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Conservative groups urge Donald Trump to visit Scotland and skip London

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Amber Rudd. Picture: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Rudd has “total support” of Tory MPs over Windrush scandal

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Kenny MacAskill: Why Charles III should be the last king of Britain

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SNP accused of ‘dogma’ in Brexit row as Mike Russell rejects UK solution

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Commentator Archie McPherson (front left) promotes his new book 'Adventures in the Golden Age' on Scotland in the World Cup Finals. Picture: SNS

Ally MacLeod ‘wanted Union Flag not Saltire at World Cup’

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Alfie Evans. Picture: AFP/Getty

Alfie Evans’ parents to discuss taking son home

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

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Scots have an average of 21,000 cousins, study finds

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New tech jobs could include ‘robotic rights advocate’

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Leader comment: Statues should not be set in stone

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Steven Gerrard is a European Cup winner from his time with Liverpool. Picture: Getty

Rumour Mill: Gerrard to be next Rangers manager? | Derby eye £1m for Hearts ace | first-team star to leave Ibrox

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Scott Arfield has featured 18 times in the English Premier League this season. Picture: Getty

Rangers close to agreeing deals for Scott Arfield and Allan McGregor

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Rangers are looking to convince Steven Gerrard to become their next manager. Picture: PA

Steven Gerrard in talks to become next Rangers manager - reports

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Kieran Tierney is gunning for his third Young Player of the Year award after being nominated for the 2017/18 gong. Picture: SNS

Kieran Tierney: Winning title against Rangers would be a dream

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Barry Ferguson “worried” about Rangers’ transfer policy

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Prolific Callum Paterson gives Alex McLeish a welcome option

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Edinburgh’s Jamie Ritchie braced for breakdown battle v Glasgow

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From left to right, PFA Scotland announce Alfredo Morelos, Kieran Tierney, Scott McKenna and Lewis Morgan as nominees for the Young Player of the Year award.

Aberdeen’s Scott McKenna still haunted by semi-final blunder

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Craig Levein knows what type of keeper he wants to sign for Hearts

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Best Twitter reactions to Steven Gerrard (maybe) becoming next Rangers boss

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Steven Gerrard has been installed as the favourite for the Rangers job by some bookmakers. Picture: Getty Images

Would Steven Gerrard be a good fit for Rangers?

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Hibs midfielder Dylan McGeouch has enjoyed an excellent campaign. Picture: SNS

The 7 biggest Player and Young Player of the Year Award snubs

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Hibs and Rangers will meet on the final day of the season at Easter Road. Pic: SNS

Comment: Hibs have done nothing wrong in cutting Rangers’ tickets

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Rangers hit out at Hibs in a statement on Tuesday evening. Picture: John Devlin

Best Twitter reactions to the latest Rangers statement

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Kenny MacAskill: Why Charles III should be the last king of Britain

Opinion 113
Michael Russell has denied claims he wanted to do a deal with the UK Government in 'power grab' spat (Picture: PA)

Tom Peterkin: Nicola Sturgeon left in splendid isolation over Brexit ‘power grab’

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Will we all need to have national identity cards soon?

Bill Jamieson: ‘Papers please!’ ID cards loom for UK

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Doreen Lawrence spoke with dignity and poise at the ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of her son's murder. Picture: AFP/Getty

Ayesha Hazarika: Institutional racism is alive and well in UK

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Pride Edinburgh marks 21 years since the festival started (Picture: Steven Scott Taylor)

Ruth Davidson: How secrets about sexuality damage the economy

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The Scottish Government hub in Berlin, which opened this week, aims to grow links between the two countries. Picture: Harald Helmlechner/Wikicommons

Scottish Government opens hub in Berlin to boost business links

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North Uist is one of the last islands to exploit its renewable energy potential. PIC: Creative Scotland/James Stringer.

Scottish island seeks investors for first wind power scheme

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The use of Scottish banknotes is unwelcome in some businesses. Picture: John Devlin

Complaints over chemist chain’s refusal to handle Scottish notes

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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

Comment: North Sea troubles have been good for tech sector

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Scottish start-up survey finds growing confidence in tech sector

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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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Workers at BiFab marine engineering yards in Fife and Lewis had been facing the threat of redundancy after the company ran into financial difficulties. Picture: TSPL

Canadian firm takes over closure-threatened BiFab yards

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

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8 common mistakes people make when ordering whisky and how to rectify them

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Single malt whisky revived in St Andrews for first in time in 160 years

Food and Drink

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Scotland has given the world many inventions.

10 inventions you probably didn’t know came from Scots

Lifestyle
The conscientious objectors pose for a photo -surrounded by granite - at the Dyce work camp. PIC: Creative Commons.

The Aberdeen work camp for the men who refused to go to war

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Archaeologists from NTS and volunteers are at Glencoe searching for remains of settlements inhabited during the 1692 massace. PIC: NTS.

Lost settlements of Glencoe studied for first time

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The new Beano X Stella McCartney kid clothing range, which features Beano and Dandy favourites Minnie the Minx and Dinah Mo. Picture: PA Wire

Stella McCartney teams up with Beano and Dandy for new fashion range

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Carter to revisits some of her own experiences in the entertainment business. (Justin T. Gellerson/The New York Times)

Wonder Woman star Lynda Carter throws her Lasso of Truth over the 1970s

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Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo and Benedict Wong in a scene from "Avengers: Infinity War." (Marvel Studios via AP)

Film review: Avengers: Infinity War

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