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No deal Brexit could harm national security as preparations fall behind

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$Ministers have confirmed they are consulting on their 'preferred policy position' of fracking being prohibited in Scotland, more than a year after the First Minister said the controversial practice was being banned 'end of story'.$

Nicola Sturgeon urged to be ‘true to her word’ with fracking ban

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VisitScotland is encouraging would-be ghost-hunters to head off on 'fright-seeing' tours around the country.

Scotland's scariest haunts revealed in 'macabre map' for tourists

Lifestyle

Murdo Fraser said the minority SNP administration could unlock talks for a pro-business budget but must 'dump indyref2' first.

Scottish Conservatives offer government budget backing - if plans for second independence referendum are dropped

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English drug dealers ‘operating in small Scottish towns’ targeted

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Two people treated following ‘explosion’ in Glasgow’s South Street

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Film reviews: Bohemian Rhapsody | Bad Reputation | The Hate U Give

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Brexit: EU offers border compromise as Cabinet to get weekly updates

General Election

Workers in Glasgow. Picture: Getty Images

Striking council workers march in row over equal pay

Politics

Euan McColm: Blind faith of Leavers begins to beggar belief
Euan McColm

Politics More Politics >>

Brexit: EU offers border compromise as Cabinet to get weekly updates

General Election 162

Pressure is mounting on Theresa May over the question of Britain's future relationship with the EU. Picture: Getty

Ian Swanson: It’s not a smart time for a coup against May

Opinion 8

British Prime Minister Theresa May hugs Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, as they meet in Brussels, Picture; AP

No deal Brexit could harm national security as preparations fall behind

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$Ministers have confirmed they are consulting on their 'preferred policy position' of fracking being prohibited in Scotland, more than a year after the First Minister said the controversial practice was being banned 'end of story'.$

Nicola Sturgeon urged to be ‘true to her word’ with fracking ban

News 473

The UK Government 'shouldn't be scared' of giving devolved administrations a say on trade deals after Brexit, a leading academic has said.

Scotland ‘should get Brexit trade talks seat’ claims leading academic

Politics 3

The SNP has been challenged to back efforts to legalise abortion in Northern Ireland, with Nicola Sturgeon accused of putting animal rights ahead of equal rights for women. Getty

Nicola Sturgeon urged to back efforts to legalise abortion in Northern Ireland

Politics 9

The Prime Minister will attend a meeting of the Conservative backbench 1922 Committee in Parliament just days after one anonymous opponent suggested she should 'bring her own noose' to the gathering. Picture; PA

Theresa May to face Tory backbenchers at 1922 Committee meeting

News 8

Scottish Conservatives offer government budget backing - if plans for second independence referendum are dropped

News 165

Striking council workers march in row over equal pay

Politics 55

‘Natasha’s Law’ for stricter food labels could be in place within a year

News 2

Tommy Robinson bailed as contempt case referred to Attorney General

Politics 55

Transport More Transport >>

A Scotrail train. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Glasgow-Edinburgh rail services disrupted by engineering works

Transport 1

Artist's impression of the tram in Leith

Edinburgh tram extension decision delayed for three months

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians 1

Failure to meet a series of targets has resulted in ScotRail being fined more than �2.2 million in the first half of the year.

Scotrail fined £2.2m over litter and train and toilet cleanliness

Transport 1

Sir Richard Branson stepping down as chairman of Hyperloop One

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Rail disruption: Delays on Edinburgh - Glasgow line due to overhead wires damage

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians 4

Snow forecast to hit parts of Scotland this week

News 13

Witness appeal after man touched himself on board Gourock to Glasgow Central train

News

Ryanair passenger ‘could get away with racist rant’

News 63

Education More Education >>

Northumberland County Council is among those taking steps to limit new hot-food takeaways via its Local Plan.

Leader comment: How Japan can help Scotland kick junk food habit

Opinion 5

The boy allegedly attacked the teacher with a pencil in front of students. Picture: Flickr/Dvortygirl

Boy, 15, charged with using pencil to stab teacher in neck at Scottish school

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians 2

A policeman throws a tear gas canister to disperse crowds during student riots in Paris in 1968. Picture: Reg Lancaster/Getty Images

Students ditch ‘spirit of 68’ to learn strategic art of persuasion

Education

A mile is often several laps round a playground. Picture: Jon Savage

Simplicity crucial to success of ‘Daily Mile’ initiative

Education 1

The crisis among Scottish teachers is growing.

