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Nicola Sturgeon: SNP, Labour and Tories must form ‘coalition’ to fight Brexit deal

General Election

Education Secretary John Swinney. Picture: John Devlin

Scottish teachers reject pay deal put forward by Holyrood

Education

Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: Getty Images

Nicola Sturgeon says independence referendum could come after Holyrood election

News

Celtic commissioned the report by the institute at the University of Strathclyde. Picture: John Devlin

Celtic generate £165m per year for Scottish economy - report

Celtic

Scottish independence: Unionists wrong about new poll – Linda Fabiani

Opinion

Fall in electronic tagging for prisoners after Craig McClelland murder

Politics

Poll: 60% of Scots would back ‘remain’ in new Scottish independence vote

Politics

Scots public spending £1500 higher than UK average

Politics

View of Ben Stack mountain peak from West, Scotland.''North Coast 500

‘Outlander effect’ drives boom in visitors

Lifestyle

Joyce McMillan: Why Tories’ two-child benefits rule is immoral
Joyce McMillan

Politics More Politics >>

Scots receive �1,500 more in spending on public services than elsewhere in the UK - and the gap is growing, official figures today revealed.

Scots public spending £1500 higher than UK average

Politics

General view of the Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood, Edinburgh.'Ponds'landscaping

Scottish Parliament workers to miss advance Christmas pay due to Universal Credit

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

Nicola Sturgeon (right) called on a 'coalition' of MPs to defeat Theresa May's Brexit deal. Picture: PA/AFP

Nicola Sturgeon: SNP, Labour and Tories must form ‘coalition’ to fight Brexit deal

General Election

Karen Gray campaigned for medical cannabis to be prescribed on the NHS for her son Murray, six. Picture: Lisa Fergsuon

MP calls for Commons to debate cannabis prescription guidelines

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

Picture: John Devlin

Patrick Harvie condemns UK Government’s dismissal of UN poverty report

News

Linda Fabiani says it's laughable to suggest if Scotland was independent it would choose to join Brexit Britain (Picture: John Devlin)

Scottish independence: Unionists wrong about new poll – Linda Fabiani

Opinion

Josep Borrell's remarks came as tensions rose between London and Madrid over references to Gibraltar in the Brexit "divorce deal" document. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

UK will split apart before Spain, says country’s Foreign Minister

News

Nicola Sturgeon says independence referendum could come after Holyrood election

News

DUP issues warning to Theresa May over confidence-and-supply deal

News

Fall in electronic tagging for prisoners after Craig McClelland murder

Politics

Supreme Court rejects UK Government bid to appeal Brexit challenge

General Election

Transport More Transport >>

Edinburgh Airport has now handled 1.3 million passengers a month for six months. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Edinburgh Airport accelerated to its fastest 2018 growth in October

Transport

Police have asked for anyone who witnessed the crash to contact them on 101.

Truck driver in hospital after crashing into railway bridge and BMW

News

Study In Colour will be published next week.

Edinburgh entrepreneur launches colouring book to help learner drivers pass test

Transport

Boats of all shapes and sizes celebrate the re-opening of the Forth and Clyde Canal at Kirkintilloch. Photograph: Peter Sandground

Stop rot in our canal network, say campaigners

Transport

Second teen dies following Kirkcaldy crash

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

‘Beast from the East’ leads to bigger fleet

News

ScotRail punctuality worst for 12 years

Transport

Alastair Dalton: What Edinburgh’s new 100-seat monster buses say about public transport

Opinion

Education More Education >>

We revealed the news that 11 teachers at Kaimes School in Liberton are refusing to provide lessons over physical and verbal assaults. Picture: SWNS

Teacher walkout resolved at Edinburgh’s Kaimes School

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

Education Secretary John Swinney. Picture: John Devlin

Scottish teachers reject pay deal put forward by Holyrood

Education

Picture: John Devlin

John Curtice: Poll reveals many Scottish independence voters happy in UK

General Election

Dr Adrian Davis, Professor of Transport & Health at Edinburgh Napier University's Transport Research Institute

Dr Adrian Davis: No trade-off between accidents and keeping traffic moving is the zero sum game

Opinion

It is a mistake to view adoption as a 'happy ending' for a child who may still need help (Picture: Getty/iStockphoto)

Adopted children need help in school to have equal chance – Fiona Aitken

Opinion

Picture: Stefan Christmann/BBC NHU/PA Wire

Rivers not ice carved Antarctic landscape

Environment

Teachers have received increasingly lavish gifts.

