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Edinburgh City Bypass has reopened to traffic following a closure of both lanes for more than 17 hours after a crash last night.

Edinburgh City Bypass: Man arrested following death of woman on road
The bypass was closed for 17 hours following the incident on Wednesday night

Exterior view of Dr Gray's Hospital

Swinney has confidence in NHS Grampian board after mass changes

Edinburgh University

Edinburgh University academics rally to oppose restructure plans

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A view of Edinburgh Castle from the esplanade

Watchdog: HES has ‘made progress’ but ‘significant risks’ remain

Russell Findlay

Holyrood ‘at risk of espionage’ due to foreign MSP rules

Isla Bryson, formerly known as Adam Graham, arrives at the High Court in Glasgow in 2023

Scottish Prison Service: ‘Zero biological males now in women’s jails’

Glen Rosa on the Firth of Clyde. PIC: Mark Gardener

Glen Rosa starts sea trials in major milestone for delayed vessel

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Italian police officers stand outside the Virgilio middle school in Rome after bomb threats were made to numerous schools in Italy, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Picture: Filippo Monteforte

School hoax bomb threats show why we must improve our cyber defences Scotsman comment

The Stone of Destiny now forms the centrepiece of Perth Museum. Picture: PA

How the Stone of Destiny found its place as a modern-day cultural icon Martyn McLaughlin

This brass collar, inscribed 'Alexr. Steuart found guilty of death for theft at Perth the 5th of December 1701, & gifted by the Justiciars as a perpetual servant to Sir Jo. Areskin of Alva', was found in the River Forth at Logie

The brass collar that tells forgotten story of Scots enslaved by Scots Dr Marie Macklin

Assistant curator of pre-historic and Roman archaeology Bethany Simpson takes a closer look at an ancient gilded brass leg which features in the Roman Scotland: Life On the Edge of Empire exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barliow

Scotland's Ozymandias? The historic lesson of Roman Emperor's statue Scotsman comment

Fit to Fly

Edinburgh Airport check in

What Edinburgh could learn from the best-rated airports elsewhere

Edinburgh Airport: 'Role to challenge where standards not good enough' Peter Barnes

Edinburgh Airport expansion 'like changing engine while flying plane'

Edinburgh Airport 'must invest to stay Scotland's flagship gateway'

Sport

Scotland head coach Sebastien Pocognoli is searching for his first win at Hampden.

Pocognoli must take next Scotland step, especially with reinforcements

First Hampden win is non-negotiable as talisman’s returns brings some big calls with it

Celtic hit out as Hearts cut away tickets for Tynecastle clash

Champions given 508 briefs for visit to capital

Tom Lambert playing for Scotland Under-20s against England at Myreside in the U20 Guinness Six Nations on 7 February, 2020.

How one-time Scotland starlet ended up in the Australia squad

He made his Glasgow Warriors debut at the same time as Rory Darge

Next Aberdeen boss: why Robinson was always wrong and who comes next Martyn Simpson

Martyn Simpson

Robertson: My record-equalling Scotland cap is tribute to Dalglish

Left-back set to match record if he plays against North Macedonia

Luiten, the last man in, leads in Dubai as Rory stills trails Chacarra

Dutchman hits opening shot in DP World Tour Championship then goes on to post best score of day

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Start of the Tour de France through Edinburgh city centre revealed

All Scotland Championships

Behind the scenes at the All Scotland Irish Dance Championships

Meet Scotland's youngest lighthouse keeper in her 'whole new world'

Food and drink

Troy Sides who is competing in the Master of Port UK competition.

Scottish sommelier to compete in Master of Port UK Finals

The research was released as part of the IGD’s Feeding Britain’s Future movement, an initiative backed by 95 businesses, including all major retailers, and leading manufacturers to bring the food and drink industry together to help young people gain exper

Scotland’s young people more likely to see food and drink as a career

All the winners of the Scottish Fish and Chip Awards

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Scottish restaurants named among the best in UK by national guide

Bin-bound bread gets umami after life as cocktail base

Business

Don't put up with disappointment, insist on your legal rights as a purchaser (Picture: Adobe)

All you need to know about your shopping rights

Observers of the legal industry foresee greater transparency and investment from outside Scotland due to the regulatory change

Huge changes ahead for Scottish Legal minds

Billion-plus price tags energise mergers and acquisitions

The adoption of AI has been one of the biggest issues in the legal sector over the last year

Impact of AI looms over busy legal sector

The number of homes being given full planning consent has halved since 2020, says David J Alexander

Housing is Cinderella sector of Scotland's economy

North Sea pioneer and Balmoral Group founder Sir James Milne dies, aged 85

Arts news

M John Harrison

Arts diary: Inside the Booker Prize judging room

The Booker Prize was announced at a ceremony on Monday night

Work by 19th century forgers who faked documents on show

The letters are famous forgeries

Dunard Centre chief executive Jo Buckley and chairman Ronnie Bowie.

