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Scottish independence activists hold rally in Germany

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The Queensferry Crossing

Tears and memories as 50,000 cross new bridge

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First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, gives a speech at Bute House requesting a new Scottish independence Referendum.

SNP accused of ‘airbrushing history’ over Indyref2 announcement

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Competition-winners on the Queensferry Crossing, for a one-off opportunity to walk across the new bridge.Picture; PA

Walks underway at new Queensferry Crossing

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Mother’s anguish after discovering her baby’s empty coffin

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Major security operation as 50,000 people walk over Queensferry Crossing

Transport

Bargain-hunting holidaymakers head East for best-value trips

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Travel chaos as section of A9 closes due to crash

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Joyce McMillan: beautiful Queensferry Crossing won’t reduce emissions

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Joyce McMillan

Politics

German politicians want Scotland to be given a clear route into the EU Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Scottish independence activists hold rally in Germany

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First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, gives a speech at Bute House requesting a new Scottish independence Referendum.

SNP accused of ‘airbrushing history’ over Indyref2 announcement

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This young Yemeni boy, badly malnourished, is caught up in the worlds largest humanitarian crisis.

Nicholas Kristof: We’re complicit in war crimes

Opinion 10
RAF has become the first military service to open all roles to men and women. Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

RAF first service to allow women to carry out close combat role

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Labour MSP Anas Sarwar. Picture: John Devlin

Anas Sarwar calls for Labour to avoid civil war in leader contest

Politics 13
Scottish Conservative party leader Ruth Davidson delivers a speech to independent think tank IPPR (Institute for Public Policy Research). Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Ruth Davidson says it’s time to move on from indy debate

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Judy Murray has been the subject of online abuse for her plans for a golf and tennis centre. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Judy Murray targeted on Facebook posts for tennis and golf centre

Politics 3

Leader comment: Davidson must tell us what Tories stand for

Opinion 7

UK pledge over £42m Scottish hill farm cash ‘not enough’

Farming 11

Alastair Dalton: Queensferry Crossing opening plans won’t please all

Opinion 9

Anas Sarwar v Richard Leonard: Labour leader frontrunners profiled

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Transport

Competition-winners on the Queensferry Crossing, for a one-off opportunity to walk across the new bridge.Picture; PA

Walks underway at new Queensferry Crossing

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The Borders railway reopened in September 2015. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Revealed: 1 in 7 Borders Railway services axed or cancelled

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The Queensferry Crossing

Tears and memories as 50,000 cross new bridge

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3.5 million people passed through Edinburgh Waverley during the Festival. Picture: Greg Macvean

Edinburgh Festivals see 3.5m people pass through Waverley

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Travel chaos as section of A9 closes due to crash

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Major security operation as 50,000 people walk over Queensferry Crossing

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Parking plane at Edinburgh Airport ‘cheaper than drop-off zone’

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Education

Fettes College in Edinburgh. Photograph: Scott Louden

Liz Smith: The case for charitable status in education

Opinion 2
Mr Swinney said thousands more undergraduate students were considering a career in the classroom. Picture: John Devlin

John Swinney: 700 teaching vacancies ‘an unwelcome figure’

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Counsellors dealt with thousands of cases, researchers found. Picture: Getty Images

250,000 children in Scotland lack mental health support

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Artist's impression of the proposed hotel on the site of the former Royal High School, in Edinburgh. Picture: Contributed

Royal High luxury hotel plans recommended for REFUSAL

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Dr Javid Abdelmoneim with pupils in No More Boys And Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free? The TV programme showed that it is not gender neutrality but gender equality that matters

Jane Bradley: Schools are following wrong gender agenda

Opinion 23

Car pollution damaging children’s lungs

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Wall which killed Keane Wallis-Bennett ‘inherently unstable’, inquiry rules

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Scottish private school heads attack business rates plan

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Environment

It seems to be a two-horse race between Richard Leonard (left) and frontbencher Anas Sarwar to succeed Kezia Dugdale. Picture: Scotsman

Anas Sarwar v Richard Leonard: Labour leader frontrunners profiled

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The Queensferry Crossing is a giant, high-sided funnel for transporting carbon-fuelled motor vehicles. Picture: Andy Buchanan/ Getty Images

Joyce McMillan: beautiful Queensferry Crossing won’t reduce emissions

Opinion 24

Pentland Firth turbines set marine power world record

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SSE launches record ‘green bond’ to tackle climate change

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Health

Gluten-free food is being mistaken for a healthy option.

Stephen Jardine: Awkward customers are not always right

Opinion
Taking a selfie can help detect cancer. Picture: ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images

A selfie app which helps detect cancer developed by scientists

Tech
The tablet has been withdrawn from sale.

Tablet withdrawn from sale amid metal fears

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Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Scots scientists welcome stem cell trials for Parkinson’s

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Health secretary Shona Robison has been criticised over missed targets - but often these targets are numbers plucked out of thin air, writes Kevan Christie

Kevan Christie: Targets are a godsend for poor management in the NHS

Opinion 4
Judy Murray has been harshly accused of pursuing a vanity project as she tries to improve Scotland's sporting facilities.

