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The march raised pro-EU banners. Picture: TSPL

Video: People take to the streets for Anti-Brexit march in Perth

Perth
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn voted against Trident renewal in July 2016. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Labour ‘not going back’ on decision to support Trident

UK
Passengers travelling to and from Queen Street Station have been warned to expect delays. Picture: John Devlin

Glasgow travellers face major delays due to ‘trespassers on rail line’

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Labour pushes for publicly owned railways after ScotRail ‘misses targets’

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Majority of Scots ‘would pay more tax to help NHS’

News

Loganair to launch new European routes

Transport
Could people be reminded of court dates by text? Picture: Pexels/Contributed

Text messages ‘could be used to remind accused of court dates’

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Brian Wilson: Russia is getting stronger, and the UK must begin engaging

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Politics More Politics >>

The march raised pro-EU banners. Picture: TSPL

Video: People take to the streets for Anti-Brexit march in Perth

Perth 33
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn voted against Trident renewal in July 2016. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Labour ‘not going back’ on decision to support Trident

UK 33
More than 50 per cent of Scots would be willing to pay more tax to help boost the NHS. Picture: John Devlin

Majority of Scots ‘would pay more tax to help NHS’

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It is reassuring to hear Fergus Linehan talk about a new focus for the festival, as it approaches its 75th anniversary in 2022. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Leader comment: I is for international

Opinion
A new-look Argyle Street will bring a ray of sunshine to Glasgow. Picture: Google Maps

Leader comment: It’ll never be the same again

Opinion 1
Protestors took part in the People's Vote demonstration against Brexit on Saturday. Picture: Getty Images

We’re not bluffing about no-deal Brexit, says Fox

Politics 877
Mark McDonald will be barred from Holyrood for a month. Picture: John Devlin

Euan McColm: Protect democracy from politics of harassment

Opinion 22

Legal threat looms over teachers not telling parents if pupil changes gender

Politics 82

Thousands march in Scottish Independence rally in Bannockburn

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Thousands of campaigners take part in People’s Vote Brexit protest

UK 125

Boris Johnson calls for ‘a full British Brexit’

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Transport More Transport >>

An artist's impression shows the planted areas and bus lanes.

Argyle Boulevard: drains take the strain in Glasgow

Transport 6
ScotRail is required to have a specific percentage of trains arrive on time during 13 periods across the year, but fell short throughout 2017/18. Picture: John Devlin

Labour pushes for publicly owned railways after ScotRail ‘misses targets’

News 22
The flights have been cancelled due to air traffic controllers in Marseille going on strike. Picture: contributed

Ryanair and easyJet have cancelled 300 UK flights due to strikes in France

News 4

Restrictions threat to Union Canal boaters if no extra funding

Transport 4

Flights to isle of Skye ‘likely to resume’

Transport 1

Alastair Dalton: Traffic-free events the perfect way to try cycling

Opinion 10

Education More Education >>

Government guidelines say a child's permission is needed for teachers to discuss transgender choices with the child's family. Picture: Getty Images

Legal threat looms over teachers not telling parents if pupil changes gender

Politics 82
A replica of Fettes College is to be built in China

Plans revealed for Fettes College replica to be built in China

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The news will give students something to celebrate. Picture: TSPL

Top Scots graduates make £61,000 five years after leaving uni

Education 40
Glasgow University graduates celebrate ' but is their joy likely to be short-lived away from the education treadmill? Picture: John Devlin

John McLellan: What is that First really worth?

Opinion
The Edinburgh school will be copied in the nominally communist country right down to the house system and leafy grounds. Picture: TSPL

Recreation inspired by Edinburgh’s Fettes College to open in China

Education 4
Evros Stakis announced in 2013 that he would open an HQ for his company ' including a nursery for up to 100 children ' in central Edinburgh.

Son of Stakis on the naughty step after £100k nursery firm folds without opening

Business 2

Rebekah Widdowfield: Enlightened dialogue need to build the world we live in

Opinion 3

Ruth Davidson: SNP are ‘rigging education stats’

Politics 44

Applications open for largest ever intake of Data Lab MSc students

Tech

Looking for a career change? How about a job that doesn’t exist yet?

