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The 18th green at the Old Course (Pic: Mark Alexander)

Inside the new digital queueing system for golfers to play historic Old Course

First Minister John Swinney.

Scottish Government requests urgent meeting over court gender verdict

Donald Trump has a blatant contempt for media freedom and diversity (Picture: Anna Moneymaker)

How Trump is transforming US into an enemy of freedom and democracy Joyce McMillan

Bruce the dog proved to be a fan of cultivated or lab-grown meat and we humans should be too

My dog tried UK’s first lab-grown meat – and his verdict was emphatic Philip Lymbery

China's President Xi Jinping looms large over visitors to the Museum of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in Shanghai (Picture: Hector Retamal)

China's stance on granny 'threat' shows it's no friend of UK
China remains grimly authoritarian and surprisingly petty
Alistair Carmichael

How I survived a family Easter egg hunt in Kirkliston

The University of Aberdeen

Fresh cuts at Scottish university in 'unprecedented times' for sector

Brian Jackson is to perform at the festival.

Jazz star that featured on Kendrick Lamar song to headline festival

Exclusive New Fringe boss on why commercialism is 'not a dirty word'

I'm not rewriting history on support for gender reforms, claims Sarwar

John Swinney has made a commitment on the two-child benefit cap. Picture: Getty Images

Swinney makes payment guarantee to parents on two-child benefit cap

UK News

For trans people, the Supreme Court's ruling on the definition of a woman is a real problem (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Why Supreme Court gender ruling is a historic setback for trans rights Vic Valentine

Susan Smith, left, and Marion Calder, co-directors of gender-critical campaign group For Women Scotland, celebrate the UK Supreme Court's decision about the definition of a woman (Picture: Lucy North)

Supreme Court's gender ruling is a welcome injection of common sense Scotsman comment

Members of campaign group For Women Scotland which brought a case to the UK Supreme Court over whether trans women could be regarded as female for the purposes of the 2010 Equality Act (Picture: Lucy North)

Gender ruling is victory for women dismissed as 'bigots' by Sturgeon Susan Dalgety

The BBC and other media need to be careful how they report on people like Andrew Tate (Picture: Peter Macdiarmid)

How BBC is inadvertently helping Tate brothers become more famous Tom Wood

The net-zero agenda is damaging the profitability of the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe (Picture: Ryan Jenkinson)

Why it's time to tame power of unelected climate campaigners Brian Monteith

Baby Amy Isabel, seen on her father Angus Davidson's shoulder, was born after her mother, Grace Davidson, had a womb transplant (Picture: Womb Transplant UK)

I know first-hand why critics of first womb transplant baby are wrong Christine Jardine

World

Mikhail Gorbachev wanted to make the Soviet Union great again, but ended up hastening its demise (Picture: Bryn Colton)

Why Donald Trump may be America’s Gorbachev – and not in a good way David Martin

US Consulate in Edinburgh

US Consulate in Edinburgh set to close under Trump cuts

Andrei Kelin is the Russian ambassador to the UK and the public face in this country of a brutal, blood-soaked, warmongering dictator (Picture: Aaron Chown)

Why jolly face of Putin's killing machine has even more to laugh about Ian Johnston

A survivor at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp shortly after it was liberated by British troops on April 15, 1945 (Picture: Galerie Bilderwelt)

Warning from history about identity politics and retreat of democracy Scotsman comment

The crew of Blue Origin's NS-31.

Katy Perry in space: 15 images from Blue Origin's NS-31 launch

The crew of Blue Origin's NS-31: Gayle King, Aisha Bowe, Lauren Sánchez, Amanda Nguyễn, Katy Perry and Kerianne Flynn.

Explainer When is Katy Perry going to space? How to watch Blue Origin launch

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Weather

The Aurora Borealis, also known as the northern lights, could be visible again in the sky in Scotland. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Northern Lights could appear over Scotland for third night

Unsettled weather.

Watch: Met Office weather outlook for Good Friday and Easter weekend

Politics

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay

Ditch ‘dishonest’ just transition and back nuclear, Findlay tells SNP

Scottish Tories leader Russell Findlay will call on the SNP to drop its “bone-headed ideological opp...

'Watershed' gender case will have 'significant' equality implications

The statement issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission follows a landmark ruling on Wedne...

Many GP surgeries in rural areas are desperately short-staffed (Picture: Anthony Devlin)

Collapse of rural healthcare is so bad it's fuelling depopulation

Some elderly people have quietly stopped asking for medical help, even though they need it, because it can be so difficult to get

Watchdog will 'pursue' NHS if gender policies don't change Dale Miller

Dale Miller

UK Supreme Court rules in favour of For Women Scotland in gender case

The UK Supreme Court has delivered its verdict in the For Women Scotland case

NHS Fife urged to concede Sandie Peggie case after court ruling

Tory MSP Murdo Fraser said the NHS health board does not ‘have a leg to stand on’

Transport

The 2007 hovercraft trial - 17 years on a new crossing could be on the cards (Pic: TSPL)

The 18-minute Forth crossing plan that is back on the table

A grand total of 250 people arrived or departed from Altnabreac Railway Station over the 12 month period. The Highland station is located between Forsinard and Scotscalder.

