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Identity of Alesha MacPhail killer revealed as Aaron Campbell

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Independence campaigners congreate in Glasgow city centre in July 2018. Picture: John Devlin

Scottish independence divorce negotiations ‘would be tougher than Brexit’

General Election

Jim Sheridan. Picture: John Stilwell/PA Wire

Former Labour MP slammed for accusing Derek Mackay of ‘raping’ Scots councils

Politics

Murderer and rapist Aaron Cameron from Bute, Scotland.

Alesha MacPhail: Watch CCTV video of killer returning home after murder

News

Tony Blair: Brexit represents opportunity for Labour fightback

Politics

Alesha MacPhail: Why teen killer Aaron Campbell can be named

News

Brexit: Scotland faces ‘worse recession than 2008 crash’ under no-deal

Politics

Charity demands MPs take action on recording ex-military suicides

Politics

The SNP needs to convince both modern-day romantic Jacobites and hard-headed pragmatists (Picture: Neil Hanna)

Why no-deal Brexit is a threat to Scottish independence – Joyce McMillan

Opinion

Why no-deal Brexit is a threat to Scottish independence – Joyce McMillan
Joyce McMillan

Politics More Politics >>

Independence campaigners congreate in Glasgow city centre in July 2018. Picture: John Devlin

Scottish independence divorce negotiations ‘would be tougher than Brexit’

General Election

Tony Blair said Brexit gives Labour the opportunity to win again in Scotland

Tony Blair: Brexit represents opportunity for Labour fightback

Politics

How Lothian Road could be transformed, Picture: Edinburgh Council

Edinburgh’s Old Town roads to close once a month ahead of ‘radical’ transformation

Politics

An artist's impresions of how the trams will look going down Leith. The Tories put forward alternative budget proposals involving no tram extension.

Edinburgh Council budget: Claims services are being treated like ‘giant game of Jenga’

Politics

Mr Dornan said the vote in Holyrood in May last year to scrap the law suggested the issue of unacceptable fan behaviour is not being taken seriously

Scrapping Offensive Behaviour law ‘sent out wrong signal’ to Scottish football fans

Politics

The Scottish Liberal Democrat leader also indicated that he would continue to push for holding a People's Vote

Political centre ground is ‘desperate to grow’ says Willie Rennie

Politics

The Ministry of Justice has rejected a plan by the MoD to make coroners log statistics on military veterans taking their own lives

Charity demands MPs take action on recording ex-military suicides

Politics

Former Labour MP slammed for accusing Derek Mackay of ‘raping’ Scots councils

Politics

Social media addiction gaining recognition from an unlikely source – Alastair Stewart

Opinion

FMQs: Nicola Sturgeon slams ‘appalling’ bedroom tax claims of Tory MSP

Politics

Scotland should heed wisdom of George Washington about independents – Paris Gourtsoyannis

Opinion

Transport More Transport >>

A Nissan LEAF being recharged in East Lothian

This electric car is like a stealth fighter jet but a problem remains – Alastair Dalton

Opinion

The mocked up picture that a Lothian bus driver posted on a closed Facebook page.''It was reported to Lothian management - and the driver has subsequently been sacked

Edinburgh bus driver sacked for sharing ‘jester image’ of Lothian Buses boss

Transport

Councils in England and Wales already have the power to introduce a levy on workplace parking

Tory council leaders in Scotland pledge to oppose workplace parking levy

Politics

British Transport Police are investigating Pic: John Devlin

Woman upskirted on train from Glasgow

Transport

Union urges Scottish councils to rule out workplace parking tax

Politics

Scottish drivers who break 20mph ‘should be sent on awareness course’

Transport

Trauma team called after man, 30, hit by car in west of Edinburgh

Transport

Calls to ditch Edinburgh tram ‘vanity project’ and use £90 million for public services

Transport

Education More Education >>

It is estimated around one in eight properties on the Isle of Skye, which is connected to the mainland via a road bridge, are let via Airbnb. Picture: Neil Hanna

Impact of tourism on the Isle of Skye to be assesed by academics

Media & Leisure

Keates has special interests in artificial intelligence (AI), human-computer interaction and robotics. Picture: Edinburgh Napier University

Robot Wars academic jumps on board at Napier

Companies

Andrew Fleming at the Gallery of Modern Art. He says he fell in love with Glasgow. Picture: John Devlin

Glasgow ranks first when it comes to students wanting to stay after graduation

Education

Graham Boyack, director, Scottish Mediation

Graham Boyack: We need to talk – mediation is the best path for coming up with a solution

