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John Swinney hits out at Fife council for scrapping P1 tests

Politics

Scottish Parliament. Picture: TSPL

New measures planned to create ‘zero tolerance’ of harassment at Scottish Parliament

Politics

Derek Mackay and Nicola Sturgeon helped return politics to something like normality this week (Picture: Greg Macvean)

Why Tories can’t be trusted with devolution – Joyce McMillan

Opinion

An artist's impression of the new tower.

Developers reveal proposal for Scotland’s tallest building in Dundee

Companies

Letters: Derek Mackay’s Robin Hood budget could bring him an arrow in the back

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Theresa May faces no confidence motion in her Government

Politics

Scottish Budget: Warning some could take home just 30p in the pound

Politics

New rules set to ban gender stereotyping in adverts

Odd

Spa deals were among those found to be misleading.

Deal websites ‘misleading’ customers with small print and dodgy price claims

News

Why Tories can’t be trusted with devolution – Joyce McMillan
Joyce McMillan

Politics More Politics >>

Nicola Sturgeon and Derek Mackay on their way to the debate on the Scottish Government's draft spending and tax plans for 2019-20. Picture: PA

Letters: Derek Mackay’s Robin Hood budget could bring him an arrow in the back

Your Say

Prime Minister Theresa May

Theresa May confirms she won't lead Tories into next election

Politics

John Swinney. Pic - Andrew Cowan/Scottish Parliament

John Swinney hits out at Fife council for scrapping P1 tests

Politics

Derek Mackay and Nicola Sturgeon helped return politics to something like normality this week (Picture: Greg Macvean)

Why Tories can’t be trusted with devolution – Joyce McMillan

Opinion

Scottish Ballet principal ballerina Elaine McDonald performs the Dying Swan from Swan Lake in February 1983.

Scottish Ballet pays tribute after its first stage star passes away

Culture

Scottish Parliament. Picture: TSPL

New measures planned to create ‘zero tolerance’ of harassment at Scottish Parliament

Politics

The firm has failed to meet its targets in each year. Picture: John Devlin

Outsourced army recruitment fails to deliver

Politics

Kevan Christie: What Plato had to say about Brexit

Opinion

Parts of Scottish Brexit bill ruled to be outside Holyrood’s devolved powers

Politics

Theresa May faces no confidence motion in her Government

Politics

Scottish Budget: Warning some could take home just 30p in the pound

Politics

Transport More Transport >>

Air passengers face a multi-stage journey just to reach their plane. Picture: Jane Barlow

Air travel still a stressful and disjointed experience - Alastair Dalton

Opinion

Lothian Buses drivers face sack for social media posts criticising management

Transport

Up to 20cm is expected to fall in Scotland this weekend in the first flurry for winter

Snow set to fall in Scotland this weekend

News

Passengers can get alerts via Facebook about trains that have been delayed or cancelled. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Image

Rail passengers can get Facebook alerts about delayed trains

News

Scottish shop owner ‘won’t hire staff who rely on ScotRail’

Transport

Police issue CCTV images after train conductor attacked at Edinburgh Gateway station

News

Scotland’s least used railway station sees passenger numbers double

Transport

Passengers baffled by old train doors reintroduced by ScotRail

Transport

Education More Education >>

More than a quarter of writers in Scotland said they had curtailed or avoided social media activities

Writers in Scotland ‘concerned’ about digital surveillance

Education

John Swinney. Pic - Andrew Cowan/Scottish Parliament

John Swinney hits out at Fife council for scrapping P1 tests

Politics

Pupils at Williamwood High School sit prelim exams in Glasgow. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Attainment in Scottish Higher exams falls for third straight year

Education

The island of Tiree. Picture: Jane Barlow

Oban head teacher to fly to island for second role

Education

Campaigners are concerned the music scene may be dominated by the affluent.

