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Police are investigating the incident.

Boy, 9, seriously injured after bike collision with bus

Sandie Peggie

Nurse at centre of trans employment tribunal threatened with sack

Police closed the road while the ordnance was checked

Major road shut after unexploded ordnance found in underground tunnel

Budget changes are giving business owners a headache, says Norman Kennedy

If you thought business succession was complicated previously...

AI is playing an ever-growing role in daily life, says Steph Innes

What to watch for when implementing AI
Steph Innes on the legal implications of artificial intelligence in business

Environmentalists aren't happy but 'drill, baby, drill' is Donald Trump's mantra on US energy (Picture: Adobe)

US may be backtracking but UK isn't rolling back on ESG

Sensitivity is vital when dealing with clients whose brains have been affected by trauma, says Laura Connor

How to help clients dealing with trauma

The Scotsman's week-long series is scrutinising pressures in the criminal justice system.

Exclusive Demands for action on court delays as victims wait years for justice

King Charles III, accompanied by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner

The hounding of Angela Rayner is an apex moment of class awfulness Alastair GJ Stewart

Malcolm Graham, chief executive officer of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service. Picture: Stewart Atwood

Progress made on court delays but outlook is challenging Malcolm Graham

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Piping marathon for 80 days in lead up to 80th anniversary of VE Day

UK News

People take part in a demonstration at Old Palace Yard in Westminster, London, to oppose the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Analysis Why Scottish MPs are split on 'rushed' assisted dying legislation

Harry Dwyer has sailed all around the UK, including Land's End in Cornwall (Picture: RDImages/Epics)

How Harry Dwyer’s sailing trip around UK has revealed best of Britain Stephen Jardine

Farmers protested in Whitehall on Monday against changes to inheritance tax rules for farmers (Picture: Henry Nicholls)

Why Labour rebels could yet force U-turn on family farm tax Alistair Carmichael

Sturgeon on copying Farage's Reform and cosying up to Donald Trump

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves

SNP accuse Chancellor of ‘economic chaos’ despite surprise GDP growth

Amid much pessimism about UK economic growth, will Rachel Reeves double down on her counterproductive policies? (Picture: Jonathan Brady/pool)

Why liberating UK economy from remaining EU rules is Reeves' only hope Brian Monteith

World

The UK needs to ensure it has ultimate control over its energy supplies, not China's President Xi Jinping (Picture: Wang Zhao)

UK must not give China the power to switch off our windfarms Christine Jardine

Elon Musk, social media site X owner and head of Donald Trump’s new department of government efficiency, pictured in the White House (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Royal Society to meet after concerns raised over fellow Elon Musk

Pavlo Ostrikov shot his film during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Film shot during Ukraine invasion to premiere at Scottish festival

A Festival Fringe entertainer performs on the Royal Mile. (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Exclusive Scottish festivals 'will lose global network' without British Council

Antarctica may seem like a pristine wilderness but plastic pollution can be found in many places (Picture: Juan Barreto)

Microplastics found at South Pole raise important questions Dr Kirstie Jones-Williams

Ukrainian soldiers take part in a training exercise in eastern England last year (Picture: Henry Nicholls)

Any Ukraine War peace deal needs to avoid new Cold War with Russia Brian Wilson

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Weather

A man walks through fog as the sun rises.

Watch: Met Office map shows temperatures forecast for UK today

Person runs in frosty weather.

Watch: A cold snap has arrived in the UK - will it snow?

Politics

Neil Gray

Gray was warned NHS Fife 'had acted illegally' in trans doctor case

A letter to the Health Secretary said NHS Fife was failing ‘to comply with its legal obligations’

Poll: Labour set for worst Holyrood election result since devolution

Anas Sarwar’s hopes of becoming the next first minister ‘fading fast’, says John Curtice

GPs are facing burnout and the risk of insolvency, doctors have warned

Exclusive GP practices may go bust amid 'perfect storm', warn doctors

Dr Andrew Forder, chair of the Lothian Local Medical Committee, said the situation is the worst he has known

V&A Dundee lands £2.6 million investment from UK Government Sarah Ward

‘Boys brigade’ claims show divided SNP unready for Holyrood elections

Fight, fight, fight - the SNP is not over internal splits despite improved polling

Too many Scots dying in hospital, leading hospice provider warns

Charity Marie Curie Scotland says people should have to spend final months in A&E or calling out amb...

