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Scotland can position itself as a leader in green AI infrastructure thanks to its growing renewable energy sector

Now it's AI that’s ‘eating the world’ - and Scotland can take lead

Sir Peter Graham pictured whilst commanding the 1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders in Belfast ,1976-1978

Obituaries: General Sir Peter Graham, last Colonel of the Gordon Highlanders

Tree plantations can be sold off as carbon credits (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Readers' letters: Buying carbon offsets is greenwashing at its worst

Emma Caldwell was 27 years old when she was murdered in 2005 by serial rapist Iain Packer

Caldwell family to meet Swinney amid concerns over inquiry

Katie Allan and William Brown, also known as William Lindsay

"Katie was brutalised ... and saw only one solution - her death"
Families’ anger after inquiry into suicides at young offenders institution

Katie Allan and William Brown, also known as William Lindsay

Call for prisons to be prosecuted after young people's deaths

Katie Allan and William Lindsay (Brown) died in Polmont

Polmont custody deaths could have been avoided, damning inquiry finds

Emergency services attended at Polmont Railway Station earlier today after a person was struck by a train (Picture: Michael Gillen, National World)

Transport police confirm loss of life on rail tracks at Polmont Railway Station

The waxing Moon and Venus above Edinburgh Castle earlier this month

Edinburgh tourist tax of 5% approved in principle by councillors

Vanilla ice-cream

The Scottish nougat ice-cream wafer is being cancelled, oh no! Gaby Soutar

Sky has TV and broadband deals worth looking at

Sky’s January deal: stream top shows and save big on broadband & TV

UK News

A study of accents from across the UK found that Glaswegians were perceived to be the least likely to commit a sex offence with those from Scotland's largest city sounding among the least likely to commit any offence at all. PIC: Ian Dick/CC/Flickr.

Glaswegian accent most 'honourable' in study of accents and crime

A mobile phone receives the UK nationwide public alert system test signal on April 23, 2023.

UK Emergency Alert Incoming: 87,000,000 phones to receive 2025 warning

On a visit to Ukraine, Keir Starmer said 'we all want this war to end... but right now Putin shows no sign of wanting peace' (Picture: Sergey Shestak)

Trump's shadow looms large over huge Nato training exercise in Romania Scotsman comment

In a speech at University College London this week, Keir Starmer set out his plan to us AI to drive economic growth and improve public services (Picture: Henry Nicholls/WPA pool)

Why Labour faces war with left-leaning writers over threat posed by AI John McLellan

A dead water buffalo is removed from a farm in Hoppegarten near Berlin earlier this month after the country's first reported cases of foot-and-mouth disease since 1988 (Picture: Odd Andersen)

UK's frontline defence against foot-and-mouth disease is a disgrace Alistair Carmichael

Scottish Secretary Ian Murray is a straight-talker (Picture: Christopher Furlong)

Labour needs to convince voters current pain will mean future gain Scotsman comment

World

An image taken from the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip shows a smoke plume rising from explosions above destroyed buildings in the northern Gaza Strip. Picture: Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images

Israel and Hamas agree to Gaza Strip ceasefire in major breakthrough

Donald Trump inspects an honour guard at Buckingham Palace during his state visit in 2019 (Picture: Mandel Ngan)

Why return of Trump to White House means UK must rejoin European Union Martin Roche

American writer Jess Ross, 42, and her husband Aaron, 53, an author, who moved to Edinburgh, Scotland in January 2020 has said it is heartbreaking to see her former home in the Pacific Palisades ravaged by wildfires.

US writer in Edinburgh heartbroken as LA wildfires ravage former home

A wildfire engulfs a home in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles earlier this week (Picture: Apu Gomes)

LA wildfires show those who deny climate change put us all at risk Christine Jardine

The fight to defend Ukraine's borders is also about defending international law that outlaws seizing territory by conquest (Picture: Roman Pilipey)

Why abandoning Ukraine will usher in new world order based on violence Maksym Vishchyk and Jeremy Pizzi

Malcolm and Angus Young of AC/DC grew up in the property, and were still living there as the band took off. Picture: Martyn Goodacre/Getty

'Shocked' builder apologies for demolishing childhood home of AC/DC

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Weather

The mercury fell again overnight, with a hamlet in northern Scotland shivering through a temperature of minus 18C.

Coldest January night for 15 years as Scottish hamlet drops to -18.7

The now open runways at Manchester Airport.

Watch: Met Office issues new snow and ice warnings

Politics

Edinburgh University. Image: Lisa Ferguson

Edinburgh University in stark financial warning as surplus drops

Principal of prestigious institution warns of ‘difficult and potentially painful’ changes ahead

Dozens of private school pupils move to Edinburgh's state schools

Figures have emerged after VAT was added to fees across the UK on January 1

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced plans to raise a windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas firms

BP job losses 'proof SNP and Labour turning backs on oil and industry'

SNP and Labour ministers have been accused of causing “economic damage” to Scotland’s North Sea oil and gas sector.

