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UK cannot ignore chilling reports of human rights violations by Israel in Gaza
Accounts of Palestinian children with single bullet wounds to the head or chest suggest Israeli soldiers may be deliberately targeting them
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Dan Ashmore of Askr with his fishy friends. Copyright - Grant Anderson / www.grantanderson.me / @grantandersondotme

Edinburgh tasting menu trend: Cardinal, Montrose, Lyla and Eorna have opened

Free speech backlash may have reduced impact of new hate crime law Scotsman comment

Real devolution to Scotland's people would strike fear into the SNP Brian Wilson

Humza Yousaf is wrong. Scotland is not a hateful nation Susan Dalgety

Latest news

Pipers march through New York's Central Park during a previous Tartan Day event (Picture: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

High taxation becoming as Scottish as bagpipes, shortbread and tartan

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

Health Improvement Scotland has apologised for 'shortcomings' in an investigation into patient safety at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: What's the point of quangos if they don't act?

Analysis For all its couthy tropes, Tartan Day is a welcome celebration

Beyne Bsrat, a community elder in a village in Tigray, Ethiopia.

Ethiopia famine: Mary's Meals warns of looming famine 'worse than the 1980s'

Exclusive Income tax changes in Scotland ‘create perfect storm for brain drain'

Police have received thousands of reports following the introduction of new hate crime legislation

Police Scotland ‘may be forced to make cuts’ due to hate crime burden

More top stories

Iconic Glenfinnan Viaduct to undergo £3.4 million in repair work

Humza Yousaf is wrong. Scotland is not a hateful nation Susan Dalgety

GPs across Scotland have had the "rug pulled from under them" by the Scottish Government, Scottish Labour has said, after sustainability loans were suspended

GPs hit out after interest-free loan scheme halted by Scottish Government

Actress Morven Christie. Picture: Mike Blackett

Actress Morven Christie on being treated differently due to her Glasgow accent

Transport

Work earlier this year to the Glen Rosa with the Glen Sannox, right (Photo by John Devlin/The Scotsman)

Late and over-budget CalMac ferry the Glen Rosa to be launched

Chaidh innse gum biodh Robbie Drumainn a' fàgail "anns a’ bhad"

‘S e tha dhìth air CalMac ach crathadh bunaiteach agus stiùireadh ceart

Analysis CalMac and Ferguson Marine chiefs’ sackings – we’re running out of fall guys

CalMac chief executive Robbie Drummond ‘removed’ from post

Future Scotland

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
“We are determined to continue developing these strong links to attract further investment.”

James McIlroy (CEO of EnteroBiotix) and Simon Comer (director of innovation, Scottish National Investment Bank). Picture: Nick Mailer

Glasgow life sciences pioneer gets £27 million to fight conditions including IBS

Founded by Omar Etherington-Brown, OJE Studios offers a range of services including film and music production and photography, with a focus on promoting community engagement and local collaborations.

Edinburgh film venture gets funds boost as start-up scheme hails £10m milestone

Meet Kylie Reid of female-fostering network Egg that aims to crack the UK

Mark Sterritt (British Business Bank), Adam Christie (Calcivis), Paul Callaghan (Scottish National Investment Bank) and David Milroy (Maven Capital Partners).

Edinburgh biotech behind tooth decay detector secures £5 million investment

Crime

Courts in Victorian Scotland did not always see the point of some new forensic evidence (Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Birth of CSI-style forensic evidence did not go down well with some 19thC judges

Some of Britain's most wanted criminals and suspected criminals.

Britain's Most Wanted criminals and suspected criminals 2024

A hate crime billboard in Glasgow. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Police Scotland told to urgently clarify policy on ‘non-crime hate incidents’

Hamish Macbeth dream turning sour for real-life Highland police officers Kenny MacAskill

JK Rowling

JK Rowling hits out at Humza Yousaf’s ‘bumbling incompetence’

Humza Yousaf. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Humza Yousaf: Tory MSP’s claim of police bias over hate incidents is ‘ludicrous’

Politics

Whatever hands the SNP and Conservative governments are dealt, it feels like they will probably be losing ones (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Westminster and Holyrood might do better if they left the big calls to chance

The Scottish and UK governments can, possibly, learn from Argyll and Bute Council’s use of a deck of...
With Europe now world's fastest-warming continent, lack of action is stark

Extreme heat, drought, wildfires, flooding, rising sea levels, changes in storm patterns, crop fa...

A year after Sturgeon and Murrell arrests, SNP dominance has been shattered

Labour realises the political and personal undertaking that switching from the SNP to Labour represents for many voters

West's support for Israeli government now risks collapse of its moral authorityJoyce McMillan
Joyce McMillan
Patrick Harvie brands JK Rowling's posts ‘deeply dangerous’
Patrick Harvie has branded JK Rowling’s provocative tweets ‘deeply dangerous’....
Scotland Yard working with other police forces over MP explicit photos scandal
Conservative MP William Wragg said on Thursday he was “manipulated” into giving the personal phone n...

