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Gap between SNP’s 2014 plans and North Sea revenue reaches £30bn

Politics

Police have isused a safety warning

Scotland’s weather: Police issue warning ahead of Storm Helene

Ayr

Ruth Davidson MSP and partner Jen Wilson and theri dog Wilson on the announcement of Ruth's pregnancy'Ruth Davidson pregnant baby

Ruth Davidson praised after she reveals mental health struggles

Politics

Liberal Democrats deputy leader Jo Swinson speaks at the party's Autumn Conference at the Brighton Centre in Brighton. Picture; PA

‘One track’ SNP won’t help stop Brexit - Jo Swinson

Politics

John Swinney ready to ignore Parliament over P1 tests

Politics

Charity head apologises over children’s home abuse allegations

News

Cabinet ministers cast doubt on Prime Minister’s Brexit strategy

Politics

Anger at plan for huge fish farm on wild side of Jura

Environment

LIb Den Liam McArthur

Fund for compensation for crime victims still not operational- 5 years after it was approved

Business

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

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Pressure on Richard Leonard after Sadiq Khan backs new EU vote

Politics 71

Alex Salmond and now First Minister Nicola Sturgeon hold copies of the White Paper on independence.

Gap between SNP’s 2014 plans and North Sea revenue reaches £30bn

Politics 22

Plans for a fish farm have been revealed on the Isle of Jura.

Anger at plan for huge fish farm on wild side of Jura

Environment

Liberal Democrats deputy leader Jo Swinson speaks at the party's Autumn Conference at the Brighton Centre in Brighton. Picture; PA

‘One track’ SNP won’t help stop Brexit - Jo Swinson

Politics 4

Education Secretary, John Swinney MSP.

John Swinney ready to ignore Parliament over P1 tests

Politics 9

Two ministers have cast doubt over the future of the PM. Picture; BBC/PA

Cabinet ministers cast doubt on Prime Minister’s Brexit strategy

Politics

Ruth Davidson MSP and partner Jen Wilson and theri dog Wilson on the announcement of Ruth's pregnancy'Ruth Davidson pregnant baby

Ruth Davidson praised after she reveals mental health struggles

Politics 2

Theresa May’s Brexit plan is ‘right one for now’ says Michael Gove

News 87

These are the ‘most Googled’ questions about Brexit

News 16

Aspirin a day ‘risky in old age’ finds major study

News

Theresa May admits being ‘irritated’ over leadership challenge

Politics

Transport More Transport >>

Reaper, far left, plays a key role in time-shift drama Outlander.

Outlander boat Reaper needs another £25k to keep seaworthy

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians 11

The Borders Railway simply hit its first-year target when other re-opened lines far surpassed theirs. Picture: Greg Macvean

Alastair Dalton: Claims of ‘agenda’ over Borders Railway criticism

Opinion 69

The scene this morning. PIcture; contributed by Kenny Matheson

Bus collides with Edinburgh Tram on Shandwick Place

News 7

The wheel of the outbound Ryanair jet snapped off during take-off. Picture: PA

Crew watch in horror as Ryanair jet’s wheel snaps off during take-off

Transport 38

Pilot crashed into fence in Orkney after pushing wrong pedal, report says

Inverness, Highlands & Islands

Two men used bottle in attack at Scottish train station

News 2

Lax airport baggage checks ‘allowed’ Russians to bring in Novichok

News 10

Glasgow-Edinburgh rail services disrupted after person hit by train

Transport

Education More Education >>

Education Secretary, John Swinney MSP.

