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Pupils using the active travel hub at Bannockburn High School in Stirling which is awaiting funding to continue. Picture: Forth Environment Link

Uncertainty over funding to boost walking and cycling ‘completely unacceptable’

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

Ray Liotta’s cause of death confirmed

An easyjet flight was involved in a near miss with an illegal drone

UK easyJet flight in narrow miss with illegal drone at 5,000ft

The White House has summoned tech giants over AI fears

White House summons big tech bosses over AI fears

Former UK Athletics chief, Julian Starkey, has been banned from holding an official position for three years and has his licence revoked for two years.

Former UK Athletics chief banned for racist remarks

Former UK Athletics chief, Julian Starkey, has been banned from holding an official position for three years and has his licence revoked for two years.

Former UK Athletics chief banned for racist remarks

The line-up for the famous balcony moment after King Charles III's coronation has been confirmed - Credit: Getty / Graphic by Mark Hall

Balcony line-up for King Charles’ coronation confirmed - who’s in

St Andrew's House, headquarters of the Scottish Government in Edinburgh.

Officials blame transparency rules for reducing quality of advice to ministers

King Charles III receives the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby

Buckingham Palace and Archbishop ‘in row’ over swearing of allegiance

Check-in will open at 3.30am for the earliest flights to ease congestion. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Future Flight: Edinburgh Airport introduces earlier check-in to cut congestion

Rescuers work in the rubble of a damaged residential building in Uman, south of Kyiv, after Russian missile strikes targeted several Ukrainian cities overnight. - Ukraine and Russia have been fighting since Moscow's February 2022 invasion and Ukraine says it has been preparing for months a counter-offensive aimed at repelling Russian forces from the territory they currently hold in the east and south. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Child among 12 dead in first major Russian assault on Ukraine in weeks

The Sudanese Junior Doctors Association UK estimate that approximately 74 NHS doctors are trapped in Sudan.

Foreign NHS doctors will not be evacuated from Sudan by UK

Dominic Raab resigns: deputy prime minister quits after bullying investigation but says findings are ‘flawed’

Deputy prime minister Dominic Raab resigns over bullying investigation

Rishi Sunak is under investigation by the Parliament’s Standard Watchdog after allegedly failing to declare an interest

Sunak under investigation over alleged failure to declare interest

Benefit claimants such as those who receive Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment need to notify DWP if there are changes to their circumstances, which includes going abroad.

DWP issues holiday warning to Universal Credit and PIP claimants

Meghan Markle will not attend King Charles III’s coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey, but husband Prince Harry will - Credit: Getty Images

The reason why Meghan Markle will not be at King Charles coronation

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may not attend King Charles III’s coronation ceremony on May 6 after all, as the RSPV deadline has passed - Credit: Getty Images

Harry and Meghan yet to confirm attendance at King’s coronation

Tensions could turn frosty between Prince William and Queen Camilla if the ivory item is used at King Charles III’s coronation - Credit: Getty Images

Queen Camilla to use contentious ivory sceptre for coronation ceremony

Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation procession lasted two hours, as King Charles III’s is set to be shorter - Credit: Getty Images

How King Charles’ coronation route is different from Queen Elizabeth’s

Somebody once told me....Shrek 5 will reportedly return with its original cast - Credit: DreamWorks

Shrek 5 is ‘in the works’ and will feature the original cast

17 Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russian authorities freed

Travel advice for medical tourists travelling to Turkey has been updated

New travel advice issued for medical tourists planning trip to Turkey

Plans are in place for the roles of members of The Royal Family for King Charles III’s coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey - Credit: Getty Images

Roles that The Royal Family will have during King Charles coronation

King Charles III coronation: Screens to go up in 57 UK locations

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are still yet to accept an invite to King Charles III’s coronation - Credit: Getty Images

King Charles III coronation: Harry and Meghan’s children ‘not invited’

Japan's space agency intentionally destroyed the H3 rocket moments into its launch Tuesday after the ignition for the second stage of the country's first new rocket series in more than two decades failed. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s space agency forced to destroy H3 rocket after failed launch

Emergency services rescued a driver left stranded on the road leading into California's Death Valley National Park as the west coast of the US is hit with unprecedented levels of snowfall. Picture: AP

All white now: Why America’s ‘golden state’ is shivering under a blanket of snow

Katie Price and her son Harvey Price - Credit: Getty Images

Katie Price slams ‘disgusting’ Met Police WhatsApp messages about son

ITV fear Holly Willoughby could quit This Morning as deal is expiring

A new 6.4 magnitude earthquake has killed three people and injured more than 200 in parts of Turkey that were laid waste two weeks ago by a massive tremor that killed tens of thousands.

Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Deadly new quakes trap people under rubble in Turkey

Traffic stretches over four miles on the M4 after the incident

M4 closed westbound after vehicle hits pedestrian

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle invited to King Charles III coronation

Paco Rabanne: Fashion and perfume icon dead at the age of 88

United States ‘tracking’ suspected Chinese surveillance balloon

Australia decides to remove British monarchy from banknotes

Officials said the capsule the size of a pea was found south of Newman on the Great Northern Highway.

Radioactive capsule that fell off truck found in Australia

Retirement age to increase to 68 by the end of the 2030s

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to crack down on corruption.

Ukrainian government aide leaves amid anti-corruption reshuffle

The Ferguson Marine shipyard at Port Glasgow. Picture: John Devlin

Sturgeon: No minutes of meeting with Ferguson Marine has been found

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during a visit to Kype Muir windfarm near Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, to mark the grid connection of the UK's tallest wind turbine.

Redaction of minister's name sparks 'cover-up' claims on debunked wind statistic

Ken Cooper, managing director, venture solutions at the British Business Bank: 'Our aim is to reduce imbalances and break down barriers that small firms may face in accessing finance, creating a more level playing field.' Picture: Shaun Flannery Photography

New £150 million fund aims to help address SME 'funding gap' in Scotland

Pope Benedict XVI dies aged 95, press officials confirm

A car sits blanketed in snow on a driveway in Amherst, N.Y. Picture: AP Photo/Delia Thompson

Death toll from US winter storm climbs to 27 people

Conservationists have warned that “mismanagement” of the UK and EU’s seas is set to continue after negotiators agreed new catch quotas for fishing in 2023.

Conservationists warn over fish stocks as annual catches agreed with EU

HSBC to close 114 branches next year - see full list

Six ministers used WhatsApp for government business this year, it can be revealed.

Revealed: Six ministers used WhatsApp for Scottish Government business last year

Wildfowl shooters and members of the public are being asked to keep away from Findhorn Bay in Moray in a bid to avoid further spread of deadly bird flu after at least 22 pink-footed geese and numerous gulls were found dead in the area. Picture: Lorne Gill/NatureScot

Avian flu: Wild bird death toll rises as bodies pile up in Moray

A man is arrested while people gathering on a street in Shanghai on November 27, 2022, where protests against China's zero-Covid policy took place the night before following a deadly fire in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Chinese officials affirm zero-Covid stance despite protests

A man looks out from the balcony of his home in Casamicciola on November 27, 2022, following heavy rains that caused a landslide on the island of Ischia, southern Italy. - Italian rescuers were searching for a dozen missing people on the southern island of Ischia after a landslide killed at least one person, as the government scheduled an emergency meeting. A wave of mud and debris swept through the small town of Casamicciola Terme early Saturday morning, engulfing at least one house and sweeping cars down to the sea, local media and emergency services said. (Photo by Eliano IMPERATO / AFP) (Photo by ELIANO IMPERATO/AFP via Getty Images)

One confirmed dead after landslide strikes Italian island

Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri, heads the closing session of the COP27 climate conference

1.5C target on ‘life support’ after Cop27, says Alok Sharma

Universal suffrage is no longer a 'political' issue, it is a basic principle of a true democracy (Picture: Paul Thompson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Suffragette colours should always be welcome in Scottish Parliament

US President Joe Biden speaks to media about the Democrats keeping the Senate before the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Cambodia. Picture: AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Missile which killed two in Poland ‘unlikely’ to have come from Russia

Ministers have refused to release information around an independent valuation of the Lochaber smelter.

'Not in public interest' to release independent valuation of Lochaber assets

More than 150 have died in a crush in South Korea

More than 150 dead after huge crush in South Korea - what we know

Rescuers move a victim after the stampede in Seoul's Itaewon district

At least 151 dead after Halloween crowd surge in Seoul

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