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Row erupts over Commons ‘meaningful vote’ on Brexit Withdrawal Bill

UK

Theresa May and Boris Johnson at a Cabinet meeting before he resigned over her Brexit plan (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/WPA Pool/Getty)

Kenny MacAskill: Tory civil war worse than SNP fight that saw me expelled

Opinion

Frasers on Princes St has closing down signage in place 15/10/18

Battling high streets to face rates increase of £16 million

Politics

Jamal Khashoggi

Scots-educated doctor linked to alleged murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

News

Horrific footage emerges claiming to show Scottish shearers 'punching sheep in the face'

News

Theresa May open to extra year under EU rules as she seeks ‘creative’ exit

Politics

Brian Monteith: Brexit Britain can simply not make a hard Irish border

Opinion

Universal Credit sees people seeking rent arrears advice up by 47% - report

UK

Theresa May was facing a backlash from Brexiteers after indicating she is ready to consider extending Britain's transition out of the EU for a further year

Theresa May faces backlash over delay to final EU departure

News

Paris Gourtsoyannis: The problem with Nicola Sturgeon’s Brexit plan
Paris Gourtsoyannis

Politics More Politics >>

The current soft border between Northern Ireland and the Republic is invisible on the ground (Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire)

Brian Monteith: Brexit Britain can simply not make a hard Irish border

Opinion 36

All smiles: But Cammy Day and Adam McVey may struggle to contain outbreak of coalition infighting (Picture: Ian Georgeson)

Steve Cardownie: Labour-SNP coalition on brink of open warfare

Opinion 5

Dominic Raab has riled some MPs after appearing to suggest Parliament might not get a "meaningful vote" on any deal.

Row erupts over Commons ‘meaningful vote’ on Brexit Withdrawal Bill

UK

The roll-out of Universal Credit has contributed to the number of people seeking advice over rent arrears rising by more than 45% in five years

Universal Credit sees people seeking rent arrears advice up by 47% - report

UK 2

Theresa May was facing a backlash from Brexiteers after indicating she is ready to consider extending Britain's transition out of the EU for a further year

Theresa May faces backlash over delay to final EU departure

News 3

British Prime Minister Theresa May, left, hugs Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, as they meet in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 when European leaders meet to negotiate on terms of Britain's divorce from the European Union. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Theresa May open to extra year under EU rules as she seeks ‘creative’ exit

Politics 107

Theresa May and Boris Johnson at a Cabinet meeting before he resigned over her Brexit plan (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/WPA Pool/Getty)

Kenny MacAskill: Tory civil war worse than SNP fight that saw me expelled

Opinion 15

Tom Peterkin: PG Wodehouse was no traitor despite Nazi broadcasts

Opinion

Leader comment: We must look after beating heart of our communities

Opinion

Bill Jamieson: Can’t I just self-identify as ‘Bill’?

Opinion

Steve Cardownie: Officials want to spend £1m to save them work

Opinion 4

Transport More Transport >>

The Scottish Government is to address the issue of private parking firms. Picture: JP

Scottish Government to crack down on private parking firms to regulate charges

Transport 4

Orkney already boasts the world's shortest flight, but soon it may break another record. Picture: JP

World’s shortest flight could be an electric first for Orkney

Inverness, Highlands & Islands 2

Emergency services on the scene on the M40, which reopened 14 hours after a crash involving a caravan driving the wrong way. Picture: SWNS

Three dead after car towing caravan driving in wrong direction on M40

UK 9

Landslide at the Rest and be Thankful. Workers clear the mud from the A83. Picture: TSPL

Activists demand action  on Rest and be Thankful

Transport 2

Airbus to draw up plans for orbiting lunar station

Transport 8

Man in critical condition following accident in Finnieston

Glasgow & Strathclyde

Revealed: Delays and cancellation rates at UK’s major train stations

Transport 1

Woman dies after two-car crash in Oban

Inverness, Highlands & Islands

Education More Education >>

The Greens have issued the government a 'report card'. Picture: Dave Thompson/PA Wire

Scottish Greens urge SNP to ‘copy our homework’ on school policy

News 5

Liberton High School. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Call for school maintenance deadlines to be met in wake of near misses

Education 1

Schools are struggling to find staff.

Hundreds of teaching roles in Scottish schools unfilled

Education 44

Roderick Wright, who was Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, fathered a son with a parishioner.

Catholic church may give its blessing to priests who father children

Education

Over 230,000 work days were lost between 2015/16 and 2017/18 as a result of stress. Picture: TSPL

Staffing crisis fears as Scottish teachers miss more days due to stress

Politics 27

The new teacher website has been launched.

