News

Headlines

A handout picture released by the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) shows British soldiers working at Kabul Airport on August 22

Scots troops prepare for deployment to Afghanistan amid Taliban warning
Politics

Nicola Sturgeon ‘confident’ SNP will embrace Greens deal as councillor quits
Politics

Billy Connolly recalls 'speech impediment' anger at efforts to tone down accent
What's On

Scots aid worker faces being part of Taliban security convoy
People

Women excluded from cervical screening get fast-tracked appointments
Politics

David Mundell appointed New Zealand trade envoy to boost ‘British businesses’
Politics

'Floating Head' sculpture to be floated up the Clyde to go on public display
Heritage

Scotland's chief nursing officer to stand down
People

cut through the noise

Doctor’s son who murdered dad’s former patient is jailed
Crime

Glasgow care home set to be shut down after failing to remedy 'serious concerns'
Politics

Former Sex Pistols win legal battle with band’s former frontman Johnny Rotten
National

Coronavirus

Are there side effects from vaccine jabs and how many people get them?
Coronavirus

We take a first look inside the Playhouse after a year of lockdown
People

Stay at home message to lift from tomorrow - here's what it means for you
Coronavirus

Transport

Glasgow bike rental firm could come to rescue of Edinburgh's doomed scheme
Transport

Transport promises radical edge for SNP-Greens’ deal
Transport

‘Bampots’ condemned for pretending to jump in front of ScotRail trains
Transport

How Scotland's aviation sector fears more turbulence due to pandemic headwinds
Business

New ScotRail outfits to replace uniform delayed ‘to be sure of getting it right’
Transport

SNP-Greens deal: A96 review ‘demonstrably represents the end’ of £3bn dualling
Transport

Transport chief retires amid investigation into alleged car cloning
People

Crime

Teenager assaulted in Aberdeen
Crime

Sick puppies seized from breeder’s van in Glasgow
Crime

Covid rules enforced in “fair way” by police
Coronavirus

Angry pensioner pushed over boy, four, at Edinburgh's botanic gardens
Crime

Weather

Tennessee floods: Which areas have been worst affected by devastating flooding?
World

What you need to know about the Sturgeon Moon - and where it gets its name
People

Met Office warns of further thunderstorms across eastern Scotland
Weather

Was there a 'tornado' spotted above Scotland?
Weather

Politics

SNP-Green deal has risks for both parties – Ian Swanson
Columnists

SNP needs to get real about foreign policy – Alastair Stewart
Columnists

How the UK is helping to launch Scotland into the Space Race – Iain Stewart MP
Columnists

UK must not desert Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban – Christine Jardine MP
Columnists

Wage gap between men and women laid bare in new report
Politics

Boris Johnson to urge G7 to step up support for Afghanistan
Politics

Nicola Sturgeon launches new green jobs academy
Environment

Opinion

New pharmacy technology can revolutionise healthcare – Kasim Gulzar
Columnists

We can never give up trying to help alcohol addicts – Karyn McCluskey
Columnists

Public ought to know Sturgeon’s oil stance
Opinion

Are Keynes' 'animal spirits' driving Afghan refugee numbers policy? - Readers Le...
Letters

Putting SMEs at heart of growth - Lillian McDowall
Columnists

People

Latest daily Covid figures released
Coronavirus

Has Rod Stewart split from wife of 14 years Penny Lancaster?
People

Faith Omole appears at Edinburgh TV Festival
People

Katie Price taken to hospital following alleged attack
Crime

Gogglebox star Mary Cook has died in hospital aged 92
People

Sir Billy Connolly to be honoured as Edinburgh TV Festival begins
People

Scotsman Obituaries: George Sinclair, Scottish athletics coach
People

Obituaries

Scotsman obituaries: Ella Vlandy, teacher and hockey internationalist
People

Scotsman Obituaries: Douglas Leitch MBE, Scottish firefighter
People

Obituary: Nanci Griffith,  Grammy Award-winning champion of American roots music
People

Environment

'Coal canal' is set to turn 200 with a new climate change role – Gavin Corbett
Columnists

Dame Ellen MacArthur to advise Nicola Sturgeon on climate crisis
Environment

Why SNP-Green government deal brings hope but also fear – Scotsman comment
Columnists

Greenwashing the SNP will only make their economic case worse – Brian Wilson
Columnists

Don't let powers-that-be gaslight you about climate change – Piers Torday
Columnists

Why this year's Festival is the way it should be in future – Stephen Jardine
Columnists

Cautious, if muted, welcome from business community on SNP-Green deal
Politics

UK News

Nato must now reflect on its greatest defeat – Alyn Smith and Stewart McDonald
Columnists

Afghanistan crisis: Seven dead at Kabul airport as pressure mounts on US to move...
National

Taliban are not only ones to endanger women because of their sex – Susan Dalgety
Columnists

SNP and Greens set to confirm powersharing deal
National

Body of dog dumped in cemetery bin
Crime

How you can help the people of Afghanistan
National

World

The Afghanistan crisis calls for human decency, not politics - Alexander Brown
Politics

Why the West needs an 'ethical foreign policy' – Joyce McMillan
Columnists

Dominic Raab facing mounting pressure to resign
National

Here's why Afghanistan fell to the Taliban so quickly – Stuart Crawford
Columnists

Analysis: Boris Johnson must accept some blame over Afghanistan response
Politics

Dominic Raab facing calls to resign over Afghan interpreters call
Politics

Read This

UK secures 35m more Pfizer vaccine doses to ‘future-proof’ country from
Coronavirus

Met Office predicts dry and settled weather for UK - but will there be a heatwav...
Read This

Beloved Gogglebox star Mary Cook sadly dies in hospital aged 92
Read This