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Nicola Sturgeon: decision on Scottish independence vote in ‘not-too-distant future’

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Scottish Labour leader, Richard Leonard. Picture: John Devlin

Richard Leonard: Scottish independence vote would be worse than Brexit

Politics

Prime Minister Theresa May (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Theresa May defies Brexit ‘Gang of Five’ over Irish backstop

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The strategy aims to reduce crop damage by an estimated 25% to 35% by decreasing the number of Barnacle Geese. Picture: John Devlin/JPIMedia

Islay’s barnacle geese battle: ‘I can’t shoot enough to make a difference’

Environment

Euan McColm: Tory Brexit zealots out of touch with reality

Opinion

Scotsman Editor: Thank you for your support, it’s now business as usual

Opinion

Plotters don’t have enough support yet, defiant Theresa May says

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Scotland 20 - 26 South Africa: Gargantuan effort not quite enough

Scotland

Former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond. Picture:: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

‘Edinburgh Airport chiefs curbed Alex Salmond’s VIP access after harassment allegations’

Main players

Phil your boots – everyone gets a fair bit more than they bargained for
Paris Gourtsoyannis

Politics More Politics >>

A consultation on fireworks regulation is to be launched next year. Picture: Shutter stock.

Edinburgh Council leader ‘delighted’ with moves to curb fireworks

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

PM Theresa May (Photo by Matt Dunham - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Plotters don’t have enough support yet, defiant Theresa May says

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Prime Minister Theresa May (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Theresa May defies Brexit ‘Gang of Five’ over Irish backstop

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Former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond. Picture:: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

‘Edinburgh Airport chiefs curbed Alex Salmond’s VIP access after harassment allegations’

Main players

John Swinney. Picture: John Devlin

Scottish government looks to strengthen ties with India

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: PA

Nicola Sturgeon: decision on Scottish independence vote in ‘not-too-distant future’

Main players

Steve Baker had to backtrack on his calculations of how 'many letters the 1922 Committee had received. Picture: Daniel Leal-Olivas/Getty

Euan McColm: Tory Brexit zealots out of touch with reality

Opinion

‘Scottish independence case stronger after Scotland sidelined in Brexit talks’

Opinion

Richard Leonard: Scottish independence vote would be worse than Brexit

Politics

Leader: Scottish Labour’s invisible man

Politics

Dani Garavelli: What’s it like to be the best of the Tories’ dirty laundry?

Opinion

Transport More Transport >>

Study In Colour will be published next week.

Edinburgh entrepreneur launches colouring book to help learner drivers pass test

Transport

Second teen dies following Kirkcaldy crash

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

Boats of all shapes and sizes celebrate the re-opening of the Forth and Clyde Canal at Kirkintilloch. Photograph: Peter Sandground

Stop rot in our canal network, say campaigners

Transport

Beat from the East weather hit earlier this year.

‘Beast from the East’ leads to bigger fleet

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ScotRail punctuality worst for 12 years

Transport

Alastair Dalton: What Edinburgh’s new 100-seat monster buses say about public transport

Opinion

Bus passengers injured as vehicle collides with lorry

Dumfries & Borders

Labour move to truncate ScotRail franchise thrown out

Transport

Education More Education >>

STEM can give girls what they want for their future.

Mel McKendrick: If only I’d been encouraged to study STEM

Opinion

Pauline Aylesbury: Star performers deserve reward for excellence in their professional life

Opinion

Poverty undermines parenting and exacerbates factors like substance misuse that are associated with maltreatment, says Brigid Daniel (Picture: John Devlin)

It’s everyone’s job to protect children from abuse – Brigid Daniel

Opinion

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf. Picture: Getty

Scotland set to become first part of UK to define sectarianism in law

Education

Edinburgh nursery teachers and support assistants say they do not feel safe at work, according to a new survey. Picture: TSPL

Third of Edinburgh nursery nurses ‘feel unsafe’ at work, violence survey finds

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

John Swinney. Picture: John Devlin

Action vowed to increase minority ethnic teachers in Scottish schools

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Gilly Mendes Ferreira: Fun with robots set to build compassion for animals

