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Why has Scotland had its warmest day of the year?

Scotland is experiencing its hottest day of the year so far, with the temperature reaching 22.7C at Aboyne in Aberdeenshire.

BBC Scotland weather presenter Gillian Smart explains how what is called an Omega blocking pattern has helped maintain the good weather.

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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.

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.

Lochdhu Lodge has several grand historic buildings nestled closely together, surrounded by forest and on the banks of a body of water

The Highland home where women were 'tortured' in a dungeon

Drone footage shows Lochdhu Lodge in Caithness.

A black and white photo shows a school choir dressed in white shirts and kilts singing, the choir master stands facing the choir and with his back to the camera

Islanders' films show life in the 1970s

The films were part of a project aimed at capturing every day life in the Western Isles.

Jayne Donn says her son, James, died in 2022 from a drug overdose aged 29.

Mourning our loved ones among graves of other drug victims

Jayne Donn says her son, James, died in 2022 from a drug overdose aged 29.

early release prisoner

'I'm over the moon to be released from jail early'

Prisoners are being released early in the latest attempt to ease overcrowding in Scotland's jails.

Gillian Mackay sits looking at the camera on a Zoom call, the background is blurred, she has long brown hair and wears a black jumper

JD Vance 'misinformed' on Scotland's abortion buffer zones

Gillian Mackay MSP has criticised the US Vice-President's comments on Scotland's abortion clinic buffer zones.

Lynx lying down on bark staring at the camera.

Captured Highland lynx waiting for their new home

Three lynx that were illegally released in the Cairngorms have completed quarantine at Edinburgh Zoo.

Bagpiper Anna Smart on stage playing bagpipes in a brown and red kilt. She has long blonde hair and a brown set of bagpipes.

'I play bagpipe pop music - from Scotland to Times Square'

Meet the bagpiper helping to show that the bagpipes are more than "just a traditional instrument".

Drone shot of a humpback whale with a rope tangled round its head and a buoy tangled round its body.

Watch rescuers cutting free whale tangled in rope off Skye

Volunteer rescuers have freed a humpback whale entangled in rope off the Isle of Skye.

Last year, Marjory Love became the topped ranked women’s player in the world over the age of 75.

Tennis star serves up world championship at 75

Marjory Love has been playing tennis for over 60 years and aims to keep playing into her 90s.

Lady Dorrian sits in a library, she has grey hair, wears a blue scarf and navy suit

More women needed in judicial roles - top judge

Scotland's top female judge says more women are needed in judicial roles.

Judith Ralston presents the weather showing heavy rain forecast over the central belt. She wears a black and white dress.

What is the weather to be like where you are in Scotland?

BBC Weather presenter Judith Ralston has the latest update.

BBC Scotland Weather's Christopher Blanchett has the latest update following severe conditions.

Watch the weather forecast after Storm Éowyn

BBC Scotland Weather's Christopher Blanchett has the latest update following severe conditions.

Alex from the Traitors against a backdrop of The Traitors castle. He is wearing a brightly patterned cream and red shirt and a black beanie hat.

Scottish 'Faithful' Alex talks all things The Traitors ahead of final

Ahead of The Traitors final we spoke to Scottish 'Faithful' Alex about his time in the castle.