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1. Supermarket giant calls on Lanarkshire shoppers to take on Highland Games inspired Supermarket Sweep

   Aldi Scotland is kicking off the 2026 Highland Games season with a first of its kind, high-energy trolley dash, challenging shoppers across the country to take on the world’s strongest brothers in a Highland Games inspired Supermarket Sweep, all in support of CHAS.

2. Parasite outbreak at Edinburgh petting farm as 16 people fall ill

   Visitors to Craigies Farm in South Queensferry have fallen ill.

3. Scottish election polling day weather - heavy rain for some as voters have their say

   Voters should have their umbrellas at the ready as today's forecast is predicting a mixed bag of weather.

4. Voters have 13 options in the Mid Scotland and Fife regional ballot

   As well as voting for a constituency MSP, voters across Perthshire will be asked to vote in the regional ballot for the Scottish Parliament today.

5. Woman sacked over tattoos "15 minutes" into job at prestigious Scots golf club

   "I began my first day and was quickly, 15 minutes into my shift, pulled aside by HR to get told I was getting dismissed and it's due to my tattoos."

6. Scottish election 2026 LIVE as voters head to the polls across the country

   Political leaders from across Scotland have been campaigning for your votes ahead of the crucial election.

7. Hantavirus may have spread as plane passenger who wasn't on stricken cruise infected

   A French passenger who was not on board the MV Hondius is being monitored as a close contact case after reportedly developing signs of the deadly rat-borne illness

8. Full list of 14 benefits and payments available to families in Scotland

   From help with food and school costs to monthly payments worth hundreds of pounds, families across Scotland could be missing out on valuable financial support.

9. Woman, 18, dies in horror Haslingden car crash as friends pay heartfelt tributes

   Victoria Niebylska was one of two teenage passengers in a crash tragedy that ended her life

10. First Minister calls on former council leader to say sorry after sentencing

    SNP leader John Swinney insisted it was “necessary, appropriate and essential” that Jordan Linden, who formerly served as the leader of North Lanarkshire Council, say sorry to his victims.