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Storm Ali packs a punch as winds cause chaos across Scotland

Transport

Education secretary John Swinney, Picture: John Devlin

John Swinney urges Scots schools to continue P1 tests despite vote

News

Former Labour leader Kezia Dugdale. Picture: John Devlin

Kezia Dugdale faces legal bill over Wings of Scotland case

Politics

Storm Ali has battered Scotland with winds of up to 80mph. Picture: Mark Strachan

Storm Ali RECAP: 70,000 premises in Scotland without power| 102mph wind gusts recorded on Tay Road Bridge| Scotrail suspends all trains out of Edinburgh and Glasgow

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Storm Ali: Lucky escape for Dundee students as tree falls on bus

Dundee & Tayside

Edinburgh could overtake Glasgow as biggest Scottish city by 2032

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Storm Ali: Marquee near St Andrews destroyed by winds

Transport

Storm Ali: Paramedics called to damaged Topshop on Princes Street

News

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, who has warned the surge in violent crime in the capital will not be solved "overnight" as he unveiled a plan to focus on the bloodshed as a public health issue. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

London mayor says capital will copy Glasgow to cut knife crime

Politics

Susan Dalgety: Trump’s real ‘Resistance’? US Mayors like London Breed
Susan Dalgety

Politics More Politics >>

Education secretary John Swinney, Picture: John Devlin

John Swinney urges Scots schools to continue P1 tests despite vote

News 242

Former Labour leader Kezia Dugdale. Picture: John Devlin

Kezia Dugdale faces legal bill over Wings of Scotland case

Politics 5

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, who has warned the surge in violent crime in the capital will not be solved "overnight" as he unveiled a plan to focus on the bloodshed as a public health issue. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

London mayor says capital will copy Glasgow to cut knife crime

Politics 6

Vince Cable tells Labour to ditch Jeremy Corbyn and moderate MPs to quit

Politics 55

The indepence referendum result four years ago has not brought an end to the campaigning ' as the weekend's Hope Over Fear rally demonstrated. Picture: John Devlin

Brian Monteith: Why independence and Brexit are not the same

Opinion 439

Willie Rennie attacks Chequers plan as 'democracy ripped out of Britain'

Politics 66

British Prime Minister Theresa May. Picture: Matt Dunham

Theresa May told Brexit plans must be ‘reworked’ as time runs out

News 25

Preferential immigration rules for EU citizens should end, report says

Politics 33

Police drop probe into Jo Swinson election spending

Politics 18

Subjects offered to students being ‘squeezed’ at Scottish schools

News 8

London adopts Glasgow approach to violent crime

Politics 3

Transport More Transport >>

The easyJet flight was forced to return to Edinburgh in high winds caused by Storm Ali. Picture: Philippe Huguen

Storm Ali: Watch ‘scary’ mid-air drop on Edinburgh flight

News 1

This BMW 1 Series hatchback has had its front windscreen crushed by a falling tree

Storm Ali: BMW crushed by tree in Edinburgh’s West End

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Picture: Dumfries & Galloway Virtual Operations Support Team

Storm Ali: 'Major incident' declared in Dumfries and Galloway

Transport

More than 500 passengers and crew were taken ashore from the Nautica

Storm Ali: Cruise ship detached from moorings

Glasgow & Strathclyde

Storm Ali: Tree branches fall on busy stretch of Queensferry Road

News

Ryanair to reverse Glasgow route cuts

Transport 2

First Glasgow Subway driverless train goes on show

Glasgow & Strathclyde 11

Storm Ali packs a punch as winds cause chaos across Scotland

Transport

Education More Education >>

Education secretary John Swinney, Picture: John Devlin

John Swinney urges Scots schools to continue P1 tests despite vote

News 242

Some Scottish schools are having to cut the number of subjects offered to students

Subjects offered to students being ‘squeezed’ at Scottish schools

News 8

Pupils at Whatriggs Primary, East Ayrshire. Picture: John Devlin

Quiz: Could you pass Scotland’s P1 test?

Education 2

John Swinney has been urged to listen to issues around P1 testing. Picture: John Devlin

John Swinney told to ‘listen’ and scrap P1 tests

Politics 20

What are P1 assessment questions really like?

