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Team GB athlete Eilidh Doyle kicked off the Scottish SPCA’s first ever ‘Pound for Paws’ event by taking to the track against her four-legged competitor.

New statistics show 93 per cent of adults in Scotland have given up at least one hobby from their childhood and more than a quarter (26 per cent) can’t remember the last time they took up a new one.

Bruin the performing bear was well known on the streets of mid-19th Century Glasgow as the sidekick of travelling showman Antonio Dallori, who also went by the stage name of Aunty Dolly.

David Christie (80), a resident of Parksprings Care Home in Motherwell, started his love of trains 76 years ago and the age of 14 started travelling all over Europe recording trains and taking photos.

Descendants of soldiers killed in the Battle of Arras – including 18,000 Scots – 
gathered at events in Scotland and France yesterday to mark its centenary.

Nearly 200 years ago Glasgow became the birthplace of the comic book and remains at the entre of the industry to this day.

A historic castle that became a Jacobite hiding place following the Battle of Culloden has gone on the market for less than £1m.

Entries from important statutory records have been released today onto ScotlandsPeople – the family history website operated by the National Records of Scotland.

Eyes to the skies! We’re in for a month-long meteor shower thanks to dust from Halley’s Comet.

Two public meetings will be held next week in a bid to find out residents’ views on plans for the Bellshill Academy playing fields.

There was fun for all ages at Crofthead Park in Uddingston as the annual family fun day once again took place.

YOUNGSTERS in North Lanarkshire are being given the opportunity to let their imaginations run wild thanks to selection of theatre workshops.