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Scottish football club linked with murder of Nairn banker

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Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement outside 10 Downing Stree. Picture: PA Wire

Brexit: Theresa May wins support of cabinet for draft EU divorce deal

Politics

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf. Picture: Getty

Scotland set to become first part of UK to define sectarianism in law

Education

EU Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier. Picture: Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP/Getty Images

Trade deal possible by the end of 2020, EU chief negotiator says

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In full: Theresa May’s Brexit statement as Cabinet backs agreement

Politics

Nicola Sturgeon ‘emphatically’ denies cover-up over Alex Salmond allegations

News

Rangers owner Dave King fails to block contempt of court bid

News

Brexit: Why I will not vote for Theresa May’s deal – Ross Thomson MP

Opinion

The John Lewis & Partners 2018 Christmas advert, The Boy & The Piano, which stars Sir Elton John and his first hit Your Song. Picture: John Lewis & Partners/PA Wire'.

Sir Elton partners John Lewis for Christmas

Retail

Phil your boots – everyone gets a fair bit more than they bargained for
Paris Gourtsoyannis

Politics More Politics >>

Scottish Tories warn Theresa May over post-Brexit fishing rights

Politics

PMQs: Theresa May told Brexit deal will cost support of MPs

Politics

Ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon hits back at Nicola Sturgeon over conference snub

Politics

Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to extend human rights

Nicola Sturgeon warns Brexit must not threaten Scots human rights

Politics

The Remain campaign is still too focused on the lies of the Brexiteers, says Kenny MacAskill (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty)

Brexit: Remainers are repeating mistakes of 2016 – Kenny MacAskill

Opinion

A hamper of supplies, allotments, foraging, rationing and roadkill should see Britain right

Bill Jamieson: Here’s what I’d put in my Brexit Happy Hamper

Opinion

Theresa May in Parliament. Picture: AFP/Getty

May wins Brexit power struggle but real fight looms – leader comment

Opinion

‘We need an eco-friendly diet – but perhaps not with insects’

Opinion

It’s everyone’s job to protect children from abuse – Brigid Daniel

Opinion

Trade deal possible by the end of 2020, EU chief negotiator says

News

Cabinet summoned after Brexit negotiators agree draft text

Politics

Transport More Transport >>

The ten-year ScotRail franchise is due to end in 2025. Picture: Michael Gillen

Labour move to truncate ScotRail franchise thrown out

Transport

ScotRail Alliance managing director Alex Hynes. Picture: Jon Savage

ScotRail given £23m early to cover shortfalls

Transport

Talgo has been shortlisted to build high-speed trains for HS2

Train factory to bring 1,000 jobs to Longannet in Fife

Transport

Ethan King. Picture: PA

Teenage boy who died in Fife road crash named

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

British Airways seek support from Spanish Government as part of no-deal Brexit contingency

Transport

MSPs to vote on public ownership of trains

Politics

A1 crash: Elderly woman dies and three in hospital after East Lothian collision

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

Car involved in major crash on A1 ‘was driving in wrong direction’

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

Education More Education >>

Edinburgh nursery teachers and support assistants say they do not feel safe at work, according to a new survey. Picture: TSPL

Third of Edinburgh nursery nurses ‘feel unsafe’ at work, violence survey finds

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

Poverty undermines parenting and exacerbates factors like substance misuse that are associated with maltreatment, says Brigid Daniel (Picture: John Devlin)

It’s everyone’s job to protect children from abuse – Brigid Daniel

Opinion

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf. Picture: Getty

Scotland set to become first part of UK to define sectarianism in law

Education

Education Secretary John Swinney. Picture: John Devlin

Action vowed to increase minority ethnic teachers in Scottish schools

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Gilly Mendes Ferreira: Fun with robots set to build compassion for animals

News

Three of the incidents took place at Liberton High School in Edinburgh. Picture: Greg Macvean

Call for compulsory school building reports after 143 incidents in 24 months

Education

Dr Jan Mumme, CEO of Edinburgh firm Carbogenics and Lidia Krzynowek, Business Development Manager, were winners of the Converge Challenge 2018

Claudia Cavalluzzo: Our world-beating universities lead the way in entrepreneurship

