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A man vaping, as researchers are searching for volunteers to take part in a new study being launched into the potential health effects of passive vaping. Picture: Nicholas.T.Ansell/PA Wire

New study will aim to find out health impact of 'passive vaping'

Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie arrive for the Warner Brothers Pictures red carpet photocall of "Barbie" during CinemaCon 2023 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 25, 2023. (Photo by BRIDGET BENNETT/AFP via Getty Images)

Barbie is the blockbuster film of summer 2023 - Gaby Soutar

Scottish Green Party co-leader Lorna Slater has been heading the decision on bracken herbicide permission (pic: Jane Barlow/PA)

'It could cost lives': Farmers reach tipping point over herbicide decision

Michaela, Julia, Lucy and Ashlie in front of the Moulin Rouge Pic: ©Philippe Wojazer - Moulin Rouge

The four Scottish Moulin Rouge dancers on being part of the Paris show

Five actors touted to play James Bond 007 in the future including James Norton

Cris Peploe and Martha Haskins pose with a large-scale version of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 programme cover in Anchor Close in the city's Old Town. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Festival Fringe chief insists ‘recovering’ event does not have to get bigger

Gamekeepers putting out a wildfire in the Highlands (pic: Scottish Gamekeepers Association)

What's the latest advice on how to manage Scottish moorlands with wildfire risk?

Cris Peploe, Claudia Cawthorne and Martha Haskins pose with a large-scale version of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 programme cover in the Old Town. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Plenty room for optimism as Fringe reaches a crossroads - Brian Ferguson

Florida governor Ron DeSantis

Could Ron DeSantis be more dangerous than Donald Trump? Henry McLeish

Members of the Scottish Family Party protest alongside supporters of the Gender Recognition Reform Bill (Scotland) outside the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, ahead of a debate on the bill.

Gender critical event would have 'peddled misinformation'

The inquiry is looking into ventilation issues at the Royal Hospital for Children & Young People at Little France. Picture: Scott Louden

'Ambiguity' surrounding ventilation standards in Sick Kids hospital contract

Future Scotland

Scottish tech veteran Chris van der Kuyl becomes chair of Ace Aquatec, in which he is an investor via Chrome Ventures. Picture: Peter Gregor.

Jobs boost as Dundee-based Ace Aquatec nets seven-figure funding

NatWest CEO Dame Alison Rose and the University of Edinburgh's principal Sir Peter Mathieson. Picture: Adam Hollingworth Photography.

In depth: NatWest and Edin Uni unite to accelerate innovation in banking

The project will be managed and executed from AND Digital’s base in Glasgow. Picture: contributed.

AND Digital nets further Cabinet Office contract to boost grant-finder service

Transport

Beinn a' Ghlo and its three Munro summits, in Perthshire, is popular with walkers but ad hoc parking had led to environmental damage and littering. Picture: OATS

How a new car park will help protect Scottish mountains

A tram leaving Picardy Place for Newhaven on the final day of testing on the three-mile extension on Tuesday. Picture: The Scotsman

Tram firm reveals 'monkey on shoulder' to finish extension after previous fiasco

An urgent meeting between the Scottish Government and CalMac has been called amid 'disappointment' over ferry company's communication (pic: National World)

Urgent meeting called with CalMac amid Scottish Government 'disappointment'

Residents on South Uist have been protesting the latest CalMac ferry cancellation announcement (pic: Robert Kelly)

'Are we still paying for 1745?' South Uist fury over CalMac ferry chaos

Shipbuilding on the Clyde has a long and proud history (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Ferguson Marine shipyard should not be damaged by flak directed at SNP ministers

An-uiridh, chaill 13 duine am beatha air an rathad. (Dealbh: John Devlin)

Bàs eile air an A9 – agus dàil air an obair a’ leantainn, le Murray MacLeòid

Hull 802 under construction at the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow in April with sister ferry Glen Sannox afloat behind. Picture: John Devlin

Troubled shipyard Ferguson Marine hails apprenticeship applications deluge

Crime

The two eight-year-olds referred for housebreaking incidents were both in Aberdeen

Children as young as eight referred for housebreaking incidents

The Duke of Sussex has been involved in six legal battles at the High Court in recent months