Dunard Centre removed '2,750 grand pianos' of material for basement

Work on the Dunard Centre broke ground a year ago

Wallace and Gromit to go on display in new V&A Dundee exhibition Jane Bradley

Jane Bradley

Scottish premiere of brass band music inspired by Booker-winning novel

Orbital is based on Samantha Harvey’s 2024 Booker Prize winning novel of the same name

The 81-year-old winner of prestigious literary award

M John Harrison is the oldest ever Booker Prize winner

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Heritage and Retro

Depiction of Sergeant Charles Ewart of the Royal Scots Greys, capturing the French eagle

The heroic story of Ensign Ewart and the Scots Greys Lord Mulholland

Wreaths of poppies are laid during a service of dedication for the Garden of Remembrance at the Scott Monument in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens last month. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell

Poppies do not glorify war yet every year brings more controversy Stephen Jardine

Every iconic cover from John Lewis' Christmas adverts, ranked

Looking down onto the sales floor from the top balcony at Jenners in August 1962.

Jenners in its Heyday: 32 pics of the store in the 50s and 60s

A silver and gilt watch made by David Ramsay for King James VI of Scotland, circa 1613, is to be auctioned with an estimate of £250,000-350,000

17thC Dom Joly's reaction to James VI's new watch not hard to imagine Scotsman comment

Gordonstoun teacher Dan McLean at an excavation site where the remains of what is thought to be a medieval Viking church about 1,000 years old was discovered

30 Scottish surnames with Viking roots

Michael Haughian, Hoseason Gardens, Clermiston Edinburgh, dressed up in cardboard boxes as a Dalek to go guising.

Halloween Heritage Scotland: 21 photos of Scots celebrating Halloween

Arts and Culture

Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder, Glasgow review: ‘Maestro pitched everything perfectly’

Johnny Depp in Ebenezer

Ebenezer review: 'Johnny Depp slips back into off-kilter kook mode'

Installation view of Ida Applebroog: Portraits at the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh

Art reviews: Ida Applebroog | France-Lise McGurn

Lynda Clark

Strange Talk by Lynda Clark review: 'at least 100 pages too long'

Scottish Opera's Madama Butterfly

Scottish Opera's 'striking' new perspective on Madama Butterfly

Fjord

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Biff Smith

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Education

Police Scotland have issued a response.

Police issue response after schools evacuated due to 'hoax' messages

Pupils were forced to leave classrooms shortly before 10am on Wednesday, November 11.

Pupils in a classroom raise their hands

Ex-SQA boss: Scotland needs 'fewer young people going to university'

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry heard how children were abused at Edinburgh Academy for over 40 years.

More Edinburgh Academy abusers 'must be brought to justice'

School bomb threats: Everything you need to know so far Rachel Amery

Rachel Amery

Hay's Way

Greenland white-fronted geese are now critically endangered

Scottish action to save critically endangered Greenland geese

Port of Ness on the Isle of Lewis

'Shockingly high' number of Lewis people have high cholesterol gene

The Inner Hebrides island of Jura has an area of 36,692 hectares. It's one of the least densely populated islands in Scotland as, although it's the eighth largest, it's 31st in terms of population.

Hay's Way: Hunkering down for winter on a Hebridean island Katharine Hay

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Martin Dempster receives his Lifetime Achievement Award from PGA in Scotland regional manager David Longmuir

PGA in Scotland award honour was one of greatest days of my life
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A sizeable crowd watch as a Scottish XI play English side Dick, Kerr Ladies FC in a fundraising match for former servicemen at Tynecastle in Edinburgh in 1921. Picture: Hulton Archive

Why a Scottish footballing world-first should inspire us all Scotsman comment

Emerging talent can't suffer on DPWT due to LIV players returning

90-year-old runner Ian Winship recorded a world’s best time for the 10K distance in Cumbernauld last month. Picture: Lorna Breakenridge

90-year-old's reason for running should inspire everyone in Scotland Scotsman comment