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Oil and gas production in Scotland rises by 2.9%

Energy
Trinity Academy in Edinburgh is unable to fill two maths teacher vacancies. Picture: Jon Savage

Edinburgh school begs parents for help amid teacher shortage

Education
Senior Scottish Conservatives will meet with Brexit minister Michael Russell (bottom left) in a bid to find common ground on the impact of leaving the bloc on Scotland. Also pictured (clockwise from top left), Nicola Sturgeon, David Mundell and Ruth Davidson.

Tories and SNP offer to broker Brexit deal for more powers

Politics

Euan McColm: Corbyn’s shadow cabinet is not fit for purpose

Opinion

Queensferry Crossing speed limit increase could be fast-tracked

News

Rank and file officers ‘scunnered’ by treatment in Police Scotland

Politics
Firms will be exempt from rates increases for 12 months after they improve or expand their premises. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Private schools to wait to learn if they face rates bill hike

Politics

Euan McColm: Corbyn’s shadow cabinet is not fit for purpose

Euan McColm
Euan McColm

Politics

Oil and gas production in Scotland accounts for 82 per cent of the UK total

Oil and gas production in Scotland rises by 2.9%

Energy 20
Fergus Ewing said the move would help provide clarity for farmers. Picture: Contributed

Fergus Ewing unveils loan scheme to cover farm payouts

Farming 16

Juncker: Britain will soon regret leaving the EU

Politics 2
Teachers in Scotland have seen salaries drop by six per cent in the last 10 years. Picture: TSPL

Teachers’ pay in Scotland lagging behind many worldwide – OECD

Education 5
Trinity Academy in Edinburgh is unable to fill two maths teacher vacancies. Picture: Jon Savage

Edinburgh school begs parents for help amid teacher shortage

Education 127

Rank and file officers ‘scunnered’ by treatment in Police Scotland

Politics 11

Ayesha Hazarika: Naked grab for power dressed up as a victory for the will of the people

Opinion 25

Tories and SNP offer to broker Brexit deal for more powers

Politics 202

Chris Marshall: Deputy tipped to take over from under-investigation police chief

Politics 1

Transport

The Queensferry crossing. Picture: Transport Scotland

Queensferry Crossing speed limit increase could be fast-tracked

News 25

Can passengers now travel to New York with EasyJet?

News

Satnavs telling drivers to make U-turn on Queensferry Crossing

Transport 7

Education

Teachers in Scotland have seen salaries drop by six per cent in the last 10 years. Picture: TSPL

Teachers’ pay in Scotland lagging behind many worldwide – OECD

Education 5
Trinity Academy in Edinburgh is unable to fill two maths teacher vacancies. Picture: Jon Savage

Edinburgh school begs parents for help amid teacher shortage

Education 127
45 per cent of adults believe the health service has improved since Holyrood took power. PIcture: Andrew Cowan

Majority think Holyrood has improved NHS and education, new poll finds

News 709
Scottish Government must do better on education. Picture: John Devlin

Leader comment: Schools report card - must do better

Opinion 30
Master carpenter Angus Johnston with a full size Tulip wood prototype section of the 1910 Charles Rennie MacKintosh designed library. Picture: SWNS

Major step in Mackintosh library’s rebuild as prototype unveiled

Lifestyle
Schools throughout Scotland have not had an inspection in 10 or more years. Picture: John Devlin

Some Scottish schools have gone over 10 years without inspection

News 18
Survey finds variations in how often schools are inspected.

Some Scottish schools not inspected for ten years

Education 7

‘Mass exodus’ of Scots teachers as 40% plan to leave profession

Education 196

Comment: I’m a teacher and this is what we have to cope with

Opinion 10

“Mass exodus” of teachers over next 18 months out of profession

Education 2

Want to grow your business? Mind the GAP.

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Environment

Hurricane Irma has devastated communities across Cuba and the Caribbean.

Scots tech start-up uses data to help hurricane victims

Tech
Atlantis Resources boss Tim Cornelius said it would be a 'travesty if the UK were to lose out on another emerging industry'. Picture: Jon Savage

Tidal power firm Atlantis hits out at funding ‘travesty’

News 5

Ilona Amos: Numbers starting to add up over viability of electric cars

Opinion 1

Health

Graeme Souness. Picture: Neil Doig

Graeme Souness backs call for more heart research funding

News 1
Scotlands life expectancy performance failed to improve, the report found. Picture: Stock photo/ Getty

Education, GDP and life expectancy slump sees wellbeing fall

News 204
More than 1,000 patients are diagnosed with head and neck cancer in Scotland every year. Picture: contributed

New treatment for head and neck cancer gets approved

UK
Calum Barnes, age 21, was a conscientious and charismatic presence on the Scottish rap scene.

Darren McGarvey: Depression a foe that dwells within all of us

Opinion 1
teve Begley (right) in play against opposition Gala at the Myreside Stadium, Edinburgh.

Scottish rugby star Steve Begley dies during triathlon

News
As many as one in four of us are affected by mental illness. Picture: Getty Images

Warning over psychiatrists amid mental health ‘crisis’

News 22
As many as one in four of us are affected by mental illness. Picture: Getty Images

Comment: Progress has stalled on tackling mental health issues

Opinion

Guards watch rapist round the clock after death threats

News 3

Majority think Holyrood has improved NHS and education, new poll finds

News 709

Joint access to medical data ‘key to better health care’

News 1

Health bosses insist ERI is safe after ‘combustible’ cladding find

Edinburgh 26

UK

Ten years have passed since the run on Northern Rock brought about its demise. Picture: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Martin Flanagan: Report rakes over ashes of banking weakness

Financial 1
Apple CEO Tim Cook announces the new iPhone X at the Steve Jobs Theater on the new Apple campus. Picture: AP

Apple unveils glimpse of ‘future of the iPhone’

News

Can passengers now travel to New York with EasyJet?

