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Heavy rain and high winds hit Scotland
Man hurt as chimney smashes bus window
22 people, including 12 children, rescued from floods at primary school
A1 closed after high winds blow two lorries over
M9 reopens after it was closed for five hours due to flooding
M8 reopens after two portacabins are blown off HGV

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Graham Fraser

Postpublished at 15:26 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2016
From BBC Weather - latest forecast with Christopher
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Postpublished at 15:24 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2016
From Stirling Council - Aberfoyle flooding closes school
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Pedestrian hit by car on Aberdeenshire road has died say policepublished at 15:20
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A pedestrian who was hit by a car on the B9005 Gight to Fyvie road in Aberdeenshire has died.
The collision happened at about 13:55.
The road is expected to be closed for some time and local diversions are in place.
Scottish finance secretary to ask chancellor to ease tax burden on North Sea oil industrypublished at 15:16
John Swinney is to ask George Osborne to ease the amount of tax paid by the sector, which has seen the cost of a barrel of Brent crude fall from more than $100 in January 2014 to less than $30 in January 2016.
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The move was agreed by a special gathering of the Scottish cabinet ahead of the UK government's budget in March.
The meeting agreed that Scottish ministers would lobby to "remove barriers to exploration" and back re-skilling within the industry.
Tony Blair says Scotland will leave UK if Britons vote to leave Europe in referendumpublished at 15:11
Former British prime minister Tony Blair has said he thinks Scotland will leave the UK if there is a vote to leave the European Union.
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Speaking to French radio, Mr Blair said he hoped and expected the UK to vote to stay in Europe in a referendum to be held before the end of 2017.
Earlier, the UK government tabled a motion in the House Commons setting out some of the rules for the referendum.
There has been speculation Prime Minister David Cameron is preparing for a vote as soon as June if his renegotiation plans are approved by European leaders next month.
Police close road in Aberdeenshire following collision involving pedestrianpublished at 14:58
The B9005 has been closed between Gight and Fyvie following a serious traffic collision involving a pedestrian.
Police said the collision happened at about 13:55.
The road is expected to remain closed for some time and local diversions are in place.
Tidal surge causes problems in Annanpublished at 14:56
Giancarlo Rinaldi
South Scotland reporter, BBC news website
Police say a tidal surge is causing problems in Annan at the moment.
Flooding is being experienced on the town's Port Street.
Dumfries flooding update as Whitesands diversion "works well"published at 14:37
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Extra care urged on A85 Crieff to Comrie routepublished at 14:25
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Whitesands flooding in Dumfries after heavy rainfallpublished at 14:12
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Pupils at primary school rescued after flooding cuts off buildingpublished at 13:58
Pupils at Aberfoyle Primary School in Stirling had to be rescued by firefighters and members of Trossachs Search and Rescue team.
The children were escorted through water that was close to a metre deep in places.
Stirling Council said the school would be closed for the rest of the day.
Police escorting 'stuck traffic' through M9, with motorway still closedpublished at 13:51
Deep standing water on the M9 motorway near Stirling has closed the southbound carriageway.
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Watch the latest weather forecast with BBC Scotland's Christopher Blanchettpublished at 13:44
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Up Helly AA - Hundreds turn out in Lerwick to welcome the warriorspublished at 13:36
This year's Guizer Jarl - festival leader - Mark Evans is leading his squad of latter day warriors, which includes a number of relatives all the way from Brisbane in Australia.
Mr Evans is portraying the warrior Solmund Sigurdsson of Tonsberg.
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Police warn of 'significant traffic congestion' in and around Stirlingpublished at 13:22
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Pictures - Stormy weather hits Ayrshire coastpublished at 13:08
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Up Helly Aa - Shetland's Viking festival takes over Lerwickpublished at 12:53
About 1,000 men will parade through the streets of the Shetland town before burning their replica Viking galley.
Hundreds of visitors have arrived in the islands for the annual event.
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Postpublished at 12:52 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2016
Flood alerts for Dumfries and borders
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Police say South Bridge to remain closed between Chambers Street and Nicolson Streetpublished at 12:40
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Police in Edinburgh said the busy route would remain shut until safety tests had been carried out on a building on Nicolson Street.
It follows an incident in which a man was injured after a chimney fell from the building and hit a bus at 09:40 this morning.
Insp Norman Towler of Craigmillar Police Station said: “We have diversions in place along Chambers Street and anticipate this will be the case until later today.
“We are asking the public to avoid the area if at all possible meanwhile.”
Police searching for missing 74-year-old man in Fife find bodypublished at 12:33
Police in Fife said they recovered the body of a man on the shore close to Lundin Links Golf Course at about 09:30.
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It follows an appeal for information about Buckhaven man, Alexander Cruikshank.
Mr Cruikshank was last seen leaving an address on Eagle Road in Buckhaven at about 09:00 on Monday. Officers later recovered his blue Citroen Picasso.