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Nicola Sturgeon to launch summer independence offensive

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President Trump is set to arrive in the UK for a working visit in July. Picture: John Devlin

Donald Trump may extend UK visit to play golf in Scotland

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Mark Adams, artistic director of the festival, is at the helm of the event for the fourth time. Picture: Contributed

Edinburgh Film Festival announces star-studded line-up for 2018

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Ruth Davidson: Just ignore SNP’s latest indyref talk

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Scots medical chiefs warn NHS ‘stretched to the limit’ by Brexit

News 46

Fire crews battle large blaze at former leisure centre in Clydebank

News

Richard Branson: Edinburgh tourist tax could drive visitors to Glasgow

Travel 24

Heritage

Shops go ahead after 330 skeletons removed from land

We Know Scotland

Number of households in Scotland reaches record high

Future Scotland

Video: Understanding GDPR and how it affects you

Opinion

Leader comment: Scotland’s coolest city just keeps winning plaudits

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Steven Gerrard and Martin Skrtel played in the same team at Liverpool but a reunion at Rangers doesn't look to be on the cards. Picture: Getty Images

Confusion over Rangers’ pursuit of Martin Skrtel as agent says deal still on

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Ben Woodburn is thought to be a target for Rangers. Picture: Getty Images

Rumour Mill: Gers eye Woodburn | Hibs keen on Barnsley ace | Skrtel bombshell | Edouard latest

Rangers 54
New SFA Chief Executive Ian Maxwell is unveiled to the media. Picture: SNS Group

Ian Maxwell: Hampden is special to me but I won’t let heart rule head

Scotland 5
Celtic's Lewis Morgan with the Ladbrokes Championship Player Of The Season award he won after returning to St Mirren on loan. Picture: Bill Murray/SNS

Lewis Morgan salutes Jack Ross for inspiring ‘meteoric’ rise

Championship

Neil Lennon slams English clubs for not taking talent from Scotland

Football 6

Ann Budge welcomes Hibs’ success in spite of Hearts’ shortcomings

Hearts 8

The key dates in Scottish football for the 2018/2019 season

Football

The top 50 players in Scottish football this season (40-31)

Football
Roger Baird, grounded, in action for the Lions against New Zealand's David Loveridge, Andy Haden and Andy Dalton in the fourth Test in Auckland in 1983. Picture: Colorsport/REX/Shutterstock

Roger Baird feared his Lions cap had been consigned to dustbin

Scotland 3

Martin Dempster: Let’s see then if success does breed success

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The key dates in Scottish football for the 2018/2019 season

Football
Despite having a "poor" season, Scott Sinclair still finished as Celtic's top goalscorer in all competitions. Picture: SNS

The top 50 players in Scottish football this season (50-41)

Premiership 2
Neil Lennon celebrates Hibs' last minute equaliser against Rangers. Picture: SNS

Why season 2017/2018 reaffirmed Scottish football as the best

Premiership 7
Callum McGregor, with his weaker right foot, fires the ball beyond Trevor Carson for Celtic's opening goal. Picture: SNS.

Muted Motherwell find Celtic immortals in ruthless mood

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Scott Sinclair finds is way into the top 12 despite a poor season by his standards. Picture: John Devlin

The 12 best wide midfielders in Scottish football right now

Premiership 3

Opinion More Opinion >>

Paris Gourtsoyannis: Why angry UK needed a royal wedding

Opinion 7
Darren McGarvey's book Poverty Safari seeks to give voice to people living in deprived areas (Picture: Robert Perry)

Darren McGarvey: A journey from wits’ end to Orwell Prize nomination

Opinion 6
The STV headquarters in Glasgow. Picture: Leslie Barrie/Geograph

Aidan Smith: Why STV’s super-local TV was doomed to failure

Opinion 7
Volunteers found plastics pellets called nurdles on 93 per cent of the beaches surveyed for The Great Technicolour Nurdle Hunt organised by charity Fidra.

Leader comment: The sinister beauty of plastic nurdles

Opinion
Research has shown pine martens can keep down populations of invasive grey squirrels and boost numbers of native reds. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Ilona Amos: Bringing in pine martens to help native red squirrels is a win win

Opinion 17

Business More Business >>

David Brown with a bottle of Crabbie's whisky. The firm is reviving its whisky business with a new distillery in Leith. Picture: Contributed

Crabbie’s to open new distillery near historic Leith home

Companies 2
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Openreach opens broadband fibre training school in Livingston

Tech
General Data Protection Regulation comes into force on Friday. Picture: iStockphoto/Getty

Insight: The GDPR revolution we can’t opt out of

Politics 6

Further growth is name of the game for Dundee studio Outplay

Tech

FanDuel sale could prove a boost for Edinburgh start-ups

Tech

UK tech booming with Edinburgh scene racing ahead

Tech 16

RBS could be reprivatised following US fine agreement

Financial 8
Iain Gulland, chief executive of Zero Waste Scotland, with Helen Stephenson, who creates items from recycled leather. Picture: Greg Macvean

Capital SMEs turn ‘waste into wealth’ with launch of Circular Edinburgh

Tech 1

Bill Jamieson: Diet of low growth ambrosia has begun to cloy

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The new Macallan Distillery is an incredible feat of engineering and design. Picture: Mark Power and Ian Gavan

Edrington unveils spectacular new ‘cathedral of The Macallan’

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Video: Diageo Scotch Whisky Ambassador Ervin Trykowski on why cocktails are a great intro to Scotch

Food and Drink

How to Dram for Whisky Month according to Keith Geddes, Master Blender at Tullibardine

Food and Drink

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Lead character Jamie Fraser, played by Sam Heughan, pictured in his print shop which was set in Tweeddale Court on the Royal Mile, one of the locations featured in the new Outlander map. PIC: Sony Pictures Television 2018.

New Outlander map of latest filming locations launched

Lifestyle 1
This bronze lamp was found at Loudon Hill Fort in Ayrshire. It's unusual given most other relics of this kind were made from clay. PIC: The Hunterian/Glasgow University.

In pictures: 10 amazing relics the Romans left in Scotland

Lifestyle
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The forgotten East Lothian WW2 sea defences and how to find them

Lifestyle

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Peter Kay’s Car Share finale: ‘We hope people won’t be screaming at the telly again’

Culture
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Authors of “Fit at Mid-Life” book urge others to try fit at 50 challenge

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Glasgow's gangs to feature in BBC2 show Peaky Blinders. Picture: BBC

Peaky Blinders set to feature Glasgow gangs

Lifestyle

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