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Nicola Sturgeon: Glasgow fire is heartbreaking

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says the blaze that devastated Glasgow School of Art is "heartbreaking".

She praised the work of emergency services for preventing any loss of life.

She said assessments into the structural safety of the historic Mackintosh Building are ongoing.

16 June 2018

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Weather presenter Judith Ralston, wearing a black and white dress, stands in front of a map of Scotland with a large yellow rainfall patch highlighting an area where heavy rain is expected.

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Tony Heywood in his community garden

Greenhouse artwork highlights need for human rights

A group of small brown and black puppies jumping and looking at the camera

The puppies trained to save wildlife in Africa

Val standing in her kitchen wearing a Fred apron. She is pouring flour through a sieve into a pink mixing bowl. On the shelves and counters surrounding her there are many Fred memorabilia items.

Meet the woman with thousands of Fred memorabilia

Lynn Stephenson is visiting every country after selling her house

'I sold my house to travel the world'

A screenshot of the virtual reality game, the image shows a pair or red goalkeeper's gloved hands from the perspective of the player. A second player in a yellow kit is kicking a white ball towards a goal. They are in a virtual. empty stadium.

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Men can be seen standing near the broken plane

Footage shows survivors walking from crashed Azerbaijani plane

Jean McKenzie wearing a cream coat standing by a busy street in Seoul in the evening

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A back-and-white image of former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh speaking in front of a microphone

Former Indian PM Manmohan Singh: In his own words

A wooden bookshelf full of old books. The majority on the left have been attached to the shelf with large metal chains, which are dangling off the edge.

The library where books are kept under lock and key

Lydia Hepworth bites an orange

Ambulance crew reunite with mum and baby they saved

Former prisoner Lee Jack, wearing a black coat, smiles while looking at the camera - he's standing behind a cafe counter with cakes and biscuits in glass jars

The cafe helping prisoners escape a life of crime

Tayside & Central Scotland

Manmohan Singh

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Stacey, Jason, Nessa, Smithy and Gavin laughing on a sofa.

What do fans think of the Gavin & Stacey finale?

Runners dressed in Santa hats line up on the beach ready to run into the sea.

Watch: Hundreds run into sea at Boxing Day dips

Group of around 30 people in front of a snow house with someone dressed as Santa on the roof.

The Glaswegian who spends Christmas in Antarctica

Big Zuu stands in a Christmas-decorated kitchen

Big Zuu takes on Christmas leftovers

Charles Cavey in his black, tubular bin with his arms, and guitar neck protruding from the side holes. The black bin has LITTER in gold writing on its side

Meet the man who busks from inside a litter bin

Character Jesse Chadwick dressed in a wedding suit hugs smiling wife Gail in the back of a car.

Watch: Helen Worth's final scene as Gail after 50 years

Teenage boy smiling at camera, sitting on grey sofa, with two prosthetic legs below his knee, pair of crutches resting next to him, decorated Christmas tree in the corner.

Teenager adapting to life with prosthetic legs

Adam Golebiewski says he aims to live life as he did before his legs were amputated.

A young girl wearing a checked hat and coat, smiles as she looks at a department store Santa in 1967

Children tell Santa what they want for Christmas in 1967

Some familiar toys top the wish lists of these children as they visit a Scottish department store Santa.

Mugshot of Luke Ford, who has chin-lenght blonde hair and a beard standing against a white wall wearing a black t-shirt.

What is stealthing? Rapist jailed in Scotland's first conviction

A rapist has been jailed for stealthing in Scotland's first conviction of the kind.

BBC weather presenter Gillian Smart in front of a weather map of the UK.

Watch the Christmas weather forecast for Scotland

Dreaming of a white Christmas? You are likely to be disappointed as Scotland could potentially see its warmest Christmas Day on record.

Rufio the horse running past a red car on Prestonpans High Street. He is brown and has a black race banner with a white number seven over his back.

Watch a racehorse running free down a Scottish high street

A horse which broke free from a Scottish racecourse has been captured on video galloping through a nearby town two miles away.

Ava looks at the camera, while using safety harnesses as she dangles from a climbing wall covered in multi-coloured climbing holds

Record-breaking teen speed climber aims for Olympics

A 17-year-old speed climber from Glasgow says she has her sights set on going to LA 2028.

Anas Sarwar in The Sunday Show studio, wearing a a white shirt, dark blue jumper and jacket

Anas Sarwar responds to council leader allegations

The Scottish Labour leader says the party took "immediate actions" on learning of the allegations.

Yellow warnings for wind and rain are also in place across much of Scotland throughout the weekend

Storm Darragh brings travel disruption to Scotland

Yellow warnings for wind and rain are also in place across much of Scotland throughout the weekend

Central, southern and eastern Scotland is covered by yellow warnings for rain and wind until Sunday

Storm Darragh evening forecast with Judith Ralston

Central, southern and eastern Scotland is covered by yellow warnings for rain and wind until Sunday.

For two weeks Scottish football fans partied with the locals in Munich, Cologne, Stuttgart

Tartan Army boost tourism in Scotland after Euros

For two weeks Scottish football fans partied with the locals in Munich, Cologne, Stuttgart

Dr Peter Mackay in a light shirt and tweed jacket, leaning on a pillar of the Central Library in Edinburgh. He is looking at the camera

First Gaelic poet appointed Scotland's Makar

Lewis-born Peter Mackay was named as the latest holder of the national poetry role at an Edinburgh event.

Order of Service for the memorial service to Alex Salmond, with a photo of him in a suit.

Alex Salmond remembered at St Giles' memorial

Former First Minister Alex Salmond has been remembered at a memorial in Edinburgh where he was hailed as a "political genius".

A composite image of a police vehicle on Skye and BBC reporter Iain Macinnes

Isle of Skye murder case: How did the attacks unfold?

Finlay MacDonald murdered his brother-in-law and seriously injured three others in knife and shotgun attacks.

BBC Scotland weather presenter Christopher Blanchett in front of a weather map of Scotland showing snow warnings.

Watch the Storm Bert weather forecast for Scotland

Storm Bert looks set to bring more heavy snowfall across the Scotland over the weekend.

BBC Scotland political editor Glenn Campbell lying on the ground with a blue beanie hat and wrapped in a silver blanket

‘I wanted to show what having a seizure was like’

BBC Scotland's political editor Glenn Campbell has been describing his journey since being diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumour.

Weather presenter Christopher Blanchett standing in front of a large-scale photograph of wintry conditions

Weather forecast: First taste of winter in Scotland

Arctic air has been working its way in from the north, bringing cold temperatures that for the coming days.

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn

Flynn: Reaction to 2026 Holyrood bid 'not pleasant'

The SNP Westminster leader will stand for the Aberdeen South and North Kincardine seat

Veterans during Edinburgh's Armistice Day event. One of them is saluting while the other have heads bowed while holding flags downward.

Watch: Armistice Day tributes take place across Scotland

The traditional 11 November two-minute period of remembrance took place at 11:00 across the country.

Three rescuers wearing life jackets and hard hats work to free a humpback whale in a sea loch

Humpback whale tangled in creel lines set free

Experts used underwater cameras to work out how the whale was trapped, before untangling it in Loch Fyne.

Sandy Duthie from Aberdeenshire is now the lighthouse keeper on Gabo Island, in Victoria

The Scot in charge of an Australian lighthouse

Sandy Duthie from Aberdeenshire is now the lighthouse keeper on Gabo Island, in Victoria