Education 59

Mosul University Library, once one of the largest in the Middle East and North Africa, was destroyed by ISIS

Alice König and Kate Walker: Education is the key to peace – help us beat the book-burners

Lifestyle 6

One in 10 Scots said they believe a university education is no longer financially viable. 'Picture: Jane Barlow

Only a third see university as best path into a career, research finds

News 28

John Swinney ready to ignore Parliament over P1 tests

Politics 56

Glasgow University ‘received up to £199m from slave trade profits’

Education 45

John Swinney urged to respect Holyrood vote on P1 testing

Education 16

Private school tax grab will threaten teaching jobs, John Swinney warned

Politics 343

Environment More Environment >>

Shoppers on Princes Street in Edinburgh. The Scottish capital is mooted to become Scotland's biggest city by 2032

Edinburgh could overtake Glasgow as biggest Scottish city by 2032

News 17

Fran van Dijk chairs the Macaulay Development Trust

Fran Van Dijk: We must educate and inform to tackle climate change

Opinion 6

Plastic pollution in the sea. Picture by Blue Planet 2, BBC.

Catherine Gee: Shocked by Blue Planet? Everyone can do their bit to protect the world

Opinion 1

Vehicle tracks for agriculture do no need planning permission but often leave unsightly and highly visible scars on the landscape. Picture: contributed

Environment groups call for laws to stop ‘out of control’ new tracks

Environment 4

Sandy McCall Smith: Nobody gains if the sea bed is irreparably damaged

Opinion 5

Caithness villagers say no to ‘ring of steel’ wind farms

Environment 6

Delight for campaigners as MSPs back wild kelp dredging ban

News 1

Caithness villagers say no to ‘circle of steel’ wind farms

News 8

Health More Health >>

Chic Baxter, whose wife Eileen died in August, with his daughter Audrey. Picture: Jon Savage

Grieving son who lost mother to mesh set to meet health secretary

UK

Youngsters enter an emoji to represent how they are feeling on the SeeMe jukebox. Picture: Marc Turner

Emoji jukebox on song to help young people talk about feelings

UK

Children's yogurts contained 10.8g of sugar per 100g on average. Picture: Getty

Yoghurts with highest sugar content are organic brands

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Shadow health secretary Miles Briggs said the SNP government had failed to train and employ enough staff, and had neglected warnings about an ageing population over the course of the last decade in government. Picture: TSPL

Half of patients waiting too long for physio appointments

Politics 2

Between January and June the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow had issues with its water supply in wards 2A and 2B. Picture: John Devlin

Child cancer patients moved after second bacterial outbreak

News

Only half of Scots get physiotherapy appointment within four weeks

News 3

Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Emoji-powered jukebox created to help young people talk about mental health

News 2

Hillwalker slates ‘loophole’ in smoking ban as lighting up still allowed in bothies

News 2

Midwives ‘using American guidelines’ to advise on weight gain during pregnancy

News 1

Darren McGarvey: Politicans must be honest about everyone’s mental health problems

Opinion 6

Scotland’s ‘invisible man’ welcomes new drug to fight eczema

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Royal Bank of Scotland has been heavily criticised over closing branches across Scotland. Picture: PA

Mass bank closures ‘unacceptable’, says Age Scotland

UK 1

British Prime Minister Theresa May. Picture: Matt Dunham

Theresa May told Brexit plans must be ‘reworked’ as time runs out

News 25

Fran van Dijk chairs the Macaulay Development Trust

Fran Van Dijk: We must educate and inform to tackle climate change

Opinion 6

Plastic pollution in the sea. Picture by Blue Planet 2, BBC.

Catherine Gee: Shocked by Blue Planet? Everyone can do their bit to protect the world

Opinion 1

Bodyguard creator says fan theories on show have ‘grain of truth’

News 1

Kezia Dugdale: Crime victims need a voice to bring change

Opinion 2

Grieving son who lost mother to mesh set to meet health secretary

UK

Emoji jukebox on song to help young people talk about feelings

UK

Opinion More Opinion >>

The indepence referendum result four years ago has not brought an end to the campaigning ' as the weekend's Hope Over Fear rally demonstrated. Picture: John Devlin

Brian Monteith: Why independence and Brexit are not the same

Opinion 439

Fran van Dijk chairs the Macaulay Development Trust

Fran Van Dijk: We must educate and inform to tackle climate change

Opinion 6

Plastic pollution in the sea. Picture by Blue Planet 2, BBC.

Catherine Gee: Shocked by Blue Planet? Everyone can do their bit to protect the world

Opinion 1

Shaun Woodburn was killed outside a pub in Leith on Hogmanay 2017.

