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The entrance of the Supreme Court in London.

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U.K. high court says trans women don't meet definition of women under equalities law

Justice Patrick Hodge said five judges at the court had ruled unanimously that "the terms 'woman' and 'sex' in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex."

April 16, 2025
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  • Lauren Frayer
Midge Ure during Rock Meets Classic at MHP Arena, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany on  April 10, 2024.

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  • Music Interviews

Legendary Live Aid co-creator Midge Ure on a generation of music activism: 'Wow, this is us!'

The Scottish singer, guitarist and keyboardist who co-wrote and co-produced the 1984 Band Aid charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" with Bob Geldof and makes a rare appearance at The Earl in Atlanta on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024 where he performs songs from his Band in a Box tour. 

 

August 30, 2024
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  • Kristi York Wooten
The prehistoric monument Stonehenge, near Amesbury in southern England, has long fascinated researchers and visitors.

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Researchers say they've found the surprising source of a key piece of Stonehenge

Researchers may have solved a Stonehenge mystery — and raised another. They say its central Altar Stone somehow got to England from Scotland, hundreds of miles farther away than originally thought.

August 15, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
<em>The Wicker Man</em>, from 1973, was directed by Robin Hardy.

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  • Arts & Life

'The Wicker Man' gets his AARP card today, as the folk horror classic turns 50

The 1973 movie The Wicker Man helped kick off the subgenre known as "folk horror." The film, about a sinister pagan ritual on a remote Scottish island, has scared horror fans for five decades.

December 06, 2023
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  • Neda Ulaby
This photo, purported to be of the Loch Ness Monster, was taken near Inverness, Scotland in 1934. One of the participants revealed on his deathbed that the pictures were staged.

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  • Strange News

Monster hunters are conducting the largest search of Loch Ness in more than 50 years

There have been more than a thousand official sightings of the Loch Ness Monster, the Loch Ness Centre says. Nessie enthusiasts are deploying new tools this weekend to try and prove it's real.

August 21, 2023
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  • GPB Newsroom
Don't worry, this six-foot-tall tsetse fly didn't bite anyone. He was part of a performance to teach Malawians about preventing sleeping sickness.

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  • Global Health

A man dressed as a tsetse fly came to a soccer game. And he definitely had a goal

The disease known as sleeping sickness is on the decline but remains a concern in Africa. Now there's a theatrical event aimed at keeping the numbers down.

July 31, 2023
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  • Ari Daniel
Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks during a press conference in February at Bute House in Edinburgh. Sturgeon has been arrested by police investigating the finances of Scotland's pro-independence governing party.

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  • World

Scotland's former leader released after she was arrested and questioned by police

Nicola Sturgeon, the former First Minister of Scotland, was arrested Sunday amid an investigation by authorities into the finances of the governing, pro-independence Scottish National Party.

June 11, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced Wednesday that she would step down.

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  • World

Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon, supporter of independence and trans rights, will resign

Nicola Sturgeon will resign from her first minister post, she announced Wednesday. The move is prompting a new conversations about trans rights, independence and Jacinda Ardern.

February 15, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
The hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped with the Royal Standard of Scotland, leaves Balmoral as it begins its journey to Edinburgh.

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  • Europe

Queen Elizabeth's coffin arrives in Edinburgh ahead of a final journey to London

The coffin travels more than 100 miles to the royal Palace of Holyroodhouse in the Scottish capital. Eventually, the queen's body will be taken to London for the Sept. 19 funeral.

September 11, 2022
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  • Philip Reeves,
  • Robert Griffiths,
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The First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, is interviewed, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Washington.

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  • Europe

Scotland's leader starts a campaign for a new independence vote

Britain's departure from the European Union has changed the political realities for Scots since the 2014 referendum that rejected independence.

June 14, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Voters arrive Thursday at the War Memorial building being used as a polling station in Aboyne in Aberdeenshire for Scotland's parliamentary election.

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  • Europe

Scotland Goes To Polls In Crucial Election That Could Trigger New Independence Vote

Seven years after choosing to remain in the United Kingdom and five years after opposing Brexit, voters in Scotland are going to the polls once again Thursday to elect a new parliament.

May 06, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
Supporters of Scottish independence gather at the site of the Battle of Bannockburn in August in Bannockburn, Scotland. The site is where the army of the king of Scots, Robert the Bruce, defeated the army of England's King Edward II in 1314 in the First War of Scottish Independence.

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  • World

Support For Scottish Independence Is Growing, Partly Due To U.K.'s COVID-19 Response

Recent polls show consistent support among Scots for leaving Great Britain. Many in Scotland think Prime Minister Boris Johnson is poorly suited to handle the pandemic and trust Scottish leaders more.

December 15, 2020
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  • Frank Langfitt
Activists rally outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh in February in support of legislation for free period products. Scotland will make these products free to all who need them after lawmakers unanimously passed a bill that will require tampons and pads to be available in public places.

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  • Europe

Scotland Becomes 1st Country To Make Period Products Free

"A proud day for Scotland and a signal to the world that free universal access to period products can be achieved," said Monica Lennon, who championed the bill in the Scottish Parliament.

November 25, 2020
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  • Laurel Wamsley

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