Call for expensive Christmas gifts for teachers to be ditched

News

Mel McKendrick: If only I’d been encouraged to study STEM

Opinion

Pauline Aylesbury: Star performers deserve reward for excellence in their professional life

Opinion

It’s everyone’s job to protect children from abuse – Brigid Daniel

Opinion

Scotland set to become first part of UK to define sectarianism in law

Education

Environment More Environment >>

Keep Scotland Beautiful launch new roadside litter campaign. Image by: Malcolm McCurrach Thu, 24, November, 2016 | � Malcolm McCurrach 2016 | New Wave Images UK | All rights Reserved. picturedesk@nwimages.co.uk | www.nwimages.co.uk | 07743 719366

Derek Robertson: Don’t just chuck it out of the car window – give your litter a lift home

Opinion

Flooding can be prevented by planting trees and building 'leaky dams' on streams

Investing in the natural world pays dividends – Jonny Hughes

Opinion

Picture: Stefan Christmann/BBC NHU/PA Wire

Rivers not ice carved Antarctic landscape

Environment

Picture: Andy Jackson/Subsea TV/PA Wire

Kelp ban branded a ‘chilling’ message for scientists

Environment

Co-op launch compostable 5p carrier bags scheme

Environment

Kelp ban ‘could see Scotland lose out on £300m industry’

Environment

Islay’s barnacle geese battle: ‘I can’t shoot enough to make a difference’

Environment

Bottle sand puts Rosslyn Chapel at forefront of green technology

Environment

Health More Health >>

The Norovirus. Picture: Charles D. Humphrey/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/PA Wire

Wards closed after increase in cases of winter vomiting bug

Health

Karen Gray campaigned for medical cannabis to be prescribed on the NHS for her son Murray, six. Picture: Lisa Fergsuon

MP calls for Commons to debate cannabis prescription guidelines

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

More than 23,000 Scots were taken to hospital because of their drinking last year. Picture: Kirsty O'Connor/PA

Alcohol adverts should be banned on TV before 9pm, says Scottish Government

News

Dr Adrian Davis, Professor of Transport & Health at Edinburgh Napier University's Transport Research Institute

Dr Adrian Davis: No trade-off between accidents and keeping traffic moving is the zero sum game

Opinion

Minimum alcohol pricing has had success in countries like Russia and Canada, two of only six places around the world where it has been introduced.

Minimum alcohol pricing was a risk that had to be taken – leader comment

Opinion

Karen Gray at the Sick Kids with her son Murray Gray aged five who is suffering from a rare form of epilepsy.

Call for urgent Commons debate on wider access to medical cannabis

News

Megan hopes comic will help others deal with grief

From the heart - student’s comic to help with grief

News

Scottish cancer sufferer dies on remote island despite efforts to get him home

News

New centre to aid severely injured patients opened by First Minister

Dundee & Tayside

Health experts call for European countries to follow Scotland’s lead on minimum alcohol pricing

News

It’s time for Scots to turn down the heat  and step away from their microwaves...

News

UK More UK >>

Tommy Robinson posted a mocked-up picture of himself in a Hearts top on his Instagram with 'coming soon' message. Picture: Instagram/Tommy Robinson

Tommy Robinson posts Hearts strip picture with ‘coming soon’ message

Hearts

Linda Fabiani says it's laughable to suggest if Scotland was independent it would choose to join Brexit Britain (Picture: John Devlin)

Scottish independence: Unionists wrong about new poll – Linda Fabiani

Opinion

Keep Scotland Beautiful launch new roadside litter campaign. Image by: Malcolm McCurrach Thu, 24, November, 2016 | � Malcolm McCurrach 2016 | New Wave Images UK | All rights Reserved. picturedesk@nwimages.co.uk | www.nwimages.co.uk | 07743 719366

Derek Robertson: Don’t just chuck it out of the car window – give your litter a lift home

Opinion

Lynda and Dad six months before diagnosis

Daughter of cancer victim calling for waiting times to be cut

UK

Elton John’s John Lewis ad is hijacking Christmas – Aidan Smith

Opinion

Scottish independence: If UK didn’t exist, we’d invent it – Pamela Nash

Opinion

Investing in the natural world pays dividends – Jonny Hughes

Opinion

Social Bite Village to provide UK-wide homeless blueprint

UK

Opinion More Opinion >>

Anx Patel launched GoKart in 2014 to make ordering easy for restaurants. Picture: contributed.

Comment: Foodtech has arrived – and restaurants must embrace it

Tech

Margins are narrow and you need to be able to build scale to survive, says Prentice. Picture: contributed.

Comment: The care sector is hard to get right – but we must

Opinion

Linda Fabiani says it's laughable to suggest if Scotland was independent it would choose to join Brexit Britain (Picture: John Devlin)

Scottish independence: Unionists wrong about new poll – Linda Fabiani

Opinion

Nicola Sturgeon must move on second independence referendum before the moment passes, writes Lesley. Picture: John Devlin

Lesley Riddoch: Now is the time for Nicola Sturgeon to reignite Scottish independence debate

Opinion

Keep Scotland Beautiful launch new roadside litter campaign. Image by: Malcolm McCurrach Thu, 24, November, 2016 | � Malcolm McCurrach 2016 | New Wave Images UK | All rights Reserved. picturedesk@nwimages.co.uk | www.nwimages.co.uk | 07743 719366

Derek Robertson: Don’t just chuck it out of the car window – give your litter a lift home

Opinion

Dr Adrian Davis, Professor of Transport & Health at Edinburgh Napier University's Transport Research Institute

Dr Adrian Davis: No trade-off between accidents and keeping traffic moving is the zero sum game

Opinion

Minimum alcohol pricing has had success in countries like Russia and Canada, two of only six places around the world where it has been introduced.