Weather

Weather warnings for high winds have been issued for Saturday

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

A yello weather warning has been issued. Picture: PA

Yellow weather warnings for Scotland as Storm Kathleen sweeps in

Coronavirus

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

Humza Yousaf (right), during his time as health secretary, watches on as then first minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks at Holyrood. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Yousaf accused of 'secrecy' for rejecting Covid 'Gold Command' probe

Opinion

Lulu really is the nicest woman in showbusiness

After working with Lulu, Stephen Jardine discovered she was humble, kind, clever, thoughtful – and hilarious

Stephen Jardine
The 1980s will be a decade remembered for many things including bold fashions and big phones. Picture: John Phillips

1980s - the decade that can't be topped and why 1988 marked a turning point

Sharp declines in numbers of maths and physics teachers raise huge concerns Scotsman comment

Janet Christie: My Week - it's never too late to say Happy Mother's Day/EasterJanet Christie

People

Scotland's remote and romantic seafood restaurant, Cafe Canna
The cookbook features a selection of their best recipes

Jenny Niven is in her first year as director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Edinburgh book festival director on why it is keeping Baillie Gifford on board

13 of the best quotes from Kurt Cobain 30 years on from his death

Multi-million pound investments are being made in Peterhead through a wide range of projects

Peterhead’s 7-year regeneration programme provides firm foundations for future d...

Giles Moffatt said the team wants to use their negative childhood experiences to help other children.

Edinburgh abuse survivors to climb Mount Everest for charity

Obituaries

Robin Campbell received the Award for Services to Mountain Culture in 2015

Obituaries: Robin Campbell, accomplished and daring mountaineer

M Emmet Walsh at an event in Los Angeles in 2007 (Picture: Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

Scotsman Obituaries: M Emmet Walsh, US actor whose presence elevated any film

Charles in his element, sharing his knowledge of the Natural World with others

Scotsman Obituaries: Charles D Waterston, Keeper of Geology at National Museum

Paul Ignatieff enjoyed a 30-year career at UNICEF

Obituaries: Paul Ignatieff, dynamic UNICEF Representative and fundraiser

Environment

Is Scottish Government set to water down its 2030 emissions target?
With the Climate Change Committee warning of a lack of progress, Scotland should move to an emergency footing on emissions
Richard Dixon

The work progressing on the gas holder

Footage released of massive project to turn Granton gasholder into public park

A Red Admiral butterfly. Photo: Mark Searle/UKBMS/PA Wire

Red Admiral butterfly had its best year ever in Scotland in 2023

Exclusive Humza Yousaf held a meeting with a North Sea oil and gas giant during COP28

UK News

UK cold shoulders key Gaza aid agency despite growing fear of famine Laura Waddell

Why is Scotland relatively less attractive to migrants than England? John McLaren

An immediate ceasefire in Gaza is required to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe Scotsman comment

Gen Z culture warriors should learn from other cultures with multiple genders Kate Copstick

Headlights that dazzle other drivers are a serious problem on the roads (Picture: National Motor Museum/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Glare from car headlights can be a killer

James Henderson, John Chapman, and James Kirby

British aid workers killed in Gaza named as global condemnation of attack grows

World

A general view of Central Park and the Manhatten skyline in New York .Photo: Joel Ryan/PA

New York rattled by earthquake with magnitude of 4.8 on Richter scale

Boys sit amongst the rubble of a house in Rafah, Gaza, following Israeli air strikes this week.

World explained: No end in sight six months into Israel's war with Gaza

Devaluation of Iran's rial currency has eroded the people's purchasing power, making it increasingly difficult to afford basic necessities (Picture: Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

Think UK inflation' has been bad? Iran's 46% rate could bring down mullahs

James Henderson, John Chapman, and James Kirby

Britons killed in Israeli air strike ‘excellent operators’, says security firm

Photos issued by World Central Kitchen of (top row left to right) Palestinian Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutaha, Australian national Lalzawmi "Zomi" Frankcom, Polish national Damian Sobol, American-Canadian dual citizen Jacob Flickinger and Britons (bottom row left to right) John Chapman, James "Jim" Henderson and James Kirby

Gaza deaths: Who were the aid workers killed in the Israeli air strike?

Taiwan's president-elect and current Vice-President Lai Ching-te survey damage in Hualien, after a major earthquake hit Taiwan's east. At least seven people were killed and more than 700 injured on April 3 by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that damaged dozens of buildings and prompted tsunami warnings that extended to Japan and the Philippines before being lifted.

British man tells of fear as Taiwan experiences strongest earthquake in 25 years

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Norfolk chef proposes under iconic screen in Piccadilly

UK holidaymakers have been issued a Greece travel warning as cases of deadly disease, whooping cough, surge leaving two dead and 50 ill. (Photo: SOOC/AFP via Getty Images)

2 dead as killer disease hits holiday hotspot

Bears Eso and Byara 'wrestle' at zoo.

Watch the moment two bears are captured ‘wrestling’ at zoo

Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage. Picture: Habibur Rahman

BBC accused of ‘setting torch to delicate ecosystem of local news’

Bertie the lakeland terrier accidentally became an international celebrity - after his owner made him a social media page in a bid to 'find a dog walker'.

'Horribly misbehaving dog' finds accidental fame