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Noise complaints force Edinburgh music festival indoors

Music
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
The scorchign weather could be set for a return. Picture: TSPL

Scotland to be ‘hotter than Spain’ as week long heatwave arrives

News

Full list: House Of Fraser stores set to close

UK

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

News

Nicola Sturgeon urges Theresa May to think again on single market

Politics

Tiny island of Ulva officially transferred to community ownership

Environment
Ruth Davidson was speaking at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh

Ruth Davidson vows to protect needs of Scottish farmers post-Brexit

Politics

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

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Brian Wilson

Politics More Politics >>

Lord Haughey is the co-founder of City Holdings. Picture: Robert Perry

Lord Haughey named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2018

Companies
Ruth Davidson was speaking at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh

Ruth Davidson vows to protect needs of Scottish farmers post-Brexit

Politics 174
Airbus employs 14,000 people at 25 sites across the country

Aerospace giant Airbus threatens to quit UK in event of hard Brexit

Companies 39
The Scottish and Welsh leaders said quitting was not in the national interest

Nicola Sturgeon urges Theresa May to think again on single market

Politics 723
Mike Russell said 'the ball was very much in the UK Government's court'

Scottish Government won’t consent to further Brexit legislation

Politics 187
An Electoral Reform Society survey found 76 per cent felt they had no influence on council spending

Alice Kinghorn-Gray: Scotland’s democratic deficit must be overcome

Opinion 24

Bid for gender-neutral passports fails after High Court ruling

UK 4

SNP anger over ‘shady cash grab’ at Edinburgh’s Fort Kinnaird

Politics 45

When will Donald Trump visit the UK, will he come to Scotland and what can we expect?

News 20

Tory MP Ross Thomson: Scottish Government is ‘sacrificing individual freedom’

Politics 270

Transport More Transport >>

Broadcaster Jenni Falconer is promoting the HSBC Let's Ride events in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Picture: Johnston Press

Alastair Dalton: Traffic-free events the perfect way to try cycling

Opinion 10
The flights have been cancelled due to air traffic controllers in Marseille going on strike. Picture: contributed

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

News 3
Clyde and Forth Canal Bridge. Picture: John Devlin

Restrictions threat to Union Canal boaters if no extra funding

Transport 2

Flights to isle of Skye ‘likely to resume’

Transport

Scotland ‘would really benefit’ from third Heathrow runway

News 18

ScotRail's 'Happy Trains' to start running on Saturday

Transport 4

One in five motorists risk jail by taking penalty points for others

Transport 10

Education More Education >>

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 1
Evros Stakis announced in 2013 that he would open an HQ for his company ' including a nursery for up to 100 children ' in central Edinburgh.

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

Business 2
Data Lab students take part in an innovation workshop. The postgraduate course is expanding to meet demand

Applications open for largest ever intake of Data Lab MSc students

Tech
Rebekah Widdowfield is the CEO of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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

Opinion 3
Ruth Davidson, Scottish Conservative leader. (Picture: PA)

Ruth Davidson: SNP are ‘rigging education stats’

Politics 39
It's conjectured that soon, work will not be a place, but a series of tasks, and global information sharing will allow each of those tasks to be carried out by individuals best suited to do them

Looking for a career change? How about a job that doesn’t exist yet?

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All East Dunbartonshire schools to shut for strike action

News 17

Scottish library closures soar as council cuts bite

Politics 111

John Swinney hails ‘real improvement’ in closing attainment gap

News 34

‘Single-sex schools give girls courage and opportunity to develop’

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Environment More Environment >>

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 23
SEPA works to protect and enhance Scotlands environment by helping communities and businesses thrive within the resources of our planet.

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

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Julie Hesketh-Laird has taken the helm at the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation

Scottish salmon 'a worldwide success story'

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Keeping resources circulating

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

Opinion 3

Five best wildlife spots to explore around Edinburgh and the Lothians

Environment

Decline in sightings of frogs and toads in Scottish gardens

News

Health More Health >>

Fightback dinner celebrates inspirational Lucy Lintott

Fightback dinner celebrates the youngest person in Scotland living with MND

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The parkrun at Cramond, which is staged every Saturday. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

GPs to recommend parkrun for Scots patients

News 11
Rebekah Widdowfield is the CEO of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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

Opinion 3
MND campaigner Gordon Aikman. Picture: Neil Hanna

Celebrity auction tonight to raise money for MND campaigner Gordon Aikman

Politics 1
Ministers unveiled the plans to make Scotland smoke-free by 2034. Picture: Toby Williams