John Swinney ready to ignore Parliament over P1 tests

Politics 9

Glasgow University benefited from the proceeds of the slave trade. Picture: TSPL

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

Education 28

First Minster Nicola Sturgeon and Deputy First Minister/Education Secretary John Swinney arrive at the Scottish Parliament. Picture: Getty Images)

John Swinney urged to respect Holyrood vote on P1 testing

Education 16

John Swinney has been sent a letter spelling out the impact of his business rates increase. Picture: Michael Gillen

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

Politics 348

Nicola Sturgeon opened up about her experience of childhood bullying at a special FMQs for Scotland's Year of Young People. Picture: John Devlin

I was bullied at school, admits First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

Politics 408

Ruth Davidson raised Scotland's education system at FMQs

Ruth Davidson: Parents ‘left in dark’ over school performance

Education 68

Chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, Lady Smith. Picture: Nick Mailer

School with Dunblane gunman link investigated by Child Abuse Inquiry

Education

FMQs: Nicola Sturgeon defends Government over ‘shameless’ P1 testing criticism

Politics 128

Rugby team at top private school ‘sang pro-IRA chant’

Glasgow & Strathclyde

Loretto School teacher suspended over ‘inappropriate behaviour’

News

Alison Motion: 7 principles of play help kids fulfil their potential

Opinion

Environment More Environment >>

Poor planning and a lack of national resources meant people in the UK were almost 10 times more likely to die from a cold home than a road traffic accident during the cold snap last winter, a report has found. Picture; PA

Uk residents ‘ten times more likely die due to cold home than a traffic accident’

Environment

Mechanical dredging for kelp would be environmental vandalism, MSPs have been told

Mechanical dredging for kelp would be environmental vandalism, MSPs told

Environment

Plans for a fish farm have been revealed on the Isle of Jura.

Anger at plan for huge fish farm on wild side of Jura

Environment

Shortlist revealed for Scotland’s Tree of the Year

Environment

£8000 to give Fife town seagull-proof bins

Environment 1

Insight: Sea change ahead in global war on waste plastic

Environment 9

Shoppers urged to check out ethical veal deal

Environment 6

Video: Incredible Hurricane Florence weather report goes viral

Environment 5

Health More Health >>

Small child using his inhaler device for asthma

Paracetamol use in infancy linked to risk of asthma

News

Alison Douglas, head of Alcohol Focus Scotland, has criticised the drink-free days campaign. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Drink abuse charity hits out at ‘confusing’ advice

UK

Jane Bradley: Eating lunch like in Sex and the City is making us obese

Opinion 1

Using beetroot as fake blood is not the way to make good food Picture: Lebowskis

Stephen Jardine: Bleeding veggie burgers are for special type of vegan

Opinion 3

Robert Kilgour has highlighted the gap between what care costs and what councils pay for it. Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Independent care sector ‘subsidising’ councils, figures reveal

News 14

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: PA

FMQs: Nicola Sturgeon apologises over mental health referrals

Politics 3

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman

Health Secretary apologises to women who missed out on breast screening appointment

News 14

Grieving family say Holyrood’s temporary ban on mesh operations isn’t enough

UK

Scotland needs ‘step change’ for mental health

UK 1

A four-day working week: some of the pros and cons

News 10

Jeane Freeman announces ‘immediate’ Scotland mesh implant ban

News 7

UK More UK >>

Small child using his inhaler device for asthma

Paracetamol use in infancy linked to risk of asthma

News

Still from video taken with permission from the Twitter feed of Sam Proudfoot @samproudy01 of emergency services in Salisbury after two people fell ill in a Prezzo restaurant in the city, Picture: PA

Emergency services after customers taken ill in Salisbury restaurant

UK 2

Alison Douglas, head of Alcohol Focus Scotland, has criticised the drink-free days campaign. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Drink abuse charity hits out at ‘confusing’ advice

UK

Labour MP Jo Cox, who was murdered in Birstall near Leed.

