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SNP abstain on Heathrow expansion vote despite Scottish Government backing

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Darren McGarvey won the Orwell prize for books for his work 'Poverty Safari'

Scotsman columnist Darren McGarvey wins Orwell Prize for political writing

Books
Paramedics will be among those to get a 9% pay hike

Scottish Government to give NHS staff nine per cent pay rise

Politics
A panel of experts offered their opinion on the future of the North Sea energy sector

Brexit uncertainty could mean ‘missed opportunity’ for North Sea oil

Energy

Scottish Private schools' £5 million tax bombshell moves closer

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SNP ‘might refuse to back Heathrow expansion’

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Here's how long the heatwave will last in Scotland

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Lesley Riddoch: Brexit is pushing us to independence

Opinion
Councils are failing to prepare for the impact on students. Picture: Getty Images

Girls ‘negatively affected’ by new rules on transgender school pupils

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Brian Wilson: Russia is getting stronger, and the UK must begin engaging

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Darren McGarvey won the Orwell prize for books for his work 'Poverty Safari'

Scotsman columnist Darren McGarvey wins Orwell Prize for political writing

Books 1
A plane comes in to land above Myrtle Avenue, a residential street in Heathrow. A third runway could lead to demolitions in the area. Picture: SWNS

SNP abstain on Heathrow expansion vote despite Scottish Government backing

Politics 24
Paramedics will be among those to get a 9% pay hike

Scottish Government to give NHS staff nine per cent pay rise

Politics 100
A panel of experts offered their opinion on the future of the North Sea energy sector

Brexit uncertainty could mean ‘missed opportunity’ for North Sea oil

Energy 35
Theresa May greets European Council president Donald Tusk at Downing Street. Picture: AFP/Getty

Brexit pushed down agenda at EU summit as UK sticks to rejected plans

Politics

Paris Gourtsoyannis: This could be the final nail in Brexiteers’ coffin

Opinion
Canada lawmakers voted to legalize cannabis last week. Picture:AFP/Getty Images

Should the UK legalise cannabis for medical and recreational use?

Health 40

Girls ‘negatively affected’ by new rules on transgender school pupils

News 91

Legal threat looms over teachers not telling parents if pupil changes gender

Politics 99

Brian Monteith: Scotland has become a failing McNanny state

Opinion 66

Lesley Riddoch: Brexit is pushing us to independence

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Transport More Transport >>

A plane comes in to land above Myrtle Avenue, a residential street in Heathrow. A third runway could lead to demolitions in the area. Picture: SWNS

SNP abstain on Heathrow expansion vote despite Scottish Government backing

Politics 25
The third runway is controversial. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

SNP ‘might refuse to back Heathrow expansion’

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Radio presenter Jenni Falconer takes part in the HSBC UK Let's Ride event in the capital. Picture: SWpix.com

Mass cycle takes over Edinburgh city centre

Transport

Argyle Boulevard: drains take the strain in Glasgow

Transport 6

Labour pushes for publicly owned railways after ScotRail ‘misses targets’

News 60

Ryanair and easyJet have cancelled 300 UK flights due to strikes in France

News 4

Restrictions threat to Union Canal boaters if no extra funding

Transport 5

Education More Education >>

Government guidelines say a child's permission is needed for teachers to discuss transgender choices with the child's family. Picture: Getty Images

Legal threat looms over teachers not telling parents if pupil changes gender

Politics 99
Memorising information and writing essays by rote in a 'climate of accountability' is no way for young people to learn. Picture: PA

Kirsty Gunn: Blue-sky thinking on a dearth of creativity

Opinion 1
A replica of Fettes College is to be built in China

Plans revealed for Fettes College replica to be built in China

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The news will give students something to celebrate. Picture: TSPL

Top Scots graduates make £61,000 five years after leaving uni

Education 40
Glasgow University graduates celebrate ' but is their joy likely to be short-lived away from the education treadmill? Picture: John Devlin

John McLellan: What is that First really worth?

