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Youth bands and orchestras at mercy of council cuts

Music 28
There are concerns about loss of expertise when it comes to policing railways. Photograph: John Devlin

Rail policing merger report raises new fears over safety

Politics 21
Home Secretary Amber Rudd. Picture: PA Wire

Home Secretary’s position ‘untenable’ after Windrush failure, says SNP MP

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Verne Troyer, actor, dead at 49: Mike Myers leads tributes

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Euan McColm: Corbyn’s immutable logic against Syria strikes

Opinion 9

Windrush scandal stirs bitter memories for Sir Geoff Palmer

Politics 2

Britain’s biggest bird sanctuary rescued by rat cull

Environment 1
Andy McKenna, who has made a film about mountain biking with MS. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Mountain biker finds his own path in fight with MS

Health
Ruth Davidson has betrayed no pang of conscience at her allegiance to Theresa May's zombie government. Picture: SWNS

Dani Garavelli: Time has come, but Ruth doesn’t realise it

News 95

Heritage

Edinburgh's links to the slave trade set to be laid bare

We Know Scotland

What is the value of the illegal drugs market in Scotland?

Future Scotland

Scottish start-up survey finds growing confidence in tech sector

Opinion

Leader comment: We must change the world’s impression of Scotland

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Carlos Pena in action for Cruz Azul - but could the on-loan Rangers midfielder be set for an early return to Ibrox? Picture: Getty Images

Rumour Mill: Pena set for early Rangers return | New Celtic kit leaked? | Rodgers cool over Arsenal link

Rangers 21
Graeme Murty organises training during his 'hardest week in football'. Photograph: Craig Foy/SNS

Graeme Murty: Quitting would have been the easy way out for me

Premiership 1
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Rodgers: It would take something extraordinary to lure me from Celtic

Celtic 6
Jamie Maclaren beats Dedryck Boyata to the ball to fire Hibs into the lead against Celtic. Picture: Alan Harvey/SNS

Hibs’ Jamie Maclaren rose from his sick bed to see off Celtic

Premiership

Carlos Pena may be sent back to Rangers this week

Rangers 10
Too little too late: Celtic's Odsonne Edouard pulls a consolation goal back. Photograph: Alan Harvey/SNS

Brendan Rodgers: ‘The best team won - Hibs deserved it’

Celtic 9

‘Roma thought Dundee United were on drugs but they always ran about daft’

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In pictures: How players on each side rated in Hibs 2 - 1 Celtic

Premiership 7
Kenny Miller, left, and Lee Wallace could both be on their way out of Ibrox this summer. Picture: SNS Group

The ideal destinations for Rangers outcasts Kenny Miller & Lee Wallace

Rangers 8
Harry Cochrane is tied to Hearts until 2021

New Hearts deal will keep Harry Cochrane on road to stardom

Hearts 3
Jack Ross celebrates with his players as St Mirren win the Championship title. Picture: SNS

How Jack Ross transformed St Mirren from relegation battlers to champions

St Mirren 2
A general view of Somerset Park, home of Ayr United. Picture: SNS Group

Patrick McPartlin: Time for Ayr’s marketing to reflect on-field progress

Ayr United 4

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Euan McColm: Corbyn’s immutable logic against Syria strikes

Opinion 9
Ruth Davidson has betrayed no pang of conscience at her allegiance to Theresa May's zombie government. Picture: SWNS

Dani Garavelli: Time has come, but Ruth doesn’t realise it

News 95
BBC Scotland studios in Glasgow. Pic by John Devlin

John McLellan: New BBC Scotland channel may send news providers the way of Toys R Us

Opinion 5
The formal opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at Buckingham Palace (Picture: Getty)

Brian Wilson: Windrush scandal echoes Scots’ slave trade shame

Opinion 112
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (left) and EU Council President Donald Tusk are all smiles as they sign the CETA trade deal; it remains to be seen if the UK will reach such an amicable settlement (Picture: AFP/Getty)

Sir Anton Muscatelli: Britain needs a Brexit reality check

Opinion 31

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RBS has faced criticism for closing scores of bank branches amid a migration to banking by smartphone. Picture: Stuart Cobley

RBS pushes button on chief digital officer role

Tech
The North Sea was built on innovation and enterprise, says Martin Ewan

Comment: North Sea troubles have been good for tech sector

Tech 4
From left, Patrick Renner, Suzanne Mitskchke, and Rogelio Arellano of MindMate, one of the many start-ups to have come through the EIE programme. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Scottish start-up survey finds growing confidence in tech sector

Tech
Dmitry Kiselyov, an outspoken Russian journalist, with president Vladimir Putin in 2017. Mr Kiselyov said Russian interest in Scotch whisky would drop. Picture: Wikicommons

Russia considers banning Scotch whisky imports in diplomatic row

Politics 71

PingGo secures five-figure investment from Seed Haus

Tech

Canadian firm takes over closure-threatened BiFab yards

Companies 117

JD Wetherspoon shuts all 900 pubs’ social media accounts

News 10

Stephen Jardine: Tesco comeback is not yet in the bag

Opinion 2
Atlantis chief Tim Cornelius praised 'commitment and dedication'. Picture: Jon Savage

Ground-breaking Pentland Firth power scheme passes milestone

Tech 22

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

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The Scottish Gin Society launches most detailed Scottish gin map yet

Food and drink

Biggest single investment in Scotch whisky tourism launched by Diageo

Food and Drink

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Crinan Canal played an role in the ancient Gaelic kingdom of Dalriada. Pictures: Wiki Commons

Story of ancient Dalriada kingdom to be told at Crinan Canal

Lifestyle 4
Three of the tiny coffins found on Arthur's Seat in 1836. Picture: TSPL

Author claims to have solved Edinburgh coffin-doll mystery

Lifestyle 7
The Capital's Melville Monument honours a man widely blamed for delaying the abolition of slavery.

Edinburgh's links to the slave trade set to be laid bare

Lifestyle 6

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The spot where the Battle of the Braes was fought on Skye in April 1882. PIC: www.geograph.co.uk

OTD 1882: Crofters and police clash at Battle of the Braes

Lifestyle 2
Bobbi Brown. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times)

Cosmetics tycoon Bobbi Brown striking out on her own again

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