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A police cordon has been set up outside Topshop on Princes Street

Storm Ali: Paramedics called to damaged Topshop on Princes Street

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Picture: Dumfries & Galloway Virtual Operations Support Team

Storm Ali: 'Major incident' declared in Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries & Borders

Derek Mackay. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Scottish economy grows by 0.5% to outstrip UK

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Subjects offered to students being ‘squeezed’ at Scottish schools

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Storm Ali: Tron Kirk masonry fall forces closure of South Bridge

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Storm Ali: Edinburgh and Glasgow flights disrupted amid high winds

Transport

Storm Ali: BMW crushed by tree in Edinburgh’s West End

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Outlander author Diana Gabaldon says Sam Heughan would do a "fine job" if cast as the new James Bone. PIC: Aimee Spinks, Starz/Sony Pictures Television 2018.

Outlander author Diana Gabaldon backs Sam Heughan for James Bond

Lifestyle

Susan Dalgety: Trump’s real ‘Resistance’? US Mayors like London Breed
Susan Dalgety

Politics More Politics >>

Messages of love will be sent from Edinburgh to the rest of Europe from this year's Hogmanay celebrations.

Edinburgh's Hogmanay to celebrate Scotland's European links in run-up to Brexit

Edinburgh festivals 4

Vince Cable tells Labour to ditch Jeremy Corbyn and moderate MPs to quit

Politics 49

The indepence referendum result four years ago has not brought an end to the campaigning ' as the weekend's Hope Over Fear rally demonstrated. Picture: John Devlin

Brian Monteith: Why independence and Brexit are not the same

Opinion 306

Willie Rennie attacks Chequers plan as 'democracy ripped out of Britain'

Politics 65

Preferential immigration rules for EU citizens should end, report says

Politics 32

Police drop probe into Jo Swinson election spending

Politics 12

London has launched its own violence reduction unit

London adopts Glasgow approach to violent crime

Politics

Humza Yousaf begins search for alternative to Railway policing plan

Politics 94

Ruth Davidson praised after she reveals mental health struggles

Politics 62

Scotland should be ‘proud’ of its prisons

Politics 4

Quiz: Could you pass Scotland’s P1 test?

Education 2

Transport More Transport >>

More than 500 passengers and crew were taken ashore from the Nautica

Storm Ali: Cruise ship detached from moorings

Glasgow & Strathclyde

Picture: Dumfries & Galloway Virtual Operations Support Team

Storm Ali: 'Major incident' declared in Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries & Borders

A tree has fallen on top of a car on Coates Crescent in Edinburgh's West End. Picture: Richard Holligan

Storm Ali: BMW crushed by tree in Edinburgh’s West End

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The tree branches were witnessed falling onto the busy section of Queensferry Road in Craigleith

Storm Ali: Tree branches fall on busy stretch of Queensferry Road

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Ryanair to reverse Glasgow route cuts

Transport 1

First Glasgow Subway driverless train goes on show

Glasgow & Strathclyde 11

Storm Ali: Edinburgh and Glasgow flights disrupted amid high winds

Transport

Storm Ali: Amber warning as 80mph winds poised to batter Scotland

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Education More Education >>

Some Scottish schools are having to cut the number of subjects offered to students

Subjects offered to students being ‘squeezed’ at Scottish schools

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Pupils at Whatriggs Primary, East Ayrshire. Picture: John Devlin

Quiz: Could you pass Scotland’s P1 test?

Education 2

John Swinney has been urged to listen to issues around P1 testing. Picture: John Devlin

John Swinney told to ‘listen’ and scrap P1 tests

Politics 20

What are P1 assessment questions really like?

Education 59

Mosul University Library, once one of the largest in the Middle East and North Africa, was destroyed by ISIS

Alice König and Kate Walker: Education is the key to peace – help us beat the book-burners

Lifestyle 6

One in 10 Scots said they believe a university education is no longer financially viable. 'Picture: Jane Barlow

Only a third see university as best path into a career, research finds

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Education Secretary, John Swinney MSP.

