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Saturday, 21st November 2009

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Interview: David Booth, the metal detector enthusiast who uncovered a £1m iron age haul PUT it down to beginners' luck. David Booth has made the most important find of Iron Age gold in Scotland's history – seven yards from his car, on his first outing with a newly bought metal detector.

Treasure find: Amateur gold hunter wins share of 'seven-figure' hoard AN AMATEUR treasure hunter who discovered one of the largest ever hoards of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver is poised to collect his share of the find's 'seven-figure' value, an expert said today.

Nostalgia: Looking back at 80 star-studded years for the Edinburgh Playhouse as a first class venue IT'S opened its doors to animals, boxers, rock gods and film stars, protesters and professionals. The Edinburgh Playhouse is marking its 80th birthday this year – and it's clear there's much to celebrate.

Best of Scotland (D) DICKSON, MAGGIE Fishwife hanged in the Grassmarket, Edinburgh, in 1728 for hiding the body of her illegitimate child.

Fight for sites

New fossil-hunters' code (800m years in making)

When less is moor: New Culloden visitor centre opens

University launches bid for economics centre at home of Smith

Making tracks to the future?

Queen’s Scots historian joins battle to save graveyard

Older than the pyramids, buried for centuries – found by an Orkney plumber

Town that had the flooring market covered

Could this rock star be new tourist trap?

Lottery windfall will turn historic lodge into tourist magnet

The place to see how city has changed

When Edinburgh went up in flames

Four million trees for new 'old' forest

£3m plan to regenerate town's historic centre

Call to make 'fair city' more than a name

The axe that robbed us of our railway heritage disappearing scotland

'Act now to save buildings of today that will be part of Scottish history'

Factory goes up in smoke NOSTALGIA

'One of my favourite memories is the day I went to an air display' YOUR MEMORIES

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