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Breathtaking views of the Island of Skye and some incredible technical skill on a mountain bike.

IT takes a special kind of newspaper to commit to the audacious mission of spreading #SexySocialism around our great nation, and this column marks a great leap forward in the pink beret revolution that seeks to turn Scotland into a freer, fairer and

Lonely bench on top of the hill where the Wallace Monument stands, Stirling, Scotland.

BILLY Connolly has previously biked along Route 66, but for his latest trip across America the comedian is letting the train take the strain.

MUSICIANS, Hollywood A-listers, literary greats, renowned scientists and prominent politicians are all to appear at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival, it was announced yesterday.

Chancellor George Osborne admits government could get less for RBS than it paid for it.

The Jacobite steam train crosses the river Lochy as it departs Fort William, Scotland. June 2, 2015.

HSBC has announced an £8 billion fund set up specifically to help the UK's small and medium-sized businesses. 

Scotland is to ban smoking in cars with children, bringing it into line with England and Wales, where legislation has been introduced to protect young people from secondhand smoke. The Scottish government announced it would back the smoking prohibition (children in motor vehicles) (Scotland) bill, which has been put forward by the Liberal Democrat MSP Jim Hume.

A cardinal who had been the top Catholic cleric in Britain resigned Friday over sexual impropriety allegations, but was allowed to keep his title – an arrangement that opened debate over what it said about Pope Francis’s treatment of clerical misconduct. The mere fact of Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s resignation was startling – he is reportedly the first cardinal to do so since the 1920s.

A meteor that may have caused phone calls to the Coastguard in Scotland and England was photographed from the shores of Loch Ness. Tourist guide John Alasdair Macdonald captured his image on a compact camera near Dochfour at about 21:00 on Sunday.

Coach and captains of the RBS 6 Nations convene in London for the launch of the 2015 championship.

Not good for vegetarians

Kim Jong-un could try and open a restaurant in Scotland serving delicacies such as dog meat soup, North Korea experts claim. This comes after the controversial leader brought his chain, The 'Pyongyang' restaurants, over to Europe by launching one in Holland. Now North Korea watchers believe Scotland may be the next prime location, largely thanks to the popularity of whisky among the communist ruling elite.

Wind turbines generated enough electricity in October to power 3,045,000 homes in the U.K. -- more than enough for all the homes in Scotland.

Scottish otters are only living a third of the lifespan of those on mainland Europe because of poisoned seas, a leading expert on the species has warned.

An anonymous man bet £900,000 on a "No" vote in the Scottish independence referendum. He won. Here he talks through his thought process. This was not a reckless gamble. Losing this money would have seriously hurt. But I wouldn't have lost my house - although maybe my wife would have had something to say about it.