Opinion

John Swinney. Picture: John Devlin

Strike action looms as Scotland’s biggest teaching union rejects pay offer

Politics

Students from the University of Edinburgh celebrate graduating outside McEwan Hall in Edinburgh. 'Picture: Jane Barlow

Graduation fees scrapped at third Scottish university

Politics

A parent smacking a child

Church of Scotland backs smacking ban legislation

News

John Swinney: Improving Scottish education is my mantra

Politics

Open University will help you gain vital skills, so don’t call it a day on learning – Susan Stewart

Opinion

Fees for Edinburgh’s top independent schools set to rise by £900, experts warn

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

Scottish pupils warned off music exams to save schools cash

Education

Environment More Environment >>

Scotland beats February record temperature

Scotland smashes maximum temperature record for February

News

Picture: Malcolm McCurrach | New Wave Images UK

What we learned from Scotland’s Waste to Wealth event

Environment

The temperature in Aboyne hit an all-time February high. Picture: Library

Aboyne provides solace amid Brexit and global warming – leader comment

Opinion

Beaches at Limekiln and Charlestown in Fife have been closed after a suspected oil spill.' Picture: Neil Hope/Newsflash

Fife beaches to stay closed over weekend due to serious oil spill

Environment

Deposit scheme on drinks cans and plastic bottles wins backing of public

Environment

Fans save Scottish squirrels to mark K-pop rapper J-Hope’s birthday

News

Stickleback fish named Mary by Scots scientists delivers ‘immaculate conception’

Tech

Government reverses ocean summit bar for 11-year-old eco warriors

Environment

Health More Health >>

Some smartphones can now be set to lock out the user after a set amount of time (Picture: Greg Macvean)

Social media addiction gaining recognition from an unlikely source – Alastair Stewart

Opinion

Official opening of the new State Hospital buildings at Carstairs'26/6/12

Keeping man with no criminal convictions at Carstairs costs £5k a week

News

The science that informs medicine rotuinely fails to consider the impact of the critical differences between males and females

We need to tackle gender inequality in medical treatment - Catherine Calderwood

Opinion

Hibs announced a partnership with Edinburgh vaping firm VPZ.

Hibs criticised over vaping tie-up

News

Thirty minutes of morning exercise ‘cuts blood pressure’

News

Dial Medicine For Murder, a chilling live event, will investigate the stories of two of the UKs most notorious serial killers: Doctors Harold Shipman and John Bodkin Adams.

What makes a doctor a serial killer explored at Edinburgh event

News

Police have released this CCTV image.

CCTV appeal following armed robbery at dental practice in Edinburgh

News

Vegan version of Cadbury’s Creme Egg ‘better than original’

Retail

Scottish dad nearly died after doctors said his sepsis was a virus

News

Hundreds saved by Scotland’s new ambulance response system

Health

Parents who drive kids to school ‘responsible for toxic air quality’

News

UK More UK >>

A Nissan LEAF being recharged in East Lothian

This electric car is like a stealth fighter jet but a problem remains – Alastair Dalton

Opinion

Aaron Campbell will be sentenced next month

Identity of Alesha MacPhail killer revealed as Aaron Campbell

News

The Ministry of Justice has rejected a plan by the MoD to make coroners log statistics on military veterans taking their own lives

Charity demands MPs take action on recording ex-military suicides

Politics

Murder victim Alesha MacPhail, 6, whose body was discovered in woodlands near her grandparents home on the Isle of Bute.

Alesha MacPhail: Six-year-old’s killer could be publicly named for first time

UK

Alesha MacPhail: Why teen killer Aaron Campbell can be named

News

These are the plane seats to avoid on Ryanair, easyJet and BA flights, according to travellers

Travel

Social media addiction gaining recognition from an unlikely source – Alastair Stewart

Opinion

Scotland should heed wisdom of George Washington about independents – Paris Gourtsoyannis

Opinion

Opinion More Opinion >>

A Nissan LEAF being recharged in East Lothian

This electric car is like a stealth fighter jet but a problem remains – Alastair Dalton

Opinion

Le Patin Libre from Canada promote their ice show on rollerskates as part of the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Picture: Steven Scott Taylor

The Edinburgh of the future will have no residents and an all year festival - Alexander McCall Smith

Opinion

Some smartphones can now be set to lock out the user after a set amount of time (Picture: Greg Macvean)

Social media addiction gaining recognition from an unlikely source – Alastair Stewart

