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Watch: Supreme Court's ruling on the definition of a woman... in 65 seconds

A woman is defined by biological sex under the equalities law, the UK Supreme Court has unanimously ruled.

But what does this mean for women-only spaces and for laws that protect transgender people from discrimination?

BBC Scotland's political correspondent Philip Sim takes a look at the ruling.

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Dave Goulder was named in the New Year’s Honours list for services to dry stane dyking.

The 85-year-old still working on dry stone dykes

Dave Goulder was named in the New Year’s Honours list for services to dry stane dyking.

Three young people with the text, 'Five years since Lockdown'

Five years since lockdown

'Quaran-teens' - five years since lockdown

Gary Moore, manager of Assai Records in Dundee, sifts through stacks of vinyls displayed along a wall. He is wearing a checked brown cardigan and black t-shirt.

The Scottish record shops dubbed 'world's greatest'

Two record shops in Scotland were recently featured on a "world's greatest" list with others across the world.

Grace Stewart-Skinner in a blue knit jumper and denim jeans sitting on a piled of turquoise, blue and yellow fishing nets. Her wooden clarsach is resting on the nets below her.

The young musician aiming to preserve a Black Isle dialect

Musician Grace Stewart-Skinner is creating a music album to celebrate the fishing heritage of a Black Isle village

An otter runs across a kitchen table and onto the back of a chair, a small vase of red flowers sits on the table

Otter wreaks havoc in family kitchen in Shetland

A photo of Florence and Peter sitting a living room. Florence is on a sofa with her arm on the arm rest. Peter is in a leather armchair and is leaning slightly to get in closer to Florence in the photo. He is bald with glasses and grey zipper sweater. She has shoulder-length blonde hair and floral dress.

'We're sometimes frightened to run the central heating'

A couple begin their legal challenge against UK and Scottish government decisions to cut winter fuel payments.

Old black and white photo of Bobby Cruickshank swinging a golf club, with trousers tucked into socks, and a smartly-dressed man looks on in the background

Golf star Cruickshank 'deserves his place in history'

A new exhibition hopes to raise the profile of the Highland golfer who became a star in the US.

Mhairi Black sitting in radio studio behind blue microphone with Scotcast on it. She has short brown hair, and is wearing a brown shirt over a white T-shirt.

Black kept ADHD diagnosis private at 'toxic' Westminster

Discovering she had ADHD was like being handed "an instruction manual for her my brain", former SNP MP Mhairi Black reveals.

Shona Robison standing in front of windows. She has short blonde hair an black and white patterned top and dark jacket.

'I feel 27 years in Holyrood is right time to move on' - Robison

'I feel 27 years in Holyrood is right time to move on' - Shona Robison

Mounzer Darsani, a barber originally from Syria, stands in his barbershop in the centre of Rothesay on the Isle of Bute. He has a black beard and black glasses and is wearing a dark blue waistcoat. In the background mirrors, scissors and hair products can be seen on shelves.

'Our lives are here now' - Syrians settled on Isle of Bute

The Isle of Bute off Scotland's west coast has welcomed more than 100 Syrian refugees over the past decade.

Black and white photo of President Eisenhower at Balmoral with the Royal Family.

Look back at President Eisenhower's visit to Balmoral

Archive footage shows President Dwight D Eisenhower visiting Balmoral in 1959, when he described it as his "Scottish White House".

Judith Ralston in a long multi-coloured dress, standing in front of a screen with a number of planets on it

Parade of planets to line up across night sky

Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, and Saturn will all be briefly visible in the evening sky.

Lochdhu Lodge has several grand historic buildings nestled closely together, surrounded by forest and on the banks of a body of water

The Highland home where women were 'tortured' in a dungeon

Drone footage shows Lochdhu Lodge in Caithness.

A black and white photo shows a school choir dressed in white shirts and kilts singing, the choir master stands facing the choir and with his back to the camera

Islanders' films show life in the 1970s

The films were part of a project aimed at capturing every day life in the Western Isles.

Jayne Donn says her son, James, died in 2022 from a drug overdose aged 29.

Mourning our loved ones among graves of other drug victims

Jayne Donn says her son, James, died in 2022 from a drug overdose aged 29.

early release prisoner

'I'm over the moon to be released from jail early'

Prisoners are being released early in the latest attempt to ease overcrowding in Scotland's jails.

Gillian Mackay sits looking at the camera on a Zoom call, the background is blurred, she has long brown hair and wears a black jumper

JD Vance 'misinformed' on Scotland's abortion buffer zones

Gillian Mackay MSP has criticised the US Vice-President's comments on Scotland's abortion clinic buffer zones.

Lynx lying down on bark staring at the camera.

Captured Highland lynx waiting for their new home

Three lynx that were illegally released in the Cairngorms have completed quarantine at Edinburgh Zoo.

Bagpiper Anna Smart on stage playing bagpipes in a brown and red kilt. She has long blonde hair and a brown set of bagpipes.

'I play bagpipe pop music - from Scotland to Times Square'

Meet the bagpiper helping to show that the bagpipes are more than "just a traditional instrument".

Drone shot of a humpback whale with a rope tangled round its head and a buoy tangled round its body.

Watch rescuers cutting free whale tangled in rope off Skye

Volunteer rescuers have freed a humpback whale entangled in rope off the Isle of Skye.