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Scotland reports a record temperature of 35.1 C at Floors Castle. Initially, the highest temperature was thought to have been set at RAF Charterhall, reaching 34.8 C.
2022-07-19

Scotland reports a record 14,387 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours.
2022-03-10

All schools in Scotland and Wales are to close, effective March 19, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-03-18

Cracks are discovered in the core of Hunterston B nuclear power station in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The Office for Nuclear Regulation is investigating to determine if the reactor is now too dangerous to restart.
2018-04-22

A memorial service is held in the Scottish capital Edinburgh for the Quintinshill rail disaster which occurred 100 years ago and claimed over 200 lives.
2015-05-23

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond says that blocking a post-independence Scotland from a currency union could damage businesses in the rest of the United Kingdom.
2014-02-17

The BBC is told that the UK's three main political parties, the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats, will declare that whoever forms the government after the next general election will not agree to a currency union with an independent Scotland.
2014-02-12

Police from Scotland are sent to England to help combat riots and disorder.
2011-08-10

An 18 year old man in the Shetland Islands of Scotland is arrested on suspicion of launching multiple distributed denial of service attacks in association with LulzSec and Anonymous.
2011-07-27

The United Kingdom continues to face blizzard conditions with many schools closed, long queues on the M8 motorway in Scotland, and Edinburgh Airport closed.
2010-11-30