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A four day working week for office staff is to be trialled.

SNP conference: Members back plans for a Scottish four-day working week
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Prince Andrew has been served papers, Giuffre lawyers claim
Crime

Sturgeon denies NHS in crisis and hints at expansion of vaccine passports
Politics

Scotland is seeing the highest level of Covid infection since estimates began
Coronavirus

In pictures: 50,000 music fans at Glasgow's TRNSMT festival
People

Scottish restaurants could be forced to show how many calories in meals
Politics

Glasgow comes alive amid the pounding beat of a long anticipated festival
Opinion

Johnson's 'Blue Labour' policies are testing Tory loyalty – John McLellan
Columnists

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Fascinating objects that tell story of Scotland's witch hunts go on show
Heritage

Hidden life of island sea caves revealed for first time
Heritage

Raducanu's staggering rise should be celebrated - we have a new role model
Sport

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

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‘Fear factor’ over international must stop, Scottish travel agents demand
Transport

Cop26: Police Scotland warn protesters not to block M8
Transport

ScotRail’s new ‘ridiculously expensive’ fares actually cheaper – Alastair Dalton
Columnists

Potential new CalMac ferry being ‘actively assessed with view to purchase’
Transport

Here is every Edinburgh Airport destination and its current travel list status
Travel

Pensioner hit by car in Edinburgh
Crime

Ultra-fast EV charging points go live at Harthill services
Cars

Crime

Cocaine worth £120,000 seized in Galashiels drugs bust
Crime

Man arrested and charged in connection with Dundee death
Crime

Young man attacked and stabbed in Glasgow park
Crime

Which company paid the largest criminal fine in history and why?
Crime

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Thunderstorms and flooding forcecast
National

Highest September temperature recorded for more than a century
Weather

Yellow warning for thunderstorms issued for much of Scotland
Weather

Met Office predicts today could be hottest September day in over 100 years
Weather

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Aren't some Covid rules past their sell-by date yet? – Stephen Jardine
Columnists

Cruel benefit cut shows Tory government needs to find its soul – Hayley Matthews
Columnists

Free vote on GRA not ruled out, but concerns 'not valid', says Sturgeon
Politics

Forbes: 'Lack of clarity over national insurance hike
National

Johnson's attack on Churchill charity was unwarranted – Scotsman comment
Columnists

Outline business case for new Edinburgh Eye Pavilion approved by ministers
Health

'Bad guys' like Gove easier to caricature on Spitting Image, says sculptor
Politics

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My unexpected emotion as Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny and Anni-Frid returned
What's On

Readers' Letters: ‘Working tirelessly’ cliché is an insult to NHS staff
Letters

We must do more to escape junk food cycle - Zoe Betts
Columnists

How climate change deniers have changed to subtler tactics – Joyce McMillan
Columnists

Hate is not helping the debate over Gender Recognition Act – Gina Davidson
Columnists

People

Non-urgent surgery cancelled at Fife hospitals
People

Book returned to Fife library 14 years overdue
People

Thousands back bid to save Corn Exchange football pitches
Business

Janey Godley abandons role in Scottish pantomime amid tweets backlash
People

Music lovers have been arriving at TRNSMT festival which opened in Glasgow today
People

Planning ahead: why that conversation is so important
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The Snuts pull out of TRNSMT festival after positive Covid test
People

Obituaries

Obituary: Jean-Paul Belmondo,  iconic actor who became face of French New Wave
People

Obituary: Sandy Moffat,  lawyer and Territorial Army officer who fought to save ...
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People

Environment

We must listen to young on the climate crisis - Ilona Amos
Environment

Feumaidh an luchd-poileataigs fhaighinn ceart an turas-sa
Columnists

Archbishop calls on global leaders to ‘choose life’
National

Char very much: The Scots firm cleaning up with 'baked' wood
Environment

The Macallan's new drive for eco-friendly whisky
Environment

How basic economics means the end of oil and gas is nigh – Dr Richard Dixon
Columnists

Ministers accused of 'embarrassing downgrade' as public energy firm dropped
Environment

UK News

Janey Godley's tweets were 'completely unacceptable' says Nicola Sturgeon
People

Edinburgh’s World of Football set for demolition
People

Why Brexit Britain needs to make friends with the EU – Scotsman comment
Columnists

Fancy owning a share in the most remote pub on the Scottish mainland?
Heritage

'Game-changing' SNP policy on poverty cancelled out by Johnson – Tommy Sheppard
Columnists

Charles and Camilla unfurl giant knitted patchwork
National

World

If you think British Empire was a benign power, read this – Kenny MacAskill MP
Columnists

Millions in Afghanistan need immediate humanitarian aid – Red Cross
Columnists

Here's who Tim Bergling and why is he today's Google doodle?
People

Britney Spears' dad files to end conservatorship - what is a conservatorship?
National

Memories from Iran: Scottish family recall 'exciting, terrifying' experience
Travel

Who was The Wire star Michael K Williams and how did he die?
World

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