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Ferguson Marine ferries fiasco: Glen Rosa further delayed to 2025

The total extra cost of completing the two CalMac ferries put at £240 million, plus the £97m origina...

Trump resort customers unlikely to be deterred by hygiene inspection rap

When will Donald Trump next dine at his Aberdeenshire resort?...

Grenadine makes a great diabolo but you can get creative and try all sorts with lemonade

Passions: When it comes to the demon drink, make mine a diabolo

Life’s hard for a hack who’s hated by alcohol – time to get creative

Two people in hospital after crash involving Flying Scotsman at Aviemore station Alan Young

Alan Young

Woman dies three days after collision with cyclist outside Scottish Parliament

The incident happened around 10.40am on Tuesday...

Union warns of bigger strike action by school support staff in Scotland

Staff walked out in 24 council areas this week...

Graduates Liam Davidson and Anna Keller.

Achievements of students recognised at ceremony

Sir Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Rutherglen could be a ‘milestone’ in Labour’s road back to power, says Starmer

Emergency services at the scene of a coach crash on the M53 motorway. Photo: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Schoolgirl, 14, and driver killed after school bus overturns on M53

Prince Ankit Love is running as a candidate in the Rutherglen and Hamilton-West by-election

Meet the exiled Indian emperor standing in the Rutherglen by-election

The crash happened close to junction 5 of the M53. Photo: Google

'Number of casualties' after school bus overturns on M53 motorway

Lady Bathurst, 58, is narrowly missed by an overtaking car whilst cycling for charity. Picture: Tom Wakefield/Cotswold TV/SWNS

Countess nearly hit by car overtaking lorry while on charity bike ride

Falkirk Council is facing a £65m shortfall over next five years. Picture: Michael Gillen

More cash plea by councillors

Future Scotland

Novarum CEO Neil Polwart says the team has 'some exciting possibilities in the pipeline'. Picture: contributed.

Edinburgh-based diagnostics specialist Novarum taken over in MBO

From left: Neuranics CSO Kia Nazarpour, CTO Hadi Heidari, and CEO Noel McKenna. Picture: Stewart Attwood.

Funding boosts for Glasgow-based healtech start-up and Edinburgh fintech firm

From left: Mark Mountford, Victoria Mackie, Paul Reid, and Rebecca Christensen of Trickle. Picture: Stewart Attwood.

Seven-figure boost for Edinburgh-based workplace productivity start-up Trickle

Transport

Peak fares on ScotRail will be suspended for six months from Monday October 2

ScotRail peak fares suspension: Passengers warned of 'much busier' trains

Exclusive Patrick Harvie criticised for cycling projects ‘drowning in bureaucracy’

The world's shortest flight is between Westray and Papa Westray in Orkney. Image: Adobe

Here's why the shortest flight in the world is in Scotland

Exclusive Inside the Queensferry Crossing as you’ve never seen it before

The Scottish and UK governments are a national embarrassment Euan McColm

Rishi Sunak visits a Land Rover plant in Warwick in July for an announcement about a new electric car battery factory (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

SNP shouldn’t have just accepted Sunak’s delay of new petrol car ban

An autonomous bus on the M8 heading towards Edinburgh on September 14. (Photo by Alastair Dalton/The Scotsman)

Scotland's world-first autonomous buses: Wear your seat belt! – Alastair Dalton

Crime

Prison officers under threat from growing number of organised criminals in jail Teresa Medhurst

George Murdoch was killed in 1983. Picture: Police Scotland

DNA breakthrough for police investigating 1983 ‘cheese wire’ murder

Lee Ryan leaves Isleworth Crown Court. Photo: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Blue star Lee Ryan sentenced for abusing cabin crew on Glasgow flight

Hogg claimed he was wrongfully convicted of the attacks in Dalkeith

Crown Office admits ‘mistakes made’ in trial of rapist spared jail

Weather

Yellow warnings for wind and rain have been issued by the Met Office as Storm Agnes bears down on the UK

When does Storm Agnes hit Scotland, as yellow wind warning issued for rain

A team of plant scientists would like to turn this science “fiction” into reality by using light-based messaging to communicate with plants. Picture: SWNS

Can we talk to plants and warn them about dangers?

Rebecca MacDonald and Chris Oram pictured under the Northern Lights which appeared during their wedding on Monday. PIC: Michael Carver Photography.

Bride and groom captured under Northern Lights as 'everything aligns'

The tradition of changing the clocks in Britain dates back to over a century, here’s what you should know.

Explainer When do the clocks go back in 2023 and why do we change them?

Coronavirus

Aamer Anwar (centre), lead solicitor for the Scottish Covid Bereaved group, speaks outside the UK Covid-19 Inquiry at Dorland House in London. Picture: Belinda Jiao/PA Wire

Lawyer calls for return to masks, free tests amid 'dangerous feeling of deja vu'

Travellers at Edinburgh's Waverley Station. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Passenger numbers on ScotRail services soar close to pre-pandemic levels

What are Covid symptoms in 2023?