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Environment More Environment >>

The community was not consulted about waste being dumped at Waterslap Farm

Watchdog slams Falkirk Council over toxic waste dump

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Ulva residents Rhuri Munro and his wife Rebecca Munro and Barry George celebrate the sale of the island to the residents on June 21. Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images

Tiny island of Ulva officially transferred to community ownership

Environment 25
SEPA works to protect and enhance Scotlands environment by helping communities and businesses thrive within the resources of our planet.

Going green is good for business as well as the environment, says SEPA

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Julie Hesketh-Laird has taken the helm at the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation

Scottish salmon 'a worldwide success story'

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Green Scots leading the way in cutting plastic use

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Rebekah Widdowfield: Enlightened dialogue need to build the world we live in

Opinion 3

Five best wildlife spots to explore around Edinburgh and the Lothians

Environment

Health More Health >>

ERI Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Little France. Picture: Greg Macvean

ERI cancels ops ‘due to lack of sterilised equipment’

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More than 50 per cent of Scots would be willing to pay more tax to help boost the NHS. Picture: John Devlin

Majority of Scots ‘would pay more tax to help NHS’

News 100
Morven Fioretti (second from right) with her Highland midwifery colleagues. Photograph: Graeme Hunter

Highland midwives hit the screens with second TV series

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Canada lawmakers voted to legalize cannabis last week. Picture:AFP/Getty Images

Dani Garavelli: Pressure is piling to legalise cannabis

Health 37
Government guidelines say a child's permission is needed for teachers to discuss transgender choices with the child's family. Picture: Getty Images

Legal threat looms over teachers not telling parents if pupil changes gender

Politics 82
Humphrey Errington of manufacturer Errington Cheese defended the company's products. Picture: Neil Hanna

No inquiry or criminal action to be taken over E.coli death of child

UK 1
Discussions about death are still considered taboo. Picture: John Devlin.

Charity urges more discussion around end-of-life ‘taboo’

UK 1

Singer Bobby Velvet forms alpacas trio for North Berwick show

Lifestyle

GPs to recommend parkrun for Scots patients

News 12

Rebekah Widdowfield: Enlightened dialogue need to build the world we live in

Opinion 3

Fightback dinner celebrates the youngest person in Scotland living with MND

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UK More UK >>

Danny Murphy came in for criticism for his commentary on England's 6-1 win over Panama. Picture: Getty Images

Danny Murphy slammed over ‘biased, garbage’ England World Cup commentary

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn voted against Trident renewal in July 2016. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Labour ‘not going back’ on decision to support Trident

UK 33
Crowds gather on Pall Mall in central London, during the People's Vote march for a second EU referendum. Picture; PA

Thousands of campaigners take part in People’s Vote Brexit protest

UK 125
Boris Johnson who has urged the Prime Minister to deliver a "full British Brexit" as Cabinet colleagues warned the UK is able to walk away without a deal. Picture; PA

Boris Johnson calls for ‘a full British Brexit’

UK 12

Newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky’s daughter suffers ‘severe burns’ after boat explodes in Greece

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No inquiry or criminal action to be taken over E.coli death of child

UK 1

Charity urges more discussion around end-of-life ‘taboo’

UK 1

Full list: House Of Fraser stores set to close

UK 4

Opinion More Opinion >>

It is reassuring to hear Fergus Linehan talk about a new focus for the festival, as it approaches its 75th anniversary in 2022. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Leader comment: I is for international

Opinion
A new-look Argyle Street will bring a ray of sunshine to Glasgow. Picture: Google Maps

Leader comment: It’ll never be the same again

Opinion 1
You can go back to claim for delays up to six years ago. Picture: Getty Images

James Walker: Inbox could hold key to flight woe compensation

Business
Mark McDonald will be barred from Holyrood for a month. Picture: John Devlin

Euan McColm: Protect democracy from politics of harassment

Opinion 22
Edinburgh is already buzzing with tourists weeks before the festivals. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Bill Jamieson: We have nothing to fear but fear itself

Business
Opinion is slit over whether or not the Glasgow School of Art building should be rebuilt.

