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Desperate Theresa May sees Brexit ‘last chance’ offer fall flat on all sides

Politics

Nicola Sturgeon backs comments from the SNP's leading EU candidate Alyn Smith. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images

Nicola Sturgeon: It’s perfectly sensible to keep currency options open

Politics

Formula 1 racing team McLaren said it is 'deeply saddened' to learn that three-time world champion driver Niki Lauda has died. Picture David Davies/PA Wire

Sir Jackie Stewart leads tributes to F1 legend Niki Lauda

Motorsport

Prime Minister Theresa May sets out her final Brexit offer in a speech at the offices of PwC in London

Brexit: Theresa May to give MPs a vote on second EU referendum

Politics

Mike Russell: Holyrood could seek to block post-Brexit trade deals

Politics

Scotland gripped by drugs emergency as death rate remains highest in Europe

Health

Nicola Sturgeon: SNP will vote against Theresa May’s deal in bid to stop Brexit

Politics

Jamie Oliver’s restaurant chain goes into administration

People

Passengers can order food in their room on the new trains, adding to staff workloads.

Strike ballot threat to new Caledonian Sleeper fleet

Transport

William Lindsay took his own life at Polmont YOI last year

Polmont report highlights mental health failings

Politics

Transport More Transport >>

New luxury Caledonian Sleeper trains suffer further delay

Transport

Passengers can order food in their room on the new trains, adding to staff workloads.

Strike ballot threat to new Caledonian Sleeper fleet

Transport

Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (Hial) said it expects the airports at Inverness, Dundee, Shetland (pictured) and Orkney to be shut on Thursday. Picture: SWNS

Strike to ground planes at six Scottish airports

Regions

The gins went down well at the opening of Selkirk Distillery on Saturday.

IN PICTURES: Selkirk’s first legal distillery opens

Business

LNER, formerly Virgin Trains East Coast, was the worst train company for significant delays in 2018 (Photo: Shutterstock)

Rail passengers endure torrid year as Scotland revealed as the worst hit by delays

Transport

Crime More Crime >>

Man, 30, charged with attempted murder after alleged crossbow shooting in West Lothian

Crime

Armed police officers on the scene in Bathgate. Picture: Youtube.

Dramatic footage shows a man with a crossbow bolt sticking out his chest in Bathgate

Crime

Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Teenager raped in Glasgow city centre

Crime

Brexit Party leader Nigel gestures after being hit with a milkshake while arriving for a Brexit Party campaign event in Newcastle

Man charged with assault for throwing milkshake on Nigel Farage

Crime

Weather More Weather >>

Scotland records hottest day of the year

Weather

Wednesday 15 May could be the hottest day of the year so far. Picture: John Devlin

Scotland set to sizzle in temperatures hotter than California on Wednesday

Weather

Portobello beach during a heatwave

Soaring temperatures set to bring Scotland's hottest day of the year

Weather

It could snow across parts of Scotland. Picture: Jonathan Bird/Network Rail/PA Wire

Arctic blast to hit Scotland during first bank holiday in May

Weather

Drivers found flecks of Saharan dust on their cars this morning in parts of the country. Pictures; Creative Commons

'Blood rain’ phenomenon from Sahara hits Scotland as drivers find cars and homes stained red

Weather

Scottish News More Scottish News >>

Dundee to create its own fragrance as part of futuristic design festival

People

Eureka will adapt the cloud-based NetSuite system to meet Loganairs needs. Picture: Contributed

East Kilbride firm captains Loganair to the cloud

Business

Lisa Ross initially thought she had a migraine but doctors soon discovered she had a brain aneurysm behind her right eye, which ruptured and brought on a stroke. Pictures: SWNS

Scots mum-of-two had nearly half her skull removed after gym workout aneurysm

People

Prime Minister Theresa May sets out her final Brexit offer in a speech at the offices of PwC in London

Brexit: Theresa May to give MPs a vote on second EU referendum

Politics

Politics More Politics >>

Brexit: Theresa May to give MPs a vote on second EU referendum

Politics

Workplace parking tax is being proposed by Green MSP John Finnie

Workplace parking tax backed by Scots in Holyrood poll

Politics

Women can experience excessive tiredness amid a whole host of symptoms of the menopause.