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Call for compulsory school building reports after 143 incidents in 24 months

Education

Claudia Cavalluzzo: Our world-beating universities lead the way in entrepreneurship

Opinion

Leader comment: Scotland mustn’t risk ‘lost generation’ of musicians

Opinion

‘LGBTI education has come far since I was frogmarched out of school’

Opinion

Environment More Environment >>

The strategy aims to reduce crop damage by an estimated 25% to 35% by decreasing the number of Barnacle Geese. Picture: John Devlin/JPIMedia

Islay’s barnacle geese battle: ‘I can’t shoot enough to make a difference’

Environment

Rosslyn Chapel

Bottle sand puts Rosslyn Chapel at forefront of green technology

Environment

Rosslyn Chapel’s bottle-to-sand machine is votive star turn

Environment

Mountain gorillas in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park. Picture: Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund via AP

Conservation action sees fortunes improve for gorilla and whales

Environment

Thomas MacDonell: Making land pay isn’t all about profit – natural beauty has its own value

Opinion

New salmon hatchery sets out to tackle key fish farming problems

Environment

Scots cities world’s safest against climate risks

Environment

Jonny Hughes: Why eating the wrong type of biscuits is putting orang-utans in peril

Opinion

Health More Health >>

Research also suggests autistic children are higher than average users of technology and social media.

University focuses on making the internet safer for autistic children

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Almost a third of European doctors working in Scotland are considering moving to another country because of Brexit, a survey has suggested.''Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images.

European doctor exodus looms as Brexit sparks medical exit strategy

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White River Manor is a five-star rehab facility in South Africa

Jet to South Africa for affordable five-star treatment at a fraction of UK cost

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Harry McQuillan is chief executive of Community Pharmacy Scotland.

Harry McQuillan: More funded training places needed as community pharmacies struggle

Opinion

Adam Stachura: Telephone check-in every day is now part of the service for older people

Opinion

Why do some people manage their emotions with food and others don't? Picture: Getty Images

Why some people overeat when they’re uspet

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A change will see Scotland move to an 'opt-out' system. Picture: Rob McDougall.

Medics ‘shouldn’t force organ donation’ if family are opposed, say experts

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Fresh delay for new Sick Kids Hospital with staff in the dark

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Police probe sparked after hospital patients sent texts by staff member

News

Edinburgh acid attack victim ‘thought she was going to die’

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

Fewer dental check-ups puts lives at risk

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UK More UK >>

Mel B was formerly a judge on X Factor. Picture: ITV

Spice Girl Mel B admits using cocaine during time as X factor judge

Celebrity

The Scotsman celebrated its 200th anniversary last year.

Scotsman Editor: Thank you for your support, it’s now business as usual

Opinion

Problem drinking often starts in adolescence. Picture: iStockphoto/Getty

Alcohol reduction strategy sets sights on young people

UK

Michel Barnier hands the draft agreement to Donald Tusk. Picture: John Thys/Getty

Still time for Britain and EU to get their priorities right

Opinion

Corbyn’s Brexit stance risks no-deal catastrophe – leader comment

Opinion

Online and phone scammers have a dangerous new trick – Jane Bradley

Opinion

Brexit chaos shows breaking up Unions isn’t worth it – Brian Wilson

Opinion

Prince Charles’ diet revelations show he’s hardly eating like a king

Opinion

Opinion More Opinion >>

The Scotsman celebrated its 200th anniversary last year.

Scotsman Editor: Thank you for your support, it’s now business as usual

Opinion

Steve Baker had to backtrack on his calculations of how 'many letters the 1922 Committee had received. Picture: Daniel Leal-Olivas/Getty

Euan McColm: Tory Brexit zealots out of touch with reality

Opinion

Joanna Cherry. Picture: TSPL

‘Scottish independence case stronger after Scotland sidelined in Brexit talks’

Opinion

Who decides when there are too many Harry Potter shops being opened?

Kevin Buckle: Harry Potter and the High Street of Doom

Opinion

Leader: Scottish Labour’s invisible man

Politics

Beware online shopping traps.

