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Accident-and-emergency wait times have spiralled. Picture: John Devlin

Politics Patient waits a day and a half for an ambulance

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss have been forced to drop their plan to scrap the 45p top rate of tax (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Politics Can Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng survive such a disastrous U-turn?

Crime Fears over lost of senior officers in Police Scotland retirement 'boom'

National Scot heads 9,000 miles south to take up one of most remote jobs in the world

Columnists 57-point swing shows Kwarteng and Truss double act is jaw-droppingly unpopular

World Significant risk' of gas shortage in UK this winter, Ofgem warns

Politics Kwarteng acknowledges ‘tough’ day after U-turn over tax cut for rich

Politics Chancellor u-turn on income tax 'right decision' says Douglas Ross

cut through the noise

Politics Nadine Dorries calls on Liz Truss to hold general election

Health Lady Poole resigns as chairwoman of Scotland’s Covid-19 inquiry

National New 'village' opens as Jack Nicklaus golf course moves forward

Coronavirus

National When will US borders open to UK travellers?

Coronavirus Which countries have seen the highest total Covid cases so far?

Coronavirus Here's how to get your vaccine certificate in Scotland

Transport

Transport Changes to Stagecoach bus services from Monday, October 31

Transport Rising prices and reduced spending power warning to holidaymakers

Columnists Sturgeon, not CMAL, should be the target in ferries scandal – Brian Wilson

Transport Loch Lomond risks 'drift into new commuter belt' as hotels shut up shop

Transport Ryanair to resume Edinburgh-Stansted flights from October after three years

Transport RMT intensifies ScotRail pay dispute by announcing overtime ban

Transport Passengers warned of 'significant disruption' due to rail strikes today

Crime

Promoted content Who killed Jeffrey Dahmer, Dahmer actor Netflix, where is Dahmer's brother

Crime Man to appear in court charged with murder of schoolgirl Olivia Pratt-Korbel

Columnists How civil sheriff courts work here- Greg MacDougall

Columnists What landlords need to know as short-term lets licensing scheme moves into law -...

Weather

Weather Search for survivors in Florida goes on as Hurricane Ian rages

Weather Eastern Scotland records 10th driest summer in 100 years

Environment Hurricane Ian: Dangerous storm leaves millions without power

Weather Yellow weather warning issued for much of the country

Politics

Columnists Truss's tax U-turn betrays lack of judgment in more ways than one – Scotsman

Politics Dalgety Bay: Radiation contamination clean-up from beach to stretch into 2023

Columnists Henry McLeish: Statue of Liberty looks on askance at toxic US immigration debate

Columnists Why Tory meltdown poses big questions for opposition parties – Christine Jardine

Politics Scots to pay £1.2bn more tax than they would in England if no changes made

Politics Ministers make up to £32m available for 'due diligence' on failing companies

Politics National Care Service is not centralisation, insists SNP social care minister

Opinion

Columnists Aidan Smith: Christmas is losing its sparkle. Do we call the whole thing off?

Columnists Great Risk Transfer has left many people struggling with finances – Susan Murray

Columnists Charities face tougher times ahead than Covid and the 2008 crash – Alex Fleming

Columnists Muirburn helps ground-nesting birds and climate fight – Ross Ewing

Letters Readers' letters: Bottle return scheme too complex to work

People

People Golf legend Jack Nicklaus launches first branded luxury residential and golf dev...

Food and Drink Edinburgh Cocktail Week 2022: We get a sneak preview

People Louise Fletcher, Oscar-winning One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest star

People Quality Street axes famous plastic wrappers on chocolates

People First pictures of King Charles in Dunfermline ahead of city status ceremony

People Nobel Prize goes to Swedish scientist for human evolution research

People Cat stows away in engineer’s van on three-hour island ferry trip

Obituaries

People Scotsman Obituaries: Frank Pottinger, Scottish sculptor and printmaker

People Obituaries: Irene Papas, Greek actress best known for The Guns of Navarone

People Scotsman Obituaries: Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall author who won Booker Prize twice

Environment

Business Contractor on major Scottish projects challenges industry with new green goal

Columnists Local people must not be excluded by wealthy landowners intent on ‘rewilding’

Columnists Beavers do wonders for nature, but let's be realistic about benefits to people

Environment 10 pieces of amazing Scottish wildlife to look out for in October

Environment Capercaillie numbers fall to critically low numbers in Scotland

Environment Ness is more for eco-friendly new craft whisky and beer

Columnists Why progress towards net-zero emissions is painfully slow – Dr Richard Dixon

UK News

National Centenary celebrations for 'Flying Scotsman' Eric Liddell and his Paris gold

National 12 pictures of King Charles and Camilla, Queen Consort in Dunfermline visit

National Video: The Scotsman's daily bulletin

National Rare pictures of The Beatles playing at Liverpool’s Cavern Club uncovered

National King and Queen Consort to visit Dunfermline on Monday to mark city status

Columnists Churchill loved Scotland. So why are there so many ugly myths about him?

World

World Students trapped as Iran protests escalate

World Brazil election: What is a run off and when can we expect results?

Politics Brazil election: Lula and Bolsonaro to face run-off as neither reaches threshold

World ‘Heroic’ Zelensky compared Russia to Star Wars’ evil Empire, says Mark Hamill

World King set to miss international climate change summit

World 174 dead after stampede at Indonesian football match

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