Archaeologists make 5,000-year-old discovery in Orkney

Aug 11, 2021

Good morning,

Welcome to your daily news update from The Scotsman.

We start today with the "astonishing" discovery of a 5,000-year-old piece of wood in Orkney. Archaeologists found it will excavating a vast network of Neolithic ruins on the islands.

Also in the headlines, results day yesterday saw the lowest proportion of Scotland's poorest students at university in five years, in a further blow to Nicola Sturgeon's pledge to narrow the attainment gap.

And railworkers look back on the Stonehaven tragedy with "enormous sadness" one year on from the train crash.

While Prince Andrew has arrived in Scotland as his legal team are accused of "stonewalling" US lawyers.

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	Archaeologists make 'astonishing' discovery of 5,000-year-old piece of wood in Orkney

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