John Swinney ready to ignore Parliament over P1 tests

Politics 56

Glasgow University ‘received up to £199m from slave trade profits’

Education 44

John Swinney urged to respect Holyrood vote on P1 testing

Education 16

Private school tax grab will threaten teaching jobs, John Swinney warned

Politics 343

I was bullied at school, admits First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

Politics 402

Environment More Environment >>

Vehicle tracks for agriculture do no need planning permission but often leave unsightly and highly visible scars on the landscape. Picture: contributed

Environment groups call for laws to stop ‘out of control’ new tracks

Environment 4

Fran van Dijk chairs the Macaulay Development Trust

Fran Van Dijk: We must educate and inform to tackle climate change

Opinion 2

They are a culinary delight but eating scallops can come at an environmental price. Picture: Sean Bell

Sandy McCall Smith: Nobody gains if the sea bed is irreparably damaged

Opinion 2

More than 1,000 people oppose plan for giant turbines. Picture: John Devlin

Caithness villagers say no to ‘ring of steel’ wind farms

Environment 5

Delight for campaigners as MSPs back wild kelp dredging ban

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Caithness villagers say no to ‘circle of steel’ wind farms

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Scottish photographer snaps wild red squirrel pushing trolley of nuts

News 3

Flood warning scheme expanded as winter approaches

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Health More Health >>

Chic Baxter, whose wife Eileen died in August, with his daughter Audrey. Picture: Jon Savage

Grieving son who lost mother to mesh set to meet health secretary

UK

Youngsters enter an emoji to represent how they are feeling on the SeeMe jukebox. Picture: Marc Turner

Emoji jukebox on song to help young people talk about feelings

UK

Children's yogurts contained 10.8g of sugar per 100g on average. Picture: Getty

Yoghurts with highest sugar content are organic brands

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Shadow health secretary Miles Briggs said the SNP government had failed to train and employ enough staff, and had neglected warnings about an ageing population over the course of the last decade in government. Picture: TSPL

Half of patients waiting too long for physio appointments

Politics 2

Between January and June the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow had issues with its water supply in wards 2A and 2B. Picture: John Devlin

Child cancer patients moved after second bacterial outbreak

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Only half of Scots get physiotherapy appointment within four weeks

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Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Emoji-powered jukebox created to help young people talk about mental health

News 2

Hillwalker slates ‘loophole’ in smoking ban as lighting up still allowed in bothies

News 2

Midwives ‘using American guidelines’ to advise on weight gain during pregnancy

News 1

Darren McGarvey: Politicans must be honest about everyone’s mental health problems

Opinion 6

Scotland’s ‘invisible man’ welcomes new drug to fight eczema

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Shaun Woodburn was killed outside a pub in Leith on Hogmanay 2017.

Kezia Dugdale: Crime victims need a voice to bring change

Opinion 2

Chic Baxter, whose wife Eileen died in August, with his daughter Audrey. Picture: Jon Savage

Grieving son who lost mother to mesh set to meet health secretary

UK

Youngsters enter an emoji to represent how they are feeling on the SeeMe jukebox. Picture: Marc Turner

Emoji jukebox on song to help young people talk about feelings

UK

Fran van Dijk chairs the Macaulay Development Trust

Fran Van Dijk: We must educate and inform to tackle climate change

Opinion 2

Leader comment: Scotland’s needs must be addressed

UK 108

Scotland’s ‘invisible man’ welcomes new drug to fight eczema

UK

Kelly Donaldson: This festival has got creativity down to a fine art

Opinion

Zoe Ball tipped as first female host of coveted Radio 2 breakfast show

Lifestyle 2

Opinion More Opinion >>

The indepence referendum result four years ago has not brought an end to the campaigning ' as the weekend's Hope Over Fear rally demonstrated. Picture: John Devlin

Brian Monteith: Why independence and Brexit are not the same

Opinion 306

Shaun Woodburn was killed outside a pub in Leith on Hogmanay 2017.

Kezia Dugdale: Crime victims need a voice to bring change

Opinion 2

SMEs have the best roles the market has to offer our brightest young people, says Santander UK CEO Nathan Bostock. Picture: Contributed

Nathan Bostock comment: Help SMEs hire new talent to fix UK ‘brain drain’

Opinion

Mary was surrounded by powerful men on her return to Scotland and did not know who to trust

Kate Williams: How Mary, Queen of Scots was betrayed

Opinion 4

Scotland's outgoing chief inspector of prisons, David Strang, says we should be 'proud' of how are prisons are run. Picture: PA

Chris Marshall: Scotland can’t afford to rest on its laurels over prisons

Politics 1

A new scheme in North Lanarkshire will see so-called 'destitute' shoplifters, who steal everyday items in order to live, be referred to social services rather than the courts. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Martyn McLaughlin: Punishment is ineffective deterrent for those mired in poverty

