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Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, MP for Ochil and South Perthshire, said she had passed more than 100 files of online abuse to police. Picture: PA

SNP MP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh speaks out against online abuse

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The case against medical student Yousif Badri collapsed. Picture: John Devlin

Student accused of planning terror attack demands police apology

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Oldest Scots skier dies weeks after quitting sport aged 102

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EU referendum: Brexit ‘would mean Irish border controls’

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Dementia patients at Edinburgh hospital left without duvets

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Vladimir Putin had already violated every major security treaty from the 1975 Helsinki Final Act to the 1999 Charter of Paris. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Alan Sked: EU is an economic disaster zone

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Lesley Riddoch: Genuinely local system a long way off

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The case against medical student Yousif Badri collapsed. Picture: John Devlin

Student accused of planning terror attack demands police apology

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Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, MP for Ochil and South Perthshire, said she had passed more than 100 files of online abuse to police. Picture: PA

SNP MP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh speaks out against online abuse

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Fizzy and energy drinks will be taxed; milk-based and coffee ones will not, though as high in sugar. Picture: Getty Images

Sugar tax on soft drinks will be ‘burden on the poor’

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Taoiseach Enda Kenny meets Irish4Europe backers. Picture: Getty Images

EU referendum: Brexit ‘would mean Irish border controls’

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Prime Minister David Cameron and Boris Johnson were once political allies. Picture: PA

David Cameron facing leadership contest as EU row escalates

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Mr Rennie has also recruited female members from the party, including three councillors, to his leadership team. Picture: PA

Willie Rennie unveils Lib Dems’ leadership team

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Prime Minister David Cameron talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the G7 summit in Japan. Picture: Getty Images

Leaders: Cameron in real danger as divide widens on EU vote

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Alan Sked: EU is an economic disaster zone

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Brian Monteith: Conservative support for some SNP policies is nothing new

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Lesley Riddoch: Genuinely local system a long way off

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Euan McColm: Back seat driver Salmond’s project ego

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ScotRail said there was severe disruptions between Edinburgh and Fife, with several trains cancelled. Picture: TSPL

Major disruption as 80 ScotRail services cancelled or altered

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The mountain biker was taken by air ambulance to the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh where he is said to be doing well. Picture: PA

Mountain biker airlifted to hospital following cardiac arrest

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Ewan McGregor lying across the track at Corrour in the scene from the classic film. Picture: Kobal

Walkers stranded at Trainspotting station by ‘ghost trains’

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EgyptAir hostess line up during a candlelight vigil for the victims of EgyptAir flight 804 in Cairo. Picture: AP

EgyptAir crash beacon detected as ship joins black box hunt

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Abellio accused of recruiting “scab army” to cover ScotRail strike

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Road rage driver jailed after crash leaves two sisters paralysed

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Calvin Harris cancels shows to recover from crash injuries

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Drone came 100ft from crashing into Ryanair flight at Glasgow Airport

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Education Secretary John Swinney is set to get support from Tories. Picture: PA

Tories back SNP plans to give schools more power

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Scots can be proud of our inclusive system. Picture: John Devlin

Larry Flanagan: Consensus needed to close the education gap

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Companies no longer have time or inclination to train new employees, they want ready-to-go people. And in the areas where there is a shortage of jobs, it is merely survival of the fittest  and the best-qualified. Picture: Tom Wang

Jane Bradley: How to achieve a degree of success

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Alexander Enoch, founder of Robotical, with his robot, Marty. Picture: Neil Hanna/TSPL

Toy robot is child’s play for crowdfunding Scots inventor

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Primary school teacher Jane Callister has been struck off. Picture: Deadline News

Elgin teacher struck off after hiding pupil’s knife

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Crafts created from the ashes of Glasgow School of Art fire

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Rich are four times more likely to go to university than the poor

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Leaders: Scotland’s education problems will test Swinney

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Shotts schoolgirl, 14, dies after collapsing in PE lesson

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The 17-year-old male gorilla named Harambe stands over the boy. Picture: Youtube

Video: Shocking moment gorilla grabs boy who fell into enclosure

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Protestors outside County Hall, Northallerton, Yorkshire, as councillors approved an application to frack for shale gas. Picture: John Giles/PA

Leader: Fracking decision must not be delayed indefinitely

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Protesters against fracking in Ryedale, Yorkshire. Picture: Tom McGourty/SWNS

SNP fracking policy prompts Ineos to send experts to England

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Robert Scott-Dempster: Land Reform and Farm Tenancies

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Fake electricity poles to stop Borders ospreys being electrocuted

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Human ‘wolves’ to patrol Highland forest to help deer

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Farming industry to benefit from innovative project winners

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Royal Edinburgh Hospital was criticised after inspection. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Dementia patients at Edinburgh hospital left without duvets

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A&E and intensive care units are not easy to run without noise, the Belgian reseachers concluded. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Noise levels in intensive care units break WHO guidelines

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Fizzy and energy drinks will be taxed; milk-based and coffee ones will not, though as high in sugar. Picture: Getty Images

Sugar tax on soft drinks will be ‘burden on the poor’

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Children attend art class in the Chinese capital Beijing, where more families are turning to IVF so they can have another child. Picture: AP

China’s new two-child rule sparks surge in IVF treatment

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Labour MSP Neil Findlay said a shortage of doctors in general practice was making it harder for patients to get appointments

GP ‘crisis’ hits patients and puts pressure on hospitals

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Radio Recall presenter Sally Magnusson, her sisters Anna and Margaret, and their mother Mamie, who died from dementia in 2012

Radio and TV rekindle dementia patients’ memories

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Young barley and chlorella spirulina  did you recognise them?