Scottish teachers hit out over assaults and stress of classroom life

Politics 174

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

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Liberton High School. Picture: Ian Georgeson

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

Education 3

Hundreds of teaching roles in Scottish schools unfilled

Education 45

Catholic church may give its blessing to priests who father children

Education

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

Politics 27

New website for Scottish teachers to raise education fears anonymously

Politics 237

Environment More Environment >>

$Ministers have confirmed they are consulting on their 'preferred policy position' of fracking being prohibited in Scotland, more than a year after the First Minister said the controversial practice was being banned 'end of story'.$

Nicola Sturgeon urged to be ‘true to her word’ with fracking ban

News 473

Plastic bottle litter

Cat Hay: There’s a can-do attitude for deposit scheme but it must work for everyone

Opinion 2

The timber industry has a chance to reinvent itself after Brexit. 'Picture: Allan Milligan

Stuart Goodall: Wood stands to benefit from root and branch agricultural reform

Opinion 2

An adult beaver in Knapdale (Picture: Steve Gardner)

Jonny Hughes: Just back from extinction, beavers are now being killed

Opinion 10

Here are 10 of the strangest items ever found on the UK's highest mountains

Environment 3

Lesley Riddoch: Why Fake News is harming the Arctic

Opinion 11

Poll: Almost half of Edinburgh residents back car free city centre

News 2

Stefan Nyström: Follow Sweden’s example on climate change

Environment 66

Health More Health >>

Natasha Ednan-Laperouse who died after she fell ill on a flight from London to Nice after eating a sandwich at Heathrow Airport. Picture; PA

‘Natasha’s Law’ for stricter food labels could be in place within a year

News 2

A filmmaker and disability activist has called on the Scottish Government to directly intervene in the fight to scrap the care tax. 'Glasgow-based director Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi is one of 10,000 people with disabilities in Scotland charged for what the government categorises as social care.

Film-maker and disability activist calls on Nicola Sturgeon to scrap care fees

News 5

The Scottish Government has brought in an external team headed by the chief executive of an English health trust to implement recommendations for a local authority rocked by a report that uncovered a culture of 'bullying and blame'.

Scottish Government hire special team to tackle NHS Lothian’s ‘bullying and blame culture’

News 97

The number of fast food outlets has risen by almost a third in nearly every Scottish council area over the past eight years

Calls to tackle the soaring number of fast food outlets in Scotland

Health 59

A still from the lost film of Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart made in 1953 starring Stanley Baker.

Movie fan who bought film for £5 discovers it’s a missing long-lost British horror classic

News 1

"Recovery for most alcoholics and drug addicts is a lifetime occupation"

EU support for alcohol recovery

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Selma Blair said she had suffered symptoms of the condition 'for years' but was only diagnosed in August. Picture: VALERIE MACON / AFP)VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images

Actress Selma Blair reveals multiple sclerosis diagnosis

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MPs push for research on antimicrobial resistance

Politics 1

James Walker: Beware Jacuzzi clause in Fido’s policy

Opinion 3

Peanuts in Edinburgh Airport food ‘could have killed my son’

News 16

Brian Wilson: SNP’s ‘Quango Queen’ is not alone on gravy train

Opinion 328

UK More UK >>

Social worker Heidi Chalkley, 40, was heading on a night out when she grabbed hold of the rising door and was lifted off the ground. Picture: SWNS

Mum ‘dragged to her death in rising car park shutter door’

UK

Most 'robots' are not actually made to look quite so human as Fred, a Mesmer robot (Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty)

Oliver Lemon: Don’t worry about robots – the future will still be human

Opinion 10

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Tommy Robinson bailed as contempt case referred to Attorney General

Politics 55

The Man was recorded by other passengers. Picture: David Lawrence/PA Wire

Ryanair racist abuse: Police identify man involved

UK 58

Calls to tackle the soaring number of fast food outlets in Scotland

Health 59

Cat Hay: There’s a can-do attitude for deposit scheme but it must work for everyone

Opinion 2

Leader comment: Brexit requires calm heads, not violent rhetoric

Opinion 3

Paris Gourtsoyannis: Four huge issues lost in Brexit’s vast shadow

Opinion 10

Opinion More Opinion >>

It makes sense for any organisation which is active in business or public life in Scotland to be prepared to appear before a Scottish Parliament committee, says Scobie. Picture: contributed