Harry does not have vendetta against the Press, court is told

Police Scotland officers outside Turnberry's hotel during Mr Trump's visit in May 2023. Picture: Robert Perry/Getty

Taxpayers to pick up policing bill for Donald Trump's visit to Scotland

A screenshot from one of the Red Ice videos uploaded to BitChute, in which white nationalist broadcadter Lana Lokteff describes Humza Yousaf and his family as "enjoying the fruits of a white society." Picture: BitChute

Police launch investigation into racist abuse and threats aimed at Humza Yousaf

Weather

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) said the blaze, near Cannich, has now been contained, but crews would remain at the scene until it is “safe to leave” (pic: FLS)

Analysis: We can all do one thing to help prevent wildfires

Scots are set to bask in the UK's hottest spring day of 2023. with the mercury expected to hit 25C on Wednesday -- but there will be a geographical divide, with the west expected to be as much as 10C warmer than eastern coasts. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Why this weekend is set to be so warm in Scotland as hottest day forecast

Scenes at Ayr beach as the temperature rises across Scotland

Warning of 'very high' wildfire risk as weekend could mark hottest day for 2023

Beyonce will performs in Edinburgh this weekend (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

Weather forecast for Beyonce's BT Murrayfield concert

Politics

Scotland's DRS would save 160,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually in its proposed form, but would lose more than a quarter of these emissions savings if glass is removed from the scheme, according to figures from Zero Waste Scotland. Picture: Warren Media

Would the deposit return recycling scheme slash greenhouse gas emissions?

Projects like Berwick Bank Wind Farm are powering a green revolution - Pic: Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Ltd

Why is Scotland missing out its windfarm bounty?

Tram line work on the Newhaven extension in 2020 - but it was much less disruptive than the original scheme. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Edinburgh made trams a dirty word but it's time to change that – Alastair Dalton

The Scottish Retail Consortium has raised concerns about a projected rise in business rates

Retail chiefs raise concerns about projected rise in business rates

Kiss star Gene Simmons (left) during his visit to the Houses of Parliament in London as a guest of DUP MP Ian Paisley. Picture: PA

Kiss singer Gene Simmons labels PMQs 'controlled chaos' in visit to Westminster

Deposit return scheme

Deposit return scheme: Scottish proposals shelved until 2025

Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow

Holyrood committee requests to see secret Ferguson Marine reports

Coronavirus

Rishi Sunak's government needs to co-operate fully with the Covid-19 Inquiry (Picture: Leon Neal/WPA pool /Getty Images)

Sunak's government must be open with Covid inquiry – Christine Jardine

Cats can contract Covid from humans

Warning as Scottish study shows cats can contract Covid from their owners

Being a carer can be a full-time job (Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Many carers are living in poverty and struggling with their own health problems

Opinion

Moray Council's image promoting its Drag Queen Story Time event

Readers' Letters: Once upon a time, a drag queen read to children

David Alexander is CEO of DJ Alexander Scotland Ltd

Our £15m home sales milestone shows just how far we've come - David Alexander

Casual is the new smart at work

Laura Waddell: Has power-dressing at work had its day?

Oil support vessels in Aberdeen Harbour from onboard a Northlink Ferry

Plans to shut down oil and gas 'akin to economic genocide'

Emma Walker is Regional Director, Scotland for auticon

Businesses must adapt to recruit top talent they seek - Emma Walker

People

Isle of Eriska Hotel & Spa

The best luxury Scottish island hotels and self-catering cottages

A weekend of free film screenings will be staged in St Andrew Square in Edinburgh later this month.

Edinburgh to revive free outdoor cinema screenings ahead

Magi McGlynn was known as the Bard of Balquhidder

Scotsman Obituaries: Magi McGlynn, sociable hermit and street performer who live...

The first Ghillie’s Larder of the year takes place this Sunday.

Popular Deeside Farmers' Market returns this Sunday

Roz taking an Edinburgh Leisure class Pic: Chris Watt Photography

We try Totally Shredded with Edinburgh Leisure

On display: The Clunie River (Photo: St Margaret’s Braemar)

Spectacular Deeside photography exhibition now open

The work will take place on the A90 south of Laurencekirk between June 11-23.

