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Visitor attractions face cutting back hours

What's On Opening hours set to be cut back at one in four Scottish visitor attractions

Doddie Weir and Gary Armstrong during a training session at Murrayfield ahead of the 1998 Calcutta Cup. Photo by Chris Bacon/PA.

Rugby Union Murrayfield stand should be named after Doddie Weir, says his former team-mate

Politics Record numbers of Police Scotland officers facing sexual misconduct claims

Columnists Sturgeon’s Trumpian bombast can’t hide she is scared of facing the voters

Politics Analysis: Matt Hancock abandoned the Tory party but he's not alone

People Doddie Weir’s legacy is work to find MND cure, says ex-teammate

What's On The winner of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 2022 revealed

People Scot Brian Glendinning tells of rats ordeal after being released from Iraqi jail

cut through the noise

People 'Hundreds of Scottish care homes face closure due to costs crisis'

Politics UK Government ‘scared’ of allowing Indyref as it will lose, SNP say

People Matt Hancock finishes third in I'm a Celebrity final

Coronavirus

National When will US borders open to UK travellers?

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

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

Transport

Heritage Scotland’s largest-ever foreign enterprise: Huge paddle steamer fleet in Burma

Transport Two pensioners die after Borders crash

Transport Edinburgh-Fife rail line festive closure shelved after passenger dissatisfaction

Transport Child pedestrian involved in Kirkcaldy car crash

Columnists Mark Beaumont's 'hard miles' training is an inspiration – Alastair Dalton

Transport Ultra-low emission zone to be expanded to whole of London under fresh plans

Transport Glasgow Central is Scotland’s busiest station – while Scotscalder is least used

Crime

Columnists Changes aim to bring commercial leases legislation into 21st century - Neil Bran...

Columnists Athletes need protecting from online abuse that impacts on mental health - Joe M...

Columnists Scotland leads the way in legislation on redress for child sex abuse victims - G...

Columnists Could the legal profession contribute more to Scottish society? - John Sturrock

Weather

Weather Scotland on course to record its hottest autumn ever

Weather When is the shortest day of the year and what is the winter solstice?

Weather Heavy rain forecast as weather warning issued for parts of Scotland

Environment Climate sceptics should ‘think again’ after extreme weather, says council leader

Politics

Columnists Whatever else about Hancock, he’s right to campaign on dyslexia  – Brian Wilson

Politics Good Law Project sets up Scots office amid concern over 'bullied' English judges

Politics Why a 'de-facto' referendum could see the SNP fail to achieve independence

Opinion Supreme Court verdict rule against SNP, but both sides running out of options

Columnists Right-wing myths about migration must not be allowed to damage the economy

Columnists Scotland deserves better than SNP's perpetual politics of charade – Brian Wilson

Columnists Does Sturgeon really have Zero Tolerance of violence against women?

Opinion

Columnists How we used ancient coins to show a ‘fake’ Roman emperor was real

Letters Readers' letters: Westminster meddles with the constitution when it suits

Columnists We need to talk about litigation funding - Nicola Ross

Columnists We should all be more like Doddie - Scotsman leader comment

Lifestyle Duolingo's Gaelic lessons mean I won't run out of Irn-Bru - Gaby Soutar

People

People Help and advice to get you ready for winter

People Scotsman Obituaries: Sir David Butler, father of modern election science

Environment Front lines: How Scottish literature can help fight the climate crisis

People Former host Kirsty Young to appear on Desert Island Discs as castaway

National Wife of missing bushcraft expert speaks of hopes of finding husband

Education Scottish School Food Awards winner Alastair MacDonald on cooking for Fettes

World Cup Qatar World Cup has ‘silver lining’ in shining light on human rights abuses

Obituaries

People Scotsman Obituaries: Archbishop Mario Conti, Scottish-Italian churchman

People Scotsman Obituaries: Donald Macleod, surgeon and sports medicine pioneer

People Scotsman Obituaries: Les Piggot, Scottish sprinter who competed in Olympics

Environment

Columnists Deposit-return scheme will be worthwhile if it cuts littering – Stephen Jardine

Columnists What if Scotland’s new national park wasn’t only on land? – Stuart Brooks

Business Perth power giant SSE to charge up net zero drive after £1.5bn stake sale

Business Halo Kilmarnock switches on global partnership with Israeli energy pioneer

Columnists Eighty-year-old book conjured magical words of wisdom from Scottish nature

Environment Weight-to-go: Scots firm goes global with gravity energy storage innovation

Environment Battery schemes will cut energy bills, stabilise grid and bolster green energy

UK News

National Senior Catholic cleric accused of ‘deliberate financial mismanagment’

National Scots killed in London nightclub fire remembered more than 40 years on

National Project to prove treasured Book of Kells was made by Pictish monks in Highlands

National First Minister claims independence movement 'galvanised' ahead of Glasgow rally

Columnists Sturgeon should resign over mishandling of Indyref2 push – Alastair Stewart

Columnists Syria conflict shows UK must do more to reduce civilian casualties of war

World

World US Consulate to unveil first official tartan on St Andrew's Day

World Ukrainian MP's campaign to crowdfund money for weapons tops £235,000

World War in Ukraine: Britain will support Ukraine ‘with action – not just words’

World The Crown star Emma Corrin hopes Oscars will introduce gender neutral categories

Columnists Protests against Iran's fascist regime are turning into a full-scale revolution

Columnists COP27's nature-based solutions are not as nice as they sound – Dr Richard Dixon

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Rugby Union Rugby legend Doddie Weir dies after battling motor neurone disease