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Aerial view of green fields from a World War One Sopwith Strutter biplane

Replica WW1 plane takes off after 25-year build

Tim Rayner, a white-haired man with a beard and glasses, stands in front of the plane, wearing a khaki flightsuit and a leather and sheepskin flying jacket. The plane's propeller is on the left of the picture.

World War One replica plane takes off after 25-year labour of love

A dedicated group of aviation enthusiasts have recreated a plane that used to patrol the Forth coastline.

Edinburgh, Fife & East

View of green fields from a replica World War 1 Sopwith Strutter biplane

Replica WW1 plane takes off after 25-year build

Edinburgh, Fife & East

Rachel King

'I shook the hand of US President Biden'

Hotel worker Rachel King was "giddy, excited and disbelieving" on meeting the "smiley and polite" Joe Biden.

Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland

President Joe Biden's motorcade was spotted leaving a hotel near Kirknewton in West Lothian.

Onlookers transfixed by Biden's 21-strong motorcade

The US president's convoy of cars and motorbikes was spotted leaving a hotel near Kirknewton in West Lothian.