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Nicola Sturgeon horrified by photo of ‘whistleblower taped to chair’

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Celtic Fans at Ibrox befrore the start of the Old firm Derby. 'Picture Robert Perry. Scotland on Sunday.

Rangers cut Celtic ticket allocation to 800

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Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been raised to Weir's campaign to improve MND research. Picture: Contributed

Special ball raises £300k to support Doddie Weir MND cause

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Man arrested over death of Ayrshire woman

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Morgan Freeman facing ‘multiple’ sex harassment allegations

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New contest rather than state control for NorthLink ferries

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Former inn hailed in verse by Robert Burns opens again

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Scotland could be enjoying its hottest bank holiday weekend for 25 years. Picture: JP

Scotland’s weather: Scots to enjoy hottest holiday weekend in 25 years

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Outlander star Sam Heughan has announced his next big Hollywood project. PIC: John Devlin/TSPL.

Outlander’s Sam Heughan to star in superhero movie

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Celtic Fans at Ibrox befrore the start of the Old firm Derby. 'Picture Robert Perry. Scotland on Sunday.

Rangers cut Celtic ticket allocation to 800

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Kieran Tierney celebrates the double treble with the Celtic fans at Hampden. Picture: SNS Group

Kieran Tierney is at Celtic for 10 in a row, says Murdo MacLeod

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Probe calls: Ibrox chairman Dave King. Picture: SNS Group

Dave King urges SFA to suspend director over ‘great unwashed’ comments

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Gregor Townsend's side will be televised as they embark on their Summer Tour. Picture: SNS Group

Scotland’s Summer Tour matches to be screened live on BBC and Channel 4

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Dundee chief reveals stadium plans and hints at Dens Park sponsor

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Orange Rangers Hummel kit goes on sale - but there’s a catch

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Rumour Mill: Rangers eye Portsmouth ace | Celtic close to £5m deal | Skrtel deal dead?

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Celtic’s Scott Brown calls on SFA and SPFL to tighten pitch rules

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Jack Ross led St Mirren to the Championship title but is set to leave to take over at Sunderland. Picture: Ross Parker/SNS

St Mirren could turn to Robbie Neilson to replace Jack Ross

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The top 50 players in Scottish football this season (30-21)
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The top 50 players in Scottish football this season (30-21)

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Scott Brown made the most passes of any player in the league. Picture: SNS

What the stats tell us about the 2017/18 Ladbrokes Premiership season

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Kirk Broadfoot is another Kilmarnock player to benefit from the Midas touch of manager Steve Clarke

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

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What close season? The draw for the Betfred Cup is made on Friday. Picture: SNS Group

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

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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)

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Bill Jamieson: Terror attacks have changed Britain

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Prince Harry and his wife Meghan emerge from the West Door of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

Paris Gourtsoyannis: Why angry UK needed a royal wedding

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Darren McGarvey's book Poverty Safari has been nominated for the Orwell Prize. Picture: John Devlin

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

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

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

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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

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The Cromarty Firth has long been used as an anchorage point for oil rigs. Picture: PA

Optimism returns to North Sea energy sector as ‘corner turned’

Energy

FanDuel has its roots in Edinburgh. Picture: Malcolm McCurrach

Paddy Power Betfair seals FanDuel deal

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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

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Openreach opens broadband fibre training school in Livingston

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

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Further growth is name of the game for Dundee studio Outplay

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FanDuel sale could prove a boost for Edinburgh start-ups

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UK tech booming with Edinburgh scene racing ahead

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The cost of RBS's settlement with US regulators is better than analysts had been expecting

RBS could be reprivatised following US fine agreement

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

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The incredible new site contains 36 locally made stills. Picture: Simon Price/PA Wire

In pictures: A first look at the new £140m Macallan Distillery

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

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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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A dual-lingual platform sign at Partick in Glasgow

Scots-Gaelic railway map uncovers meaning of station names

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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

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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

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Parents opt for musical instrument charging to save strings in West Lothian

Education

A series of specially-commissioned photograps of Dundee's V&A Museum of Design will be on display at the Venice Biennale for the next six months.

Dundee's V&A to feature at Venice Architecture Biennale

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

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