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Smooth snakes: Bid to save the UK's rarest reptile with £400k grant

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 12:23
Lottery funding will pay for surveys and conservation work to help protect smooth snakes.

Scottish wildcat kittens born in captivity

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 12:01
Two Scottish wildcat kittens have been born in a captive breeding programme in the Highlands.

'My job application was withdrawn by someone pretending to be me'

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 12:00
Nicholas Fearn says someone created a Gmail account in his name, and then withdrew his job application.

Tory leadership: Hunt and Johnson's backstop remarks 'significant'

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 11:56
A senior Tory says the views expressed by the leadership rivals appear to rule out any compromise.

Queen of the South ask for patience in seagull battle

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 10:37
The club says it faces "pretty much an impossible task" in trying to tackle the mess and nuisance caused.

Teen 'ordered gun online to shoot himself'

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 10:33
Kyle Davies told police he "didn't want to hurt anyone else" with the weapon, a court hears.

New Bond movie scenes being filmed in Highlands

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 09:34
Temporary accommodation has been built in Aviemore for the crew while the production is in the Cairngorms.

Harlech street takes record as steepest in the world

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 07:42
Guinness World Records says the Harlech street has beaten the previous record holder in New Zealand.

Musician Karina Ramage signed in supermarket biscuit aisle

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 07:40
Karina Ramage arrived for her shift with her guitar and ended up doing an impromptu audition.

Education publisher Pearson to phase out print textbooks

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 07:14
Pearson says students will only be able to rent physical books as it makes all products "digital first".

Apollo 11: Partial lunar eclipse due on 50th anniversary

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 06:57
The moon may appear red on the day of the 50th anniversary of the historic space flight.

Armed forces: Sexual offence claims 'not properly recorded'

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 03:42
Allegations of sexual communications with children were among those not included in official figures.

Extinction Rebellion: Who are they and what are their aims?

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 01:17
The Extinction Rebellion group is holding climate protests across the UK.

Wales farm subsidy replacement plans to be delayed

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 00:53
It is not now expected in Welsh Government plans for the next year, but transport changes are.

'I lost my mum, dad, two sisters and brother to drugs'

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 00:45
Jacquie says it was like a fire ripping through her family after five relatives died because of drug addiction.

Will ships without sailors be the future of trade?

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 00:44
May saw the world's first unmanned commercial shipping operation.

Scotland's drug deaths set to top 1,000

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 00:44
New figures are expected to show a record number of people died as a result of drugs last year.

Facebook scam-busting service goes live

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 00:36
New tools to fight online scams are launched after a legal action by TV personality Martin Lewis.

Apollo 11: Dewsbury man saw 'astonishing' Moon launch

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 00:30
John Blackburn vividly remembers watching Apollo 11 take off at Cape Canaveral in 1969.

South West Forensic Services: Hundreds of fingerprints waiting to be analysed

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 00:28
People are being "let down" because of a backlog of 830 fingerprint cases waiting to be analysed.

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