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Toppling Iran's tyrants would sever head of snake behind many Mid-East conflicts
The Iranian regime is helping some of the major players in conflicts across the Middle East, such as Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, Hamas and Hezbollah
Struan Stevenson

One of the Jacobite's last 2023 season services crosses the Glenfinnan Viaduct in October. (Photo by Charlotte Graham)

‘Harry Potter’ Jacobite steam train ‘breaks down’ on first trip of season

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak giving a statement to MPs in the House of Commons, London, following the attack by Iran on Israel.

Rishi Sunak warns Iran's nuclear programme 'never been more advanced'

MV Glen Rosa at the Ferguson Marine shipyard. Image: John Devlin/National World.

Economy secretary to meet with unions to discuss Ferguson Marine future

US singer Taylor Swift performs on stage during a concert as part of her Eras World Tour. Image: Getty

How Tortured Poets Department star Taylor Swift became a billionaire

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Humza Yousaf

Tories launch bid to repeal Scotland's controversial new hate crime law

Former US President Donald Trump waves as he departs Trump Tower for Manhattan Criminal Court

Donald Trump’s history-making hush money trial begins in New York

New South Wales police gather outside the Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Sydney's western suburb of Wakeley (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Man arrested after reported stabbing at church in Sydney

Humza Yousaf promised a nationwide council tax freeze to help those struggling to cope amid the cost-of-living crisis. Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Council which had threatened to put up council tax says charge will be frozen

Explainer Who are Iran's proxy forces, and did they help attack Israel?

Joan Hills mixed with the likes of Francis Bacon and Yoko Ono

Scotsman Obituaries: Joan Hills, Scot at forefront of underground art scene

Findlay Anderson is head of corporate, Gilson Gray

Investment for energy sector is picking up steam again - Findlay Anderson

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Toppling Iran's tyrants would sever head of snake behind many Mid-East conflicts Struan Stevenson

Explainer Who are Iran's proxy forces, and did they help attack Israel?

The UK Record Store Day event has become hugely popular even if it does mean fighting the crowds.

Record Store Day: Embrace the LP revival and head for Scotland's vinyl hotspots

Boxer Willie Limond has died at the age of 45.

Tributes paid to Scottish boxer Limond after he dies at age of 45

Transport

Laura Laker on National Cycle Network route 7 near the Drumochter pass in the Highlands. (Photo by Laura Laker)

Scotland’s promised ‘active freeways’ cycle routes ‘on the back burner’

Ferries crisis: Here’s why Ferguson Marine and CalMac chiefs were fired

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The Jacobite crossing the Glenfinnan viaduct. (Photo by Getty Images)

Harry Potter-style Jacobite steam train services to start on April 15

Future Scotland

Arleen Arnott of KPMG UK says: 'It is clear from this survey that AI is becoming a key part of the day-to-day running of financial services firms.' Picture: contributed.

Leaders at finance firms encouraged to embrace AI that could 'transform' sector
“AI is becoming a key part of the day-to-day running of financial services firms,” says accountancy giant.

Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer with colleagues in the lab.

Heriot-Watt backs new £18m centre to drive UK's green industrial revolution

Sarah Baylus, Swen Vincke and David Walgrave who won Best Game Award with Baldur's Gate 3 at the Bafta Games Awards. Image: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

The Bafta Games Awards 2024 winners including Scottish game Viewfinder

The investment will be seen as a significant vote of confidence in Glasgow-based Clyde Hydrogen and its ground-breaking technology.

Pioneering start-up secures £1m funding to revolutionise hydrogen energy sector

Scottish Financial Enterprise has been attending Tartan Week as part of a delegation including politicians and business leaders.

Tartan Week dividend: Scottish financial sector leaders look to woo US companies

Crime

Family of mother who died trying to save her baby in Sydney a 'beautiful human'

A 'Hate Hurts' billboard in Glasgow (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Around £400k was spent by SNP ministers on the 'Hate Hurts campaign'

An image of the Union Canal in Edinburgh. Picture: Scott Louden

Boy, 6, finds Japanese samurai sword in Scottish canal

Police are treating Yousaf and me differently over hate complaints. Why? Murdo Fraser

Police Scotland has released its official hate crime figures

More than 7,000 hate crime complaints in first week of new law, police say

Brown was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh. Pic: Contributed

Hit-and-run drunk driver who killed pedestrian jailed

Politics

Will the transgender conversion Bill be the final straw for Yousaf?

The Cass Report on NHS England’s services for transgender children will ramp up pressure on the F...

Anas Sarwar to pledge to strengthen workers’ rights at trade union meeting
The Scottish Labour leader will say his party’s policies will put power into the hands of working pe...

Why Iran’s miscalculated attack offers an opportunity

Iran’s missile and drone attack on Israelnote-0 was futile, rendered impotent by an international show of defensive force. It has also recklessly raised the risk of a wider, regional war.

Scotland's world-leading universities are at risk because of SNP incompetenceChristine Jardine
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Analysis After licensing arms worth nearly half a billion to Israel, UK is under pressure

Calls grow for ministers to disclose legal advice underpinning contentious decision

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Government independence papers costing taxpayers up to £10.85 per download
Campaign group Scotland In Union says Government ministers must justify spending so much on these pa...