Opinion

Leader comment: Scotland mustn’t risk ‘lost generation’ of musicians

Opinion

‘LGBTI education has come far since I was frogmarched out of school’

Opinion

Boy who helped save mother’s life backs first aid in schools campaign

News

Head teacher canes ‘Big Brother’ bureaucracy in Scottish schools

Politics

Environment More Environment >>

Mountain gorillas in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park. Picture: Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund via AP

Conservation action sees fortunes improve for gorilla and whales

Environment

Thomas MacDonell, Director of Conservation, Wildland Limited

Thomas MacDonell: Making land pay isn’t all about profit – natural beauty has its own value

Opinion

Salmon farming company Scottish Sea Farms (SSF) is to open a new �48 million Freshwater Hatchery at Barcaldine near Oban, with the aim of further improving how fish are farmed in Scotland.

New salmon hatchery sets out to tackle key fish farming problems

Environment

Picture: John Devlin

Scots cities world’s safest against climate risks

Environment

Jonny Hughes: Why eating the wrong type of biscuits is putting orang-utans in peril

Opinion

Trump’s hot air on wildfires shouldn’t distract from climate fight

Opinion

‘California wildfires are a major disaster, and so is Donald Trump’

Opinion

Wind turbines ‘generating 98% of electricity demand’

Environment

Health More Health >>

Harry McQuillan is chief executive of Community Pharmacy Scotland.

Harry McQuillan: More funded training places needed as community pharmacies struggle

Opinion

Adam Stachura: Telephone check-in every day is now part of the service for older people

Opinion

Why do some people manage their emotions with food and others don't? Picture: Getty Images

Why some people overeat when they’re uspet

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A change will see Scotland move to an 'opt-out' system. Picture: Rob McDougall.

Medics ‘shouldn’t force organ donation’ if family are opposed, say experts

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Fresh delay for new Sick Kids Hospital with staff in the dark

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Police are investigating claims hospital patients were sent creepy text messages by a 'weirdo' worker who accessed their personal details.

Police probe sparked after hospital patients sent texts by staff member

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Teresa McCann has been scarred for life after she was attacked with acid at her home in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh acid attack victim ‘thought she was going to die’

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

Fewer dental check-ups puts lives at risk

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Anger over milkshakes with up to 39 teaspoons  of sugar

News

Briton dies from rabies after cat bite in Morocco

UK

Dad stunned by kind-hearted medics’ gesture after toddler’s ordeal

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UK More UK >>

The Remain campaign is still too focused on the lies of the Brexiteers, says Kenny MacAskill (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty)

Brexit: Remainers are repeating mistakes of 2016 – Kenny MacAskill

Opinion

A hamper of supplies, allotments, foraging, rationing and roadkill should see Britain right

Bill Jamieson: Here’s what I’d put in my Brexit Happy Hamper

Opinion

Theresa May in Parliament. Picture: AFP/Getty

May wins Brexit power struggle but real fight looms – leader comment

Opinion

Insects have been suggested as an alternative to meat but people may have to be persuaded to eat them

‘We need an eco-friendly diet – but perhaps not with insects’

Opinion

£9bn health care budget planning slated

UK

In full: Theresa May’s Brexit statement as Cabinet backs agreement

Politics

Brexit: ‘Theresa May’s deal will leave UK poorer and weaker’

Opinion

CCTV appeal after £10,000 stolen from dementia patient, 91, lying in hospital bed

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Opinion More Opinion >>

It all boils down to individual choice and the state of household finances, says Alexander. Picture: contributed.

David Alexander comment: Opting for a lower mortgage or longer commute

Opinion

There is a new trend emerging that is changing the way we adopt Airbnb, says Duffy. Picture: Ian Howarth.

Jim Duffy comment: Airbnb simply cannot afford to rest on its laurels

Opinion

Harry McQuillan is chief executive of Community Pharmacy Scotland.

