Scotland

• Riotous Assembly celebrates 30 Edinburgh Fringe years
• 06th August 2010
  As a 25-year-old aspiring theatre director William Burdett-Coutts inquired about using a space in Edinburgh's Assembly Rooms for a Fringe production. He was told he could rent the whole building. The young Burdett-Coutts took his chance and over the pas...

• Tattoo begins diamond anniversary
• 06th August 2010
  Performers from all over the world will join members of the armed forces for the start of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo's 60th anniversary run later. The Tattoo, which was given official royal status earlier this year to mark its Diamond Jubilee, will ru...

• Stage set for Edinburgh Fringe success
• 06th August 2010
  The Edinburgh Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world, has begun its three-week run in Scotland's capital. More than 21,000 performers will take part in 2,453 shows at about 250 venues across the city and beyond. Organisers are hoping to build on...

• Free Festival loses its £15,000 sponsor
• 23rd June 2010
  One of the promoters of free shows in the Fringe has lost its largest sponsor just weeks before the event kicks off in Edinburgh. A five-figure sponsor for this year's Laughing Horse Free Festival has fallen through, its director has confirmed to the BBC...

• Dizzee Rascal and Flawless feature in Fringe line-up
• 11th June 2010
  Rapper Dizzee Rascal, Britain's Got Talent dance troupe Flawless and model Abi Titmuss are among the acts unveiled in this year's Edinburgh Fringe programme. The line-up features a record 2,453 shows, a 17% increase on last year. The 64th annual Festiva...

• Famous Aberdeen granite quarry sold
• 10th June 2010
  Aberdeen's iconic Rubislaw Quarry has been acquired by two local businessmen, BBC Scotland can reveal. The granite quarry, once the biggest man-made hole in Europe, went on sale on the open market earlier this year for the first time in 150 years. The n...

• Rescue service transfer confirmed
• 10th June 2010
  Search and rescue services (SAR) at HMS Gannet in Prestwick will be transferred to Glasgow Airport, it has been confirmed. A private consortium, Soteria, has been appointed to take over SAR operations from 2012. The consortium, which includes Royal Bank...

• New Fringe venue for Princes Street Gardens
• 09th June 2010
  Edinburgh's biggest Fringe promoter is to create a new venue in the city's Princes Street Gardens to mark its 30th year at the festival. Against the backdrop of Edinburgh Castle, the venue will "re-invigorate" the Ross Bandstand site with a &qu...

• Bollywood film shot in Edinburgh's Old Town
• 09th June 2010
  Filming for a major Bollywood film has started in the centre of Edinburgh. Scenes for Mausam, which is being made by veteran star Pankaj Kapoor and staring his son Shahid Kapoor, are being shot in The Grassmarket. Shahid Kapoor is playing the lead role ...

• Gardening Scotland to draw crowds to Ingliston
• 05th June 2010
  More than 32,000 plant lovers are to descend on a huge garden show on the outskirts of Edinburgh at the weekend. A record £1m worth of plants are expected to be sold at Gardening Scotland 2010, which is being held at the Royal Highland Centre at In...

• Edinburgh commuters given green enticements
• 11th May 2010
  A bike charity has been given £750,000 in funding to encourage commuters to use greener ways of travelling to and from work in Edinburgh. The Bike Station is offering free bus tickets, two-week bike loans, cycle training, free bike services and trav...

• New Aberdeen stadium meetings being held
• 10th May 2010
  A series of public consultations on plans for a new home for Aberdeen Football Club are being held. The aim is for a stadium capable of holding about 21,000 people - costing up to £40m - at Loirston Loch. Public meetings are being held at the Thist...

• Flights resume after new ash disruption
• 08th May 2010
  Flights to and from Glasgow and the Hebrides have resumed following earlier disruption caused by drifting ash from the volcanic eruptions in Iceland. Loganair, which runs Flybe services, cancelled flights linking Glasgow to Benbecula and Stornoway on Lewi...

• New rhino lifted into cage at Edinburgh Zoo
• 07th May 2010
  A new rhinoceros has been lifted by crane into his new enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo. The 18-month-old greater one-horned Indian rhino, who could grow to weigh up to 2. 5 tonnes, arrived by lorry from Stuttgart in Germany. The rhino, named Samir, was lifted...

• Scottish airports closed by volcanic ash
• 05th May 2010
  Most airports in Scotland have grounded flights again because of the risks from a rise in volcanic ash levels. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said no flights would be allowed from Glasgow, Prestwick and Campbeltown until 1900 BST. Edinburgh airport, ...

• 'Voice' of Edinburgh Military Tattoo dies aged 82
• 20th April 2010
  The TV voice of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Tom Fleming, has died in an Edinburgh hospice at the age of 82. Mr Fleming provided the voiceover for the BBC's television coverage for 44 tattoos - his first being in 1966. However, he missed his 45th tatto...

• Irish dancing championship begins in Glasgow
• 29th March 2010
  Thousands of dancers have arrived in Glasgow for the 40th World Irish Dancing Championships. The city is hosting the event for the third time after beating off competition from Boston, Killarney and Derry. Some 4,500 dancers are taking part in the annual...

• Rangers Supporters' Trust in takeover proposal
• 29th March 2010
  Rangers Supporters' Trust confirmed it is working on an "exploratory document" with the aim of taking over Sir David Murray's majority shareholding. Any RST plan would involve some degree of fan ownership but would need to be underwritten by eit...

• Test drive crash results in
• 24th March 2010
  Repairs to a supercar damaged when a test drive went wrong near Aberdeen are set to cost an insurance firm £300,000. The Pagani Zonda S, which would cost more than £500,000 to buy, was involved in a crash last September. The car has been sent...

• Borders rail route tourism boom claimed
• 18th February 2010
  A campaign group has claimed a reopened rail line between Edinburgh and the Borders could attract £500,000 a year in tourist spending. The Campaign for Borders Rail (CBR) said it was vital the route tapped into the charter train market. Chairman Ri...