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The new year begins with snowy weather in most parts of Scotland north of Dundee with an amber alert taking effect on Friday.

Maternity hospitals across the country have been reporting the first new arrivals of the new year.

It is the 40th time the event has taken place at South Queensferry, with many participants wearing colourful fancy dress as they raced into the water.

Images of the new year celebration in the Scottish capital a year after it was cancelled by bad weather

The centuries-old verdict has been scrapped after decades of controversy about its use in Scottish criminal trials.

The building was used as a base by Shackleton while he orchestrated the famous rescue of his stranded crew

Cairngorm Mountain Rescue said they became "cragfast" on Coire an t-Sneachda on Tuesday evening.

John Laird said criticism originally about football matters had descended into personal attacks.

The number of recorded flu cases in Scotland fell by 43% over the Christmas holidays, latest figures show.

SP Energy Networks says its staff will be on standby in The Grassmarket until the early hours of New Year's Day.

The food safety watchdog said people should return affected Deeside water bottles to stores.

The crash happened on the capital's Salisbury Road on Saturday.

Inverness Caley Thistle say the West Stand will be closed for Saturday's home league game.

How much attention have you been paying to this year's biggest (and most unusual) stories? Test your knowledge of 2025 in our quiz.

The history of New Year's Eve street parties in Edinburgh goes back centuries.

Hamish Hawk will support Wet Leg at Edinburgh's Hogmanay street party

BBC Scotland News is looking back at our most-read stories and this is the top 20 for 2025.

A selection of photographs submitted to BBC Scotland News from around the country this week.

A team from the University of Glasgow team worked with volunteers and students to excavate the former Kelvin Wheelies park.

Mike Duxbury lost his sight 50 years ago and is helping others with disability get into agriculture.

It is the 40th time the event has taken place at South Queensferry, with many participants wearing colourful fancy dress as they raced into the water.

The new year begins with snowy weather in most parts of Scotland north of Dundee with an amber alert taking effect on Friday.

A yellow weather warning for heavy snow and wind covers much of Scotland for the first four days of the new year.

Replacement bus services will run between Lockerbie and Carlisle, and Dumfries for the first week of the new year.

The building was used as a base by Shackleton while he orchestrated the famous rescue of his stranded crew

Danny Rohl has Rangers "right in the mix" for the Scottish Premiership title before Saturday's mouth-watering Old Firm derby at Celtic.

Celtic hirple into Saturday's second league Old Firm derby of the season knowing Rangers can move level on points with a win.

BBC Scotland charts the long road Motherwell have taken to get to the scintillating football which broke Celtic.

Tom and Andy take a lookback at the highs and lows across Scottish rugby in 2025

Gary Anderson gets the better of long-standing rival Michael van Gerwen to reach the PDC World Championship quarter-finals.