Opinion

George Washington warned that party loyalties could lead to 'ill-founded jealousies and false alarms' (Picture: Gilbert Stuart/AP)

Scotland should heed wisdom of George Washington about independents – Paris Gourtsoyannis

Opinion

The SNP needs to convince both modern-day romantic Jacobites and hard-headed pragmatists (Picture: Neil Hanna)

Why no-deal Brexit is a threat to Scottish independence – Joyce McMillan

Opinion

As UK politics goes into meltdown, there's silence from SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon on the way ahead

Kenny McAskill: Silence from SNP on second Scottish independence referendum

Opinion

Relationships are important to everyone

Counselling can help if life is too much – Fiona Cook

Opinion

Graham Boyack: We need to talk – mediation is the best path for coming up with a solution

Opinion

Chuka Umunna just proved I was so wrong about him – Jim Duffy

Opinion

Aboyne provides solace amid Brexit and global warming – leader comment

Opinion

Brexit: MPs must learn a lesson from Winston Churchill – leader comment

Opinion

World More World >>

Sir Billy Connolly has lived in the US since 2011. Picture: John Devlin

Billy Connolly to lead New York Tartan Day parade

Theatre

Shamima Begum - the schoolgirl who fled London to join the Islamic State group in Syria. Picture: BBC / Contributed.

Jihadi bride Shamima Begum slams ‘unjust’ decision to revoke her citizenship

World

Last weekend's defrocking of former cardinal Theodore McCarrick came just ahead of the Vatican's latest summit on sexual abuse

Martyn McLaughlin: Summit on abuse is test of the Pope’s moral authority

Opinion

Bernie Sanders has confirmed he will run for the presidency in 2020. Picture: Tim Pierce/Wikicommons

Bernie Sanders confirms he will run for US presidency in 2020

Politics

Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has died, according to reports

World

George Mendonsa, sailor in iconic Times Square kiss, dies aged 95

News

Runaway schoolgirl Shamima Begum fears her unborn baby will be taken away

World

Hillary Clinton hails girls like 13-year-old Scot over climate strikes – Susan Dalgety

Opinion

Odd More Odd >>

The grandfather's rules ranged from overprotective to opportunistic

Scots woman shares protective grandfather’s ‘rules' for dating granddaughter

News

Is it true that the EU banned bendy bananas?

We investigate EU myths: From bendy bananas to banning kids colouring

Odd

Pagans celebrate at the Beltane Festival in Edinburgh.''Picture: Jane Barlow 2016

Scottish pagans bid to win legal right to worship outside village

Odd

A wedding photographer who proposed to his girlfriend by drone has been fined after he was caught flying the craft over Edinburgh city centre. Picture: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Edinburgh photographer fined £500 for proposing by drone

News

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Relationships are important to everyone

Counselling can help if life is too much – Fiona Cook

Opinion

Graham Boyack, director, Scottish Mediation

Graham Boyack: We need to talk – mediation is the best path for coming up with a solution

Opinion

The Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2018, RBS Gogarburn

Siobhán Jordan: Innovation is realised in partnerships between business and academia

Opinion

Obituaries More Obituaries >>

George Mendonsa in 2009 with a copy of the iconic photograph. (Picture: Connie Grosch/Providence Journal via AP)

Obituary: George Mendonsa, American sailor immortalised in iconic photograph

Obituaries

Ian Hogarth in 1988

Appreciation: Ian Hogarth, Mining engineer and Honorary Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society

Obituaries

Katharina Lindner in action for Glasgow City

Obituary: Dr Katharina Lindner, leading academic in her field with a 0.74 goals average as a footballer

Obituaries

Rev Roderick Mackinnon

Obituary: Rev Roderick MacKinnon, joiner turned cleric and councillor who helped transform life in the Western Isles

Obituaries

Celebrity More Celebrity >>

Accused not giving evidence over John Michie’s daughter’s death

News

Edinburgh-born Nicky Campbell found tracing foundlings emotionally challenging

Scots TV presenter Nicky Campbell says rejection hard to shake after being adopted

TV & Radio

The Spice Girls will play a concert at Murrafield on 8 June, and although tickets have not sold out, they are being advertised for many times face value.

Spice Girls ticket resellers defy law for Scottish gig

Music

Irvine Welsh. Picture: TSPL

‘When football fans stop behaving like animals...’ - readers react to rugby vs football row

Lifestyle

Irvine Welsh is a big Hibs supporter. Picture: Neil Hanna

Irvine Welsh blasts ‘establishment’ treatment of ‘privileged’ rugby fans

Celebrity