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1. Scots dairy spends £3.5m on new cottage cheese site as TikTok sparks 'record' demand

   Cottage cheese - a foodstuff once associated with the 1970s and 1980s - has reportedly tripled in the last two years.

2. Thanksgiving service to be held for former Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman

   The service will be held in the university’s Bute Hall and will be livestreamed online.

3. TV Licence cancellation rules mean you can stop £174.50 payments for six reasons

   A TV Licence currently costs £174.50 a year for anyone viewing live television or BBC iPlayer, but the fee is increasing in April

4. 'I visited Scottish shopping centre abandoned 20 years ago and couldn't believe what I found'

   Five Sisters Freeport Shopping Village in West Calder opened in 1996 with designer brands like Calvin Klein and Versace but closed in 2004 after nearby rival outlet caused footfall to decline

5. NHS ibuprofen alert over 'tummy pain'

   People have been advised to watch for symptoms indicating potential key side effects

6. Scots teen trapped in bedroom after 30 brain surgeries pleas for normal life

   Aimee Nicholl, 17, from Glasgow, is bedbound by agonising symptoms linked to a brain condition that she has lived with since she was born. She will travel to specialists in London where her family hope she can return to a nromal life through treatment.

7. Tax-dodging Shetland council boss "reduced to tears" by public support

   Shetland Islands Council convenor Andrew Manson claims harsh treatment by HMRC and Insolvency Sercice - and vows to carry on as councillor despite unpaid £178,000 bill

8. 'My dad was like a zombie' Glasgow dementia ward closed down amid opiates probe

   The family of George Maguire, 91, say he quickly descended into near catatonic state soon after admission to Stobhill Hospital where he was given unprescribed opiate medicine.

9. RAF and police mountain rescue team help hillwalker stuck on ridge for 20 hours

   In total, 30 mountain rescue personnel were on the northeastern slopes of Sgurr Fiona at the height of the operation.

10. Sandi Thom favourite to record Scotland's official 2026 World Cup song

    Aberdeenshire singer Sandi Thom is hoping her new song, I’m Proud to be from Scotland, could be the country's new World Cup anthem.