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Offenders have to disclose crimes long after leaving prison.Picture: John Devlin

Ex-offender backs plans to reduce conviction disclosure time

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Scottish links with Malawi get £150k funding boost

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DNA to be used in tracking wildlife criminals

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53 Commonwealth leaders back Charles as their head after Queen

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David Friel as a policeman. Picture: Stewart Robertson

Actor sentenced for impersonating a police officer

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

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

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Scottish start-up survey finds growing confidence in tech sector

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

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Brendan Rodgers is among the favourites to replace Arsene Wenger when he leaves Arsenal. Picture: SNS.

Brendan Rodgers: I’m living the dream but one day it’ll finish

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Celtic majority shareholder Dermot Desmond. Picture: SNS

Dermot Desmond: Celtic wouldn’t stop Brendan Rodgers speaking to Arsenal

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Rangers manager Graeme Murty, centre, takes a moment for quiet reflection during training. Picture: PA.

Rangers’ Graeme Murty vows: ‘I will not hide under a rock’

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Celtic's Callum McGregor is grateful for his loan spell at Notts County. Picture: Ian Rutherford/PA Wire

Celtic’s Callum McGregor thanks Neil Lennon for loan spell

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Hearts’ Harry Cochrane sets out to beef himself up

Hearts

Interview: Bert Paton on Jock Stein and Dunfermline Cup glory

Dunfermline

Only a ‘special’ bid would take Paul Hanlon from Hibs

Hibernian

Richard Cockerill ‘excited about future’ as he extends stay with Edinburgh

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Allan Massie: Data is useful but an old-fashioned hunch can work as well

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The ideal destinations for Rangers outcasts Kenny Miller & Lee Wallace

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Harry Cochrane is tied to Hearts until 2021

New Hearts deal will keep Harry Cochrane on road to stardom

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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

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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

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Uche Ikpeazu featuring for Cambridge United against Leeds United in an FA Cup game last January. Picture: Getty

Five things Hearts fans should know about Uche Ikpeazu

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John McLellan: BBC Scotland spending spree a threat to news firms

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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

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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

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Norwegian Air has blamed air taxes in halting two of its three US routes from Edinburgh. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Alastair Dalton: Airlines still expanding despite their tax moans

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Shoppers take to Glasgow's Buchanan Street, but Scotland's retail sector is one of several poor performers (Picture: John Devlin)

Bill Jamieson: Here’s how the world is leaving Scotland behind

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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

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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

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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

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PingGo secures five-figure investment from Seed Haus

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Canadian firm takes over closure-threatened BiFab yards

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JD Wetherspoon shuts all 900 pubs’ social media accounts

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Stephen Jardine: Tesco comeback is not yet in the bag

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

Ground-breaking Pentland Firth power scheme passes milestone

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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

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

Author claims to have solved Edinburgh coffin-doll mystery

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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

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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

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

Cosmetics tycoon Bobbi Brown striking out on her own again

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