Harry McQuillan: More funded training places needed as community pharmacies struggle

Opinion

Adam Stachura: Telephone check-in every day is now part of the service for older people

Opinion

The Remain campaign is still too focused on the lies of the Brexiteers, says Kenny MacAskill (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty)

Brexit: Remainers are repeating mistakes of 2016 – Kenny MacAskill

Opinion

A hamper of supplies, allotments, foraging, rationing and roadkill should see Britain right

Bill Jamieson: Here’s what I’d put in my Brexit Happy Hamper

Opinion

Theresa May in Parliament. Picture: AFP/Getty

May wins Brexit power struggle but real fight looms – leader comment

Opinion

‘We need an eco-friendly diet – but perhaps not with insects’

Opinion

It’s everyone’s job to protect children from abuse – Brigid Daniel

Opinion

Brexit: ‘Theresa May’s deal will leave UK poorer and weaker’

Opinion

Brexit: Why I will not vote for Theresa May’s deal – Ross Thomson MP

Opinion

World More World >>

A child soldier in Huthi forces in Yemen, one of 350 million children who live in a conflict zone worldwide (Picture: Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images)

Andrew Hilland: ‘We’re failing 350m children who live in war zone – here’s what to do’

Opinion

Partial ecological restoration of palm oil plantations could make them friendly to orang-utans and other wildlife (Picture: Esme Allen)

Jonny Hughes: Why eating the wrong type of biscuits is putting orang-utans in peril

Opinion

A firefighter battles a fire along the Ronald Reagan Freeway. Picture; AP

California wildfires: At least 42 killed in deadly blaze

World

Donald Trump says the only reason for California wildfires is poor forest management, contrary to a number of scientific studies which have demonstrated the impact of climate change (Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch via AP)

Trump’s hot air on wildfires shouldn’t distract from climate fight

Opinion

Paris Gourtsoyannis: WWI ‘pointless’? Try saying that in the countries which were invaded

Opinion

Marvel Comics’ Stan Lee dies aged 95

Celebrity

‘California wildfires are a major disaster, and so is Donald Trump’

Opinion

More than 60 heads of state gather in Paris for Armistice commemorations

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Odd More Odd >>

The Skate fish was caught by a Scottish fisherman

Massive 8ft long 30 year-old skate landed by Scottish fisherman is world’s largest ever

News

Claire Busby, who was left paralysed after being "catapulted" from her new bed during sex. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Woman left paralysed after being “catapulted” from her new bed during sex

Odd

Emile Ratelband. Picture: Facebook/Contributed

69-year-old launches legal bid to identify as being 20 years younger

Odd

Google have been quick to fix the underwater plane.

Mystery of Google Maps ‘underwater plane’ near Edinburgh solved

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

Friends of the Scotsman More Friends of the Scotsman >>

Harry McQuillan is chief executive of Community Pharmacy Scotland.

Harry McQuillan: More funded training places needed as community pharmacies struggle

Opinion

Adam Stachura: Telephone check-in every day is now part of the service for older people

Opinion

Thomas MacDonell, Director of Conservation, Wildland Limited

Thomas MacDonell: Making land pay isn’t all about profit – natural beauty has its own value

Opinion

Obituaries More Obituaries >>

Willie Rodger

Obituary: Willie Rodger, innovative printmaker who was a mentor to many artists

Obituaries

Martin Dalby

Obituary: Martin Dalby, producer – and talented composer – who put BBC SSO at centre of Scottish musical life

Obituaries

Thelma Smith MBE

Obituary: Thelma Smith MBE, Fundraiser, teacher and legendary provider of cricket teas

Obituaries

Prof Willie Russell

Obituary: Prof Willie Russell, molecular virologist, founder of Scientists for Labour, and Boys’ Brigade visionary

Obituaries

Celebrity More Celebrity >>

Marvel Comics’ Stan Lee dies aged 95

Celebrity

Kylie Minogue was recently on tour with her new album Golden . Picture: contributed

Queen of pop Kylie Minogue set to grace Edinburgh Castle concert

Celebrity

Rod Stewart slammed the US president on Twitter. Picture: Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images

Sir Rod Stewart blasts Donald Trump over Californian wildfires

News

Sir Ian McKellen will appear at the Edinburgh International Festival next year with a production celebrating his 80th birthday. Picture: PA Wire

Sir Ian McKellen to make Edinburgh International Festival return

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

James McAvoy at the World Premiere of "Wanted". Mann Village Westwood, Westwood, CA. Pic: Shutterstock

Scottish actor James McAvoy narrowly avoids £10,000 Tenerife hotel scam

Retail