Keen-what? British still foxed by superfoods

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Scots in cities most likely to fall victim to lung disease

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Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey ‘may never run again’

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Stirling set to host new Scottish marathon in 2017

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Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, MP for Ochil and South Perthshire, said she had passed more than 100 files of online abuse to police. Picture: PA

SNP MP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh speaks out against online abuse

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Taoiseach Enda Kenny meets Irish4Europe backers. Picture: Getty Images

EU referendum: Brexit ‘would mean Irish border controls’

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Tata Steel has whittled down the list of bidders to take over. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Tata whittles down bidders but sale hampered by £900m loan

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Prime Minister David Cameron and Boris Johnson were once political allies. Picture: PA

David Cameron facing leadership contest as EU row escalates

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Two Britons quizzed over boat with 18 Albanians aboard

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Leaders: Cameron in real danger as divide widens on EU vote

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High street shops battle invasion of moths

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Radio and TV rekindle dementia patients’ memories

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Francois Hollande, left, and Angela Merkel attend a balloon drop to mark the centenary of the Battle of Verdun. Picture: AP

Merkel and Hollande mark centenary of Battle of Verdun

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Children attend art class in the Chinese capital Beijing, where more families are turning to IVF so they can have another child. Picture: AP

China’s new two-child rule sparks surge in IVF treatment

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The 17-year-old male gorilla named Harambe stands over the boy. Picture: Youtube

Video: Shocking moment gorilla grabs boy who fell into enclosure

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EgyptAir hostess line up during a candlelight vigil for the victims of EgyptAir flight 804 in Cairo. Picture: AP

EgyptAir crash beacon detected as ship joins black box hunt

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Hilda Jamieson, Britains oldest skier. Picture: Cascade News

Oldest Scots skier dies weeks after quitting sport aged 102

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SP Energy workers install the fake polls. Picture: Deadline News

Fake electricity poles to stop Borders ospreys being electrocuted

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Human ‘wolves’ to patrol Highland forest to help deer

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Scots in running for Shed of the Year contest

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Baby red squirrels abandoned in Dundee saved by dog walker

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Plant which grows tomatoes and potatoes on sale in Scotland

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Ewan McGregor on the set of Trainspotting with Ewen Bremner who plays Spud. Picture: John Devlin/ SWNS

Ewan McGregor arrives on set for Trainspotting 2 filming

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Ruth Davidson with her partner Jen Wilson. Picture: Neil Hanna

Scots Tory leader Ruth Davidson to marry partner Jen Wilson

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Adele is already worth �85 million. Picture: PA

Adele set to sign record-breaking £90m contract with Sony

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If the insured is a company which has been dissolved, parties must apply to the courts to restore the company to the Companies Register. Picture: TSPL

Vikki Melville: Third parties’ rights improved by new legislation

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Angela Rippon recently revealed that she has edited her will over the fears she might suffer from Dementia later in life. Picture: BBC Pictures

Elspeth Paget: Power of Attorney really key to peace of mind

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Strong environmentalist views are legitimate philosophical beliefs so come under the law. Picture: Getty Images

John Lee: Employers have to be careful of beliefs

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Poet was a creative force whose life switched from colonial India to Scotland. Picture: Contributed

Obituary: Valerie Irvine-Fortescue, Wren, librarian and poet

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Ian Wallace of that Ilk, businessman and descendant of the Sir William Wallace. Picture: Contributed

Obituary: Ian Wallace of that Ilk, businessman

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Prime Minister David Cameron talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the G7 summit in Japan. Picture: Getty Images

Leaders: Cameron in real danger as divide widens on EU vote

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Vladimir Putin had already violated every major security treaty from the 1975 Helsinki Final Act to the 1999 Charter of Paris. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Alan Sked: EU is an economic disaster zone

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West Ward Works was transformed into a temporary venue for four stimulating days of design-focused exhibitions. Picture: Alan Richardson

Brian Ferguson: West Ward Works can be jewel in Dundee’s crown

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First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon shakes hands with Tory leader Ruth Davidson following a television debate. Picture: Getty Images

Brian Monteith: Conservative support for some SNP policies is nothing new

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Argyll and Bute hold council meetings during the day because it takes so long for people to reach its Lochgilphead HQ. Picture: Craig Borland

Lesley Riddoch: Genuinely local system a long way off

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Salmonds successor might prefer him to pipe down, but his platform at Westminster ensures his opinions always make the news. Original photograph: Jane Barlow/PA

Euan McColm: Back seat driver Salmond’s project ego

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Dani Garavelli: All tweetness and light as scary as trolls

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Bill Jamieson: Oil price rise does not mean a return to the good times yet

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Jeff Salway: Remain misses a trick on financial security

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Vikki Melville: Third parties’ rights improved by new legislation

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