Scottish culture ‘put at risk’ by fees for music lessons, industry warns

Music

The capital of Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, is Colombo, above, not Kandy, the last capital of the ancient kings era. Picture: Getty

Why Google is no substitute for good general knowledge – Cameron Wyllie

Opinion

Girlguiding Scotland and Women 50:50 have joined forces this year to launch a campaign, Citizen Girl, to inspire and empower the next generation of female leaders in politics

In world where men stare at seven-year-olds, girls are fighting back – Denise Spence

Opinion

Three in every ten pupils not at required literacy level

Education

West Lothian school bus has ‘mouldy windows, a leaky roof and seats held together by tape’

Education

Lauren Brown: You’re hired! An apprenticeship can be just as good as uni

Opinion

Teachers ‘lack training’ to help pupils with mental health problems

Health

Environment More Environment >>

Puffins make their home in Scotland during the Summer months (Photo: Shutterstock)

Puffins in Scotland: where and when to see the colourful sea birds

Environment

Caption one: scientists lay native oysters on the recreated reef in Dornoch Firth''Caption two: Glenmorangie's Hamish Torrie and Dr Bill Sanderson of Heriot Watt inspect the oysters

How Glenmorangie is introducing oysters back into the Dornoch Firth

Business

Survival of the unfittest? A peacock's tale may make it more vulnerable to predators, but surviving despite it helps demonstrate how 'fit' a potential mate is (Picture: Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty)

The ‘useless’ quirks of evolution that help prove theory – Ben Garrod

Opinion

Calum Duncan Head of Conservation Scotland, Marine Conservation Society Convener, Scottish Environment LINK's Marine Group

Calum Duncan: Life on the ocean wave needs to be protected now for future generations

Opinion

Soil on Mars ‘strikingly similar’ to that on Scottish islands

Environment

Concerns over discarded Santa costumes after Glasgow fun run

News

Cars in India could be powered by waste from whisky distilling

Environment

Scotland’s Smart Cities campaign wins £15m European funding boost

Tech

Health More Health >>

Don't drink too much wine from the Holy Grail ' or at least the prop used in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ' and you could live a long time (Picture: Peter MacDiarmid/Getty)

Don’t worry Indiana, I’ve found Holy Grail of long life – Jim Duffy

Opinion

New mum Amanda Cox''' went missing at ERI and was found 7 hours later and died a few hours after that.

Call for answers over Amanda Cox Edinburgh Royal Infirmary death

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

Frank O’Donnell: responsible businesses are gaining competitive advantage

Opinion

How to spot stress in your workforce and how to deal with it

Management

John Devlin 13/11/2018. GLASGOW.''Portrait of Dr Julie McElroy. 'Julie is an advocate for inclusion and diversity and lives with the effects of cerebral palsy and is also profoundly deaf. 'Shot for the Vision, our quarterly biz supp.

Dr Julie McElroy is fighting to end disabled discrimination in the workplace

Business

Pupils at Park Mains School, Erskine learning CPR

David McColgan: Lessen the heart-break by learning the lesson of life-saving CPR

Opinion

Investing in the health of babies is a wise move (Picture: PA)

How to fix the NHS and Scotland’s health – Catherine Calderwood

Opinion

Video: The Scotsman life sciences conference 2018

Companies

Mentally-ill children treated at Scottish adults wards rises

News

Life expectancy in Dundee falls as Glasgow worst in Scotland

News

New mum ‘bleeds to death after getting lost in Edinburgh hospital’

News

UK More UK >>

Edinburgh student, 21, jailed for smuggling £100k of cannabis from Barcelona

News

Derek Mackay and Nicola Sturgeon helped return politics to something like normality this week (Picture: Greg Macvean)

Why Tories can’t be trusted with devolution – Joyce McMillan

Opinion

Andy Simpson, Managing Director of Angus 3D Solutions.

Andy Simpson: Scottish firms need to adopt 3D vision

Opinion

Don't drink too much wine from the Holy Grail ' or at least the prop used in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ' and you could live a long time (Picture: Peter MacDiarmid/Getty)

Don’t worry Indiana, I’ve found Holy Grail of long life – Jim Duffy

Opinion

Kevan Christie: What Plato had to say about Brexit

Opinion

Parts of Scottish Brexit bill ruled to be outside Holyrood’s devolved powers

Politics

Brexit: UK politics in persistent vegetative state – Feargal Cochrane

Opinion

The ‘useless’ quirks of evolution that help prove theory – Ben Garrod

Opinion

Opinion More Opinion >>

Employers should begin to conduct an audit of their diversity and inclusion practices to 'future-proof' their businesses, says Donaldson. Picture: Peter Devlin

Comment: Take action now to mind the diversity pay gap

Opinion

Nicola Sturgeon and Derek Mackay on their way to the debate on the Scottish Government's draft spending and tax plans for 2019-20. Picture: PA

Letters: Derek Mackay’s Robin Hood budget could bring him an arrow in the back

Your Say

Air passengers face a multi-stage journey just to reach their plane. Picture: Jane Barlow

Air travel still a stressful and disjointed experience - Alastair Dalton

Opinion

Competitive mortgages will be encouraging to savers with large sums of cash who are tempted by the rental market, says David Alexander. Picture: Contributed

David Alexander comment: New buy-to-let offerings should tempt investors

Opinion

Derek Mackay and Nicola Sturgeon helped return politics to something like normality this week (Picture: Greg Macvean)

Why Tories can’t be trusted with devolution – Joyce McMillan

Opinion

Andy Simpson, Managing Director of Angus 3D Solutions.