News

JD Sports ups profit goal after record first-half haul

Retail

British Virgin Islands prisoners escape in Irma aftermath

UK 1

Opinion

Jim Duffy ponders the premium pricing of gin. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Jim Duffy: Gin and bear it as entrepreneurs eye white spirit

Companies 1
Ten years have passed since the run on Northern Rock brought about its demise. Picture: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Martin Flanagan: Report rakes over ashes of banking weakness

Financial 1
Maths is a key subject suffering teacher shortages. Picture: Susan Burrell

Leader comment: Plea to parents lays bare teaching crisis

Opinion
A pro-EU protester outside the Commons got his own point across as MPs debated the EU (Withdrawal) Bill. Picture: Getty

Ayesha Hazarika: Naked grab for power dressed up as a victory for the will of the people

Opinion 25
Professor Colin Campbell is the chief executive of the James Hutton Institute

Prof Colin Campbell: Keeping Scotland at the forefront of scientific thought

Opinion
Does the latest People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals case open the floodgates for monkey see, monkey sue, wonders Martyn McLaughlin

Martyn McLaughlin: Copyright question is more than just monkey business

Opinion
Deputy chief constable Iain Livingstone has postponed his retirement to fill the void left by Police Scotland chief constable Phil Gormley going on leave, but he is now the favourite to take over from his boss.

Chris Marshall: Deputy tipped to take over from under-investigation police chief

Politics 1

Chris Shaw: Building a brighter future through innovation

Companies

John McLellan: How can we shape the future of digital news?

Media & Leisure

Euan McColm: Corbyn’s shadow cabinet is not fit for purpose

Opinion 31

Andrew Strong on getting serious about changes to social security

Opinion 2

World

The Sunrise Motel sits under water in East Naples, Florida. Picture: Getty

UK tourists are evacuated as US begins hurricane relief efforts

World
Teacher Heather Cattanach with her husband Gary McIver. Picture: contributed

Canadian teacher left in visa limbo as class taught by temporary staff

News 2
Faked pictures of Muslims destroying their own houses are part of Myanmars propaganda campaign against the Rohingya. Picture: Getty

Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya ‘looks like ethnic cleansing’ says UN

World
Pope Francis suffered a bruise to his cheek after falling in his Popemobile in Cartagena, Colombia. Picture: AP

Video: Pope Francis left with black eye after Popemobile fall

World

Scots couple first to complete Mongol Rally in electric car

News 2

Details of Apple’s newest iPhone revealed in leak

Tech

Three dead as Hurricane Irma tears its way through Florida

World

Activist freed after Facebook post condemning Abbas government

World

Odd

Does the latest People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals case open the floodgates for monkey see, monkey sue, wonders Martyn McLaughlin

Martyn McLaughlin: Copyright question is more than just monkey business

Opinion
Britain's biggest 'fatberg' weighing a massive 130-tonnes and stretching more than 850 feet has been lurking under the streets of London. Picture: SWNS

Monster ‘fatberg’ weighing 130 tonnes found clogging sewer

Odd 3
Izabella Fucilla, 10, with her long hair. Picture: SWNS

Real-life Rapunzel, 10, has longest hair in Britain

UK

Friends of the Scotsman

El Salvador - La Tirana Mangrove Swamp, 13/08/2017. From left are Pablo Ramirez, Pedro Rivero and Nuhem Diaz, pictured in the remains of the mangrove swamp, now devastated by the encroaching sand and rising sea level.

Scotland should lead the way in producing a climate of change

News
Professor Colin Campbell is the chief executive of the James Hutton Institute

Prof Colin Campbell: Keeping Scotland at the forefront of scientific thought

Opinion
Andrew Strong Assistant Director (Policy and Communications) Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE)

Andrew Strong on getting serious about changes to social security

Opinion 2

Obituaries

Handout photo dated 2004 issued by the Royal Shakespeare Company of Sir Peter Hall at the John Gielgud Gala, the former director of the National Theatre, has died at the age of 86. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday September 12, 2017. See PA story DEATH Hall. Photo credit should read: RSC/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Obituary: Sir Peter Hall, theatre, film, TV and opera director

Obituaries

Obituary: Brig Michael Dauncey DSO, war hero who took part in ill-fated operation immortalised in A Bridge Too Far

Obituaries 1
John Ashbery at his home in New York in 2008. (Picture: Michale Nagle/The New York Times)

Obituary: John Ashbery, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, translator, teacher, and art critic

Obituaries
Professor Tessa Holyoake

Obituary: Professor Tessa Holyoake, world-renowned expert in Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia, clinician, mountain biker and cake lover

Obituaries

Celebrity

Taggart star John Michie says daughter’s death a ‘tragic accident’

Celebrity
Lost episode of Only Fools and Horses to be screened.

‘Lost’ episode of Fools And Horses to air for first time

News
File photo of Paul Hollywood. The GBBO star said he is 'absolutely devastated' to have caused offence. Picture: Contributed

Paul Hollywood ‘devastated’ to have caused offence with Nazi uniform

Celebrity 12
Conor McGregor is to visit Glasgow for a meet-and-greet event. Picture: Getty Images

Conor McGregor to visit Scotland for ‘£100k meet-and-greet’

Glasgow 12