Comment: Ignore Holyrood scrutiny at your own peril

Opinion 11

Pressure is mounting on Theresa May over the question of Britain's future relationship with the EU. Picture: Getty

Ian Swanson: It’s not a smart time for a coup against May

Opinion 8

Most 'robots' are not actually made to look quite so human as Fred, a Mesmer robot (Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty)

Oliver Lemon: Don’t worry about robots – the future will still be human

Opinion 10

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Family: Janet Christie’s Mum’s the Word

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It is encouraging to hear so many Scots start-ups addressing mental health in an open way, says Freer. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Nick Freer comment: Smart start-ups are prioritising staff wellbeing

Opinion

Theresa May, Adam McVey and Nicola Sturgeon at the signing of the �1.3bn city deal. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Comment: Scotland’s drive to harness the true value of data

Tech

Plastic bottle litter

Cat Hay: There’s a can-do attitude for deposit scheme but it must work for everyone

Opinion 2

Stuart Goodall: Wood stands to benefit from root and branch agricultural reform

Opinion 2

Leader comment: How Japan can help Scotland kick junk food habit

Opinion 5

Leader comment: Brexit requires calm heads, not violent rhetoric

Opinion 3

Jonny Hughes: Just back from extinction, beavers are now being killed

Opinion 10

World More World >>

HMS Queen Elizabeth has been getting lots of good publicity for the MoD recently, but the Royal Navy is much reduced (Picture: Dan Rosenbaum FRPU)

Paris Gourtsoyannis: Four huge issues lost in Brexit’s vast shadow

Opinion 10

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Theresa May demands answers about death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

World

Selma Blair said she had suffered symptoms of the condition 'for years' but was only diagnosed in August. Picture: VALERIE MACON / AFP)VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images

Actress Selma Blair reveals multiple sclerosis diagnosis

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Dissident Ayman Nour, second left, and Turan Kislakci, right, of the Turkish-Arab media association, talk to reporters about the disappearance. Picture: AP

Jamal Khashoggi death: Saudi explanation ‘not credible’

News 18

Video: ‘At least 30’ injured after floor collapses at party

World

Stefan Nyström: Follow Sweden’s example on climate change

Environment 66

Britain urged to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia after killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Politics 113

Amritsar: At least 60 dead as India train mows down crowd in

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Odd More Odd >>

A screengrab from Richard Leech's Twitter feed.

Man ‘finds cooked mouse’ inside packet of rice bought at Lidl

News

A still from the lost film of Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart made in 1953 starring Stanley Baker.

Movie fan who bought film for £5 discovers it’s a missing long-lost British horror classic

News 1

The Last Post pub in Paisely. Picture: Google.

Paisley town centre evacuated after ‘stink bomb’

Odd 1

Hilarious parody account created after ‘black panther’ spotted in Ayrshire

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Plastic bottle litter

Cat Hay: There’s a can-do attitude for deposit scheme but it must work for everyone

Opinion 2

The timber industry has a chance to reinvent itself after Brexit. 'Picture: Allan Milligan

Stuart Goodall: Wood stands to benefit from root and branch agricultural reform

Opinion 2

Graham McGlashan is a Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney for Marks & Clerk LLP.

Graham McGlashan: Patent applications for AI-related inventions is key

Opinion

Obituaries More Obituaries >>

Helen W Collins

Obituary: Helen W Collins, Scot who made a new life in the United States

Obituaries

Bill Buchanan

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

Obituaries

Dr Rennie McOwan (Picture: BIll Sinclair)

Obituary: Rennie McOwan, journalist and outdoorsman whose campaigning helped enshrine the right to roam

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

Celebrity More Celebrity >>

Seann Walsh avoids Strictly axe as Vick Hope departs dancefloor

Celebrity

David and Victoria Beckham have had one of their homes targeted in an attempted break-in. Picture: PA Wire

David and Victoria Beckham’s Cotswold home targeted in attempted break-in

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Selma Blair said she had suffered symptoms of the condition 'for years' but was only diagnosed in August. Picture: VALERIE MACON / AFP)VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images

Actress Selma Blair reveals multiple sclerosis diagnosis

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Billy Connolly and wife Pamela Stephenson

Billy Connolly ready to support Scottish independence

Politics 1418

Strictly Come Dancing star Dianne Buswell has split from her partner, Emmerdale actor Anthony Quinlan. Picture: PA Wire

Strictly Come Dancing star Dianne Buswell splits from partner

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