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  1. The ground floor close of a flat block has black soot covering its walls and a window is smashed. Police tape blocks the entrance to the building.

  2. Bridge over a rail line, part of the bridge is damaged.

  3. A helicopter with orange bucket hovering over a body of water in a rocky area with smoke visible across hills in the distance

  4. A helicopter flies in a blue cloudy sky above a power line

  5. A rural road in the Borders with trees and and a white house at the roadside on a clear blue skied day

  6. composite image of The Scotsman and Press and Journal

  7. A general view of Old College at the University of Edinburgh on a sunny day

  8. A mural of Alexander Fleming on the side of a building in Darvel, East Ayrshire

  9. An electricity pylon against a grey sky

  10. A helicopter hovering a patch of ground in Galloway Forest Park. Smoke can be seen across the hills in the background

  11. A parapet wall over a railway line which has been damaged by a car. The road is sealed off with police tape.

  12. Jamie Greene

  13. On the parade route a woman plays an accordion and sings while wearing a blue tartan vest with another woman waving a Saltire flag. A costumed mascot for Tartan Week stands in the middle of them as a large crowd of people follow carrying banners

  14. Scotland's papers: 6 April

  15. The prince is portrayed in an oil on canvas painting by William Mosman from 1750. He wears a white wig and a blue bonnet with a white cockade. The prince also wears a dark blue jacket and red tartan.

  16. Portrait picture of Jessie Stephen when she was in her 30s. She has short dark hair.

  17. Craig Caldwell looking directly at the camera in Central Park in New York. He is wearing a pink hoodie and is carrying bagpipes in his hands.

  18. Alan Cumming is in the city to lead the Tartan Day Parade through Manhattan as its Grand Marshall.

  19. Alex Cole-Hamilton

  20. A general view of a police scotland officer wearing a black polo shirt with the name of the force on the sleeve under a yellow hi-viz vest.

  21. A billy goat standing on moorland. It has largely black hair with a white patch down his face. It has two large curved horns.

  22. A house damaged by fire. The house is made of white and yellow stone. The roof has caved in and is black with fire damage. In front of it is a green barrier and in front of that is a silver barrier with white and blue police tape attached.

  23. A large fire takes hold of a hill in the distance. Large clouds of grey smoke billow away from the blaze. It is night time and light can be seen from houses in the distance.

  24. Scotland's papers: 5 April