World-famous Scottish Viking festival cancelled for second year running

As many as six people are feared to have died following a “serious firearms incident” in Plymouth. [View email online]( [Subscribe today]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [The Scotsman] Aug 13, 2021 Good morning, Welcome to Friday and your daily news update from [The Scotsman](. Today the nation woke up to the awful news of a shooting in Plymouth. [Six people have been killed, including the suspected gunman.]( Our thoughts are with the loved ones of the victims of this tragic incident. In Scottish news, we reveal one in ten patients caught Covid in hospital [during the first wave of the pandemic](. While the world-famous Shetland Viking festival Up Helly Aa has been [postponed for a second year](. And in case you missed it, two children were injured at a Scottish theme park after a [rollercoaster suffered a "mechanical failure"](. Subscribe to The Scotsman for [unlimited access to all our stories.]( From just 10p a day, unlock a faster website, with 70% fewer ads, and daily puzzles. 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