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ITV censured over inaccuracies in interview with Nicola Sturgeon

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Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Brexit Minister) Dominic Raab addressing MPs in the House of Commons. Picture; Getty

Anger as Government rule out changes to Brexit deal in final vote

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Parts of northern Scotland could see snow later this week

Snow forecast to hit parts of Scotland this week

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Rail users have been warned to expect travel disruption until at least 10pm due to damaged wires on the Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Queen Street line.

Rail disruption: Delays on Edinburgh - Glasgow line due to overhead wires damage

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Dominic Raab and Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley listens to Prime Minister Theresa May as she updates MPs in the House of Commons. Picture; PA

Second EU referendum would deliver bigger majority for Leave – Northern Ireland Secretary

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Irvine Welsh is among contenders for the Saltire Literary Awards. Picture: Alistair Linford

Irvine Welsh among contenders for Saltire Literary Awards

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

Nicola Sturgeon has ordered civil servants to start preparations for a second referendum

Scottish Government draws up 13 briefings on second independence referendum

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Theresa May has slapped down anonymous MPs who used violent imagery to describe a possible coup to unseat her.

Theresa May slams ‘dehumanising’ and ‘derogatory’ comments in Brexit row

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MP for Moray, Douglas Ross. Picture: SNS

Weakened Theresa May faces rebellion from Scots Tory MPs

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Hearts’ Craig Levein issues a title race warning

Premiership

Scotland's Richie Ramsay has retained his European Tour card for next year. Pic: Luke Walker/Getty Images

Relief for Richie Ramsay as he retains European Tour card

Golf

Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota on the run against the Chargers. Picture: Justin Setterfield/Getty

Tennessee Titans QB MArcus Mariota a shadow of the player he was

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Gordon Strachan signed Derek Riordan for Celtic but barely started the striker. Picture: SNS

Derek Riordan: I’d have easily scored 30 goals a season for Celtic

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Derek Riordan celebrates as Hibs defeat Hearts at Easter Road in April 2006. Picture: SNS

Hibs hero Derek Riordan: I hated Rudi Skacel

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Spartak Moscow have fired coach Massimo Carrera after a disappointing start to the season. Picture: AP

Rangers opponents Spartak Moscow sack manager before Ibrox trip

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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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Brussels is planning to end the practice of changing the clocks twice a year after research found it was unpopular. Picture: Shutterstock

EU’s Daylight Savings ban in breach of law, peers warn

General Election 62

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

Opinion 114

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

Opinion

Dutch citizens cheer Britsh tanks as they liberate the country from Nazi forces in 1944 (Picture: Jack Esten/PNA Rota/Getty Images)

Christine Jardine: EU remembers UK’s WWII stand and would take us back

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

Energy

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

Maxim Office Park sold in £38m deal

Glasgow & Strathclyde

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

Tech

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

Loch Ness hotel under new ownership

Media & Leisure

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

Tech

Stu Hirst. Picture: LinkedIn

Stu Hirst: Bringing Scotland's cyber community together

Tech

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

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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 15

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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