Andy Simpson: Scottish firms need to adopt 3D vision

Opinion

New York City's Highline walkway has become an oasis of greenery among the skyscrapers

Let’s get slicker at marketing our city – for tourists and people who live here

Opinion

Don’t worry Indiana, I’ve found Holy Grail of long life – Jim Duffy

Opinion

Dundee’s towering ambition shows the way – leader comment

Opinion

Kevan Christie: What Plato had to say about Brexit

Opinion

Brexit: UK politics in persistent vegetative state – Feargal Cochrane

Opinion

World More World >>

Michael Cohen walks out of federal court. Picture: AP Photo/Julie Jacobson

Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen jailed for three years

World

Congestion and pollution is a problem in India. Picture: AFP/Getty

Cars in India could be powered by waste from whisky distilling

Environment

Get up close and personal with the animals

Discover lions, elephants and rhino in amazing Kruger safari

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The scene in Strasbourhg. Picture: AFP/Getty

Strasbourg shooting: French police launch manhunt for suspected gunman

World

Edinburgh named best city in the world to live

Business

Brexit: No renegotiation, EU Commission chief tells Theresa May

Politics

Grace Millane: New Zealand PM issues apology to family of British backpacker

News

Insight: Clearing the West Bank of bombs for baptisms

World

Odd More Odd >>

A controversial advert showed girls as ballerinas and boys as scientists.

New rules set to ban gender stereotyping in adverts

Odd

An example of a nativity scene at Christmas time.

Furious parents blast primary school for including ‘boozing’ in Christmas play script

UK

Jack Makepeace, 24 who has constructed a Christmas castle around his desk. Picture: SWNS

Christmas mad office worker has country’s most festive workplace

News

Mother-of-nine Donna Newby with the remains of her property which was dumped in garden in front of her flat when she came home to find she had been evicted. Picture: SWNS

Edinburgh landlord who dumped family’s belongings in garden wins £1250 on Judge Rinder show

Odd

Friends of the Scotsman More Friends of the Scotsman >>

Andy Simpson, Managing Director of Angus 3D Solutions.

Andy Simpson: Scottish firms need to adopt 3D vision

Opinion

New York City's Highline walkway has become an oasis of greenery among the skyscrapers

Let’s get slicker at marketing our city – for tourists and people who live here

Opinion

Calum Duncan Head of Conservation Scotland, Marine Conservation Society Convener, Scottish Environment LINK's Marine Group

Calum Duncan: Life on the ocean wave needs to be protected now for future generations

Opinion

Obituaries More Obituaries >>

John Gibson's funeral took place at St Cuthberts church

John Gibson: Evening News legend laid to rest as famous Capital faces say final farewell

News

Accordionist and music tutor Ian Anderson

Obituary: Ian Anderson, master of the accordion and a gifted teacher

Obituaries

Mike Mannings has died at the age of 90

Obituary: Michael John Mannings, architect and civil servant, who hobnobbed with Margaret Thatcher and the Queen

Obituaries

Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks has died at the age of 63. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Obituary: Pete Shelley, influential songwriter who brought melody to punk rock

Obituaries

Celebrity More Celebrity >>

Harry Potter star contests ruling over £1 million tax refund

Celebrity

Love Island's Dani Dyer confirms she has not split with Jack Fincham and 'loves him'

Love Island’s Dani Dyer says she ‘still loves’ Jack Fincham

Celebrity

Harry Redknapp has been crowned King of the Jungle. Picture: Getty Images

I’m A Celebrity: Harry Redknapp crowned King of the Jungle

Celebrity

Nick Knowles.

I’m A Celebrity: ‘Nick Knowles had secret blazing rows in jungle’

Celebrity

Dua Lipa performs onstage in New York City. Picture: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Mastercard

British singer Dua Lipa gets two Grammy Award nominations

Celebrity