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IN PICTURES: The best pictures in Scotland this week

By Louise Gowans
Members of the public wait to see George and Amal Clooney as they attend the People's Postcode Lottery Charity Gala at McEwan Hall in Edinburgh.
Members of the public wait to see George and Amal Clooney as they attend the People's Postcode Lottery Charity Gala at McEwan Hall in Edinburgh.

The best news and pictures from Scotland this week.

Lyon and Turnbull Gallery Manager Arianna Pedrazzoli with the bronze bust of Eastre (Hymn to the Sun) which is estimated £30000-50000 by John Duncan Fergusson, which will appear in its spring exhibition at their Glasgow auction house to celebrate the 'Auld Alliance' between Scotland and France.
Gabriel Oniscu, (centre) the consultant transplant surgeon at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (ERI) and kidney donor John Fletcher, 72, from Auchtermuchty in Fife (right) with recipient Mathew Catlow (left) at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary as they mark the 10th anniversary of the first altruistic kidney donor in Scotland.
Cheryl Gallacher, 44, with her son Stephen Gallacher, 15, from Musselburgh in East Lothian, as she prepares to be a live kidney donor for her son, at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow. The 15-year-old has become the 100th child in Scotland to receive a kidney transplant from a living donor. Stephen received the organ from his mother Cheryl in a transplant operation lasting just over four hours at Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Children on Wednesday.
A view of the North Face of Ben Nevis mountain in Scotland. A young climber is being treated for serious injuries after an avalanche on the UK's highest mountain "wiped out" a climbing party, killing three of them.
Blane Dodds, Tennis Scotland Chief Executive and Judy Murray outside Cromlix House, Dunblane, bought by her Wimbledon champion son Andy Murray. Tennis Scotland and Judy Murray joined forces to call for support from the LTA and Scottish Government after agreeing that the work to provide a lasting legacy for Andy and Jamie Murray is now “time critical”.
Owain Hughes views the Black Arrow rocket outside the Scottish Parliament. It was brought home from the Australian outback by Scottish space firm, Skyrora, and was the only UK rocket to reach orbit.

 

 

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