Far-right terror detentions soar since Jo Cox’s murder

News

Theresa May admits being ‘irritated’ over leadership challenge

Politics

Lib Dems need to do more to attract voters, says Jo Swinson

Politics 7

Lovejoy actor Dudley Sutton dies, aged 85

Celebrity

Children were trapped on rollercoaster at Gulliver’s World theme park

News

Opinion More Opinion >>

Average house prices across Scotland have risen by 5 per cent since April. Photograph: Photo Robert Perry

Bill Jamieson: Carney’s warning of a house price crash is wide of the mark

Opinion 2

Jeremy Corbyn has been accused of presiding over an institutionally racist party. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty Images

Euan McColm: Just when you thought it couldn’t be worse, the rot spreads

Opinion 44

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, hit out at zero hours contracts, Universal Credit and corporate tax avoiders. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

Dani Garavelli: Attacks on Archbishop play into the hands of Tories

Opinion 10

Stephen Kerr visits children affected by malaria in the paediatric ward in Siaya hospital, Kenya. Photograph: Karel Prinsloo/Malaria No More

Stephen Kerr: Taxpayers should be proud of their role in the fight against malaria

Opinion

The Bank of England's decision not to increase the base rate this month was not surprising. More surprising is banks' reluctance to pass on increases to savers. Picture: Getty

Gareth Shaw: Don’t bank on being treated fairly

Opinion

Jane Bradley: Eating lunch like in Sex and the City is making us obese

Opinion 1

Using beetroot as fake blood is not the way to make good food Picture: Lebowskis

Stephen Jardine: Bleeding veggie burgers are for special type of vegan

Opinion 3

Leader comment: The Party with No Name isn’t coming to save us

Opinion 11

John McLellan: Eyes of the world are set to turn on Scotland

Opinion 8

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

Opinion 8

Brian Wilson: Dundee’s V&A – how a vision became a triumphant reality

Opinion 1

World More World >>

Two people look out at the shore after a reported shark attack at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, Mass. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh)

Man dies after shark attack off Cape Cod

World

Volunteers from all over North Carolina help rescue residents from their flooded homes during Hurricane Florence September 14, 2018 in New Bern, North Carolina. Getty

Flash flood fears as Storm Florence batters US

World

In Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman, the magic of a filmmaker at the height of his powers tells a truth that is almost too much to bear (Picture: David Lee/Focus Features)

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

Opinion 8

Glasgow University's rector, Aamer Anwar, should take a history course, says Brian Wilson (Picture: John Devlin)

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

Opinion 99

Video: Incredible Hurricane Florence weather report goes viral

Environment 5

Rob Davidson: Whether it’s Scotland or Malawi, climate change is having an effect on farmers

Opinion 11

Leader comment: Salisbury poisoning suspects tell their tall tale

Opinion 4

Is the Herald Sun’s cartoon of Serena Williams racist?

Tennis 83

Odd More Odd >>

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

Stirling bar ‘goes viral’ after offering a Buckfast pie

News

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

More than half of all blockages in Scotland's sewers are caused by fats, oils and grease being disposed of incorrectly down drains and sinks

St Andrews drains ‘on a diet’ to tackle fatberg problem

Environment

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David Watt is Chief Executive of Arts & Business Scotland.

David Watt: New V&A will show there’s more cultural gems to discover in Dundee

Lifestyle

Alena Dishoni and her children 12-year-old Amen and 10-year-old Onani

Rob Davidson: Whether it’s Scotland or Malawi, climate change is having an effect on farmers

Opinion 11

Lauren Payne is managing associate for Addleshaw Goddard's Infrastructure, Projects and Energy team, specialising in transport

Lauren Payne: Feet on the ground before launching space satellites

Opinion 2

Obituaries More 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

Sports law expert Alan Grosset has died at the age of 76

Obituary: Alan Grosset, leading sports law expert who held a raft of top posts

Obituaries

Celebrity More Celebrity >>

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 26

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

TV chef Jamie oliver reportedly pinned a burglar to the ground after he tried to break into his house. Picture: PA Wire

Jamie Oliver ‘sprinted after burglar and pinned him down’ on street

Celebrity 1

BBC Radio 5 Live news reader Rachael Bland has died after being diagnosed with incurable cancer, her family has announced. Picture: PA Wire

BBC news presenter Rachael Bland dies from cancer aged 40

Health 2