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Nicola Sturgeon urged to be ‘true to her word’ with fracking ban

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VisitScotland is encouraging would-be ghost-hunters to head off on 'fright-seeing' tours around the country.

Scotland's scariest haunts revealed in 'macabre map' for tourists

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Murdo Fraser said the minority SNP administration could unlock talks for a pro-business budget but must 'dump indyref2' first.

Scottish Conservatives offer government budget backing - if plans for second independence referendum are dropped

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Police launched an operation against organised crime groups in England who are allegedly at work in Fraserburgh (pictured) and Peterhead. PIC: www.geograph.org.

English drug dealers ‘operating in small Scottish towns’ targeted

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Police, ambulance and fire crews are at the scene around South Street and a cordon has been put in place in the area..' Picture; John Devlin

Two people treated following ‘explosion’ in Glasgow’s South Street

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Brexit: EU offers border compromise as Cabinet to get weekly updates

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Workers in Glasgow. Picture: Getty Images

Striking council workers march in row over equal pay

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The Scottish Government has brought in an external team headed by the chief executive of an English health trust to implement recommendations for a local authority rocked by a report that uncovered a culture of 'bullying and blame'.

Scottish Government hire special team to tackle NHS Lothian’s ‘bullying and blame culture’

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The Prime Minister will attend a meeting of the Conservative backbench 1922 Committee in Parliament just days after one anonymous opponent suggested she should 'bring her own noose' to the gathering. Picture; PA

Theresa May to face Tory backbenchers at 1922 Committee meeting

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Edinburgh confident of avoiding slip-ups against ‘lesser’ teams

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Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson on the same side of the net in a badminton match in Shanghai. Picture: Andrew Redington

Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson get over reported row

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The match officials for this weekend's Betfred Cup semi-final games have been confirmed. Picture: SNS Group

Betfred Cup: Referees for Hearts-Celtic and Aberdeen-Rangers confirmed

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Scotland Women's head coach Shelley Kerr announces the November friendly with the USA. Picture: Alan Harvey/SNS

Shelley Kerr hails USA clash as fitting reward for Scotland

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Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers. Picture: SNS Group

Brendan Rodgers ‘wanted by Spartak Moscow as new manager’ - reports

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Marvin Compper, right, says even his team-mates don't understand why he doesn't play. Picture: SNS

Marvin Compper begs Brendan Rodgers for chance in Celtic first team

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Martin Dempster: Scots outshining English for once
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Robert MacIntyre secured a second-place finish in the Foshan Open in China on Sunday. Pic: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images

Martin Dempster: Scots outshining English for once

Golf

Hearts manager Craig Levein celebrates Arnaud Djoum's opener at Tynecastle. Picture: SNS

Five things we learned from the Scottish Premiership this weekend

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Simon Berghan, second left, is penalised for obstruction and Magnus Bradbury's try against Montpellier is chalked off. Picture: SNS/SRU

Allan Massie: Encouraging signs in European defeats

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Neil McCann's last game in charge at Dundee was a 2-1 defeat to Kilmarnock. Picture: SNS/Craig Williamson

Why the number of managerial changes in Scottish football is not a concern

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HMS Queen Elizabeth has been getting lots of good publicity for the MoD recently, but the Royal Navy is much reduced (Picture: Dan Rosenbaum FRPU)

Paris Gourtsoyannis: Four huge issues lost in Brexit’s vast shadow

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Leader comment: Brexit requires calm heads, not violent rhetoric

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Faith in Theresa May among her Cabinet, fellow Tory MPs and party supporters is now at its lowest ebb but it is still not clear whether she will face a leadership challenge. Picture: Getty

Brian Monteith: Embattled Theresa May tangled up in her own red lines

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The evidence from elsewhere in the UK is that if you cut police numbers, crime inevitably �rises. Picture: John Devlin

Chris Marshall: Crime figures are a warning not to cut police numbers

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

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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

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Edinburgh cyber security firm ZoneFox sold to US firm

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BP and Zennor have secured consent for fields in the North Sea. Picture: contributed

North Sea in £430m boost as two projects get green light

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Maxim Park comprises 756,000 sq ft of office space across ten buildings. Picture: contributed

Maxim Office Park sold in £38m deal

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Managing director Wynne Edwards said the deal will take MarineMTS 'to a new level'. Picture: Ross Johnston/Newsline Media

MarineMTS targets eight-figure sales growth with funding deal

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Lesley Renton and Isabella Kilgannon secured a �342,000 commercial mortgage for the Whitebridge Hotel. Picture: Svenja Timmins

Loch Ness hotel under new ownership

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Left to right: Co-founders of tech start-up Kindaba Lizzie Brough, Rob Gelb and Will Wright. Picture: contributed

Skyscanner’s Williams invests in Kindaba venture

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Edinburgh cyber security firm ZoneFox sold to US firm

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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

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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

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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?

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