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Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland facing biggest 'democratic deficit' in post-war history

Politics

Pait Lodge only had electricity installed two years ago.

Highlands estate lit by oil lamps and candles on sale for £2 million

Environment

Ross Thomson will lead the campaign for Boris Johnson in Scotland

Boris Johnson appoints Ross Thomson as Scottish campaign chairman

Politics

SNP leader of Glasgow City Council Susan Aitken.

Scottish independence: Holyrood must control future vote, says council leader

Politics

Flooding in Edinburgh: Here's where drivers are being hit

Transport

Scottish killer held blade to prison guard's throat during terrifying escape bid

Crime

Amber flood alerts in place across Scotland as thunderstorms forecast

Weather

Headteacher of Scottish blue water school: building NOT linked to cancer cases

Environment

Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work Derek Mackay delivers the Scottish Government's Stage 1 budget at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Scotland could lose £2 billion over five years due to weaker income tax growth

Politics

Boris Johnson has reiterated his vow to deliver Brexit by Halloween.

Boris Johnson vows to deliver Brexit by Halloween as he avoids questions about police call out

Politics

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Flooding in Edinburgh: Here's where drivers are being hit

Transport

Near Cramond. PIC: Andrew O'Brien

Flooding in Edinburgh LIVE UPDATES: Flooded roads, weather forecasts and latest updates

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ScotRail outlined a performance improvement plan in March.

Training plan has helped improve services, ScotRail says

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Nigel Farage. Picture: AFP/Getty

Anger after Nigel Farage’s party uses Jacobite steam train on pro-Brexit leaflet

Transport 42

The new bikes being unveiled today. Picture: Mark Ferguson

Falkirk, Stirling, Alloa electric bike scheme launched today is Scotland's biggest

Transport

Crime More Crime >>

Reconviction rate in Scotland remains at lowest level in 20 years

Crime

This man was accosted two days ago in a stairwell on Polwarth Crescent holding a huge pair of bolt cutters. Picture: Contributed

Brazen crook caught red-handed in Edinburgh stairwell with industrial bolt cutters

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Huang was sentenced at Dundee Sheriff Court. Picture: John Devlin

Brothel madam who trafficked women into Scotland jailed for 27 months

Crime

Sally Challen, flanked by her sons James (left) and David (right), leaves court after hearing she will not face a retrial over the death of her husband Richard Challen in 2010. (Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Why Sally Challen’s release is not a licence to kill – Tom Wood

Columnists

Weather More Weather >>

Watch as Edinburgh MP's office hit by waves of floodwater in Corstorphine

Weather

People are sitting up on their cars. Pic: @vonny_bravo

VIDEO: Edinburgh residents stranded on top of cars amid flash floods

Weather

Floodwater near Edinburgh Zoo. Pic: @violatricky/twitter

Flooding in Edinburgh: Here's where drivers are being hit

Transport

Parts of Scotland have been issued with an amber flood warning due to heavy rain (Photo: Shutterstock)

Amber flood alerts in place across Scotland as thunderstorms forecast

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Near Cramond. PIC: Andrew O'Brien

Flooding in Edinburgh LIVE UPDATES: Flooded roads, weather forecasts and latest updates

Weather 1

Scottish News More Scottish News >>

FirstGroup war of words heats up on eve of crunch meeting

Business

From left: Calum McQueen (commercial director), Mick McQueen (chairman) and Ruairidh McQueen (sales director). Picture: Chris James.

Dairy firm unveils major expansion, creating 100 jobs

Business

More older people are in work than ever before.

One in ten over-65s are economically active, report shows

People

Ross Thomson will lead the campaign for Boris Johnson in Scotland

Boris Johnson appoints Ross Thomson as Scottish campaign chairman

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Politics More Politics >>

Boris Johnson appoints Ross Thomson as Scottish campaign chairman

Politics 16

Boris Johnson has not confirmed if he will take part in a Sky News debate

Boris Johnson branded a 'bottler' for ducking Sky News debate

Politics

Nicola Sturgeon has slammed Westminster voting system

Nicola Sturgeon brands Westminster voting system "unsuited" for modern politics

Politics 10

Nicola Sturgeon warned of "democratic deficit"

Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland facing biggest 'democratic deficit' in post-war history

