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Emilia Clarke was named on the list of changemakers

Ad Feature Smiley News names 100 ‘changemakers’ in new report

The event at Dunblane Hydro will raise money to help children like Poppy Louden, from Glasgow, who have the rare neurodevelopmental disorder Rett Syndrome.

Rett Syndrome Awareness Month: Dunblane Hydro hosts fundraising event

The quotes were made using reverse graffiti, and appear on pavements across London

Only one in 10 Brits feel comfortable checking on someone's wellbeing

The ceremony saw more than 20 awards and prizes presented to volunteers and staff

Ad Feature Human appeal celebrates UK volunteers at third Purple Legacy Awards

Esther Rantzen was never short of something interesting to say.

Esther Rantzen in her own words: 11 quotes from the late presenter

Youngsters race in the AJ Bell Great Scottish Run Super Saturday event in 2024.

Great Scottish Run 2026: Start times, routes, can I still take part?

Party fireworks

I went to Scotland's most fabulous party at luxury Edinburgh hotel

QPR legend Jamie Mackie opened the swap

Ad Feature QPR supporters donate old football shirts to charity

Back left to right is Professor Anna Glasier, strategic political adviser Amy Callaghan, women’s health strategic adviser Jessica Wilson, supported self-management facilitator Jude Murray, and clinical adviser Dr Amy Small, and front from left is Jennie Glennie, Angela Bradley and Jane-Claire Judson.

Scottish women dying because doctors do not take them seriously

The fund has bought a £1.9 million freehold retail unit on Solihull High Street

Ad Feature The Waqf Fund acquires retail unit to fund charitable work

Roy Peires is a hospitality entrepreneur and charitable leader who played a central role in developing what became the IDILIQ Group

Ad Feature Roy Peires' Kind Holidays supports families in need

St Andrew's First Aid launch their Responding to Uncertain Times statement on Monday, September 7

Exclusive Resilience force of 50,000 to rally in the face of war and pandemic

Jacob McDonald, 10, of Dundee, who is walking round every professional football ground in Scotland in memory of his late mother for charity

Boy, 10, walking round Scots football grounds in honour of late mother

Claire Kellerman with her mother Sally

Exclusive Charity hit by dog row legal action opens fundraiser to 'save' centre

Two-year-old Mollie Murray of Montrose, Angus, the only child in the UK known to have her specific variant of xeroderma pigmentosum, making her skin extremely sensitive to ultraviolet light

Toddler with sun ‘allergy’ can now play at home with curtains open

Mingulay in the Outer Hebrides is owned by NTS property PIC: Julian Paren/geograph.org.

Mapping the future of uninhabited islands in the Outer Hebrides

Exclusive Victims of sexual offences face 'increased risk' amid prison plan

King Charles and Queen Camilla at the RHS Sandringham Flower Show last month

Camilla longed to reveal King’s cancer diagnosis on charity visit

Benjamin Ward (front right), 44, alongside his partner Natasha Goldthorpe (front left) and friends, after completing his latest West Highland Way challenge

Epic trek in memory of boy ends in surprise proposal

Awareness of autism, ADHD and other neurodivergent conditions is growing - but the impact on parents is still being understood, with new research highlighting the 'alarming pressures' of those who work and care for their child. PIC: Getty Images

'Alarming pressures' on working parents raising neurodiverse kids

The wind farm will be visible from the Isle of Iona, the NTS said

NTS opposes giant offshore wind farm amid threat to views from islands

Exclusive Council launches probe into chestfeeding group 'safeguarding concerns'

Schiehallion, Perthshire, one of the sites cared for by John Muir Trust

Action demanded as John Muir Trust nears 'point of no return'

SFRS share images of the scene of the ongoing Cairngorms wildfire

Residents warned to close windows as Cairngorms fire changes direction

Wildlife campaigner Robert Pownall dressed as a gannet outside the Waverley Court polling station in Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA)

NatureScot rejects licence for centuries-old guga hunt for first time

JK Rowling

JK Rowling centre: Amnesty apology doesn't solve ‘reputational damage’

Irish musician Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash in Dublin. PIC: Luciano Viti/Getty

Oscar-winning Irish musician Glen Hansard dies in motorcycle crash

Highlanders from The Clanranald Trust for Scotland at Duncarron Medieval Village for the launch of the new Scotland: The Home of Outlander locations guide. PIC: Colin Hattersley / VisitScotland

Replica 12th Century village in central belt stars in Outlander guide

A helicopter carrying water tackles the wildfire burning near Nethy Bridge in Cairngorms National Park in north-east Scotland (Jane Barlow/PA)

Cairngorms: 'Unpredictable' blaze creating 'treacherous' conditions

The wildfire which started near Ryvoan Bothy is ongoing

Cairngorms wildfire: A9 lane closed as blaze expands

Firefighters in Cairngorms National Park PIC: RSPB/PA Wire

Cairngorms wildfire: Helicopter 'urgently needed' to tackle blaze

Rhododendron ponticum – which was introduced to gardens across the British Isles from Asia centuries ago as an ornamental shrub – has taken root in ancient woodlands and is choking the native species and is responsible for ecological decline.

Charity calls on public to report garden centres selling Rhododendron

Paul Sinton-Hewitt and Adam Beaumont celebrate 13 years of partnership between aql and parkrun

Ad Feature aql and parkrun deliver £10m in NHS savings

Actor Sam Neill has died aged 78

Actor Sam Neill’s love of “ships, the sea, and Scotland” remembered

Theo Burrell

Antiques Roadshow's Theo Burrell dies at 39

James, who died in 2023, was in care for much of his short life. Questions remain about how he - and his mother - were treated by authorities.

Exclusive Mother's fight after getting only 90 minutes with son before he died

Two people look at burned-out buildings in Caracas after the area was hit by two major earthquakes in quick succession (Picture: Jesus Vargas)

How I found hope amidst the rubble of Venezuela’s twin earthquakes Saleh Saeed

Schiehallion, Perthshire

Crisis at John Muir Trust deepens as head of policy publicly resigns

JK Rowling

JK Rowling's rape support centre labelled 'anti-rights' by Amnesty

Government funding for music tuition has been hailed a success - but cash should be ring fenced, a new report says

Exclusive Funding for free school music lessons 'spent on other services'

Leith Theatre has been taken off the at-risk register.

Leith Theatre taken off 'at risk' register after almost a decade

Cyclist Caroline Livesey smashes women's NC500 record by 4 hours

Holyrood urged to act on debt

Holyrood urged to act: majority of Scots hit by problem debt

Viva!'s new documentary will be the UK's first to challenge decades of 'dairy industry spin'

Ad Feature Viva! marks World Milk Day by announcing major dairy documentary

Royal Highland Show

Ad Feature Make wah-hey while the sun shines on all things agricultural

An impression of the new Centenary Garden planned for Newhailes House in East Lothian. PIC: NTS

Anonymous £500,000 donation grows historic East Lothian garden

The number of new melanoma cases in Scotland has surged to a record annual high of more than 1,600. Picture: PA

Skin cancer cases hit record high as sun damage warning issued

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries