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Take a look through our photo gallery to see 19 amazing images of Edinburgh's North Bridge down the decades.

In pictures: North Bridge down the decades

Here are the 10 best poets from Scotland, according to our readers. Cr: Getty Imags/Canva Pro

10 of the best poets to have ever come from Scotland (that aren’t Robert Burns!)

Edinburgh's Princes Street has changed over the years.

25 pictures of Edinburgh's Princes Street through the years

Have a look through our photo galllery to see what Edinburgh life was like back in 1995.

17 incredible photos of Edinburgh in 1995

Alcopop bottles Pic: Julianpictures Adobe

Alcopops are out of the ONS basket, but we haven't bought one since the Nineties

Try out quiz and see how many of the 12 questions you can get correct. Answers are in the final photo.

Quiz: Match 12 features to the landmarks they belong to

Looking down Leith Street in Edinburgh towards Picardy Place in 1958. Picture shows (left hand side) the Top Deck restaurant, John Collier menswear and Timpson's shoe shop. All these shops were demolished to make way for St James Centre and King James Hotel in 1969.

In pictures: 17 incredible buildings we lost

Demand for turntables and vinyl playing accessories remains strong. Picture: Scott Reid

Peak vinyl? Why there's plenty of life left in music industry's oldest format

Kirsty Wark celebrates the unsung in new BBC Scotland series The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland. PIC: Two Rivers Media/BBC Scotland

The ordinary women who changed the face of modern Scotland

Take a look through our photo gallery to be transported back in time.

In pictures: Edinburgh's suburbs down the decades

Where it all began: 25 Clerk Street, where the graffiti on the front door gives way to a people's history played out at the address which is rich in triumph and loss. PIC: Diarmid Mogg.

The hidden histories behind the ordinary front doors of Edinburgh tenements

Ready to go sailing at Granton harbour Edinburgh in July 1972.

17 memories of Edinburgh's Granton district down the decades

We’ve trawled through the photo archives to show you some of the city’s lesser-known castles.

In pictures: Edinburgh's lesser known castles

Hogmanay revellers at Tron Kirk Edinburgh 1959

10 nostalgic memories of Hogmanay in Scotland from yesteryear

We've trawled through the photo archives to bring you a dozen iconic landmarks around Edinburgh that have found a new lease of life.

12 Edinburgh buildings that got a new lease of life

Check out these 10 photos of Scotland's biggest city over the festive period. Cr: Getty Images/TSPL

Here are 10 Christmas photos that show Glasgow over the years

Fettes College.

12 photos of Edinburgh's most stunning schools

Tom Cruise on the roof of the carriage during the filming of Mission Impossible 7. Picture: Angie Childs

Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible 7 stunt rail carriage Scots restaurant plan

These 10 Scottish laws are confusing, bizarre and just a little bit amusing. Cr: Getty Images/Canva Pro

Here are 10 Scottish laws you might have broken without even realising

Firefighters tackle the blaze in Edinburgh's Cowgate Pic: Tony Marsh

Remembering the devastating Cowgate blaze 20 years on

These mid 19th century photographs of Edinburgh will transport you back in time.

Vintage Edinburgh: 14 Stunning photos of Edinburgh taken in the mid 19th century

Santa Claus with little boy in Jenners - Edinburgh 1954

16 nostalgic memories of Scottish Christmases past

How many can you get right?

Quiz: Can you identify these Scottish football clubs stadiums?

Revolution dance floor

11 legendary Edinburgh nightclubs that are gone but not forgotten

There have been few pop acts before or since that captured the zeitgeist of their era quite like the Bay City Rollers did in the mid-1970s. The tartan clad lads' cover of the Four Seasons' "Bye, Bye, Baby" stayed at number one in the UK for six weeks in March and April 1975

15 times Scotland ruled the top of the UK music charts

Hollywood actress star Alicia Silverstone may have been born in California, but she is the daughter of Monty Silverstone, an English estate agent, and Deirdre Silvestone (née Radford), a Scottish former Pan Am flight attendant. We were totally Clueless about this (sorry).

15 Celebrities you never knew were Scottish, famous faces with Scottish heritage

Metal detectorists Dariusz Gucwa, Mariusz Stepien and Damian Michalowski at the excavation site. PIC: Contributed.

Metal detectorist's 'indescribable joy' after making second major discovery

Colin Grant, Ross Lynn and Tom Cooper from Glengarry Community Benefit Society have opened up a share offer to build six off-grid eco cabins which will in turn fund projects that will create jobs, income and opportunities for local people in Lochaber.

'Fragile' Highland community seeks investors with £500 for tourism business

A collection of Edward I and II silver pennies. A hoard of similar coins, featuring more than 8,000 individual pieces, has been found by a metal detectorist in Dunscore near Dumfries. PIC: CC.

More than 8,000 silver coins discovered in Scottish field

Revellers hit the dancefloor in the International Club in Princes Street Edinburgh in July 1965.

Scotland in the 1960s: This is how Scots had fun over half a century ago

Typically Scottish? Our readers think differently.

Here are 10 things that people think are Scottish, but actually aren't

Argyle House. Picture: TSPL

13 of Edinburgh's 'ugliest' buildings

These once popular Edinburgh eateries are long gone, but not forgotten.

19 photos of lost Edinburgh restaurants and cafes

These 10 locations in Glasgow are said to have frequent and horrifying hauntings. Cr: Getty Images.

Here are 10 of the most notorious Glasgow ghosts and where to find them

On this Day

Pulling a pint at The Anchor Tavern in Port Bannantyne on the Isle of Bute, which is now in community ownership. PIC: Contributed.

The island community who saved the only pub in village with massive whipround

Height: 90 metres (295 ft) Year constructed: 1879

These 11 buildings are the tallest in Edinburgh

The new Eastern Scottish livery evokes designs from 40 years ago. Picture: McGill's Buses

Retro Eastern Scottish and Midland Bluebird bus liveries revived by McGill’s

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." The world-renowned Theoretical Physicist uttered these words (or a version of them) around the 1940's when the first nuclear weapons were being developed.

12 Chilling Quotes from History: Eerie quotes that still haunt us

Barra's beach runway: famous but not unique in Scottish aviation history. One on Harris was in regular use in the late 1960s PIC: Stefan Auth/imageBROKER/Shutterstock

Book review: Scotland’s Wings, by Robert Jeffrey

Waverley leaving Dunoon last Friday on one of the last sailings of her summer season on the Clyde (Picture: John Devlin)

Waverley steamer offers unique travel experience into the past – Alastair Dalton

Waverley about to leave Dunoon for Rothesay on Friday. Picture: John Devlin

Historic paddle steamer Waverley £200,000 shortfall after fuel price doubles

Scotland's Eilish McColgan with her Silver Medal after the Women's 5000m Final at Alexander Stadium on day ten of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Picture date: Sunday August 7, 2022. Pic: Martin Rickett/PA Wire.

Eilish McColgan wins Commonwealth Games gold while wearing tartan scrunchie

Pianist, comedian and actor Dudley Moore during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1960.

20 fascinating pictures of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the 1950s and 1960s

Members of Hibs Supporters Club ready to leave Edinburgh for Cyprus in February 1988.

15 photos to transport you back to Edinburgh in 1988

Eric Milligan enjoys a wee sip of Buckfast wine with Hearts fans after their team beat Rangers 2-1 to win the Scottish Cup 1998 Pic Adam Elder

Hearts FC: Eric Milligan’s Buckfast toast to Hearts’ Scottish Cup win

On this Day - April 26

TS Queen Mary berthed beside Glasgow Science Centre on Friday. Picture: John Devlin

Historic Queen Mary steamer to make surprise return to Clyde cruising

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Scots band The Bluebells, who topped the UK charts in the 1990s with their pop-hit Young at Heart

Spinning Around – Glasgow’s Remarkable Record Shops

Lady Grange and the cleit on St Kilda - known as Lady Grange's House - which is believed to have been built on the site of the house where she lived in captivity. PIC: NTS/CC

Secrets of Jacobite wife held captive on St Kilda to be unearthed

Queen Elizabeth II arriving back in London from Africa on February 7, 1952, the day after the death of her father, George VI. (Photo by INTERCONTINENTALE / AFP) (Photo by -/INTERCONTINENTALE/AFP via Getty Images)

Queen's Jubilee: Taking her reign in the thunder 70 years ago today

The letter, which features the handwriting of Mary Queen of Scots.

'Rare' letter written by Mary Queen of Scots sells for £32,500 at auction

Maid of the Loch carried more than 3 million passengers over her 28-year sailing career on Loch Lomond. Picture: Loch Lomond Steamship Company

Key restoration fundraiser for historic paddle steamer Maid of the Loch launched

Gaby Soutar

Listening to music in the car is a century-old joy, so turn the volume up

Isara, Mia and Fergus McCallum at Pitlochry station

Thai restaurant planned for train carriages in Pitlochry founders

The new Glasgow Subway trains will be the first in the UK to eventually operate without staff on board. Picture: SPT

Glasgow Subway’s infamous shoogle to survive £300m upgrade of historic line

L-R Rose Reilly, Vivienne McLaren SWF, Eddi Reader launch the Rutherglen Ladies F.C exhibition at the Scottish Football Museum. Photo credit: Peter Devlin

Rutherglen Ladies: The women who defied the ban on football 100 years ago

Where is Marta? is a 2021 Spanish true crime documentary miniseries about the murder of Marta del Castillo.

Here are Netflix latest and best true crime documentaries released this month

Dare you watch these 8 horror movies filmed in Scotland? Photo credit: Getty Images/Canva Pro

Here are 8 of the best Halloween horrors movies which were filmed in Scotland

A MacBraynes' single decker is among Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust's collection of 130 historic buses, lorries and fire engines. Picture: John Devlin/JPIMedia

Watch: Vintage bus film location to become working museum in Glasgow

Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust's Steven Booth. Photo John Devlin

In-demand vintage bus film location to become working museum in Glasgow

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New First Minister Humza Yousaf with his deputy Shona Robison. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Humza Yousaf unveils full Cabinet with majority of women for first time ever

First Minister Humza Yousaf arrives at Bute House. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Who is in Humza Yousaf's new Cabinet?

Humza Yousaf takes the oath as he is sworn in as First Minister of Scotland at the Court of Session, Edinburgh. Picture date: Wednesday March 29, 2023.

13 pictures as Humza Yousaf sworn in as Scotland’s First Minister