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Celtic express 'sorrow and regret' to victims of sex abuse coach

Crime

Indyref2 case has been enhanced by May's departure, says Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon: Theresa May's departure enhances case for Indyref2

Politics

A tearful Theresa May announces her plans to resign. Picture; PA

Theresa May announces she will resign as Prime Minister

Politics

US president Donald Trump will not visit Scotland next month

Donald Trump to skip Scotland during UK visit

Politics

Scotland's population growth 'extremely concerning', warns SNP minister

Politics

Glasgow and Aberdeen airport strikes: Thousands face flight disruption

Transport

Mike Russell demands probe into EU elections "debacle"

Politics

Rangers star Graham Dorrans in horror Ibiza incident - 'bottled in attack'

Rangers

Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is seen as the leading contender to succeed Theresa May

Theresa May resignation: Who are the candidates to be the next Conservative leader?

Politics

Boris Johnson is one of the favourites to succeed Theresa May (Picture: Luke Dray/Getty Images)

Theresa May resignation: Why Boris Johnson won't get a no-deal Brexit – Ian Murray MP

Columnists

Transport More Transport >>

The unexpected age of ScotRail’s toughest customers – Alastair Dalton

Columnists

Workers are set to go on strike at Glasgow Airport

Glasgow and Aberdeen airport strikes: Thousands face flight disruption

Transport

Delta will fly Boeing 757-200 aircraft on the New York and Boston routes

Delta to fly year-round between Edinburgh and New York

Transport

The Caledonian Sleeper.

RMT to ballot Caledonian Sleeper workers over strike action

Transport

Delta Air Lines is extending its summer flights between Edinburgh and New York's John F. Kennedy airports to year round

Scots flights to USA boosted despite lack of air tax cut

Transport

Crime More Crime >>

Child, 7, injured after being hit by car in East Lothian

Crime

Lowe murdered his partner Christine Lee and her daughter Lucy in 2014.

OAP who shot partner and her daughter had guns returned by police

Crime

Former Celtic youth coach Jim McCafferty

Celtic express 'sorrow and regret' to victims of sex abuse coach

Crime

Boy, 14, charged with alleged rape of woman in Fife

Crime

Weather More Weather >>

Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth to sail out of Forth on Thursday morning

Transport

Children play on Portobello Beach as Scotland enjoys its hottest day of the year. Picture: Phil Wilkinson

Scotland records hottest day of the year

Weather

Wednesday 15 May could be the hottest day of the year so far. Picture: John Devlin

Scotland set to sizzle in temperatures hotter than California on Wednesday

Weather

Portobello beach during a heatwave

Soaring temperatures set to bring Scotland's hottest day of the year

Weather

It could snow across parts of Scotland. Picture: Jonathan Bird/Network Rail/PA Wire

Arctic blast to hit Scotland during first bank holiday in May

Weather

Scottish News More Scottish News >>

TRNSMT festival orders plastics clampdown

Environment

Libby Curtis, head of Grays School of Art atRGU. Picture: Contributed

Dozen creative businesses named for RGU start-up programme

Business

A tearful Theresa May announces her plans to resign. Picture; PA

Theresa May announces she will resign as Prime Minister

Politics

Sir David Murray, chairman of Murray Capital (parent company of Murray Estates); Kevin Stewart MSP, Scottish Government housing minister; Cllr Neil Crooks, Fife Council. Picture: Ian Jacobs

Work gets underway on major 1,100-homes Fife project

Business

Politics More Politics >>

Theresa May announces she will resign as Prime Minister

Politics

Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is seen as the leading contender to succeed Theresa May

Theresa May resignation: Who are the candidates to be the next Conservative leader?

