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• RUGBY UNION

  1. During the 2024 Six Nations, Ireland made a statement on the opening night with a record 38-17 win over France. With the Stade de France unavailable due to preparations for the Olympics, where was the match played? 2. Who scored a hat-trick for Scotland as they recorded a fourth successive win over England, equalling their best-ever run? 3. Which son of a former World Cup winner scored on his Italy debut as they beat Scotland in Rome?

• 1. How many teams competed [...]

  1. How many teams competed at Euro 2024?

• 1. Paris became the second [...]

  1. Paris became the second city to host the Olympics three times. Which was the first?

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  1. Sixteen-year-old darts sensation Luke Littler stormed his way through to the final of the 2024 World Championship - but who beat him?

• Family of man killed in Spain have fresh hope

  The family of a Coatbridge man who was killed in Spain more than 12 years ago have been given fresh hope after a dossier detailing potential new persons of "significant interest" was prepared for police.

• Food drive hits high notes

  An awesome act of kindness was music to the ears of the Airdrie Foodbank team.

• Plenty of reasons to thrive in 2025

  The year ahead promises new hardware, fresh instalments of some huge gaming franchises and plenty of innovation... we hope.

• Ditching tobacco will help health

  ASH Scotland is encouraging people in Lanarkshire who smoke to aim for a tobacco-free 2025 to improve their physical and mental wellbeing.

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  As a medical secretary working at nearby Gartnavel Hospital, Lanarkshire woman Linda Murray watched the construction of the now world-renowned Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre and quietly pitied the patients who'd go on to put their lives in its hands....

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  Multi award-winning chef Graeme Cheevers isn't one to tap-dance around his great expectations of the first restaurant to bear his name....