Opinion
The Edinburgh school will be copied in the nominally communist country right down to the house system and leafy grounds. Picture: TSPL

Recreation inspired by Edinburgh’s Fettes College to open in China

Education 4

Son of Stakis on the naughty step after £100k nursery firm folds without opening

Business 3

Rebekah Widdowfield: Enlightened dialogue need to build the world we live in

Opinion 3

Ruth Davidson: SNP are ‘rigging education stats’

Politics 44

Applications open for largest ever intake of Data Lab MSc students

Tech

Environment More Environment >>

Paisley's Baker Street vision impressed judges. Picture: submitted

Do you have a vision for what your hometown could look like in the future?

Tech
Schisandra berry is one of many plants with medicinal uses found in the wild. Picture: PA

‘Too little attention’ to wild plant products

Environment
The community was not consulted about waste being dumped at Waterslap Farm

Watchdog slams Falkirk Council over toxic waste dump

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Ulva residents Rhuri Munro and his wife Rebecca Munro and Barry George celebrate the sale of the island to the residents on June 21. Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images

Tiny island of Ulva officially transferred to community ownership

Environment 25

Going green is good for business as well as the environment, says SEPA

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Scottish salmon 'a worldwide success story'

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Green Scots leading the way in cutting plastic use

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Rebekah Widdowfield: Enlightened dialogue need to build the world we live in

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A survey revealed eight in 10 doctors believe NHS is underfunding is significantly affecting quality and safety in the health service

NHS in grip of year-long crisis, says BMA chairman

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Paramedics will be among those to get a 9% pay hike

Scottish Government to give NHS staff nine per cent pay rise

Politics 100
Canada lawmakers voted to legalize cannabis last week. Picture:AFP/Getty Images

Should the UK legalise cannabis for medical and recreational use?

Health 40
Government guidelines say a child's permission is needed for teachers to discuss transgender choices with the child's family. Picture: Getty Images

Legal threat looms over teachers not telling parents if pupil changes gender

Politics 99
Smokers will be pushed further and further from lobbies and doorways out into the street, says Brian Monteith. Picture: Julie Howden

Brian Monteith: Scotland has become a failing McNanny state

Opinion 66
More than 50 per cent of Scots would be willing to pay more tax to help boost the NHS. Picture: John Devlin

Poll: Nearly half of Scots believe NHS has got worse

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Taxis may be used when other forms of transport are unavailable. Picture: ROB MCDOUGALL

Anger over £15m spent by Scots NHS on taxi journeys

Politics 14

Highland midwives hit the screens with second TV series

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ERI cancels ops ‘due to lack of sterilised equipment’

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No inquiry or criminal action to be taken over E.coli death of child

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Charity urges more discussion around end-of-life ‘taboo’

UK 1

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A plane comes in to land above Myrtle Avenue, a residential street in Heathrow. A third runway could lead to demolitions in the area. Picture: SWNS

SNP abstain on Heathrow expansion vote despite Scottish Government backing

Politics 25
A survey revealed eight in 10 doctors believe NHS is underfunding is significantly affecting quality and safety in the health service

NHS in grip of year-long crisis, says BMA chairman

News

Paris Gourtsoyannis: This could be the final nail in Brexiteers’ coffin

Opinion
Grenfell Tower was reclad with panels that experts found to be highly combustible. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty

Grenfell fire chief was not trained in tower escapes

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How hot does it have to be before you can legally leave work?

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World Cup 2018: BBC slammed over ‘biased, garbage’ England commentary

More in sport 122

More than 200 dog attacks on Royal Mail postal staff in a year

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Labour ‘not going back’ on decision to support Trident

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Opinion More Opinion >>

Hoey (pictured) cites a recent case where a claimant turned to the last straw doctrine. Picture: Chris Watt Photography.

Comment: Don’t let the last straw break the camel’s back

Companies

Comment: Atlantic leap to tap into Scotland’s business ecosystem

Opinion

Paris Gourtsoyannis: This could be the final nail in Brexiteers’ coffin

Opinion
Graeme Atha, director of the Marketing Society

Graeme Atha: Stars of marketing are really hot stuff

Opinion
Smokers will be pushed further and further from lobbies and doorways out into the street, says Brian Monteith. Picture: Julie Howden

Brian Monteith: Scotland has become a failing McNanny state

Opinion 66

Brian Ferguson: Time to rip it up and start again on music policy

Culture

Ewan Campbell: Grandparents’ rights to contact children on the agenda

Opinion

Lorna Ferguson: Employers must be more aware of ‘vicarious liability’