Overnight surfacing improvements on A90 south of Laurencekirk

Obituaries

Ray Megson in action on the field in 1992

Scotsman Obituaries: Ray Megson, lawyer, rugby player and referee

George Logan photographed for The Scotsman in 2015 (Picture: Ian Georgeson)

Scotsman Obituaries: George Logan, Scots actor who was half of Hinge and Bracket

Jim Brown at an event in 2019 (Picture: Charley Gallay/Getty)

Scotsman Obituaries: Jim Brown, American football star and civil rights activist

Environment

Peatland restoration work is being scaled up at Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park in a bid to tackle climate change

For peat’s sake: Ramping up restoration in Scotland’s original national park

SSE – which is led by CEO Alistair Phillips-Davies (pictured) – had its fine reduced for settling the investigation early. Picture: contributed.

Perth-headquartered energy giant SSE fined £9.8m by Ofgem for overcharging

Steel recycling is currently a high-carbon activity, using plenty of fossil fuel.

Scotland has a unique opportunity to create a greener steel industry

Lorna Slater is the minister for green skills, circular economy and biodiversity. Picture: PA

Lorna Slater confirms deposit return plans scrapped in current form

Picture: Andy Buchanan - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Rosebank would still go ahead under Labour if given approval, says Anas Sarwar

First Minister Humza Yousaf

Deposit return scheme: "Real possibility" scheme will be scrapped this week

The Conservatives are accusing the SNP and Labour of throwing the North East under a bus. Image: Press Association.

Tories accuse SNP and Labour of throwing the North East “under a bus”

UK News

Haystacks and kids at Satran in 1963. PIC: Minginish Centenary Project.

Scottish island celebrates 100 years since land resettled after clearances

Would Labour leader Keir Starmer be able to reform the UK in a way that Gordon Brown could not when he was Chancellor and then Prime Minister? (Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Independent Scotland must be a good neighbour to UK – Stewart McDonald

Many EU supporters are frustrated with Labour leader Keir Starmer over his dismissal of a return to the EU (Picture: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Brexit regret is growing and the campaign to rejoin the EU will come

Tram line construction in Princes Street in September 2009. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Edinburgh Tram Inquiry: Why is it being held? What went wrong with the project?

John Torode and Gregg Wallace, of Masterchef, are the Statler and Waldorf of TV cookery shows (Picture: PA)

How MasterChef has become a wonderfully reassuring British institution

There was so much smoke from a wildfire at Cannich, near Loch Ness, this week that it could be seen from space (Picture: Scottish Fire and Rescue Service)

Greens’ macho critics are aged toddlers clinging to Big Oil's comfort blanket

World

Christopher 'Cam' Cameron on Rockall. Picture: Emil Bergmann/RockallExped.com

Rockall adventurer reveals Desert Island Discs choices and daily routine

This screen grab from a video posted on Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky's Twitter account shows an aerial view of the dam of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station after it was partially destroyed. Picture: Twitter/@ZelenskyyUa Twitter acc/AFP via Getty Images

War against Ukraine: Dam explosion a ‘bomb of mass environmental destruction’

The Duke of Sussex at the Rolls Buildings in central London for the phone hacking trial against Mirror Group Newspapers. Picture: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Prince Harry felt 'physically sick' over detective payments about Diana

A British soldier and Ukrainian soldiers take part in urban combat exercises at a British Army military base in Northern England last week.

Ukraine launches offensive with Depeche Mode song

Phil Goff, High Commissioner fro New Zealand, on a visit to Edinburgh.

Why New Zealand looks to Westminster far more than Scotland

A Russian soldier in the ruins of the Mariupol drama theatre, bombed in March last year despite a large sign saying children were sheltering there (Picture: Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin's threats are unnecessary. We already know how terrifying he is

Read This

Paul O’Grady: Comedian given freedom of the borough in posthumous honour from Wirral Council

Paul O’Grady given ‘highest honour’ in tribute after his death

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, arrives to give evidence at the Mirror Group Phone hacking trial at the Rolls Building at High Court on June 7, 2023 in London, England. (Credit - Getty

Prince Harry emotional in court over ex Chelsy Davy

Breaking Green Party’s only MP to stand down at next election