Amy Watson

5 days ago | scotsman.com | Amy Watson

"Is that what's at the heart of this? You thought it was 'just a tree', and when the rest of the world didn't think it was 'just a tree' and it was a terrible and wicked thing to have done, you've lost your bottle and can't own up to it?"Two former friends have been found guilty of cutting down the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree in an act of "deliberate and mindless criminal damage".

6 days ago | scotsman.com | Amy Watson

The crash happened at around 4.55pm A man has died after a light aircraft crashed in the East Fortune area of East Lothian on Thursday afternoon. Emergency services were called to the area at around 4.55pm however the 40-year-old male pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin is aware. The 42-year-old male passenger was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh where he is described as being in a critical condition.

6 days ago | scotsman.com | Amy Watson

The 267th Pope elected after 24 hours of cardinals meeting in conclave inside the Sistine ChapelThe first-ever American Pope has appeared in front of jubilant crowds in Rome as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Pope Leo XIV emerged onto the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica as a packed St Peter’s Square erupted in cheers and applause. He was Cardinal Robert Prevost, is from Chicago and is fairly young for a Pope, at the age of 69.

6 days ago | scotsman.com | Amy Watson

The 267th Pope has now been elected, after just 24 hours of cardinals meeting in a secret conclave inside the Sistine Chapel. A new Pope has been elected, with the sign of white smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney sparking scenes of jubilation amongst the gathered crowds in the Vatican. The pontiff is the 267th Pope, becoming the religious leader of Catholics across the globe and someone believed to be called to be the successor to St Peter, who was the first.

1 week ago | scotsman.com | Amy Watson |Rachel Mackie

The commemorations for the 80-year anniversary of VE Day have opened with a spectacular flypast by the Red Arrows over Buckingham PalaceSenior royals waved to thousands of people from the Buckingham Palace balcony as a Red Arrows flypast continued the commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe.