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Linga was on the market with offers of £250,000.

Scottish entrepreneur buys 64-acre uninhabited island

Angus Robertson won Edinburgh Central

Seats which helped decide final election outcome

First Minister and SNP party leader Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

SNP only party to make gains in winning Ayr and East Lothian

Anas Sarwar spends some time with Ariah Gilliland, 4 from Maryhill, during a visit to a mother and toddler group.

Race for Holyrood: Anas Sarwar accused of childish politics

Alister Jack, the secretary of state for Scotland, has a shareholding in a firm which received more than £350,000 in EU subsidies since 2016. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Revealed: £2.8m in EU subsidies received by Tory politicians in Scotland

Passengers arriving at Gatwick Airport. A 14-day quarantine period was brought in on Monday. Picture: Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images

UK planning U-turn on quarantine travel law, claims top QC

Passengers Guy arriving at Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport in London.

Covid quarantine laws are a mess and 'unenforceable' MSPs are warned

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Violent men: A woman’s right to know

Ukip candidate to stand in Liberton by-election

Ian Swanson: Should Scotland adopt a constitution

Scottish juries could hear of false accusations in rape cases

Arlene Fraser murder trial: Key witness is habitual liar, trial hears

Obituary: John Scott OBE, political economist

Arlene Fraser murder trial: court hears from Nat Fraser alibi

Talk of the town: SuBo's showing eastern promise

Pieces of Edwin Morgan: His closest friend tells his story

Jurors more likely to convict unattractive people

Crime 'at a 30-year low' – but prison population to hit 10,000 in a decade

Seals to be given better protection under new legislation

Human rights ruling puts thousands of prosecutions under threat

Scotland's unique 15-strong juries will not be abolished

Why keep tearing a strip off Sergeant Eros?

Sharia courts set to bring Muslim law to bear in Scottish cities

New law on teenage sex 'will make criminals of young girls'

ID cards for sheep? Must be another E-ewe edict

New laws to target sex in e-mails

More women jailed: but should they really be there?

MacAskill hopes to strike deal on legal aid reforms

Solid science from second 'focus farm'

Blair's legacy demands we look again at human rights

For every 25 alleged rapists, only one will be convicted in Scottish courts

Public services ombudsman reappointed

Judge backs armed robber in fight over jail phone message

Ruling on votes for prisoners could postpone 2007 Holyrood elections

Gardener's terror rampage with chainsaw and petrol

DVLA selling drivers' personal details to firms run by crooks

Intelligence gathering to take place in Scottish classrooms

Suspects who fail to attend court face being sentenced in absence

Prison ruling paves way for costly claims

Airborne closed at peak of success, figures show

One fat lady puts up the shutters

Police outrage over demand for their DNA

Software sets out to uncover new office menace: the cyberslacker

Labour limps home

Police warn lawyers not to let mob's crimes pay

Extremists attack Fat Lady's shop

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Police Scotland officers outside Turnberry's hotel during Mr Trump's visit in May 2023. Picture: Robert Perry/Getty

Taxpayers to pick up policing bill for Donald Trump's visit to Scotland

Teenage Students In Uniform Sitting Examination In School Hall

Expert: AI threat should have delayed key review of school exams

SNP administrations have sought at various stages to centralise public services

Brian Monteith: The centralisation of the SNP can yet be undone - here's how