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Election 2021 - the race for Holyrood 2021

Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond.

Scottish Election 2021 LIVE: Keep up-to-date with all the latest news as results are declared

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Scottish Election: SNP majority hangs in the balance as count enters final day

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Scottish election 2021: How do the numbers stack up after the first day of counting?

Alba Party leader Alex Salmond.

Alex Salmond admits Alba likely to ‘fall short’

Kevin Stewart was all smiles after his re-election in Aberdeen Central this evening.

City’s long term future key issue for re-elected Aberdeen Central MSP

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Liverpool man in dock after armed police seal off Aberdeen street

Aberdeen Sheriff Court.

A Liverpool man has appeared in court following a "disturbance" which saw armed police descend on an Aberdeen street. Read More

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NHS Grampian forced to issue advice after claims Covid tests ‘fooled’ by tomato sauce

07/05/2021

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Life-long passion for gaming helped ‘shy’ Kenny come out of his shell during lockdown

07/05/2021

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Leaders Declan Gallagher and Scott Brown will lure top signing targets to Aberdeen, insists Willie Garner

08/05/2021

Zoey Clark takes the baton for the British 4 x 400 ladies team at the World Athletics Relays in Silesian Stadium, Chorzow, Poland.

Athletics: Aberdeen sprinter Zoey Clark has sights on individual 400m selection for Tokyo Olympics

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Scottish Election: SNP majority hangs in the balance as count enters final day

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Davina McCall (Ian West/PA)

Menopause reminded Davina McCall of recovering from addiction

08/05/2021

Food and Drink

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Chill out this summer by making your own gin and tonic ice lollies

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Aberdeen’s Succulento offers tasty hot sauces, ketchups, rubs and more

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Summer Sizzlers: Green veg and feta tabbouleh will get National Vegetarian Week off to the perfect start

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Poll: Who do you think should be the World Scotch Pie Champion of Champions?

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Cocktail recipes: Try making these favourites from The Adamson in St Andrews at home

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Nostalgia

VE Day celebrations

VE Day: Celebrations and reflection as Churchill signals end to war in Europe

By Neil Drysdale

The Queen is greeted by workers during the official opening of Sullom Voe in the Shetlands in 1981.

The IRA plot to bomb The Queen in Shetland following the death of Bobby Sands

By Graeme Strachan

When bingo was all the rage in the 1960s, it popped up in places across Aberdeen... including this session at the Scottish Horse Regimental Association and Club in Crown Terrace in 1964.

Full house of memories with Aberdeen’s bingo halls over the decades

By Scott Begbie

Coronavirus: The key numbers

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Leaders Declan Gallagher and Scott Brown will lure top signing targets to Aberdeen, insists Willie Garner

Pittodrie great Willie Garner believes signing two Premiership captains will help Aberdeen boss Stephen Glass land top transfer targets in the summer. Read More

08/05/2021

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Clark Robertson emerges as Aberdeen target and Mikey Devlin set for short-term deal

Aberdeen are poised to make a move to bring Clark Robertson back to Pittodrie while defender Mikey Devlin is set to be offered a short-term deal. Read More

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A woman lights a candle during a march demanding justice for the people who died in Monday’s subway collapse, in Mexico City’s south side (Eduardo Verdugo/AP)

Death toll in Mexico City subway collapse rises to 26

08/05/2021

What the papers say – May 8 (PA)

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What the papers say – May 8

08/05/2021

Holidaymakers from England will only be able to travel to a limited number of green list countries from May 17 (Jacob King/PA)

UK

Travel industry urges expansion of green list destinations

08/05/2021

Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford is elected as Cardiff West MS (Ben Birchall/PA)

UK

Labour set to win Senedd election after surprise results

08/05/2021

Votes being counted for the local and mayoral elections at the Wavertree Tennis Centre, Liverpool. Picture date: Friday May 7, 2021.

