory Fyfe, owner of Kinkell Byre, the converted barn wedding venue, located on the coast by St Andrews

Turning rewilding vision to reality helps people and nature - Rory Fyfe

Pictish Trail on stage at the Hidden Door festival in Granton in 2021.

Record label founder urges bands and fans to shun rogue Scottish music festivals

Joanne and Iain McGuigan with their star prize

Former Fife nurse scoops £100,000 Porsche in UK cancer charity draw

Police officers outside the home of former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, and his wife Nicola Sturgeon, in Uddingston, after he was 'released without charge pending further investigation'. Picture: Robert Perry/PA

Luxury campervan seized by police investigating SNP finances

133/9 Easter Road, Leith

Property: Look east to a two-bed pad with an elegant mix of modern and trad

Marj Bond, pictured in her studio, amassed a slew of awards, prizes and commissions

Obituaries: Marj Bond, artist whose work is found in collections across world

The buses will travel over the Forth Road Bridge and on the hard shoulders of motorways. Picture: ADL

UK's first full-size autonomous bus to launch Fife-Edinburgh service in May

Harrison Crowe, the Asia Pacific Amateur Championship winner, speaks to the media at Augusta National ahead of his appearance in the 87th Masters. Picture: Augusta National.

Australian amateur Crowe talks about illegal St Andrews shot that went viral

Ravenscraig Castle, Kirkcaldy, is one of the earliest artillery forts in Scotland. Image: VisitScotland / Damian Shields

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Dunfermline Abbey, Scotland

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Solas Festival

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St Andrews Holiday Park

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Ross Wilson

The Scotsman Sessions #359: Ross Wilson

Saltfishforty and Esther Swift playing at Letham Nights, near Cupar, in Fife, recently

Vital support for village hall music venues can go a long way – Brian Ferguson

Craigforth Cottage, Chapel Green, Earlsferry, Fife. Image: DTXimages

Prestige property: Picture perfect in the East Neuk

Shambolics

The Scotsman Sessions #356: Shambolics

Actress Meg Bellamy, who plays Kate Middleton, and actor Ed McVey, who plays the part of Prince William, film scenes for the next season of The Crown in St Andrews in

13 pictures as The Crown stars spotted filming together as William and Kate

Sketches of the Famous Blacksmiths Shop

100-year old sketches of Gretna Green's blacksmith shop found in Fife attic

US production sound mixer Mark Wingarten, British sound editor James H Mather, US musical composer Al Nelson, British sound engineer Chris Burdon and British sound engineer Mark Taylorn were honoured with the Oscar for best sound for their work on Top Gun: Maverick. Picture: Frederic J. Brown / AFP

Oscars glory for Scottish sound expert who worked on new Top Gun blockbuster

If you live in one of these 10 areas of Scotland, you'll be paying less for a Band D property's council tax than in the rest of the country.

The 10 least expensive Band D council tax rates in Scotland

The Lomond Hills Hotel in Freuchie has been placed in liquidation.

Historic Fife boutique hotel placed in liquidation

Three-time Scottish PGA champion Chris Kelly has joined Scotscraig after being reinstated as an amateur. Picture: Scotscraig Golf Club.

Three-time Scottish PGA champion Kelly 'loving' life back in amateur ranks

Ten of ScotRail's fleet of 25 Inter7City trains were damaged at the peak of the problem. Picture: SNS Group

ScotRail inter-city fleet hit by failure to equip them to cope with autumn

The Greenwood

New builds: Star presentation at Leven Mill in Glenrothes

A Met Office weather warning is in place for much of the country

Weather warnings in place for snow and ice after coldest night of the year

Warnings of snow are in place across many parts of the country after Scotland recorded its coldest March night in 13 years.

11 pictures as more snow hits much of Scotland after coldest night of 2023

Scottish Golf, the governing body, has published its Annual Review for 2022 and there is mixed news on the membership front. Picture: Scottish Golf.

Drop in women members at Scottish clubs but girls' figure jumps by 18 per cent

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for snow and ice for Monday and Tuesday with some disruption expected. PIC: SWNS.com

Coldest temperature of year expected as snow and ice forecast for Scotland

The Lowther - Inchcolm Green - Aberdour - CALA Homes (East). Image: Chris Humphreys Photography Ltd

New builds: Quartet of house styles comes to the fore

New research has unveiled the potential economic impact of Scotland leaving the union. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty

Quarter of a million jobs threatened by independence, new research claims

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The inquiry is looking into ventilation issues at the Royal Hospital for Children & Young People at Little France. Picture: Scott Louden

'Ambiguity' surrounding ventilation standards in Sick Kids hospital contract

Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie arrive for the Warner Brothers Pictures red carpet photocall of "Barbie" during CinemaCon 2023 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 25, 2023. (Photo by BRIDGET BENNETT/AFP via Getty Images)

Barbie is the blockbuster film of summer 2023 - Gaby Soutar

Scottish Green Party co-leader Lorna Slater has been heading the decision on bracken herbicide permission (pic: Jane Barlow/PA)

'It could cost lives': Farmers reach tipping point over herbicide decision