Kezia Dugdale: Crime victims need a voice to bring change

Opinion 2

SMEs have the best roles the market has to offer our brightest young people, says Santander UK CEO Nathan Bostock. Picture: Contributed

Nathan Bostock comment: Help SMEs hire new talent to fix UK ‘brain drain’

Opinion

Mary was surrounded by powerful men on her return to Scotland and did not know who to trust

Kate Williams: How Mary, Queen of Scots was betrayed

Opinion 8

Scotland's outgoing chief inspector of prisons, David Strang, says we should be 'proud' of how are prisons are run. Picture: PA

Chris Marshall: Scotland can’t afford to rest on its laurels over prisons

Politics 1

Martyn McLaughlin: Punishment is ineffective deterrent for those mired in poverty

Opinion

Sandy McCall Smith: Nobody gains if the sea bed is irreparably damaged

Opinion 5

Leader comment: Scotland’s needs must be addressed

UK 114

Willie Rennie: We must listen to Scotland’s Brexit-voting fishermen

News 14

World More World >>

Plastic pollution in the sea. Picture by Blue Planet 2, BBC.

Catherine Gee: Shocked by Blue Planet? Everyone can do their bit to protect the world

Opinion 1

After Spain's Celia Barquin Arozamena's body was found on a US golf course, Collin Daniel Richards, was charged with her murder. Picture: AP

Top woman golfer murdered on course near her US college

Golf 1

Bert and Ernie are popular characters. Picture: Wikicommons /

Bert and Ernie writer ends speculation over whether Sesame Street duo are gay

Lifestyle

Mosul University Library, once one of the largest in the Middle East and North Africa, was destroyed by ISIS

Alice König and Kate Walker: Education is the key to peace – help us beat the book-burners

Lifestyle 6

Man dies after shark attack off Cape Cod

World

Flash flood fears as Storm Florence batters US

World

Susan Dalgety: How Hollywood’s ‘lies’ help expose Trump and the KKK

Opinion 8

Brian Wilson: Spain isn’t a fascist dictatorship suppressing Catalonia

Opinion 99

Odd More Odd >>

Video grab shows a waterfall blowing uphill as Storm Ali batters Scotland. Picture: Centre Press

Storm Ali: Watch amazing moment Scottish waterfall blows upstream

News 1

The Kilted Kangaroo in Stirling is offering a Buckfast pie. Picture; Facebook

Stirling bar ‘goes viral’ after offering a Buckfast pie

News 5

Video: Incredible Hurricane Florence weather report goes viral

Environment 5

The happy couple were married in the Starbucks where they met.

Scottish couple tie the knot in Starbucks where they met

Odd 1

Friends of the Scotsman More Friends of the Scotsman >>

Fran van Dijk chairs the Macaulay Development Trust

Fran Van Dijk: We must educate and inform to tackle climate change

Opinion 6

Plastic pollution in the sea. Picture by Blue Planet 2, BBC.

Catherine Gee: Shocked by Blue Planet? Everyone can do their bit to protect the world

Opinion 1

Kelly Donaldson, Communications Manager, Voluntary Arts Scotland

Kelly Donaldson: This festival has got creativity down to a fine art

Opinion

Obituaries More Obituaries >>

Sir William Kerr Fraser has died at the age of 89

Obituary: Sir William Kerr Fraser, former permanent secretary at the Scottish Office and university chancellor

Obituaries

Dancer, choreographer and activist Janis Claxton has died at the age of 53

Obituary: Janis Claxton, visionary Edinburgh-based Australian dancer, choreographer and activist

Obituaries

Fenella Fielding launching a series of Royal Mail stamps in 2008 celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Carry On films. Picture: PA

Obituary: Fenella Fielding, glamorous actress of stage and screen, best known for Carry On films

Obituaries

Journalist and football manager Alex Main has died at the age of 86

Obituary: Alex Main, highly-respected Highland journalist and football manager

Obituaries

Celebrity More Celebrity >>

Bodyguard creator says fan theories on show have ‘grain of truth’

News 1

Zoe Ball is said to be in advanced talks to take over from Chris Evans, it has been reported. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Zoe Ball tipped as first female host of coveted Radio 2 breakfast show

Lifestyle 2

Dudley Sutton who was known for playing Tinker Dill in the TV series Lovejoy. Picture: Ian West/PA Wire

Lovejoy actor Dudley Sutton dies, aged 85

Celebrity

Ellis Hillon enters the 2018 Big Brother house at Elstree Studios on September 14, 2018 in Borehamwood, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

Scottish Big Brother star Ellis Hillon kicked off show for 9/11 tweets

Celebrity 41

Former JLS star Ortise Williams has been charged with rape over an incident in Wolverhampton. Picture: PA

Former JLS star Ortise Williams charged with rape

Celebrity