Take a deep breath and tackle your debts now

Business

It is impossible to admire Theresa May however much one marvels at her thankless devotion to duty and dauntless awkwardness. Photograph: Matt Dunham/Getty

Dani Garavelli: What’s it like to be the best of the Tories’ dirty laundry?

Opinion

Mel McKendrick: If only I’d been encouraged to study STEM

Opinion

Still time for Britain and EU to get their priorities right

Opinion

Martin Lewis: Don’t get locked in to a bad credit rating

Opinion

Corbyn’s Brexit stance risks no-deal catastrophe – leader comment

Opinion

World More World >>

Former US President Barack Obama gestures to his portrait �at the �National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC (Picture: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty)

Two presidential portraits: one on canvass, the other a dirty deed

Opinion

President Donald Trump gets into a heated exchange with CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

Trump is ‘ordered’ to hand back banned Acosta’s press pass

World

Former Khmer Rouge leader head of state Khieu Samphan stands during his verdict in court at the ECCC in Phnom Penh. Picture: (Photo by NHET SOK HENG / Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia / AFP)

Khmer Rouge leaders are found guilty of genocide in Cambodia

World

An aerial view of a neighborhood destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 15, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Now 631 missing in California fires

World

‘In our angry times, should we worry rage rooms are all the rage?’

Opinion

Andrew Hilland: ‘We’re failing 350m children who live in war zone – here’s what to do’

Opinion

Jonny Hughes: Why eating the wrong type of biscuits is putting orang-utans in peril

Opinion

California wildfires: At least 42 killed in deadly blaze

World

Odd More Odd >>

The nation's favourite dog comprises part cocker spaniel, part greyhound and part retriever.

'Nation's favourite dog' created by pet lovers

Odd

The Skate fish was caught by a Scottish fisherman

Massive 8ft long 30 year-old skate landed by Scottish fisherman is world’s largest ever

News

Claire Busby, who was left paralysed after being "catapulted" from her new bed during sex. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Woman left paralysed after being “catapulted” from her new bed during sex

Odd

Emile Ratelband. Picture: Facebook/Contributed

69-year-old launches legal bid to identify as being 20 years younger

Odd

Friends of the Scotsman More Friends of the Scotsman >>

Martin Armstrong, Chief Executive of the Wheatley Group

Martin Armstrong: Benefits change is universally unfair to those who struggle

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Pauline Aylesbury: Star performers deserve reward for excellence in their professional life

Opinion

Harry McQuillan is chief executive of Community Pharmacy Scotland.

Harry McQuillan: More funded training places needed as community pharmacies struggle

Opinion

Obituaries More Obituaries >>

The Rev Laurence AB WHitley (Picture: Glasgow Caledonian University)

Obituary: Rev Dr Laurence AB Whitley, Church of Scotland minister at Glasgow Cathedral, on the scene at Clutha Vaults and George Square tragedies

Obituaries

Willie Rodger

Obituary: Willie Rodger, innovative printmaker who was a mentor to many artists

Obituaries

Martin Dalby

Obituary: Martin Dalby, producer – and talented composer – who put BBC SSO at centre of Scottish musical life

Obituaries

Thelma Smith MBE

Obituary: Thelma Smith MBE, Fundraiser, teacher and legendary provider of cricket teas

Obituaries

Celebrity More Celebrity >>

Spice Girl Mel B admits using cocaine during time as X factor judge

Celebrity

Stormzy has been revealed as a headliner for next year's Glastonbury festival, according to reports. Picture: Ian West/PA Wire

Stormzy to headline Glastonbury 2019

Music

Stan Lee has died aged 95. Picture: AP Photo/Reed Saxon.

Marvel Comics’ Stan Lee dies aged 95

Celebrity

Kylie Minogue was recently on tour with her new album Golden . Picture: contributed

Queen of pop Kylie Minogue set to grace Edinburgh Castle concert

Celebrity

Rod Stewart slammed the US president on Twitter. Picture: Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images

Sir Rod Stewart blasts Donald Trump over Californian wildfires

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