Weather

An RNLI lifeboat. Image: Steve Parsons/PA Wire

Young paddleboarders rescued as Storm Kathleen causes widespread disruption

Weather warnings for high winds have been issued for Saturday

Warnings of winds up to 70mph as Storm Kathleen rolls in

Coronavirus

A Scottish doctor who now practises medicine in Australia says the government cannot blame the Covid pandemic for the crisis. Image: Peter Byrne/Press Association.

Scottish doctor who left the NHS says governments cannot blame crisis on Covid

Sturgeon's politicking and Johnson's weakness may have damaged Covid response Paul Wilson

Exclusive Michael Matheson asks for extension as iPad report publication looms

Former first minister Alex Salmond. Picture: PA

Alex Salmond claims WhatsApp message deletion was not policy while he was FM

Opinion

Creditors take precedence in insolvency situations (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Act responsibly when faced with insolvency - Craig Donnelly

The number of businesses in Scotland facing financial distress is on the rise. That’s according to recent figures released by the Accountant in Bankruptcy, the Scottish Government agency that oversees individual and business insolvency.Craig Donnelly
​The St James Quarter in Edinburgh is an example of a striking, multi-use development (Picture: John Devlin)

Real estate faces real challenges - Megan McDonald

Children play on a Loch Ness monster sculpture at Nessieland in Drumnadrochit in the Highlandsn(Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Readers' letters: Nasa won't find Nessie because Nessie doesn't exist

Get ready for changes to non-dom tax regime - Scott Webster

​Scott Webster

People

Exclusive Edinburgh Festival Fringe chief demands crisis summit to secure funding support
Shona McCarthy describes level of backing as a ‘national embarrassment’

Rabbie Burns: Online gallery zooms in on Scotland's national bard

My household has a spring cold and it's like the Walking Dead here Gaby Soutar

Anna Garden, Director of Children and Families at VSA

Supporting unpaid carers in Aberdeenshire

Michelle has raised a phenomenal £19k for Cure Parkinson’s over the past year

Peterhead resident receives Fundraiser of the Year award

Obituaries

Peter Higgs visiting the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, where the existence of the Higg's boson particl was confirmed (Picture: CERN Geneva/PA Wire)

Obituaries: Peter Higgs, physicist who gave his name to the Higgs boson particle

George was ordained as a Church of Scotland Minister in 1948

Obituaries: George Wilkie, founding member of the Iona Community

Jim Dunbar painted watercolour landscapes en plein air in all weathers (Picture: Robert Perry/Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour)

Obituaries: Jim Dunbar, teacher and former president of the RSW

Louis Gossett Jr was lauded for his work but never found his way on to Hollywood's A-List (Picture: John Sciulli/Getty Images for Amnesty International USA)

Scotsman Obituaries: Louis Gossett Jr, star of An Officer and a Gentleman

Environment

A fisherman casts a line on the River Tay. Scottish Water has been accused of covering up the release of wet wipes, sanitary pads and other sewage litter into the river in Perthshire. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Water giant accused of ‘covering up’ release of wet-wipe sewage into river
Scottish Water has been accused of covering up the release of wet wipes, sanitary pads and other “disgusting” sewage litter spilling into the River Tay in Perthshire.

Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater need to show they are more serious about climate change (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Are Greens still Green? And if so, are they help or hindrance to climate fight?

Tourism boats gather as teams compete on the third day of the 37th America's Cup preliminary regatta in Spain. Picture: Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images

Sailing events could harm marine life, Scottish research shows

Working with landowners is key to tackling Scotland's extinction crisis Deborah Long

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Sunak calls for ‘calm heads’ amid fears of Israeli retaliation for Iran attack

Members of the Up Helly Aa 'Jarl Squad' parade through the streets of in Lerwick, Shetland Islands in January. The event is widely used to promote Shetland as a tourist destination. Meanwhile, budgets to manage visitors on the ground have been cut.  (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Scottish islands call for 'fairness' as tourism budgets cut amid visitor boom

Labour's Douglas Alexander lost to the SNP's Mhairi Black in the 2015 general election (Picture: Lesley Martin/AFP via Getty Images)

Westminster's wannabe 'Comeback Kids' are worthy of everyone's respect

SNP may need to ditch ‘one more heave’ approach to independence Stewart McDonald

Politicians can't scream 'bigot' at parents worried about puberty blockers now Susan Dalgety

World

Salman Rushdie (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Sir Salman Rushdie says he had a dream about being attacked

Lord Cameron has warned against escalation

David Cameron urges Israel against escalation amid fresh calls for calm

Social media enticing civilians to participate in war as if it were a video game

US President Joe Biden delivers the annual State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the Capital building in Washington, DC. Picture: Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images

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Glasgow's Willy Wonka Experience has inspired a mural featuring an Oompa Loompa and The Unknown - and now the event's notoriety has sparked an event in the US. Picture: John Devlin

Glasgow's Willy Wonka fiasco spoofed late night US talk show

This video grab from AFPTV taken on April 14, 2024 shows explosions lighting up Jerusalem sky during Iranian attack on Israel. Iran's Revolutionary Guards confirmed early April 14, 2024 that a drone and missile attack was under way against Israel in retaliation for a deadly April 1 drone strike on its Damascus consulate.

RAF jets deployed to shoot down Iranian drones heading to Israel

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The Foreign Office has issued a new travel warning about increased risk in 18 countries including popular holiday destinations. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

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Omaze Million Pound House Draw Cornwall winner Rose Doyle with husband Tony outside their new home.

Watch: Dinner lady wins £3million coastal home in prize draw

An artist's impression of Titanic on her maiden voyage.

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