UK

At a glance: key results in the English, Scottish and Welsh elections

08/05/2021

A Sussex police officer and a Community Support Officer walk along a street in Crawley, Sussex (Steve Parsons/PA)

UK

Police investigating reports of children being approached in Bromley

08/05/2021

Rail passengers will soon be able to use WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger to receive details of transport options for completing journeys after travelling by train (Jonathan Brady/PA)

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Train passengers to get last mile journey options on WhatsApp

08/05/2021

A Government taskforce has been set up to look into pet theft (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

UK

Government taskforce set up to tackle ‘deplorable’ pet theft

08/05/2021

More than a million children will be given access to mental health support in school (PA)

UK

More than a million children offered mental health support at school

08/05/2021

Some funeral directors need to be more transparent about their pricing, according to Which? (PA)

Some funeral directors need to be more transparent over pricing, says Which?

08/05/2021

More than 1.1m homes granted planning permission in England in the past decade are yet to be built, according to the Local Government Association (Gareth Fuller/PA)

1.1m homes with planning permission in England waiting to be built, says LGA

08/05/2021

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UK

Portugal’s green list status prompts ‘surge’ in bookings

07/05/2021

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are common treatments for acute pain (Lauren Hurley/PA)

UK

Taking ibuprofen does not increase Covid-19 death risk – study

07/05/2021

Callum Wilson scored two second-half goals at Leicester (Nick Potts/PA)

Newcastle must finish Premier League survival job – Steve Bruce

07/05/2021

Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford is elected as Cardiff West MS (Ben Birchall/PA)

UK

Labour set to win Senedd election after surprise results

07/05/2021

PCSO Julia James walking her Jack Russell Toby (Kent Police/PA)

UK

Man sought by police in murdered PCSO investigation has been indentified

07/05/2021

Michael van Gerwen moved to the top of the Premier League (Zac Goodwin/PA)

Michael van Gerwen thrashes James Wade to go top of Premier League

07/05/2021

Ryan Mason wants his side’s strengths to be the focus of training (Adam Davy/PA)

Ryan Mason keen to focus on Tottenham’s own strengths in training

07/05/2021

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists there will be no sulking if they have to play in the Europa League next season (Clive Brunskill/PA)

Liverpool would not react childishly to Champions League failure – Jurgen Klopp

07/05/2021

Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson is looking forward to watching ‘When Eagles Dare’ on Amazon Prime Video (Hannah McKay/NMC Pool/PA)

Roy Hodgson has mixed feelings over ‘When Eagles Dare’ documentary

07/05/2021

Pep Guardiola insists he will not be resting players ahead of the Champions League final (Rui Vieira/PA)

No break for Manchester City players before European final, says Pep Guardiola

07/05/2021

Andy Murray is gearing up for another comeback (Adam Davy/PA)

Andy Murray planning latest comeback in bid to put injury problems in past

07/05/2021

Callum Wilson scored twice in Newcastle’s win at Leicester (Michael Regan/PA)

Newcastle on brink of safety after stunning Champions League-chasing Leicester

07/05/2021

Some of the hundreds of diamondback terrapin hatchlings (Lester Block/Stockton University via AP)

More than 800 turtles rescued from storm drains

07/05/2021

Hamish Watson is among eight Scots in the Lions squad (Jane Barlow/PA)

Hamish Watson hopes Scotland’s Lions can inspire a new generation

07/05/2021

First Minister Mark Drakeford (Matthew Horwood/PA)

UK

Labour claims ‘extraordinary results’ in Welsh Parliament election

07/05/2021

Liverpool won the Champions League in 2019 (Peter Byrne/PA)

Key questions around the hosting of the Champions League final answered

07/05/2021

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, left, and Billy Joe Saunders will go head to head in Texas on Saturday night (LM Otero/AP).

Billy Joe Saunders eyes ‘greatest win by a Brit abroad’ ahead of Canelo clash

07/05/2021

Kate Forbes SNP majority

SNP’s Kate Forbes ‘surprised and taken aback’ by the size of her majority

07/05/2021

David Trimble is among the letter’s signatories (BBC NI/PA)

UK

Unionist negotiators of Good Friday Agreement call for suspension of NI Protocol

07/05/2021

Celtic Park are looking to appoint a new manager (Jane Barlow/PA)

Celtic ‘working hard’ to complete appointment of new manager

07/05/2021

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (PA)

UK

Starmer under pressure after ‘bitterly disappointing’ Hartlepool defeat

07/05/2021