Transport

Nearly all drivers surveyed agreed that headlights can be too intense

Quarter of motorists have cut night driving due to bright headlights

Exclusive 100s of Edinburgh Airport flightpath homes in line for soundproofing

The two schools to post remarkable cycling achievement

Major bridge in Edinburgh city centre to shut for six weeks

Education

On 21 April 1875, The Scotsman newspaper carried an advertisement for a public meeting ‘to consider the expediency of establishing a course of lectures on cookery with demonstrations and relative arrangements’. This meeting led directly to the opening of the Edinburgh School of Cookery, the institution that would ultimately become Queen Margaret University.

How a newspaper advert led to the creation of a Scottish university

The funding is designed to support education recovery and tackle the poverty related attainment gap. Picture: Danny Lawson/ PA

Almost £4m in pupil poverty funding being 'siphoned' for admin costs

Cycling is a healthy habit worth learning at a young age (Picture: Michael Steele)

Persuading children to keep cycling after primary school is worth it Scotsman comment

Teacher and students in a classroom

SNP told by think-tank to cut teachers to save £500 million a year

Environment

People protest against the Rosebank offshore development off Shetland (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Labour should extract concessions from Big Oil if new fields go ahead Scotsman comment

Campaigners take part in a Stop Rosebank emergency protest outside the UK government building in Edinburgh. PIC: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Exclusive Rosebank approval poised to open floodgates to 13 North Sea projects

The brightness of a puffin's orange beak is a sign of its sandeel-catching prowess (Picture: Dan Kitwood)

How a close encounter with a 'clown of the sea' changed my life Thom Quinn

Health

GPs shouldn't have to worry about going out of business (Picture: Carl Court)

Free prescriptions for all as doctors face bankruptcy makes no sense Scotsman comment

Sandie Peggie, centre, a nurse at Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline, arrives at an employment tribunal in Dundee (Picture: Andrew Milligan)

Sandie Peggie tribunal reveals class divide at heart of gender debate Susan Dalgety

Scots waiting longer than 12 hours at A&E has soared

SNP under fire for soaring A&E waits causing more than 1,000 deaths

HR worker says suspending nurse over row with trans doctor 'ludicrous'

Crime

The man was discovered in a house in Paris Street. Pic: Michael Gillen

Police probe after body found in flat as two arrested

The number of road traffic officers in Police Scotland has fallen to its lowest level in the last five years

Police officers to receive pay rise after arbitrators called in

A horse-drawn carriage with the coffin of child murder victim Hope Gordon in Livingston (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Why banning identification of child murder victims would be a mistake John McLellan

Emergency services attend the scene of an accident after a driver hit a group of people in Munich, Germany

At least 20 people injured in Mini ramming 'attack'

Glasgow Sheriff Court

Ex-council leader accused of £188,000 scam told to step down

Andrew and Dawn Searle.

'Financial motive' not ruled out in death of Scot found in French home

Future Scotland

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Sustainability-focused fintech company ESG360° provides businesses with the tools and insights needed to navigate the complexities of environmental, social and governance (ESG) compliance.

Fast-growing fintech firm chooses ‘ideal location’ Glasgow to add 30 jobs

David Lilly is a serial entrepreneur who founded Edinburgh-based For Spills in 2017.

Scots firm behind revolutionary ‘dry cleaning’ tech supplying NHS and Tesco

Members of the Tricapital Angels team: Susan Arnold (membership services manager), Moray Martin (CEO), Kath Kinder (chief investment officer) and Lynne Cadehead (COO).

Angel syndicate’s record year provides backing for 500 Scottish jobs

Since 2014, the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) has played a key role in the growth of Scotland’s industrial biotechnology sector.

Scottish biotechnology centre achieves 300 member milestone ahead of major event

Obituaries

Diana Hope's paintings were about the inner world

Scotsman Obituaries: Diana Hope, Scottish artist and teacher

Ron Bird co-founded the Guarana street drumming band

Scotsman Obituaries: Ron Bird, community activist and literacy worker

Laing Speirs looking every bit the dashing young newspaperman at the Evening Dispatch in 1957

Scotsman Obituaries: Laing Speirs, Scottish journalist and public relations man

George Massie was a keen runner

Scotsman Obituaries: George Massie, chartered architect and town planner

UK Trending

'Brazen' shoplifter hides stolen goods in a pushchair

CCTV: Brazen shoplifter crams pushchair with stolen goods in Poundland

Getting everyone in the shot is Brits biggest frustration when it comes to taking group shots

Top celebrities Brits would NEVER cut from their group shots

Queens of the Stone Age have been announced as the opening headliner for Rock N Roll Circus Sheffield 2025.

Queens of the Stone Age Head to Rock N Roll Circus 2025

Wireless 2025 have confirmed that Drake is set to headline all three nights at this year’s festival.

Wireless 2025: Drake set to perform across all three nights

Gladiator is on Netflix in the UK

Netflix adds iconic Oscar winner for UK users

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