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Scots are ‘driven to starvation’ due to Universal Credit claims says SNP minister

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Many private pharmacies across Scotland have run out of the winter flu vaccine for the 65-74 age range and could be waiting more a month for supplies. Picture: TSPL

Thousands of Scot risk as pharmacies run out of flu vaccine

News 12

New artist impressions of The Impact Centre - the proposed concert hall behind St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh

Edinburgh’s new concert hall is condemned by critics for being ‘too large and too tall’

Lifestyle 2

ScottishPower has switched to 100 per cent green energy following the sale of its last gas and hydro plants. Picture: John Devlin

Leader comment: Scotland’s beauty must be preserved amid green energy boom

Opinion 2

BBC Scotland headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow

Brian Ferguson: BBC Scotland’s new channel can transform film and TV

Opinion 5

Trains travelling in and out of Waverley are disrupted. Picture: Jon Savage

Signal fault at Edinburgh Waverley causes major disruption to trains

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

John Leslie attends Blue Peter's Big Birthday, celebrating the show's 60th anniversary, at the BBC Philharmonic Studio at Media City UK, Salford. Photo credit: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Blue Peter star John Leslie joins presenters for show’s birthday

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PABest A mock customs post is set up at Ravensdale, Co Louth, as anti-Brexit campaigners hold a go-slow protest on the main road between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to highlight concerns about the impact on trade.

Cabinet told to ‘stand firm’ as Europe demands ‘new facts’ to solve Irish riddle

Politics 26

BBC Scotland headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow

Brian Ferguson: BBC Scotland’s new channel can transform film and TV

Opinion 5

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Rumour Mill: Kyle Lafferty ‘blocked from playing for Rangers’ | Celtic boost ahead of Hibs test | Rangers eye midfielder

Rangers 2

Celtic's Scott Bain appeared to mock Neil McCann over his Dundee sacking on social media. Picture: SNS/Craig Foy

Did Celtic star mock Neil McCann over Dundee sacking?

Celtic 1

James Forrest has been impressed by the start made by both Hearts and Hibs this season. Picture: SNS.

Celtic’s James Forrest tips ‘brilliant’ Hibs to stay in title race

Hibernian 5

Reiss Nelson nets the only goal of the game for the visitors. Picture: SNS

Scotland U21 0 - 2 England U21: Scots outclassed in Euro defeat

Scotland 2

Neil McCann is no longer Dundee manager. Picture: SNS

Jim McIntyre the front-runner as Dundee sack Neil McCann

Dundee 16

Scotland's John McGinn is confident the tide will turn for Alex McLeish's men following a difficult week. Pic: Craig Foy/SNS

John McGinn: It’s time to puff out our shoulders and start winning games

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Eddie Pepperell is part of Europe’s rich seam of exciting new talent
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Eddie Pepperell with the British Masters trophy.

Eddie Pepperell is part of Europe’s rich seam of exciting new talent

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Dundee midfielder Glen Kamara will see his contract expire next summer. Picture: SNS

Six players on expiring deals Scottish sides will struggle to keep

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Steven Naismith, scorer of Scotland's consolation goal, evades Portugal's Ruben Dias. Picture: PA.

Analysis: A sense of Alex McLeish playing out time eight months into job

Scotland 9

Scotland have been left to reflect on another defeat.

'This isn’t going to get any better' - Scotland fans react to Portugal defeat

Scotland 1

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BBC Scotland headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow

Brian Ferguson: BBC Scotland’s new channel can transform film and TV

Opinion 5

Protestors who boycotted Macedonia's referendum on changing its name celebrate the low turnout (Picture: Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Alastair Stewart: North Macedonia? Don’t you ‘North Briton’ me!

Opinion 8

ScottishPower has switched to 100 per cent green energy following the sale of its last gas and hydro plants. Picture: John Devlin

Leader comment: Scotland’s beauty must be preserved amid green energy boom

Opinion 2

The former Smyllum Park orphanage in Lanark (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Martyn McLaughlin: Church still to keep its promises on child abuse

Opinion

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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

Food and Drink

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AllBright Academy to help businesswomen smash glass ceiling

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Chief executive Doug Duguid will continue in post. Picture: Contributed

Aberdeen’s EnerMech changes hands in bumper deal

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The brewer's latest fundraising drive is the most successful equity crowdfunding round the world has ever seen, says co-founder James Watt. Picture: BrewDog

BrewDog closes ‘world’s most successful’ crowdfunder with £26m

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The enlarged CYBG is headed by CEO David Duffy. Picture: Robert Perry

Challenger bank comes out punching

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Steve Wozniak (right) has joined forces with Equi's Doug Barrowman and Michelle Mone. Picture: contributed.

Apple co-founder joins Mone VC venture

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The group's founder and chairman Brian Gilda is one of the motor industry's leading figures. Picture: Contributed

Peoples Ford boss warns over Brexit as sales flatline

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AllBright Academy to help businesswomen smash glass ceiling

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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 13

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

Film 20

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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