Opinion

Fran van Dijk chairs the Macaulay Development Trust

Fran Van Dijk: We must educate and inform to tackle climate change

Opinion 2

Sandy McCall Smith: Nobody gains if the sea bed is irreparably damaged

Opinion 2

Leader comment: Scotland’s needs must be addressed

UK 108

Willie Rennie: We must listen to Scotland’s Brexit-voting fishermen

News 12

Darren McGarvey: Politicans must be honest about everyone’s mental health problems

Opinion 6

World More World >>

After Spain's Celia Barquin Arozamena's body was found on a US golf course, Collin Daniel Richards, was charged with her murder. Picture: AP

Top woman golfer murdered on course near her US college

Golf 1

Bert and Ernie are popular characters. Picture: Wikicommons /

Bert and Ernie writer ends speculation over whether Sesame Street duo are gay

Lifestyle

Mosul University Library, once one of the largest in the Middle East and North Africa, was destroyed by ISIS

Alice König and Kate Walker: Education is the key to peace – help us beat the book-burners

Lifestyle 6

Two people look out at the shore after a reported shark attack at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, Mass. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh)

Man dies after shark attack off Cape Cod

World

Flash flood fears as Storm Florence batters US

World

Susan Dalgety: How Hollywood’s ‘lies’ help expose Trump and the KKK

Opinion 8

Brian Wilson: Spain isn’t a fascist dictatorship suppressing Catalonia

Opinion 99

Video: Incredible Hurricane Florence weather report goes viral

Environment 5

Odd More Odd >>

The Kilted Kangaroo in Stirling is offering a Buckfast pie. Picture; Facebook

Stirling bar ‘goes viral’ after offering a Buckfast pie

News 3

Video: Incredible Hurricane Florence weather report goes viral

Environment 5

The happy couple were married in the Starbucks where they met.

Scottish couple tie the knot in Starbucks where they met

Odd 1

More than half of all blockages in Scotland's sewers are caused by fats, oils and grease being disposed of incorrectly down drains and sinks

St Andrews drains ‘on a diet’ to tackle fatberg problem

Environment 1

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Fran van Dijk chairs the Macaulay Development Trust

Fran Van Dijk: We must educate and inform to tackle climate change

Opinion 2

Kelly Donaldson, Communications Manager, Voluntary Arts Scotland

Kelly Donaldson: This festival has got creativity down to a fine art

Opinion

Mosul University Library, once one of the largest in the Middle East and North Africa, was destroyed by ISIS

Alice König and Kate Walker: Education is the key to peace – help us beat the book-burners

Lifestyle 6

Obituaries More Obituaries >>

Sir William Kerr Fraser has died at the age of 89

Obituary: Sir William Kerr Fraser, former permanent secretary at the Scottish Office and university chancellor

Obituaries

Dancer, choreographer and activist Janis Claxton has died at the age of 53

Obituary: Janis Claxton, visionary Edinburgh-based Australian dancer, choreographer and activist

Obituaries

Fenella Fielding launching a series of Royal Mail stamps in 2008 celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Carry On films. Picture: PA

Obituary: Fenella Fielding, glamorous actress of stage and screen, best known for Carry On films

Obituaries

Journalist and football manager Alex Main has died at the age of 86

Obituary: Alex Main, highly-respected Highland journalist and football manager

Obituaries

Celebrity More Celebrity >>

Zoe Ball tipped as first female host of coveted Radio 2 breakfast show

Lifestyle 2

Dudley Sutton who was known for playing Tinker Dill in the TV series Lovejoy. Picture: Ian West/PA Wire

Lovejoy actor Dudley Sutton dies, aged 85

Celebrity

Ellis Hillon enters the 2018 Big Brother house at Elstree Studios on September 14, 2018 in Borehamwood, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

Scottish Big Brother star Ellis Hillon kicked off show for 9/11 tweets

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Former JLS star Ortise Williams has been charged with rape over an incident in Wolverhampton. Picture: PA

Former JLS star Ortise Williams charged with rape

Celebrity

TV chef Jamie oliver reportedly pinned a burglar to the ground after he tried to break into his house. Picture: PA Wire

Jamie Oliver ‘sprinted after burglar and pinned him down’ on street

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