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Existing booster vaccines may give effective protection against the new Omicron variant of Covid-19, experts have claimed.

Booster vaccines may be effective against new variant, experts say
Health

Top performing schools in Scotland revealed
Education

COP26 disruption hit footfall to Glasgow shops
Politics

Airports fume as minister picks Barbados flight launch over meeting on Omicron
Coronavirus

Cambo oil field in doubt as Shell pulls out
Business

St Columba: Did he really tame the Loch Ness Monster?
National

Is Bathgate set to become the new beating heart of Scotland’s screen industry?
What's On

Tory peer Michelle Mone denies sending racist and abusive messages
Politics

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Scotland’s biggest climate polluter brings in AI to slash emissions
Environment

Nicola Sturgeon apologises to Scots wrongly turned away from vaccines
Politics

Teen charged in connection with death of Amber Gibson
Crime

Coronavirus

When will US borders open to UK travellers?
National

Which countries have seen the highest total Covid cases so far?
Coronavirus

Here's how to get your vaccine certificate in Scotland
Coronavirus

Transport

How Border politics got in the way of better transport links – Alastair Dalton
Columnists

Drivers are set to use Forth Road Bridge once more - here's why
Transport

Plane to Aberdeen Airport plummets with 67 passengers on board
Transport

Military being sent to Aberdeenshire to help with Storm Arwen fallout
Weather

Threat of more Caledonian Sleeper strikes as RMT stages protest against operator
Transport

Two men charged in connection with death of cyclist
Crime

Edinburgh City Bypass crash causes significant delays
Transport

Crime

Kieran Scholes: Police appeal for 16-year-old boy missing from Aberdeen
News

Two Scots arrested in relation to terrorism offences at Dover port
Crime

Kenneth Watson: Police 'becoming increasingly concerned' for missing man
News

Several cars vandalised in one evening in Falkirk
Crime

Weather

North Scotland faces yellow weather warning as many still without power
Weather

Storm Arwen power cuts are unacceptably long in Internet Age – Scotsman says
Columnists

Friday until power restored in north east Scotland
Weather

'False hope' warning as frustration mounts over Storm Arwen power outages
Weather

Politics

Death of Thatcher's home-ownership dream may bring down Tories – Joyce McMillan
Columnists

Why closing hospitals is no way to deal with the NHS crisis – Dr Claire Doldon
Columnists

Boris and co think they can get away with subverting democracy – Tommy Sheppard
Columnists

Fife beach radiation: Clean-up project only ‘50-50’ to hit completion date
Politics

Conservatives hold safe seat but see majority slashed in by-election
Politics

West Edinburgh's £2b development 'unsustainable' warns Lord Provost
Business

Jacob Rees-Mogg insists mask wearing for MPs a ‘matter of judgement’
Politics

Opinion

Why we didn't ask Boris Johnson about rise in indy support – Scotsman says
Columnists

Readers Letters: Don’t hound historic pub into changing name
Letters

Businesses face a steep rise in cyber attacks - Stuart Davey
Columnists

The Books of Jacob is a tale of an alternative Enlightenment – Laura Waddell
Columnists

'Glasgow scored an own goal fining vans collecting for food banks'
Opinion

People

Why No 1 New York Times best-selling author swapped Nashville for Portobello
People

Watch: Stirring Scottish alt-rock video highlights environmental crisis
Environment

Alec Baldwin admits career could be over after fatal shooting
People

Major oil rig recycling and offshore energy hub plan for Scottish port
Environment

Curtain falls on ground breaking partnership tackling food poverty
People

Thousands sign petition to maintain name of 'offensive' pub
People

Historic pub to change its name over 'racist connotations'
People

Obituaries

Obituaries: Sir Frank Williams, Motor-racing chief who took team to F1’s summit
People

Scotsman Obituaries: Stephen Sondheim, giant of American musical theatre
People

Scotsman Obituaries: Arthur Bethune, Scottish GP, Scout leader and church elder
People

Environment

Scotland must not allow new gas-fired power station – Dr Richard Dixon
Columnists

Aberdeenshire river restoration brings boosts wildlife and scoops big award
Environment

Storm Arwen: Hundreds of sea creatures wash up on Scottish beach
Environment

Staycation Scotland: Website to plough profits into ailing island communities
Environment

Extinction Rebellion poured 'oil' in pond outside Scottish Parliament at protest
Environment

Trump warns Johnson of making 'big mistake' by backing 'ridiculous' wind farms
Politics

Almost a quarter of Scots 'back urgent shutdown of oil and gas industry'
Politics

UK News

NHS crisis risks becoming an existential threat – Scotsman comment
Columnists

How liberalism has made Western democracies what they are – Dr Paul Arnell
Columnists

Why Barbados becoming a republic is an inspiration to Scotland – Laura Waddell
Columnists

Gender self-identification should not apply in prisons – Kenny MacAskill MSP
Columnists

Mail on Sunday loses appeal over Meghan’s letter to her father
National

Gamekeeper fined £300 for killing a barn owl and goshawk in the Borders
National

World

Peng Shuai: IOC reveal second video call with Chinese tennis player
World

Scottish renewable energy firm wins funding to scope tidal turbine farm in Asia
Environment

Barbados scraps British monarchy as it becomes World’s newest republic
National

West must end appeasement of Iran over foiled terror plot – Struan Stevenson
Columnists

12 countries with the highest daily Covid rates per 100,000 people this week
Coronavirus

France withdraws invite Priti Patel to attend meeting on Channel migrant crisis
Politics

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