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Exclusive National Gallery reveals new spaces showcasing Scottish art treasures

The new galleries will overlook Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh

Major repair work starts at Edinburgh's new Sick Kids Hospital

The hospital is facing four months of repair work...

Many Scotland fans have travelled to France for this year's Rugby World Cup.

Rugby fans warned to look out for symptoms of botulism after restaurant outbreak

The outbreak has been pinpointed to the consumption of homemade sardines in one restaurant in Bordeaux

Removal of controversial plaque from Henry Dundas statue reported to police

Dale Miller and Neil Johnstone

Swinney urged to make public statement in Parliament on tram inquiry findings

Lord Hardie had said in the Edinburgh tram inquiry report there had been a “litany of avoidable fail...

Scotland will have to delay ban on new petrol car sales after PM’s move – SNP

Rishi Sunak has eased a series of green pledges, including pushing back the ban by five years to 203...

Why Scotland still needs to atone for for its part in slavery Kenny MacAskill

Mhairi Black speaks for me and many others. She will be missed Laura Waddell

Prestwick Airport was bought by the Scottish Government for a nominal £1 in 2013 to save it from closure. (Photo by Robert Perry/Getty Images)

New move to buy Prestwick Airport ‘lacked credibility’, says Scottish minister

Lammermuir's treatment highlights Scotland’s broken culture landscape Brian Ferguson

Rachel Corsie of Scotland battles for possession with Ellen White of England during the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup.(Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Scotland star on Lionesses clash and ‘winding up’ English team mates

Female Student Raising Hand To Ask Question In Classroom. Picture: Adobe Stock

Morning Round Up: Here is everything you need to know from across Scotland today

The Edinbinburgh Tram Depot at Gogar. Lord Hardie released his report into the construction of the original line this week (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Readers' Letter: My 'tramsphobic' tendencies borne out by Hardie inquiry

Future Scotland

Electric heat pumps are crucial for the decarbonisation of heat – they use technology like that found in a refrigerator, but in reverse, extracting heat from a source and then amplifying and transferring the heat to where it is needed

Warmth not warming: Busting the myths is key to green heating roll-out

Senior pupils from Castlebrae Community Campus are helping with the construction of the test home at the Energy Training Academy in Dalkeith.

Scotland's 'first net zero home of its kind' to showcase latest tech

Julie Grieve and Patrick Clover of Edinburgh-based Stampede. Picture by Stewart Attwood Photography

Edinburgh tech firm eyes global push after major wins including Kitchin Group

Transport

A tram on Princes Street in Edinburgh

Lord Hardie questions John Swinney’s integrity in damning tram inquiry report

Former city council tram firm Tie chief executive Willie Gallagher (Photo by Ed Jones)

The key figures criticised as Lord Hardie attacks ‘evasive’ trams evidence

Hothouse atmosphere saw too many afraid of raising concerns about tram budget Donald Anderson

Tram report must lead to changes if faith in government is to be restored Scotsman comment

Edinburgh tram inquiry: Council and ministers 'principally responsible'

Analysis Edinburgh tram inquiry: A saga that became its own scandal

Naomi Sarah Ferrans. Picture: Police Scotland

Girl, 9, dies after being knocked off bike by tractor

Crime

Netflix will launch another season of the Murdaugh Murders this month. Cr. Netflix

Murdaugh Murders: Here's when season 2 of true crime doc hits Netflix

A reminder of time when jail-breaking was an art form Tom Wood

Celtic Park. Picture: Alan Harvey/SNS Group

Celtic FC to negotiate settlement over boys club sex abuse cases

Met Police receive alleged sex assault in Soho report after Brand allegations

Weather

Rebecca MacDonald and Chris Oram pictured under the Northern Lights which appeared during their wedding on Monday. PIC: Michael Carver Photography.

Bride and groom captured under Northern Lights as 'everything aligns'

The tradition of changing the clocks in Britain dates back to over a century, here’s what you should know.

Explainer When do the clocks go back in 2023 and why do we change them?

Here is everything you should know about Autumn in the UK and the upcoming clock change.

Explainer When does Autumn start? What is the Autumn Equinox? Clock change date

Adam Elman is head of sustainability in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Google, which has launched new 'extreme heat' alerts to help people prepare for increasing hot weather

Google rolls out new ‘extreme heat’ alerts as temperatures rocket

Coronavirus

Aamer Anwar (centre), lead solicitor for the Scottish Covid Bereaved group, speaks outside the UK Covid-19 Inquiry at Dorland House in London. Picture: Belinda Jiao/PA Wire

Lawyer calls for return to masks, free tests amid 'dangerous feeling of deja vu'

Travellers at Edinburgh's Waverley Station. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Passenger numbers on ScotRail services soar close to pre-pandemic levels

What are Covid symptoms in 2023?

Opinion

DJ Alexander Chief Executive David Alexander

House prices and demand in Scotland top rest of UK - David Alexander

Drug pilot site needs planning - John McLellan

Lord Hardie has finally published his report, which criticises the city council, tram firm TIE and the Scottish Government for "a litany of avoidable failures".