Dani Garavelli: Don’t commit to Mack Mk3 in heat of moment

Opinion 35
A protester outside the SNP's Aberdeen conference. Photograph: Andy Buchanan/Getty

Jock Lowe: Support Heathrow – vote against the third runway

Opinion 2

Jane Bradley: Pioneer of AI will be turning in his grave

Opinion 3

Susan Dalgety: The fault line that runs through the big heart of the US

Opinion 18

John McLellan: What is that First really worth?

Opinion

Gareth Shaw: We’re not ready for a world without bank branches

Opinion 1

World More World >>

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, left, with her partner Clarke Gayford, holds their newly born baby girl, Neve, at Auckland Hospital. Picture: Greg Bowker/New Zealand Herald via AP

New Zealand PM thanks Duke and Duchess of Essex in new baby blunder

World 1
England fans in Nizhny Novgorod ahead of the match on Sunday against Panama at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Russia ‘putting on its friendly face’, says England fan

Football 2
Burger King have come under fire for offering Russian women a lifetime supply of Whoppers if they got pregnant to Russian World Cup players.

Burger King offer lifetime supply of Whoppers to Russian women pregnant by World Cup players

Odd 4
Ron Medich was sentenced to 30 years. Picture: JP

Millionaire jailed for 30 years over murder of Scots businessman

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Theresa May calls US child migrant policy "deeply disturbing" and "wrong"

Politics 103

Canada legalises recreational use of cannabis

World 1

Teen brothers fear death if deported to Pakistan from Scotland

Politics 53

Greece and Macedonia sign deal that ends decades-long dispute

World 1

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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, left, with her partner Clarke Gayford, holds their newly born baby girl, Neve, at Auckland Hospital. Picture: Greg Bowker/New Zealand Herald via AP

New Zealand PM thanks Duke and Duchess of Essex in new baby blunder

World 1
A screengrab shows Sven tackling Scottish Twitter. Picture; Paddy Power

Watch: Hilarious video shows Sven-Goran Eriksson tackling Scottish Twitter

News 1
Burger King have come under fire for offering Russian women a lifetime supply of Whoppers if they got pregnant to Russian World Cup players.

Burger King offer lifetime supply of Whoppers to Russian women pregnant by World Cup players

Odd 4
Toploader were set to play Fifefest

Fife music festival with Toploader cancelled after just 200 tickets sold

News

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Rebekah Widdowfield is the CEO of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Rebekah Widdowfield: Enlightened dialogue need to build the world we live in

Opinion 3
Graeme Atha, director of the Marketing Society

Graeme Atha: Stars of marketing are really hot stuff

Opinion
Brigid Simmonds, Chief Executive of Scottish Beer and Pub Association.

Brigid Simmonds: Don’t let the taps run dry – pubs are crucial for the economy

Opinion 2

Obituaries More Obituaries >>

Peter Thomson of Australia in action during the British Open Golf Championship at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, circa July 1969. (Photo by Ed Lacey/Popperfoto/Getty Images)

Obituary: Peter Thomson, Australian golfer who won British Open five times

Obituaries
Janet Fraser, resplendent in her beloved bonnet

Obituary: Janet Fraser, Scottish Salvation Army brigadier

Obituaries
Air Commodore Alastair Mackie

Obituary: Wing Commander Alastair Mackie DFC, bomber pilot turned CND campaigner

Obituaries
Entertainer Ron Dale has died at the age of 84

Obituary: Ron Dale, versatile entertainer who moved from theatres to clubs and cruise ships

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Celebrity More Celebrity >>

Love Island’s Sophie Gradon dead at 32

Celebrity
Doddie Weir's charity has donated one hundred thousand pounds. Picture: Neil Hanna

Doddie Weir charity donates six-figure sum to MND patients

News
Alan Longmuir of the Bay City Rollers

Bay City Rollers guitarist Alan Longmuir returns home after falling ill in Mexico

News
Actor Leslie Grantham, who played "Dirty" Den Watts in Eastenders has died aged 71. Picture: PA Wire

Eastenders actor Leslie Grantham dies aged 71

Celebrity
Robbie Williams and his wife Ayda Field are reported to join The X Factor as judges. Picture: PA Wire

Robbie Williams and wife to join X Factor judging panel

Lifestyle 1
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