New website for Scottish teachers to raise education fears anonymously

Politics 237

Graham Boyack, Director, Scottish Mediation

Graham Boyack: When you talk to people to resolve a dispute, sometimes things just click

Opinion

Scottish school’s charity breakfast axed after lorne sausage complaint

Education 43

Edinburgh Council to open new Gaelic schools by 2024

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians 32

John Swinney brands the scrapping of Primary One test a ‘disgrace’

News 120

University research backed with £10M European funding

Glasgow & Strathclyde 2

Environment More Environment >>

The UK has climate targets to meet. Photograph: Jane Barlow

Need for action ‘clear’ on the climate

Environment 3

Kate Moss and Eddie Redmayne are among a number of celebrities who have given personal items to be sold at a charity auction Aberdeen. Photo: PA/PA Wire

Celebrities donate items to raise money for Aberdeen care centre

Environment

New car electric charging stations have been installed in some areas.

Millions of electric car charge sites are needed

Tech

Dandelions spread easily.

Dandelion seeds use ‘extraordinary’ technique to spread

Environment

It would be hard to beat... the annual tree of the year title is claimed by Eriskay

Inverness, Highlands & Islands

Fresh support for beaver reintroduction in Scotland

News

VIDEO: Dolphins captured swimming in front of East Lothian lifeboat

Lifestyle

Leader comment: Scotland’s beauty must be preserved amid green energy boom

Opinion 77

Health More Health >>

Winter is Coming is the repeated warning in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones but only a few take it seriously (Picture: HBO/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)

Eileen McKenna: Winter really is coming – and it could kill you

Opinion

30% of people would allow AI to conduct invasive proceedures.

Nearly a third of Scots willing go under knife for surgery by robots

News

Leith depot - during November Leith depot is asking customers to donate �1 with their bill to go towards Street Smart an Edinburgh based homeless charity - customer Eric Swanepoel donates a pound to bar tender Fiona Redwood

Fine dining for all ‘for less than a cup of coffee’

News

Hearts captain Christophe Berra is backing a new men's mental health campaign. Picture: SAMH

Hearts captain Christophe Berra backs men’s mental health campaign

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

Royal Blind and Scottish War Blinded new campaign A Vision for Equal Education

Mark O’Donnell: New campaign will push to make education equal for visually impaired

Opinion

Christian Nade has opened up about his struggle with depression in a bid to raise awareness and help others. Picture: Neil Hanna

Ex-Hearts striker Christian Nade opens up over depression battle

News

Canada became the first major Western nation to legalise and regulate its sale and recreational use. Picture; getty

Canada becomes second country to legalise recreational marijuana

News 3

Thousands of Scot risk as pharmacies run out of flu vaccine

News 75

Call for school maintenance deadlines to be met in wake of near misses

Education 1

Link found between internet and junk food

News

Flour to be fortified with folic acid to reduce birth defects

News 8

UK More UK >>

The current soft border between Northern Ireland and the Republic is invisible on the ground (Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire)

Brian Monteith: Brexit Britain can simply not make a hard Irish border

Opinion 36

Dominic Raab has riled some MPs after appearing to suggest Parliament might not get a "meaningful vote" on any deal.

Row erupts over Commons ‘meaningful vote’ on Brexit Withdrawal Bill

UK

The roll-out of Universal Credit has contributed to the number of people seeking advice over rent arrears rising by more than 45% in five years

Universal Credit sees people seeking rent arrears advice up by 47% - report

UK 2

Theresa May and Boris Johnson at a Cabinet meeting before he resigned over her Brexit plan (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/WPA Pool/Getty)

Kenny MacAskill: Tory civil war worse than SNP fight that saw me expelled

Opinion 15

Tom Peterkin: PG Wodehouse was no traitor despite Nazi broadcasts

Opinion

Leader comment: We must look after beating heart of our communities

Opinion

Bill Jamieson: Can’t I just self-identify as ‘Bill’?

Opinion

Need for action ‘clear’ on the climate

Environment 3

Opinion More Opinion >>

No one wants their kids to be enrolled at 'Bash Street Secondary' if they can avoid it, says Alexander. Picture: contributed.

David Alexander comment: Schools that get top marks – from home-buyers

Opinion

The current soft border between Northern Ireland and the Republic is invisible on the ground (Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire)

Brian Monteith: Brexit Britain can simply not make a hard Irish border

Opinion 36

All smiles: But Cammy Day and Adam McVey may struggle to contain outbreak of coalition infighting (Picture: Ian Georgeson)

Steve Cardownie: Labour-SNP coalition on brink of open warfare

Opinion 5

Malcolm Jack is a member of the senior management team at Venture Trust

Malcolm Jack: ‘Hidden’ veterans must not be allowed to fall through the cracks

Opinion

Theresa May and Boris Johnson at a Cabinet meeting before he resigned over her Brexit plan (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/WPA Pool/Getty)

