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Brexiteers warn May before crunch EU summit

Politics 3

Lex Warner pictured on his 50th birthday with his wife Debbie and their son Vincent, now six. Picture: SWNS

Six-year-old boy wins right to sue Orkney-based diving company after death of father

Inverness, Highlands & Islands 8

Horrific footage emerges claiming to show Scottish shearers 'punching sheep in the face'

News 1

Shirley-Anne Somerville, is serving as Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People having been the Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science in the Scottish Government from May 2016 to June 2018.

Scots are ‘driven to starvation’ due to Universal Credit claims says SNP minister

News 548

A plea for solidarity in the shape of an advertising campaign launched by Glasgow City Council workers, left to right, Gillian Docherty, Eileen Dougall, Shona Thomson and Lee-Ann Dougall. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA.

Unions call on Glasgow to stand united ahead of biggest strike in city since 1970

Glasgow & Strathclyde 3

Britain's Scotland Secretary David Mundell. Picture; Getty

David Mundell accused of ‘flip-flopping over his threat to resign’

News 189

New artist impressions of The Impact Centre - the proposed concert hall behind St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh

Edinburgh’s new concert hall is condemned by critics for being ‘too large and too tall’

Lifestyle 21

A runaway cow has caused �1,500 of damage after a 20-second rampage in a popular car dealership.

Rampaging cow causes £1,500 worth of damage in a Stirling car showroom

Stirling 9

Emergency services on the scene on the M40, which reopened 14 hours after a crash involving a caravan driving the wrong way. Picture: SWNS

Three dead after car towing caravan driving in wrong direction on M40

UK 7

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Derek McInnes urges Aberdeen fans to sell-out Rangers semi

League Cup

Former Sunderland winger Charalampos Mavrias. Picture: Hibs FC

Hibs complete signing of Greek international Charalampos Mavrias

Hibernian

Jozo Simunovic (left) with compatriot Filip Benkovic. Picture: SNS Group

Jozo Simunovic keen to reclaim Celtic starting spot against Hibs

Celtic

Kyle Lafferty in action for Northern Ireland. Picture: Getty Images

Northern Ireland FA confirms block on Kyle Lafferty playing for Rangers

Rangers 8

Juninho has questioned Martin O'Neill's decision to sign him. Picture: SNS/Alan Harvey

Juninho still questions Martin O’Neill’s decision to sign him for Celtic

Celtic 11

Gregor Townsend has named a 40-man squad for the Autumn Test series. Picture: SNS Group

Revealed: The 40-man Scotland squad for the 2018 Autumn Test series

Scotland 5

The triumphant return of positivity to Scottish club football
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Hibs currently sit second in the Ladbrokes Premiership table, just behind rivals Hearts. Picture: SNS

The triumphant return of positivity to Scottish club football

Premiership 1

Jordan Rossiter has made just 12 appearances for Rangers since joining in the summer of 2016. Picture: SNS Group

Does Rangers’ link with midfielder spell the end for Jordan Rossiter?

Rangers

Sam Johnson, Blade Thomson and Sam Skinner. Pictures: SNS Group/Getty Images/Getty Images

Who are the 3 uncapped players in the Scotland squad for the Autumn Tests?

Scotland

Dundee midfielder Glen Kamara will see his contract expire next summer. Picture: SNS

Six players on expiring deals Scottish sides will struggle to keep

Premiership 1

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BBC Scotland headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow

Brian Ferguson: BBC Scotland’s new channel can transform film and TV

Opinion 17

Protestors who boycotted Macedonia's referendum on changing its name celebrate the low turnout (Picture: Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Alastair Stewart: North Macedonia? Don’t you ‘North Briton’ me!

Opinion 36

ScottishPower has switched to 100 per cent green energy following the sale of its last gas and hydro plants. Picture: John Devlin

Leader comment: Scotland’s beauty must be preserved amid green energy boom

Opinion 74

The former Smyllum Park orphanage in Lanark (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Martyn McLaughlin: Church still to keep its promises on child abuse

Opinion

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Belfast-born author becomes first Northern Irish writer to win the Man Booker Prize

Lifestyle

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Two Scottish pizzerias named among UK’s top ten according to TripAdvisor

Food and Drink

Lidl’s pop-up gin bar is coming to Edinburgh in November

Food and Drink

30 of the best Scottish gins including the Scottish Gin of the Year

Food and Drink

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AllBright Academy to help businesswomen smash glass ceiling

News

Calum Forsyth (left) and Robin Knox of Seed Haus. Picture: Contributed

Seed Haus celebrates anniversary with new investments

Tech

Chief executive Doug Duguid will continue in post. Picture: Contributed

Aberdeen’s EnerMech changes hands in bumper deal

News

Leyton is moving to new premises in George Square. Picture: Wikimedia

R&D tax specialist Leyton moves into new George Square offices

Tech

The brewer's latest fundraising drive is the most successful equity crowdfunding round the world has ever seen, says co-founder James Watt. Picture: BrewDog

BrewDog closes ‘world’s most successful’ crowdfunder with £26m

Companies 1

The enlarged CYBG is headed by CEO David Duffy. Picture: Robert Perry

Challenger bank comes out punching

Financial

AllBright Academy to help businesswomen smash glass ceiling

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The Battle of Glenlivet was fought near Ben Rinnes in Speyside. PIC: Flickr/GaryE1981.

On this day 1594: Clans defend Catholic faith at Battle of Glenlivet

Lifestyle 13

Outlaw King, which stars Chris Pine as Robert the Bruce, will be released via Netflix in November

Outlaw King ‘a crowded epic’: Netflix film opens to mixed reviews

Film 20

Firefighters battle to contain the fire that destroyed the Mackintosh building at Glasgow School of Art in June. Picture: John Devlin

Why are so many landmark historic buildings lost to fire?

Companies 7

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