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War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)

Anna Campbell-Jones is in a BBC news studio, wearing glasses and a blue shirt, she has grey hair and is smiling

'We can tell which homes belong to which owners - just by looking at them'

The terrier completed the challenge with her owner, Shona Marshall

Terrier Betty completes 'full house' of UK summits

The terrier has walked up 282 Munros, 227 Munro Tops, 222 Corbetts, 231 Grahams and 140 Donalds.

Kevin Booth

Kevin Booth: The betting tycoon who preyed on women

Kevin Booth's former partner Tammy Conner says she fears someone could die if he is not stopped.

BBC Scotland weather presenter Gillian Smart in front of a weather map of the globe centred on Scotland.

Why has Scotland had its warmest day of the year?

Sustained high pressure has seen temperatures rise over early April with chances Scotland could see its warmest day of the year so far.

Ex-partner's warning over racing tipster who 'tortured' women

Tammy Conner told the BBC that someone could end up dead at the hands of her ex-partner Kevin Booth.

Alan Cumming is in the city to lead the Tartan Day Parade through Manhattan as its Grand Marshall.

We're celebrating Scotland while New York protests - Cumming

Alan Cumming is in the US city to lead the Tartan Day Parade through Manhattan as its Grand Marshall.

A large steel pylons mid-fall in a field in Scotland, with engineers in high-vis jackets standing nearby

Watch: Scotland's oldest electricity pylons pulled down

Ageing steel towers are being replaced by smaller wooden pylons in parts of the west of Scotland.

Dave Goulder was named in the New Year’s Honours list for services to dry stane dyking.

The 85-year-old still working on dry stone dykes

Dave Goulder was named in the New Year’s Honours list for services to dry stane dyking.

Jay Evans in front of a blurred background, she has short white hair and a burgundy jumper.

Whisky scammers 'knew about my terminal diagnosis'

Victims have been conned out of millions of pounds in a whisky barrel investment scam, a BBC investigation has found.

Three young people with the text, 'Five years since Lockdown'

Five years since lockdown

'Quaran-teens' - five years since lockdown

Gary Moore, manager of Assai Records in Dundee, sifts through stacks of vinyls displayed along a wall. He is wearing a checked brown cardigan and black t-shirt.

The Scottish record shops dubbed 'world's greatest'

Two record shops in Scotland were recently featured on a "world's greatest" list with others across the world.

Grace Stewart-Skinner in a blue knit jumper and denim jeans sitting on a piled of turquoise, blue and yellow fishing nets. Her wooden clarsach is resting on the nets below her.

The young musician aiming to preserve a Black Isle dialect

Musician Grace Stewart-Skinner is creating a music album to celebrate the fishing heritage of a Black Isle village

An otter runs across a kitchen table and onto the back of a chair, a small vase of red flowers sits on the table

Otter wreaks havoc in family kitchen in Shetland

A photo of Florence and Peter sitting a living room. Florence is on a sofa with her arm on the arm rest. Peter is in a leather armchair and is leaning slightly to get in closer to Florence in the photo. He is bald with glasses and grey zipper sweater. She has shoulder-length blonde hair and floral dress.

'We're sometimes frightened to run the central heating'

A couple begin their legal challenge against UK and Scottish government decisions to cut winter fuel payments.

Old black and white photo of Bobby Cruickshank swinging a golf club, with trousers tucked into socks, and a smartly-dressed man looks on in the background

Golf star Cruickshank 'deserves his place in history'

A new exhibition hopes to raise the profile of the Highland golfer who became a star in the US.

Mhairi Black sitting in radio studio behind blue microphone with Scotcast on it. She has short brown hair, and is wearing a brown shirt over a white T-shirt.

Black kept ADHD diagnosis private at 'toxic' Westminster

Discovering she had ADHD was like being handed "an instruction manual for her my brain", former SNP MP Mhairi Black reveals.

Shona Robison standing in front of windows. She has short blonde hair an black and white patterned top and dark jacket.

'I feel 27 years in Holyrood is right time to move on' - Robison

'I feel 27 years in Holyrood is right time to move on' - Shona Robison

Mounzer Darsani, a barber originally from Syria, stands in his barbershop in the centre of Rothesay on the Isle of Bute. He has a black beard and black glasses and is wearing a dark blue waistcoat. In the background mirrors, scissors and hair products can be seen on shelves.

'Our lives are here now' - Syrians settled on Isle of Bute

The Isle of Bute off Scotland's west coast has welcomed more than 100 Syrian refugees over the past decade.

Black and white photo of President Eisenhower at Balmoral with the Royal Family.

Look back at President Eisenhower's visit to Balmoral

Archive footage shows President Dwight D Eisenhower visiting Balmoral in 1959, when he described it as his "Scottish White House".

Judith Ralston in a long multi-coloured dress, standing in front of a screen with a number of planets on it

Parade of planets to line up across night sky

Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, and Saturn will all be briefly visible in the evening sky.