Politics

Boris Johnson is one of the favourites to succeed Theresa May (Picture: Luke Dray/Getty Images)

Theresa May resignation: Why Boris Johnson won't get a no-deal Brexit – Ian Murray MP

Columnists

Mike Russell has called for a probe

Mike Russell demands probe into EU elections "debacle"

Politics

Theresa May announces she will resign on 7 June (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Theresa May's replacement must prevent no-deal Brexit – Scottish Retail Consortium

Columnists

Opinion More Opinion >>

Theresa May resignation: Why Boris Johnson won't get a no-deal Brexit – Ian Murray MP

Columnists

Theresa May announces she will resign on 7 June (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Theresa May's replacement must prevent no-deal Brexit – Scottish Retail Consortium

Columnists

Theresa May has announced her resignation as leader of the Conservative party (Picture: Kirsty Wigglesworth/Getty)

Theresa May became an impediment to Brexit solution – David Mundell

Columnists

Ada Hegerberg celebrates with the trophy after her team Lyon beat Barcelona 4-1 in the UEFA Women's Champions League final in Budapest. Picture: AFP/Getty

The scandalous reason why the best player won’t be at Women’s World Cup – Hayley Matthews

Columnists

People More People >>

TRNSMT festival orders plastics clampdown

Environment

Ronni Ancona and Lewis Macleod are creating Just Checking In for this year's Fringe.

Trump impersonator plots Fringe comedy on campaign against Scots hotel takeover bid

Film and TV

Ian Rankin has sold more than 20 million books around the world since the first Inspector Rebus novel was published in 1987.

Ian Rankin donates personal letters from JK Rowling and Iain Banks to the nation

People

Pic: BrewDog

BrewDog are giving away free Punk IPA in Edinburgh - and this is how you can get it

Business

French tourist Lily Mika, 26, has made an appeal to find her lost camera that she left at a rest stop near Sligachan, Skye last week - which is packed full of topless photos of herself.

French tourist's appeal after camera full of topless snaps lost on Skye

People

Environment More Environment >>

TRNSMT festival orders plastics clampdown

Environment

Protesters on the global climate crisis march through Edinburgh city centre. Pic: Jane Barlow/ PA Wire

VIDEO: Hundreds of Edinburgh schoolkids turn out for climate change crisis march

Environment

The image in a close in Leith

'Banksy' pro-EU artwork appears in Edinburgh

People

The ancient medieval stronghold of the Lords of the Isles at Finlaggan on Islay has been reconstructed in virtual reality to reveal how Scottish clan chiefs lived 600 years ago. Picture: University of St Andrews

Video: Inside the medieval home of Scotland's Lords of the Isles

Environment

UK News More UK News >>

Theresa May resignation: Who are the candidates to be the next Conservative leader?

Politics

Blond Bombshell: Bad hair appears to be no barrier to high office for Boris Johnson

Theresa May resignation: Ruth Davidson’s problem with Boris Johnson – John McLellan

Columnists

Ateeq Rafiq died when his neck became trapped in a seat at Vue Cinema, Star City in Birmingham.

Missed safety checks led to death of cinema-goer whose neck was crushed under seat

News

The number of children walking, cycling, scootering, or skating to school in Scotland has fallen to an all time low.

'Active travel' among Scottish school pupils hits record low

News

UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston hears from Scottish school children (Picture: Bassam Khawaja)

UN report on eye-watering poverty in UK is a wake-up call – Jamie Clark

Columnists

World More World >>

Donald Trump to skip Scotland during UK visit

Politics

Bosnian Muslim refugees from Srebrenica seek refuge at a UN base in Potocari in July 1995 (Picture: AP)

Joyce McMillan: Srebrenica massacre a warning against attacks on liberalism

Columnists

Be scared Donald Trump, be very, very scared. Okay not really (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

Is Theresa May plotting revenge on Donald Trump? – leader comment

Columnists

Young EU supporters. (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Exit poll hints at Dutch EU election result

World

Obituaries More Obituaries >>

Obituary: George Smith, much-loved and respected Scottish football referee

People

Iain Macmillan CBE

Obituary: Iain Macmillan CBE, former president of the Law Society of Scotland

People

Austrian auto racer Niki Lauda in 1975 (Picture: AP)

Obituary: Niki Lauda, Formula 1 racing legend who came back from horrific injuries to new successes

People

George Argent in his element, en route to Tenom, Malaysia, in 2007

Obituary: George Argent, Rhododendron expert nicknamed ‘Edinburgh’s Indiana Jones of botany’

People

Elisabeth Fraser in 1997, as she campaigned against the closure of Royal Bank of Scotland's 'Ladies' Branch in Princes Street, Edinburgh (Picture: Ian Rutherford/TSPL)

Obituary: Elisabeth Fraser, author and seeker of spiritual truths who campaigned to save the Ladies Branch of RBS

People