Menopause postcode lottery needs to end, says Labour

Politics

Ruth Davidson on a 2018 visit to see the work of Scottish landmine clearing charity the Halo Trust

Scots Tory breaks with Ruth Davidson to back cut to aid budget

Politics

Ian Blackford says a hard border won't be necessary

Ian Blackford: No "hard border" with England after independence

Politics

Opinion More Opinion >>

Get ready for the utterly horrific Prime Minister Boris Johnson – Kezia Dugdale

Columnists

Hundreds of new families are needed every year in Scotland to care for children

Don’t believe the myths that stop people fostering a child – Kezia Dugdale

Columnists

David Martin is urging voters not to treat the European election as a referendum

Why Remain-voting Scotland will simply be ignored again – Ian Swanson

Columnists

Donald Trump greets Nigel Farage during a campaign rally in Jackson, Mississippi, in 2016 (Picture: Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)

Richard Leonard: We must stop Donald Trump’s pet politician Nigel Farage

Columnists

People More People >>

Dundee to create its own fragrance as part of futuristic design festival

People

Lisa Ross initially thought she had a migraine but doctors soon discovered she had a brain aneurysm behind her right eye, which ruptured and brought on a stroke. Pictures: SWNS

Scots mum-of-two had nearly half her skull removed after gym workout aneurysm

People

Danny MacAskill's new video was made around Scotland over the last two years.

Danny MacAskill urges his fans to put down their phones and 'get into the real world' as new video is unveiled

People

Daisy Thomson was just two years of age when most of her scenes in Danny MacAskill's new film were shot.

Watch as Danny MacAskill takes two-year-old on whirlwind adventure around Scotland

People

Formula 1 racing team McLaren said it is 'deeply saddened' to learn that three-time world champion driver Niki Lauda has died. Picture David Davies/PA Wire

Sir Jackie Stewart leads tributes to F1 legend Niki Lauda

Motorsport

Environment More Environment >>

Fraser aims to Triumph over low emission zones

Politics

Danny MacAskill's new video was made around Scotland over the last two years.

Danny MacAskill urges his fans to put down their phones and 'get into the real world' as new video is unveiled

People

School pupils strike for greater action on global warming. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Edinburgh pupils allowed to skip school for climate change march through city centre

Environment

Wind turbines dominate the skyline at the Braes of Doune windfarm. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

UK policies ‘inhibit’ Scotland hitting climate change target

Environment

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Get ready for the utterly horrific Prime Minister Boris Johnson – Kezia Dugdale

Columnists

David Martin is urging voters not to treat the European election as a referendum

Why Remain-voting Scotland will simply be ignored again – Ian Swanson

Columnists

Jamie Oliver has spoken of his 'devastation' after the collapse of his restaurant empire. Picture: Theo Wargo/Getty Images

Jamie Oliver left ‘devastated’  after collapse of restaurant chains

News

Some cats which had ingested the Natural Instinct food were found to be infected with bTB.

Luxury cat food recalled after causing killer disease in pets that could also affect people

News

Alitalia flights in Milan have been grounded, along with many others.

Italy airport strike: Hundreds of flights cancelled, including easyJet and British Airways

News

World More World >>

Brexit Party must be open about finances amid Kremlin interference – leader comment

Columnists

Iranian protestors gesture towards a man in a Donald Trump mask during a demonstration in Tehran. Picture: Getty

Trump warns Iran will face its ‘official end’ if it threatens US

World

The demonstration in Montgomery came days after governor Kay Ivey signed the most stringent abortion law in America. Picture: AP

Hundreds march against Alabama abortion ban

Politics

A rescue worker, top in red, climbs the Eiffel Tower while a climber is seen below him between two iron columns. Picture: AP Photo/Michel Euler

Eiffel Tower closed after person is spotted trying to scale it

News

Obituaries More Obituaries >>

Obituary: Niki Lauda, Formula 1 racing legend who came back from horrific injuries to new successes

People

George Argent in his element, en route to Tenom, Malaysia, in 2007

Obituary: George Argent, Rhododendron expert nicknamed ‘Edinburgh’s Indiana Jones of botany’

People

Elisabeth Fraser in 1997, as she campaigned against the closure of Royal Bank of Scotland's 'Ladies' Branch in Princes Street, Edinburgh (Picture: Ian Rutherford/TSPL)

Obituary: Elisabeth Fraser, author and seeker of spiritual truths who campaigned to save the Ladies Branch of RBS

People

Micky Steele-Bodger in 2000 (Picture: Neil Hanna)

Obituary: Micky Steele-Bodger, veterinary surgeon, England rugby internationalist, selector and administrator

People

Tim Conway in 2000 (Picture: Getty Images)

Obituary: Tim Conway, performer who gained comedy immortality on The Carol Burnett Show

People