Kenny MacAskill: Tory civil war worse than SNP fight that saw me expelled

Opinion 15

Jeeves, seen played by John Gordon Sinclair at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow, and Bertie Wooster, played by James Lance, are two of PG Wodehouse's most famous characters (Picture: Robert Perry)

Tom Peterkin: PG Wodehouse was no traitor despite Nazi broadcasts

Opinion

Winter is Coming is the repeated warning in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones but only a few take it seriously (Picture: HBO/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)

Eileen McKenna: Winter really is coming – and it could kill you

Opinion

Leader comment: We must look after beating heart of our communities

Opinion

Bill Jamieson: Can’t I just self-identify as ‘Bill’?

Opinion

Jim Duffy comment: Navigating the choppy waters of global pressures

Opinion

Steve Cardownie: Officials want to spend £1m to save them work

Opinion 4

World More World >>

Theresa May will discuss cyber attacks.

Sanction Russia over cyber warfare, EU told

Politics 1

A soldier in Crimea (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Student kills at least 17 in Crimean rampage

World

A man smokes a marijuana joint as he waits in line outside a government store to purchase legal cannabis in Montreal, Quebec on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. Canada became the largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace as sales began early Wednesday in Newfoundland. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

Long queues across Canada as the sale of marijuana is legalised

World 3

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2015, file photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. Turkish claims that Khashoggi, who wrote for The Washington Post, was slain inside a Saudi diplomatic mission in Turkey, has put the Trump administration in a delicate spot with one of its closest Mid-east allies. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

Saudi consulate searched as Trump demands ‘killing’ recording

World

G7 ‘very troubled’ by the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Politics

Canada becomes second country to legalise recreational marijuana

News 3

Harvey Weinsten ‘could return to entertainment industry’ claims lawyer

Lifestyle

Alastair Stewart: North Macedonia? Don’t you ‘North Briton’ me!

Opinion 48

Odd More Odd >>

A runaway cow has caused �1,500 of damage after a 20-second rampage in a popular car dealership.

Rampaging cow causes £1,500 worth of damage in a car showroom

Stirling 9

The Kingfisher chippy on Bread Street has built up notoriety on Reddit. Picture: TSPL/Google Street View

Edinburgh takeaway’s horrendous reviews leave locals in stitches

Odd

The Christiano Ronaldo biscuits on sale at Our Taste of Portugal cafe in Worcester

Cafe owner forced to apologise after rude biscuits named ‘Ronaldo Cookies’

Odd

Roma have backed junior Scottish side St Anthony's. Picture: FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty

Italian giants compare non-league Scot to Lionel Messi and Eden Hazard

Football

Friends of the Scotsman More Friends of the Scotsman >>

Malcolm Jack is a member of the senior management team at Venture Trust

Malcolm Jack: ‘Hidden’ veterans must not be allowed to fall through the cracks

Opinion

Royal Blind and Scottish War Blinded new campaign A Vision for Equal Education

Mark O’Donnell: New campaign will push to make education equal for visually impaired

Opinion

Laboratory screening drugs and therapies for the pharmaceutical sector

Prof Donald Cairns: There’s more to pharmacy than mixing chemicals

News 1

Obituaries More Obituaries >>

Bill Buchanan

Appreciation: Bill Buchanan, champion of the visual arts in Scotland for more than a quarter of a century

Obituaries

Sam Morshead with son Henry and his winning horse Orbasa (Photo by PPAUK/REX/Shutterstock)

Obituary: Sam Morshead, professional jockey, clerk of course and hugely successful Perth racecourse manager

Obituaries

Major General Sir John Swinton

Obituary: Major-General Sir John Swinton, Lord Lieutenant for Berwickshire

Obituaries 1

Ray Galton in 2014 (Picture: Justin Tallis/PA Wire

Obituary: Ray Galton, scriptwriter who co-created Steptoe & Son and Hancock’s Half Hour

Obituaries 1

Celebrity More Celebrity >>

Blue Peter star John Leslie joins presenters for show’s birthday

News

Ant McPartlin and Lisa Armstrong are due to be divorced at a London court. Picture: PA Wire

Ant McPartlin and wife Lisa due to be divorced at London court

Celebrity

Former professional on the show Robin Windsor told BBC Breakfast that the scandal involving comedian Seann Walsh and his professional partner Katya Jones is over. Picture: PA

Strictly Come Dancing ‘not a hotbed of lust’ despite latest scandal

TV & Radio

Richard Madden in character as David Budd in Bodyguard. Picture: PA/BBC

Scottish actor Richard Madden expected to be next James Bond

News 29

Katie Price has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving. Picture: TSPL

Katie Price arrested on suspicion of drink driving

News