Politics 127

The reconviction rate in Scotland remains at a record low

Reconviction rate in Scotland remains at lowest level in 20 years

Crime

Opinion More Opinion >>

Why Sally Challen’s release is not a licence to kill – Tom Wood

Columnists

Many parts of the Highlands offer far more accommodation to tourists than they do to their own population. Picture: contributed

Lesley Riddoch: Scotland’s rural housing is in crisis

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Andrew Wallace: Income drop stops both parents taking leave

Lifestyle

Alison Newton is a Partner at Addleshaw Goddard

Alison Newton: Equality fails when females are made to suffer for a ‘career break’

Columnists

People More People >>

One in ten over-65s are economically active, report shows

People

Demand for products made from lavender, such as that seen in this field in France, is increasing.

Stressed consumers turn to lavender to combat effects of political strife

People

Susan Boyle at home in Blackburn.

Susan Boyle reveals plans to become a foster mum at 58

People

An Teallach. Picture: Hill Walker/Geograph

Man, 70, dies after fall on mountain in Highlands

People

Edinburgh Zoo runs spider phobia workshops to help cure arachnophobia

People

Environment More Environment >>

Highlands estate lit by oil lamps and candles on sale for £2 million

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Parts of Scotland have been issued with an amber flood warning due to heavy rain (Photo: Shutterstock)

Amber flood alerts in place across Scotland as thunderstorms forecast

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An Teallach. Picture: Hill Walker/Geograph

Man, 70, dies after fall on mountain in Highlands

People

An artist's impression of the development. Picture: BMJ

Plans for £40m Aberdeen hotel development on green belt land win approval

Environment

UK News More UK News >>

Boris Johnson branded a 'bottler' for ducking Sky News debate

Politics

Nicola Sturgeon has slammed Westminster voting system

Nicola Sturgeon brands Westminster voting system "unsuited" for modern politics

Politics 10

Jeremy Hunt pledged to defend the union. Picture: PA

Scottish Independence: Deputy PM warns Nicola Sturgeon against fresh campaign

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Sally Challen, flanked by her sons James (left) and David (right), leaves court after hearing she will not face a retrial over the death of her husband Richard Challen in 2010. (Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Why Sally Challen’s release is not a licence to kill – Tom Wood

Columnists

The company said 53 stores will lose plastic bags at checkouts from Monday, with all 2,485 sites only offering customers paper bags from early next year.

Boots vow to ditch plastic bags in all of its stores by next year

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How Malawi and Scots teens are changing the world – Susan Dalgety

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Donald Trump on a visit to his loss-making Turnberry resort. Picture: Jan Kruger/Getty Images

Crackdown on US State Dept payments to Donald Trump’s firms

People 43

A Rothschild subspecies giraffe stands in its habitat at Nairobi's giraffe conservation centre "The Giraffe Centre" on December 21, 2016. Long term research into giraffes that only started in 2003 in Namibia revealed that giraffes have silently being going extinct, with numbers plummeting by 40 percent in the last three decades to about 97,500, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reported this month. One of the sub-species is the Nubian giraffe whose populations in Ethiopia and South Sudan are estimated to have dropped from over 20,000 to just 650. / AFP / TONY KARUMBA (Photo credit should read TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images)

Edinburgh Zoo can stand tall in its commitment to saving giraffes – Barbara Smith

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Alistair Dutton is the Director of the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF).

Alistair Dutton: We helped cause climate change, so we need to fix it

Education 8

Obituaries More Obituaries >>

Obituary: Hamish Cameron, serial Mastermind contestand and acccomplished runner

Obituaries

Alabama 3 founder member Jake Black has died at the age of 59. Picture: Getty

Obituary: Jake Black, lead singer of the Alabama 3, who provided the theme song to The Sopranos

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'Poor little rich girl' Gloria Vanderbilt has died at the age of 95. Picture: AFP/Getty

Obituary: Gloria Vanderbilt, ‘poor little rich girl’ who made a name for herself as a designer

Obituaries

Acclaimed director Franco Zeffirelli has died at the age of 96. Picture: AP

Obituary: Franco Zeffirelli, acclaimed Italian movie director who was steeped in theatre and opera

Obituaries

Former Scotland goalkeeper Lawrie Leslie has died at the age of 84

Obituary: Lawrie Leslie, former Scotland goalkeeper who famously missed 9-3 drubbing by England

Obituaries