Opinion

Ayr Station Hotel fire highlights blight of absentee owners Martyn McLaughlin

Historic birthplace of Scottish Reformation should be preserved

Wendy Wood, one of the founders of SNP forerunner the National Party of Scotland, pictured in 1951 (Picture: Douglas Miller/Keystone/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Independence zealots 'more Scottish than the Scots'

The FCA review found that some sanctions teams are understaffed (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

FCA review puts sanctions regime in the spotlight - Stacy Keen

Rosebank is a disaster for climate change and economy Chris Skidmore

People

David McCallum at an event in Beverly Hills in 210 (Picture: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Scotsman Obituaries: David McCallum, Glasgow-born star of The Man from UNCLE

Lead artist, Claudia Zeiske

Artists appointed to help Aberdeenshire communities reflect and heal

The Inspiring Aberdeenshire Awards recognise the work of residents and groups across the region.

2023 Inspiring Aberdeenshire winners announced

Professor E Mary Smallwood was perhaps destined for an academic career after her intellectual talents were spotted in childhood

Scotsman Obituaries: Professor E Mary Smallwood, classical historian and author

Aberdeenshire Council’s Coastal Communities Challenge Fund has awarded grants to 13 projects

Host of projects benefit from Coastal Communities Challenge funding

Kimberley and Craig Turnbull with Sophia who will be two next month. Pic: Michael Gillen

Marathon effort for Ronald McDonald House Glasgow

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Obituaries

Gayle Hunnicutt at Heathrow Airport in 1975, on her way to film in Israel (Picture: Peter Cade/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Obituaries: Gayle Hunnicut, 'sexpot' American actress who flourished in Britain

Stuart Sellar unveils the plaque bearing his own name - W S Sellar - on locomotive 37175

Obituaries: Stuart Sellar, railwayman and photographer

David Jones ran for Great Britain at the 1960 Rome Olympics, winning a bronze medal

Obituaries: David Jones, British sprinter who enjoyed trophy-laden career

Environment

Making a difference: Changeworks has installed over 7,700 energy efficiency measures in homes, resulting in an estimated 370,000 tonnes of carbon savings over their lifetime. Picture - supplied.

Ad Feature Changeworks’ biggest impact yet to achieve net zero

Forensic investigators from Northumbria Police examine the felled Sycamore Gap tree, on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Sycamore Gap tree: New shoots expected to grow, but Hadrian's Wall tree 'won't b...

The beavers will be trapped and taken under licence from areas where they are having a serious negative impact on agricultural land. Photo: PA

Beaver families to be relocated to boost wild population in Scotland

White-tailed sea eagles have increased in recent years as a result of reintroduction projects. Picture: Katie Nethercoat

Reports shows stark warning over ongoing loss of species

Analysis How will drilling Rosebank affect bills, energy supplies and climate?

Why Scotland's renewable energy schemes are being delayed for years Sam Gardner

Rishi Sunak, seen visiting the Shell St Fergus gas plant in Peterhead in July. Picture: Euan Duff/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak vows to take 'every last drop' of North Sea oil

UK News

Black smoke billows over the city of Lviv, in western Ukraine, far from the frontlines, after Russian drone strikes earlier this month (Picture: Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine war: mixed signals among Kyiv’s allies hint at growing conflict fatigue

Braverman's anti-refugee campaign may lead to bonfire of human rights Laura Waddell

Rishi Sunak's energy policies are damaging the fight against climate change while doing little to improve energy security (Picture: Justin Tallis/WPA pool/Getty Images)

True energy security will only be delivered by clean renewable energy

Actor Sir Michael Gambon dies aged 82

Teen arrested after famous Hadrian's Wall tree 'deliberately felled'

A vision of a net-zero world in 2050 and how we got there

World

The belltower of Saint Sophia Cathedral shines in central Kyiv. Picture: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images

UK announces new Russia sanctions as Putin issues orders for ex Wagner figure

U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy speaks to reporters in Statuary Hall at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. McCarthy said he hopes to bring a House vote on a continuing resolution to fund the government this Friday.

What is the US Government shutdown and when will it happen?

Firefighters check the damage in an event hall in Qaraqosh, also known as Hamdaniyah, after a fire broke out during a wedding, killing at least 100 people and injuring more than 150.

More than 100 people killed in fire at Iraqi wedding

The judge's ruling adds to the mounting legal woes faced by Donald Trump. Picture: Brandon Bell/Getty

Judge finds Donald Trump liable for 'false valuation' of Scottish golf resort

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai, pictured in June 2020. He was arrested two months later over his support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests (Picture: Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images)

When will Sunak stand up for detained Hong Kong democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai?

Striking WGA (Writers Guild of America) members picket with striking SAG-AFTRA members outside Paramount Studios earlier this month in Los Angeles, California.

Hollywood writers' strike set to come to an end after five months

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A woman has died three days after a collision involving a cyclist in Scotland.

Woman dies 3 days after being hit by cyclist in Scotland

Emergency services at the scene of a coach crash on the M53 motorway, between junction 5 at Ellesmere Port and junction 4 at Bebbington.

Two dead in Liverpool M53 bus crash

Man City legend and Burnley F.C manager Vincent Kompany puts Ford Mustang GT-California up for sale

Vincent Kompany’s limited edition Ford Mustang hits the market - price