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Hundreds of men dressed as Vikings take part in a torchlight procession through Lerwick. Pic: nb360/Flickr

Up Helly Aa!

Island town ablaze with Viking torches as fire festival celebrates Norse past
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Schools Journalist of the Year competition


Have a go at being a reporter for a chance to win a prize for your school and a family ticket to Edinburgh Zoo!


Snubbed: Uggie, the nine-year-old jack russell terrier that starred in the film The Artist

Oscars for animals?


Film awards ignore claim that dog showed better acting skills than human co-stars


A haggis, made with a sheep's lungs, heart and liver, is sliced with a skean dhu at a traditional Burns Supper

Could haggis conquer America?


Call for ban on national dish to be lifted


Daily What News round-up 2011


A look at some of our top stories from the past year


Entertainment Archive

Emeli Sande: experts think she will be a big hit in 2012
Posted Thursday, 15 December 2011 in Entertainment

Emeli Sande wins top award

Aberdeen singer-songwriter seen as star most likely to hit the big time in 2012

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Winning moment: Little Mix and their mentor Tulisa were stunned by the result. Pic: ITV
Posted Monday, 12 December 2011 in Entertainment

Little Mix make X Factor history

Girl group win singing contest with 48.3% of public vote

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Best friends: Sasha and Fly the dog take it in turns to roll the dice
Posted Tuesday, 22 November 2011 in Entertainment

Dog beats girl at snakes and ladders

Video clip of schoolgirl and pet playing board game is internet hit

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Jackie Bird presented the telethon for Scotland, with Pudsey Bear, who first appeared in 1985
Posted Monday, 21 November 2011 in Entertainment

Record total for Children in Need

Sir Terry Wogan thanks British public for beating last year's total by £8 million

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Jayd Johnson (main image) was among the stars at the Baftas. Pic: James Galloway/Newsquest Media
Posted Monday, 14 November 2011 in Entertainment

Bafta Scotland awards

Leading Scottish film and TV stars honoured

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The King of Pop died in June 2009 from an overdose of sedatives and propofol, a drug normally used in surgery
Posted Tuesday, 08 November 2011 in Entertainment

Michael Jackson’s doctor found guilty

Medic gave singer deadly overdose of powerful anaesthetic

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TV vampires are not the baddies they used to be since they found ways to eat without harming us
Posted Monday, 31 October 2011 in Entertainment

Why we love vampires

Experts explain why 21st-century blood-suckers have become so cuddly

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Jessie J opened the event and JLS flew in to present an award and dazzle the crowd. Pics: Colin Mearns/Newsquest Media
Posted Thursday, 06 October 2011 in Entertainment

Jessie J cleans up at the Mobos

Singer wins four out of five categories at Music of Black Origin Awards

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Artist Craig Coulthard at the site of his Forest Pitch project deep in the Scottish Borders. Pic: Newsquest Media
Posted Wednesday, 28 September 2011 in Entertainment

Competition to design a football strip

Have you ever drawn your own football strip designs for your favourite team? Imagine having one of your designs made into the real thing and worn on a very unusual football event

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Roald Dahl wrote all of his classic children's stories in a hut in his garden. Pic: Jan Baldwin
Posted Wednesday, 14 September 2011 in Entertainment

Save Roald Dahl's hut

Campaign to save and share author's famous writing hut

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