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It comes as cases of the winter vomiting bug are on the rise in hospitals.

Branded ‘Scotland’s festival of light’, the annual Spectra event last year attracted more than 100,000 visitors.

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes said the Techscaler programme has made Scotland ‘one of the best places in the world’ to launch such a business.

Higher and further education minister Graeme Dey spoke as the Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill was published.

Social Security Scotland has encouraged parents and carers to apply for the benefit before midnight on February 28.

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh planted a magnolia tree, metres away from a pair planted by the late Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in 1986.

The victim is said to be in a stable condition.

Head of counter-terrorism policing said ‘cancer’ of dangerous online content ‘driving violence in our communities and in the lives of young people’.

Charles and Camilla’s long-expected trip will take place in April and see them meet Pope Francis.

He will visit a Farm Safety Foundation event and then Carnoustie and Monifieth Men’s Shed in Carnoustie, Angus, on Thursday.

Campaigners at Open Seas are calling for changes to the Green Star awards scheme.

A wide range of local and international stories feature across Thursday’s front pages.

The UK’s base interest rate currently sits at 4.75%.

The British musician died from ‘polytrauma’, meaning multiple traumatic injuries, after a fall from a hotel balcony.

It is expected more details will be set out by Government by the end of the week.

The Conservatives have urged the Government to amend its immigration legislation to include their proposals.

Her last day coincided with Sky News’s 36th birthday.

Katie Amess’s father, former MP Sir David Amess, was stabbed to death in 2021 by Ali Harbi Ali, who had been referred to Prevent prior to the attack.

What is left of the tower has stood in place since the fatal fire on June 14 2017.

Saturday’s jackpot will be an estimated £4 million after no players won Wednesday’s top prize.