Lizzie Roberts

It's my last day working for @thetimes.com in Scotland! Next month I'll be moving back to London to be the deputy news editor for The Sunday Times. Incredibly grateful to all my colleagues north and south of the border for the last two years. Cannot wait to get started!

Undersea power cable in Highland loch ‘will destroy’ spawning grounds Campaigners say work to build the proposed SSE power line under Little Loch Broom will damage fragile seabed habitats

A giant new undersea power cable in a Highland loch will destroy vital spawning grounds for fish, a leading environmental campaign group has said.

Harris Tweed hopes to weave some magic with Nike trainers Twenty years after the two companies first collaborated, the Dunk Low range will feature the famous handwoven cloth

Harris Tweed hopes to weave some magic with Nike trainers

Is JD Vance a ‘Scots-Irish hillbilly’ at heart? DNA evidence casts doubt The vice-president is facing accusations from experts that his claim to belong to what he sees as a marginalised white ethnic group is false

Is JD Vance a ‘Scots-Irish hillbilly’ at heart? DNA evidence casts doubt
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Reform UK’s wolf is at the door — we can walk away or stay and fight If Nigel Farage becomes PM public opinion in Scotland will shift substantially and perhaps decisively to the independence cause

Reform UK’s wolf is at the door — we can walk away or stay and fight

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University to return Tasmanian Aboriginal remains after 200 years A skull which was part of the University of Aberdeen’s comparative anatomy collection will be taken back to Tasmania and laid to rest in a traditional ceremony

The skull of a Tasmanian man murdered 200 years ago and once used for medical training will be returned by a Scottish university.

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Pomelo, Edinburgh, review — Red curry and parmesan? I’m completely in love Chitra Ramaswamy returns to an Asian-European restaurant that’s become one of the city’s coolest — where the celebrated hand-pulled noodles still cost a tenner

POMELO EDINBURGH REVIEW: Chitra Ramaswamy returns to an Asian-European restaurant that’s become one of the city’s coolest — where the celebrated hand-pulled noodles still cost a tenner

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Sixteen can be old enough to choose assisted dying, MSP says Opponents raise concerns but Liam McArthur, of the Liberal Democrats, says he is confident his Holyrood bill includes sufficient safeguards

Sixteen is old enough to choose assisted dying, MSP says

‘I’ve had four heart attacks but I’m still waiting to see an NHS specialist’ British Heart Foundation calls for urgent investment as one man suffers his fourth heart attack after waiting more than two years to see a specialist

‘I’ve had four heart attacks but I’m still waiting to see an NHS specialist’

Mhairi Black: I was heartbroken when they said I couldn’t be a priest The comedian and former MP on Scotland’s best noodles, why she owes her maths teacher an apology — and how nobody in power knows what they’re doing

Mhairi Black: I was heartbroken when they said I couldn’t be a priest

‘I’m not homophobic,’ says nurse in trans doctor changing room row Sandie Peggie, who was described in court as a vocal supporter of President Trump, acknowledges that she holds gender-critical views

A nurse at the centre of a row over a trans doctor using a female changing room has denied holding homophobic or racist views.

Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell ‘still living together’ The former first minister, who announced her split from her husband this week, had been rumoured to be staying with the crime novelist Val McDermid

Nicola Sturgeon and her husband, Peter Murrell, plan to continue to live together in their family home as sources close to the couple dismissed rumours she has moved into a flat owned by the crime writer Val McDermid.

Britain’s busiest railway, the west coast main line, to close for repairs More than 150 miles of the overhead wires installed 50 years ago on the main line, the UK’s ‘transport spine’, need replacing to ensure it is fit for the future

EXC: Millions of passengers face a decade of severe disruption during a once-in-a-generation upgrade of Britain’s most important railway.

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Scotland’s water regulator ‘spent like a private sector consultancy’ The Water Industry Commission for Scotland splashed out on expensive meals and travel and lost sight of its guidelines, the auditor-general said

Scotland’s water regulator ‘spent like a private sector consultancy’

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Inside the UK’s first drug consumption room in Glasgow Users will not be asked to test their substances before injecting themselves at the facility when it opens next week

Inside the UK’s first drug consumption room in Glasgow

More lynx spotted in Highlands after suspected illegal release Two wildcats were caught on Thursday but the latest sighting raises fears that more may have been released by a ‘disgruntled activist’

NEW: A second sighting of lynx has been reported in the Scottish Highlands following the capture of two illegally released wildcats on Thursday

Alex Salmond proposed £6bn floating train between Edinburgh and Glasgow Study showing train link placed on stilts in the middle of the M8 was presented to cabinet in 2009, newly released papers reveal

🚆Alex Salmond backed a £6bn floating train between Edinburgh and Glasgow, new documents reveal

🚆The project would have cut journey times to just 15 minutes

🚆One proposal suggested placing it on stilts in the middle of the M8 motorway

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Turner’s painting of Edinburgh to go on show in city for first time Watercolour by the famous British artist was painted in 1801 but was one of 31 pictures given to Ireland by the art collector Henry Vaughan

A landscape painting of Edinburgh by the artist JMW Turner will go on display in the city for the first time since it was painted over 200 years ago.

Edinburgh Hogmanay events cancelled after extreme weather warnings Forecasts of high winds across most of the UK lead organisers to call off outdoor celebrations in Scotland’s capital over safety concerns

Edinburgh Hogmanay events cancelled after extreme weather warnings

‘I dread the day when MND beats me but for now I’ll make most of life’ Woman who has same disease that killed the rugby legend Doddie Weir says painting and fostering dogs helps her to cope

‘I dread the day when MND beats me but for now I’ll make most of life’

Dog rescued after 30m plunge down Outlander waterfall Mountain rescue teams pulled Margot, who fell at the Devil’s Pulpit near Loch Lomond, to safety from unofficial beauty spot made famous by TV series

A dog had to be rescued by emergency crews after plunging 30m down a waterfall made famous by the television series Outlander.

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Gordonstoun scraps campus deal with alleged Chinese spy’s firm Yang Tengbo, who has been linked to Prince Andrew, controlled Hampton Group International, which had brokered a deal with the school

The King’s former school has scrapped a major deal with a firm owned by an alleged Chinese spy with links to Prince Andrew.

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Teenager accused of Dundee man’s murder to face trial as adult The suspect was 15 when he allegedly shot Rory Swimm, 23, but was originally charged as a juvenile

A Utah teen will be trialled for the murder of a Scottish man in an adult court.

If convicted, he could be jailed for at least 15 years.

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Ancient clay remedy ‘secret to modern gut health’ Researchers have found that a 2,500-year-old clay from the Greek island of Lemnos could boost the microbiome

Could an ancient clay pill be the secret to our modern day gut health?

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GPs should be empowered to perform minor surgery to help the thousands of Scottish patients who are waiting years for treatment, one of the country’s leading family doctors has said.

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Revealed: true extent of Scotland hospital waiting times scandal Number of patients waiting more than 104 weeks for treatment in Scottish hospitals is almost 100 times higher than in England

EXC: Nearly 100 times more NHS patients have been waiting over two years for hospital treatment in Scotland than in the whole of England.

The Times view on the Scottish budget: Smoke and Mirrors Shona Robison’s budget was designed to grab headlines and outflank Labour — but the fine print reveals that the SNP has very little in its armoury to bolster a hard-pressed economy

Here’s @timesscotland.bsky.social’s view on yesterday’s Scottish Budget 👇🏻