Radical new plans revealed to turn Scotland smoke free by 2034

Politics 291
Scottish Government announce 1.35 million for trauma training

Scottish Government pledges £1.35 million for trauma training

News 3

Mammal molecule could hold key to curing cold, say Scots researchers

News

Scots consume ‘10 litres of pure alcohol a year’

News 71

Scots toddlers eat a million sweets a week

Health 8

Chris Marshall: Hague may mean well but cannabis is still a real risk to users

Opinion 2

UK More UK >>

Airbus employs 14,000 people at 25 sites across the country

Aerospace giant Airbus threatens to quit UK in event of hard Brexit

Companies 39
The Scottish and Welsh leaders said quitting was not in the national interest

Nicola Sturgeon urges Theresa May to think again on single market

Politics 723
House of Fraser. Picture: PA

Full list: House Of Fraser stores set to close

UK 3

Bid for gender-neutral passports fails after High Court ruling

UK 4

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

Politics 33

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

Opinion 3

Brigid Simmonds: Don’t let the taps run dry – pubs are crucial for the economy

Opinion 2

Opinion More Opinion >>

An Electoral Reform Society survey found 76 per cent felt they had no influence on council spending

Alice Kinghorn-Gray: Scotland’s democratic deficit must be overcome

Opinion 24
Broadcaster Jenni Falconer is promoting the HSBC Let's Ride events in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Picture: Johnston Press

Alastair Dalton: Traffic-free events the perfect way to try cycling

Opinion 10
What is on the face of it a 'pensions' case has much broader implications, says Ennis. Picture: contributed.

Comment: Faces may change but liability remains the same

Opinion
Lynn Wilson advises entrepreneurs

Comment: Shares option 'could ease growing pains of a small business'

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We, as consumers, have clearly marked out our intent to shop, bank and live online and as a direct consequence our high streets, shopping centres and town centres are all facing radical change

Shopping habits 'are changing Scotland'

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Rebekah Widdowfield is the CEO of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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

Opinion 3
Graeme Atha, director of the Marketing Society

Graeme Atha: Stars of marketing are really hot stuff

Opinion

Brigid Simmonds: Don’t let the taps run dry – pubs are crucial for the economy

Opinion 2

Kenny MacAskill: Legalising cannabis is the way forward

Opinion 14

Tom Peterkin: Lord Sewel’s intervention won’t quell SNP outrage

Opinion 83

Leader comment: Midge burger and flies please

Opinion

World More World >>

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
Ron Medich was sentenced to 30 years. Picture: JP

Millionaire jailed for 30 years over murder of Scots businessman

News

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

Politics 106
Canada lawmakers have voted to legalise cannabis. Picture: Chris Roussakis/AFP/Getty Images

Canada legalises recreational use of cannabis

World 1

Teen brothers fear death if deported to Pakistan from Scotland

Politics 54

Greece and Macedonia sign deal that ends decades-long dispute

World 1

Hundreds of migrants arrive in Spanish port as rescue ship docks

News 7

Forget Brexit, the migrant crisis is Europe’s big challenge

World 25

Odd More Odd >>

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
Toploader were set to play Fifefest

Fife music festival with Toploader cancelled after just 200 tickets sold

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Scotrail have been praised for how they handled the matter.

Racist Twitter troll deletes account after getting owned by Scotrail

News
The huge picture of the Forth rail bridge bought by granddad Stuart Slicer

Double vision: Grandad buys 10ft Forth Bridge artwork despite having exact same view

News 3

Friends of the Scotsman More Friends of the Scotsman >>

Rebekah Widdowfield is the CEO of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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

Opinion 3
Graeme Atha, director of the Marketing Society

Graeme Atha: Stars of marketing are really hot stuff

Opinion
Brigid Simmonds, Chief Executive of Scottish Beer and Pub Association.

Brigid Simmonds: Don’t let the taps run dry – pubs are crucial for the economy

Opinion 2

Obituaries More 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
Air Commodore Alastair Mackie

Obituary: Wing Commander Alastair Mackie DFC, bomber pilot turned CND campaigner

Obituaries
Entertainer Ron Dale has died at the age of 84

Obituary: Ron Dale, versatile entertainer who moved from theatres to clubs and cruise ships

Obituaries 1

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

News
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

Celebrity
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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