Shooting

A stag on the Isle of Jura during the rutting season

Hay's Way: Changing tide of stalking on Scotland's Deer Island

Isle of Jura

Hay's Way: Hard to remain a mere passing visitor on Jura

A shooting party out on the moors on the Glorious Twelfth to mark the start of the grouse shooting season.

Glorious Twelfth fortunes split as glens thrive and moors struggle

Public discussion of grouse shooting often overlooks the local workers and the businesses supplying food, equipment, vehicles and services (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

From golden eagles to local jobs, these Angus estates do a lot of good Iona McGregor

Rachael Irvine (left) and Mick North (right) alongside The Second Best School Shooting playwright Alice Stanley Jr (centre) The play is performing at Pleasance Grand throughout the Edinburgh Fringe.

Fringe school shooting play is 'very sobering reminder of reality'

The Second Best Shooting by Alice Stanley

Can a play about a high school shooting be funny?

Daniel Vettrino was killed following an incident on the island of Canouan in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Scottish man found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in Caribbean

Pegasus Vaulting Group performing at the main arena

Ad Feature Saddle up for summer fun at top family friendly rural celebration

Landowner expands his Scottish island empire

Emma Crozier, 5, who was one of the 16 children murdered along with their teacher in the shooting at Dunblane Primary School on March 13, 1996

Dunblane - 'We cannot let people forget' as 30th anniversary marked

Reverend Colin Renwick, at Dunblane Cathedral, as the town prepares to "quietly" mark the 30th anniversary of the atrocity

Dunblane : "Quiet dignity and respect" as town remembers 30 years on

The Dunblane Memorial Garden PIC: Chris Bacon/PA.

Dunblane: First Minister speaks movingly of son's birth on tragic day

Tennis star Andy Murray during a visit to the Dunblane Centre, a community centre set up in the wake of the Dunblane Primary tragedy

Dunblane: Sir Andy Murray and the tragedy that runs deep

Joshua Stewart pleaded guilty at the High Court in Glasgow today, Thursday, 5 March

Man pleads guilty to attempted murder of 54-year-old

David Campbell has been sentenced to a minimum of 19 years in prison. Picture: COPFS/PA

Police apologise to family over gamekeeper murder case

Rural experts say stalking can help bring in financial support for deer management on estates (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell) (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Changes to sporting rates relief risks repeat of farm tax 'mistakes'

Man who fired gun at former friend's home jailed for nine years

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Mourners gather to lay flowers at Bondi Beach on Monday

Scottish man working at Bondi Beach thought gunshots were 'fireworks'

The shooting took place on Sheffield's London Road. Picture: Yorkshire Post

Man arrested in Aberdeen in connection with shooting of teenager

Marc Webley, 38, was shot and killed outside the Anchor Inn on West Granton Road on December 31 at around 11.50pm. A 39-year-old man was also shot and injured on Hogmanay and remains in hospital in a “serious but stable condition”

Gunman pleads guilty to Marc Webley murder

Dunblane parents Gordon Bounes, Les Morton, Rosemary Hunter, John Crozier and Snowdrop Campaign member Ann Pearston outside Downing Street in November 1996

New documentary commissioned to mark 30th anniversary of Dunblane

Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk

Activist and Trump ally assassinated at Utah University

Tennis star Andy Murray during a visit to the Dunblane Centre, a community centre set up in the wake of the Dunblane Primary tragedy. Picture: Robert Perry/PA Wire

Sir Andy Murray on his pride at Dunblane Centre honour

Police appeal for witnesses after Edinburgh housing scheme 'shooting'

Police were called to Hailesland Gardens at 3.40pm on Thursday

Man, 25, arrested over Edinburgh housing scheme 'shooting'

Police officers attend the scene of a shooting at a school in Graz, Austria. Picture: Kleine Zeitung via AP

Ten people killed in 'terrible' Austria school shooting

The shooting took place at a bar in Fuengirola. Picture: Google

Two Scots shot dead in Costa del Sol bar

Close up of the axe used to kill Ann Forbes in woods near Thainstone, Aberdeenshire, in 1864.

True Crime Scotland: The axe, the wood merchant and a love gone wrong

MindsEye was developed by Edinburgh-based studio Build A Rocket Boy.

New trailers revealed for Leith-based studio's new AAA game MindsEye

Five men have been found guilty of a conspiracy to rob a cannabis farm that led to the murder of Kevin Pokuta - and innocent and unrelated 19-year-old dad-of-two who was fatally shot by Jake Brown, of Horninglow Road, in a tragic case of mistaken identity.

Gunman opens fire at dad-of-two in 'mistaken identity' revenge killing

Students from Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, are escorted to a city bus where they will be reunited with their parents after a school shooting.

How rare are female school shooters as US town reels from tragedy?

Less than three per cent of Scotland's land is community owned (Picture: Andy Buchanan)

Just 433 people own half of Scotland. Here's why that must change Max Wiszniewski

Police are looking for two men in connection with the incident in the Govan area of Glasgow

Glasgow shooting was attempted murder, police say

Such was the outrage of serving police firearms officers that a guilty verdict in the Chris Kaba case would certainly have prompted a mass resignation of their voluntary firearms duties (Picture: Jack Taylor)

Officer in Kaba shooting should never have been charged with murder Tom Wood

Leitters Forest, which is home to a historic gold mine, has come on the market for offers near £2 million

Scottish forest with historic gold mine for sale for £2m

The injured osprey was found in distress by a gamekeeper

Osprey euthanised after being shot in Scottish national park

Grouse shooting is vital to the rural economy (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

SNP red tape must not strangle £3.3 billion shooting industry Peter Clark

Francine Wheeler displays a photograph of her son, Sandy Hook Elementary shooting victim Ben Wheeler, at a rally in Newtown, Connecticut (Picture: Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump shooting happened because US missed its 'Dunblane moment' Tom Wood

A golden eagle called Merrick is thought to have been shot while sleeping just before Christmas last year (Picture: South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project)

Why Scottish grouse moors will have to stop slaughtering golden eagles Dr Ruth Tingay

Republican candidate Donald Trump with blood on his face surrounded by secret service agents following an assassination attempt at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. PIC: Rebecca Droke /AFP/Getty Images

Trump assassination attempt – what do we know so far?

A Scottish Government exercise on proposals for licensing air weapons returned 1,101 responses, with 87 per cent opposed to licensing. Picture: PA

Scotland will restrict airguns despite opposition to move

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Shooting and fishing: ‘It was the biggest fish he has ever caught and he caught ...

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Hunts for the few

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