Minimum alcohol pricing was a risk that had to be taken – leader comment

Opinion

Elton John’s John Lewis ad is hijacking Christmas – Aidan Smith

Opinion

Scottish independence: If UK didn’t exist, we’d invent it – Pamela Nash

Opinion

Investing in the natural world pays dividends – Jonny Hughes

Opinion

Adopted children need help in school to have equal chance – Fiona Aitken

Opinion

World More World >>

The car of Sophia Floersch (bottom left) before it collided with a structure.

Video: Terrifying airborne crash during motor racing Grand Prix

Motorsport

Israel's midfielder Beram Kayal vies against Guatemala defender Wilson Pineda during their friendly encounter on Thursday. Picture: AFP/Getty

Israel ban social media after ex-Celtic star’s pro-Arab post

World

President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he visits a neighborhood impacted by the Wolsey Fire. Picture: AP Photo/Evan Vucci.

Donald Trump leaves Finnish leader puzzled with claim forests are raked

World

Former US President Barack Obama gestures to his portrait �at the �National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC (Picture: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty)

Two presidential portraits: one on canvass, the other a dirty deed

Opinion

Trump is ‘ordered’ to hand back banned Acosta’s press pass

World

Khmer Rouge leaders are found guilty of genocide in Cambodia

World

Now 631 missing in California fires

World

‘In our angry times, should we worry rage rooms are all the rage?’

Opinion

Odd More Odd >>

The nation's favourite dog comprises part cocker spaniel, part greyhound and part retriever.

'Nation's favourite dog' created by pet lovers

Odd

The Skate fish was caught by a Scottish fisherman

Massive 8ft long 30 year-old skate landed by Scottish fisherman is world’s largest ever

News

Claire Busby, who was left paralysed after being "catapulted" from her new bed during sex. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Woman left paralysed after being “catapulted” from her new bed during sex

Odd

Emile Ratelband. Picture: Facebook/Contributed

69-year-old launches legal bid to identify as being 20 years younger

Odd

Friends of the Scotsman More Friends of the Scotsman >>

Keep Scotland Beautiful launch new roadside litter campaign. Image by: Malcolm McCurrach Thu, 24, November, 2016 | � Malcolm McCurrach 2016 | New Wave Images UK | All rights Reserved. picturedesk@nwimages.co.uk | www.nwimages.co.uk | 07743 719366

Derek Robertson: Don’t just chuck it out of the car window – give your litter a lift home

Opinion

Dr Adrian Davis, Professor of Transport & Health at Edinburgh Napier University's Transport Research Institute

Dr Adrian Davis: No trade-off between accidents and keeping traffic moving is the zero sum game

Opinion

Alastair Keatinge is Partner and Head of Charities and Social Enterprises at Lindsays

Alastair Keatinge: Young trustees are needed and employers can help

Opinion

Obituaries More Obituaries >>

The Rev Laurence AB WHitley (Picture: Glasgow Caledonian University)

Obituary: Rev Dr Laurence AB Whitley, Church of Scotland minister at Glasgow Cathedral, on the scene at Clutha Vaults and George Square tragedies

Obituaries

Willie Rodger

Obituary: Willie Rodger, innovative printmaker who was a mentor to many artists

Obituaries

Martin Dalby

Obituary: Martin Dalby, producer – and talented composer – who put BBC SSO at centre of Scottish musical life

Obituaries

Thelma Smith MBE

Obituary: Thelma Smith MBE, Fundraiser, teacher and legendary provider of cricket teas

Obituaries

Celebrity More Celebrity >>

Dawn French leads tributes to the Vicar of Dibley co-star John Bluthal

Celebrity

Mel B was formerly a judge on X Factor. Picture: ITV

Spice Girl Mel B admits using cocaine during time as X factor judge

Celebrity

Stormzy has been revealed as a headliner for next year's Glastonbury festival, according to reports. Picture: Ian West/PA Wire

Stormzy to headline Glastonbury 2019

Music

Stan Lee has died aged 95. Picture: AP Photo/Reed Saxon.

Marvel Comics’ Stan Lee dies aged 95

Celebrity

Kylie Minogue was recently on tour with her new album Golden . Picture: contributed

Queen of pop Kylie Minogue set to grace Edinburgh Castle concert

Celebrity