Scotland's 'most mysterious and isolated' train station reopens

Opening date of first opening road bridge across River Clyde revealed

The 5 Scottish railway artworks among Britain's best-loved 20 unveiled

Education

5, 7, 9 Queensferry Terrace in Edinburgh, put up for sale by the private school group ESMS. Image: Lisa Ferguson

Exclusive Edinburgh private school boarding house goes on the market for £1.4m

University staff protest against planned job cuts in a rally outside the Scottish Parliament (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

SNP must tackle university crisis or it will never be forgiven Scotsman comment

Just like the rest of the UK, Scotland has a number of holidays between and even during school terms

Scotland's school term dates 2025 - and when they go back after Easter

One of the buildings of the Gordonstoun School, near Elgin, where King Charles III was a pupil. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Top private school becomes first in Scotland to win prestigious status

Environment

The view through the tunnel leading to Dysart Harbour (Pic: Fife Free Press archives)

Urgent work to stop unstable cliffs collapsing at historic harbour

In Annie Broadley's painting 'Roots', bluebells grow in a woodland ravaged by a gale that broke branches, felled trees and wrenched roots from the ground

World Art Day: How artists are standing up for nature Annie Broadley

Smoo Cave, one of the landmarks on the North Coast 500.

How the North Coast 500 can help tackle depopulation in the Highlands

Health

Dr Martin MacEachen

State-of-the-art technology and expert care enhance local patient experience

As part of Specsavers’ campaign to raise awareness of childhood myopia, and the benefits of spending time outdoors in the reducing the risk of developing the condition, a giant outdoor snakes and ladders installation appeared on London’s South Bank on Wednesday April 16.

Kids in Scotland spend a whopping 45 hours a week stuck indoors – with more than...

The Easter holidays will impact the opening hours of your doctor's surgery.

Are GPs open over the Easter weekend? What to do if you get sick

Cocaine hospital admissions have reached their highest ever level in Scotland

Cocaine hospital stays reach record level as drug admissions soar

Crime

A 47-year-old woman was seriously assaulted and her dog was also injured.

Woman and her pet dog injured in 'terrifying' targeted attack

Joe Buchanan was found fatally injured

Man with 'heart of gold' found fatally injured in 'targeted attack'

The Employment Rights Bill is the most substantial shift in UK employment rights in decades, says William McParland

It’s going to get harder to dismiss an employee

Four seriously injured after unprovoked attack by large masked gang

There’s no Bar to helping Advocates with mental and physical wellbeing

There’s no Bar to helping Advocates with mental and physical wellbeing

Farming businesses will be particularly affected by Inheritance Tax changes, says Alexandra Lane

Be smart about passing on assets before you go

Future Scotland

Keychron's new keyboards are pricey, but among the best on the market

We test two high-end Keychron keyboards - the K5 Max and the Q6 Max
Consumer technology writer Gareth Butterfield gets his hands on two new flagship keyboards from Keychron
Gareth Butterfield

Orbex has seen it internship applications skyrocket. Picture by Michal Wachucik/Abermedia

Rocket firm leading Scotland’s space race sees internship applications hit 2,000

The Jackery Explorer 240 V2 is the most compact AC power station in the range

Jackery Explorer 240 V2: compact power station just £159 in rare deal

Robert Begbie, chief executive of NatWest’s commercial and institutional franchise, pictured in the Edinburgh accelerator hub.

NatWest to support 10,000 more entrepreneurs as accelerator network expands

The study, which looked at the universities that are the best at commercialising their research work, placed the University of Edinburgh in eighth place.

How Scotland’s universities rank in new study of commercial spinout activity

Obituaries

Bill Chisholm retired at 60 but continued covering the Borders on his blog

Scotsman Obituaries: Bill Chisholm, journalist who served Borders communities

Geordie McIntyre was inducted, along with with Alison, into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame in 2018 (Picture: Allan McMillan)

Obituaries: Geordie McIntyre, folk singer, song collector and songwriter

Wilma Finlay’s accomplishments will influence dairy farming for generations to come

Obituaries: Wilma Finlay, cow-with-calf dairy farm pioneer

Celebrate your loved one with GUESTPIX – The thoughtful way to cherish memories

Celebrate your loved one with a thoughtful way to cherish memories

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Over half of jobseekers are using AI in job search

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Scots ready their gardens for Spring with echo cleaning techniques

Dyson's dehumidifier and heating range is cutting-edge

Save up to £150 on Dyson air purifiers in spring sale

Antler spring sale: 20% off top cabin and large suitcases

Lord Alan Sugar in The Apprentice

Full list of The Apprentice candidates' business plans this season

GlenAllachie 12 Year Old - crowned the best malt in the world

This £47 GlenAllachie whisky just won World’s Best Single Malt 2025