Opinion

Stuart Duncan: Forward planning vital for family-owned businesses

Opinion

World More World >>

Racing driver Aseel Al Hamad drives for the first time in her home country; Fadya Fahad, gives the thumbs-up, right; women celebrate driving on a main street. Picture: Fayiz Melibary/Getty Images for Jaguar

‘A feeling of joy’ as Saudi women drive legally after ban lifted

World 3
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, left, with her partner Clarke Gayford, holds their newly born baby girl, Neve, at Auckland Hospital. Picture: Greg Bowker/New Zealand Herald via AP

New Zealand PM thanks Duke and Duchess of Essex in new baby blunder

World 2
England fans in Nizhny Novgorod ahead of the match on Sunday against Panama at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Russia ‘putting on its friendly face’, says England fan

Football 2
Burger King have come under fire for offering Russian women a lifetime supply of Whoppers if they got pregnant to Russian World Cup players.

Burger King offer lifetime supply of Whoppers to Russian women pregnant by World Cup players

Odd 4

Millionaire jailed for 30 years over murder of Scots businessman

News

Theresa May calls US child migrant policy "deeply disturbing" and "wrong"

Politics 103

Canada legalises recreational use of cannabis

World 1

Teen brothers fear death if deported to Pakistan from Scotland

Politics 55

Odd More Odd >>

The pavement at the Newkirkgate shopping centre has buckled due to the heat. Picture: @GJMunro26

Leith pavement buckles in afternoon heat

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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, left, with her partner Clarke Gayford, holds their newly born baby girl, Neve, at Auckland Hospital. Picture: Greg Bowker/New Zealand Herald via AP

New Zealand PM thanks Duke and Duchess of Essex in new baby blunder

World 2
A screengrab shows Sven tackling Scottish Twitter. Picture; Paddy Power

Watch: Hilarious video shows Sven-Goran Eriksson tackling Scottish Twitter

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Burger King have come under fire for offering Russian women a lifetime supply of Whoppers if they got pregnant to Russian World Cup players.

Burger King offer lifetime supply of Whoppers to Russian women pregnant by World Cup players

Odd 4

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Graeme Atha, director of the Marketing Society

Graeme Atha: Stars of marketing are really hot stuff

Opinion
Ewan M Campbell is an Associate and Accredited Specialist in Family Law, Russel + Aitken LLP

Ewan Campbell: Grandparents’ rights to contact children on the agenda

Opinion
Lorna Ferguson is an Associate in the Glasgow office of insurance law firm BLM.

Lorna Ferguson: Employers must be more aware of ‘vicarious liability’

Opinion

Obituaries More Obituaries >>

Glasgow' Rangers' Martyn Waghorn joined club legend Johnny Hubbard to help launch the former player's autobiography, The Penalty King, in 2015

Obituary: John Hubbard, South African-Scottish footballer, Rangers ‘penalty king’, PE teacher, sports official and coach

Obituaries
Pat Lally in 2003 (Picture: Donald MacLeod)

Obituary: Pat Lally, politician, provost, council leader, Glasgow’s mover and shaker nicknamed ‘Lazarus’

Obituaries
Peter Thomson of Australia in action during the British Open Golf Championship at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, circa July 1969. (Photo by Ed Lacey/Popperfoto/Getty Images)

Obituary: Peter Thomson, Australian golfer who won British Open five times

Obituaries
Janet Fraser, resplendent in her beloved bonnet

Obituary: Janet Fraser, Scottish Salvation Army brigadier

Obituaries

Celebrity More Celebrity >>

Love Island’s Sophie Gradon dead at 32

Celebrity
Doddie Weir's charity has donated one hundred thousand pounds. Picture: Neil Hanna

Doddie Weir charity donates six-figure sum to MND patients

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Alan Longmuir of the Bay City Rollers

Bay City Rollers guitarist Alan Longmuir returns home after falling ill in Mexico

News
Actor Leslie Grantham, who played "Dirty" Den Watts in Eastenders has died aged 71. Picture: PA Wire

Eastenders actor Leslie Grantham dies aged 71

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Robbie Williams and his wife Ayda Field are reported to join The X Factor as judges. Picture: PA Wire

Robbie Williams and wife to join X Factor judging panel

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