Leader comment: Tennis centre is a legacy for everyone

Opinion 5
Cutting saturated fats could shorten your life, a new study claims.

Cutting saturated fats could shorten your life, study claims

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‘Rugby did not cause my MND,’ says Doddie Weir

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Shona Robison under pressure over missed NHS targets

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Doddie Weir: I can’t blame rugby for my MND

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Exercise could help beat postnatal depression, study finds

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UK

Anders Kristiansen's departure comes after New Look reported falling sales amid a 'difficult' market. Picture: New Look/PA Wire

Chief executive of fashion retailer New Look quits

Retail
A car carrying Queen Elizabeth II passing through cheering crowds as she travels over the Forth Road Bridge after performing the opening ceremony. Picture: PA Wire

Ferry, rail, road: The history of crossing the fearsome Forth

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Guga hunters of Ness scale gigantic sea stacks off the Outer Hebrides. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Police probe death threats to the Guga hunters of Ness

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Wayne Rooney has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving. Picture: Getty Images

Wayne Rooney ‘arrested for drink-driving’ in Cheshire

UK

Scots stranded in Romania after flights home cancelled

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‘Whisky Galore’ bottles salvaged from ship to sell for £9,000

People & Places

Opinion

Fettes College in Edinburgh. Photograph: Scott Louden

Liz Smith: The case for charitable status in education

Opinion 2
If you want to own your dream home, nowadays youre going to need a mate, or better yet, a permanent partner to share the financial burden of home ownership. Picture: Robert Perry

Gareth Shaw: Significant others sought to share mortgage

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Now, Harry can just drop Sally a message via WhatsApp and all the years of yearning, missed opportunities and misunderstandings would be quickly bypassed, writes Jane Bradley

Jane Bradley: Stalker app and human microchip are steps too far

Opinion 2
This young Yemeni boy, badly malnourished, is caught up in the worlds largest humanitarian crisis.

Nicholas Kristof: We’re complicit in war crimes

Opinion 10
Gluten-free food is being mistaken for a healthy option.

Stephen Jardine: Awkward customers are not always right

Opinion
Having shown what the Conservatives are against, Ruth Davidson now has to show what her party is in favour of.

Leader comment: Davidson must tell us what Tories stand for

Opinion 7
Judy Murray has been the brunt of protesters' ire over a proposed tennis centre

Leader comment: No place for personal attacks

Opinion

Alastair Dalton: Queensferry Crossing opening plans won’t please all

Opinion 9

Paul Minto: More power to our future motoring needs

Opinion

Michael Sheridan: Should the punishment fit the crime’s consequences?

Opinion

World

This young Yemeni boy, badly malnourished, is caught up in the worlds largest humanitarian crisis.

Nicholas Kristof: We’re complicit in war crimes

Opinion 10
Opposition leader Raila Odinga raises a fist as a sign of victory to his supporters as he leaves the Supreme Court in downtown Nairobi, Kenya. Picture: AP Photo/Ben Curtis

Kenyans face second vote after election results are nullified

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TOPSHOT - Boys play around, climbing the border division between Mexico and the US in Ciudad Juarez. Picture: HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP/Getty Images

Work on prototypes for Trump’s US border wall to begin soon

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A new Apple phone is expected to be launched later this month. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Apple expected to launch iPhone 8 on 12 September

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‘Disruptive’ passengers force Edinburgh-Paphos flight to divert

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On this day in 1870: Golf course designer Alister MacKenzie is born

People & Places

May slams North Korea’s ‘reckless provocation’

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Odd

Bill Drummond, left, and Jimmy Cauty of the KLF in the early 1990s. Pictures: Rex

Are we any closer to knowing why the KLF burnt £1 million?

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A new Apple phone is expected to be launched later this month. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Apple expected to launch iPhone 8 on 12 September

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Paul Minto: More power to our future motoring needs

Opinion
The late Lord McCluskey was the first judge to take into account a crimes impact upon the victim. Picture: Robert Perry

Michael Sheridan: Should the punishment fit the crime’s consequences?

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Mairi Rudkin. Picture: Contributed

Mairi Rudkin: Infringement decision sets precedent for courts

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Obituaries

Thom Nairn was feted for his surreal poems

Obituary: Thom Nairn, poet and translator

Obituaries
James Young

Obituary: James Young, jazz musician, businessman, ‘founder’ of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations

Obituaries
Photo editor Michael Feldman

Obituary: Michael Feldman, Photo editor, leading news and sports photographer

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Sir David Tang was well connected (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Sir David Tang, businessman, socialite and charity worker

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Celebrity

Are we any closer to knowing why the KLF burnt £1 million?

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Liam Gallagher performs at Leeds Festival in Bramham Park. Picture: SWNS

Liam Gallagher announces UK tour with Glasgow date

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Aberdeen player Gary Mackay-Steven was pulled from the River Kelvin in Glasgow. Picture: SNS

Aberdeen midfielder Gary Mackay-Steven ‘rescued from Glasgow river’

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Donald Sutherland with Melt employees in Aberdeen. Picture: Melt Facebook

Hollywood great Donald Sutherland enjoys toastie in Aberdeen takeaway

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