Trams are part of our future, but have been badly handled - Ian Murray

Swinney’s sorry trams role - John McLellan

Lord Andrew Hardie has finally completed his Edinburgh Tram Inquiry. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Oversight of major projects shouldn’t be left to amateurs - John McLellan

People

Taggart stars Blythe Duff, John Michie, James MacPherson and Colin McCredie were reunited in Glasgow to mark the show's 40th anniversary. Picture: Kirsty Anderson/STV

STV chiefs reveal they want iconic crime series Taggart to make a comeback

Adam Handling

Top Scottish chefs cook at National Museum of Scotland for Beatson Charity

The message is come when called.

‘Come when you’re called’ - ‘flu and COVID-19 vaccination in Grampian

The Banff and Buchan MP wants to see considerations placed on a more obligatory or statutory footing.

MP calls on the UK and Scottish governments to ensure offshore wind impact on fi...

RGU Professor Peter Reid spearheaded the idea.

Doric Board announces new event inspired by New Deer-born poet

Callum will star in the next episode on Wednesday, September 28.

Peterhead junior doctor stars in BBC show

Basking sharks have been spotted off the Aberdeenshire coast.

Advice issued following reports of basking sharks being disturbed in Aberdeenshi...

Obituaries

John Cairney first played Robert Burns in There was a Man at the Traverse in 1965

Obituaries: John Cairney, actor best known for solo performances as Robert Burns

Mike Yarwood joking around outside Buckingham Palace after receiving his investiture from Queen Elizabeth II in 1976 (Picture: Monti Spry/Central Press/Getty Images)

Scotsman Obituaries: Mike Yarwood, legendary TV impressionist

Professor Sir Ian Wilmut with Dolly the Sheep (Picture: Roslin Institute)

Scotsman Obituaries: Ian Wilmut, scientist who led team behind Dolly the Sheep

Environment

Native oysters are back in the Firth of Forth for the first time in 100 years, thanks to the groundbreaking Restoration Forth project -- Emmy Cooper-Young, from Heriot-Watt University, was part of the team deploying the molluscs in their new home. Picture: Callum Bennetts/Maverick

Go Forth: Native oysters set for comeback in Edinburgh seas after 100s

Suella Braverman has said the UK government does not want to "bankrupt" British citizens

Braverman's 'bankrupt' warning as Ford attacks Sunak climate rollback

Apples in the orchard at NTS's Priorwood Garden in Melrose could help gardeners preserve the fruit in the future. PIC: NTS/ Brian & Nina Chapple

How Scotland's ancient apple collection could help save the fruit in the future

First Minister Humza Yousaf addresses the Climate Week conference in New York. Picture: Flickr

Humza Yousaf under fire on Scotland's missed targets after New York speech

Dundee Eden Project: A planning application for the landmark is due to be lodged by the end of the year.

Dundee's stunning Eden Project takes step forward

Transition to net-zero will be expensive, so the big polluters need to pay up Lewis Ryder-Jones

Glasgow's city centre low emission zone has been enforced since June. (Photo by John Devlin/The Scotsman)

Edinburgh's council vehicles to comply with low emission zone – unlike Glasgow’s

UK News

St Mary’s Music School, where the Scottish Government’s Aided Places Scheme is helping maintain a good mix of pupils

Independent Schools Guide: financial assistance ensures sector is as inclusive a...

Teamwork at Wellington School, where prospective pupils are invited to join their potential classmates on taster days intended to give an accurate flavour of scholastic
life at the Ayr place of learning

Independent Schools Guide: see for yourself how the sector's schools line up

Influencer Andrew Tate leaves Romania's anti-organised crime and terrorism directorate after questioning (Picture: Mihai Barbu/AFP via Getty Images)

Schools must arm children against the dangers of disinformation

The then Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and Prime Minister Liz Truss at last year's Conservative party conference, when the Tories were more than 30 points behind Labour in the polls (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Don't worry! Liz Truss won't be making a comeback

New law will force employers to act over workplace harassment Christine Jardine

A car park and lay-by close to Ullapool on the North Coast 500, pictured in July 2020 as some lockdown restrictions eased. The popularity of motorhomes and roadside camping in parts of Scotland has intensified since the pandemic with solutions sought to the impact to local communities and infrastructure. PIC: Paul Campbell/Getty Images.

Review of right to roam guidance ruled out amid overtourism concerns

World

Why are men thinking about the Roman Empire? Image: Adobe

Are men really thinking about the Roman Empire?

Armenians protest to urge the government to respond to the Azerbaijani military operation launched against the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region outside the government building in central Yerevan.

Forces in Nagorno-Karabakh agree to disarm following Azerbaijani attacks

Protests in Iran and across the world broke out after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died while in the custody of Iran's 'morality police'. Picture: Safin Hamed/AFP via Getty Images

Iran passes Bill to toughen penalties against women who fail to wear hijab

An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard next to a police barricade outside the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi, India. Tensions between India and Canada are high after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government expelled a top Indian diplomat and accused India of having links to the assassination in Canada of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a strong supporter of an independent Sikh homeland.

Why relations between India and Canada are at an ‘all-time low’

Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly, left, and Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc, right, speak to reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canadian authorities had intelligence that India’s government may have had links to the June assassination of a Sikh activist in Canada.

India expels Canadian diplomat after allegations over killing of Sikh man

Women who fled the war in Sudan await the distribution of international aid rations at the Ourang refugee camp in eastern Chad last month after hundreds of thousands of refugees fled across Sudan's border.

Measles outbreak in Sudan refugee camps kills 1,200 young children

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Amy and Wes on their boat.

Couple swapped house for £47k narrowboat in bid to ‘quit rat race’