Scots nurse saves Palestinian toddler with bullet lodged in neck Rachel Amery

Rachel Amery

SNP considers law on length of school week after 61% back move

Legal requirement supported by parents and teachers, but not local authorities

Scottish Tories told to brace for further defections to Reform UK

It came as Thomas Kerr, a senior councillor in Glasgow, jumped ship to Reform

Transport

The bus stuck under the bridge on Cook Street, Glasgow

Man charged after double-decker bus crashed into railway bridge

Several roads will be closed overnight after debris fell from the Kingston Bridge

'Absolute madness': Overrun roadworks leads to 10-mile tailback

Accelerating A9 dualling rejected as likely to harm project

I overcame my terror to join a running club - it's transformational Alastair Dalton

Education

SRUC senior lecturer Hadi Aliki (left) and Jim Fairlie MSP at the launch of the SRUC Vertical Farming Innovation Centre.

Scottish education first as college fires up £1.8 million ‘vertical farm’

Strathclyde University

Scottish university faces strike by staff over 'reckless cash grab'

There are a number of popular apps to help you learn everything from songwriting to playing the piano

Apple's 5 top-rated apps to help learn music or a new instrument

Music tuition has reached record levels in Scotland (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Families 'devastated' as another Scottish council plans music cuts

Environment

The Aldi telescope.

Teacher captures stunning Jupiter photo using £80 Aldi telescope

Belted Galloways are a native breed in Scotland being used for nature restoration projects

How the much maligned cow is making a comeback in Scotland

Highland estate in Cairngorms National Park taken over by Oxygen Conservation

Firm buys historic 15,000-acre Highlands estate to 'rewild'

Health

Urgent warning to pet owners as dog chews linked to illness.

Urgent warning to pet owners not to feed dogs these chews from China

Blue Monday usually falls on the third Monday in January.

How to beat Blue Monday - tips to look after your mental health

A new study suggests that drinking a glass of milk every day may reduce your risk of bowel cancer.

The one thing you can do daily to reduce your risk of common cancer

The viral skincare trend involves rubbing a banana peel on your face, with influencers claiming it has a 'natural Botox effect'

Skin expert warns against trying this viral beauty hack

Crime

Stirling Sheriff Court, where the sentencing took place

Man who beat dog that was put down with golf club jailed

Police received numerous reports about the motorcyclist in St Andrews

'Reckless' off-road motorcyclist sparks police hunt after terrorising children

Gardening is beneficial in many ways (Picture: Scott Barbour)

Prison's 'exceptional garden' may help inmates turn their lives around Scotsman comment

Some of Britain's most wanted criminals and suspected criminals.

Britain's Most Wanted criminals and suspected criminals 2024

Two teens arrested and charged over attempted murder in city street

Scotland rugby internationalist Adam Hastings

Scotland rugby star Adam Hastings banned from driving

Future Scotland

Alistair Cameron, chief executive of Kelso-based Scotmas Group.

Why this Scottish firm's water tech matters - £2.2m for global expansion
“Scotmas is a shining example of an ambitious Scottish business driving innovation on an international scale” – Sarah Newbould, British Business Bank
Scott Reid

Fintech - financial technology - development has accelerated as more of us embrace digital banking and use apps to manage a range of services such as savings, investments and pensions.

How Scotland’s fintech boom is leading innovation and creating thousands of jobs

The Scotcoin Project's chief executive Temple Melville. Picture by Jeff Holmes

Scottish cryptocurrency eyes ‘more equitable world’ with imminent £200m listing

Stellar Omada managing director and founder Colin Frame. Picture by Stewart Attwood

Digital education to talent - how Stellar Omada is driving Scottish tech boom

Morrisons has launched the Morrisons Clinic online private prescription service in partnership with Scottish firm Phlo.

Skip the GP wait - supermarket clinic to deliver prescriptions to your door

Obituaries

John Mulvey saw local government as an important source of power

Obituaries: John Mulvey, former leader of Lothian Regional Council

Kirsty Archer-Thompson was passionate about preserving the legacy of Sir Walter Scott (Picture Phil Wilkinson / Abbotsford)

Scotsman Obituaries: Kirsty Archer-Thompson, curator at Abbotsford

Andrew Sharkey was devoted to the values of Scouting

Scotsman Obituaries: Andrew Sharkey, father, educator and Scouting giant

Apart from badgers, Eddie Palmer's interests included kayaking and writing

Scotsman Obituaries: Eddie Palmer, founder of Scottish Badgers charity

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Annabelle Green and her boyfriend Joel Simons stay in the Jumbo Jet Hotel.

Watch: Couple stay in Boeing 747 hotel and get to sleep in the cockpit

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Extremely rare baby rhino celebrates 1st birthday in adorable video

Extremely rare baby rhino celebrates 1st birthday in adorable video

A study revealed people will be saving money by unsubscribing from as many paid-for services as possible.

Top 20 money-saving tips for January

Tiffany Stratton makes her first defence of the WWE Women's Championship again former champion Bayley on tonight's WWE Smackdown!

What time is WWE Smackdown live on Netflix in the UK tonight?