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First Minister’s Questions: Nicola Sturgeon accused of causing ‘education chaos’

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The grade A listed building was undergoing a multi-million-pound restoration when it was hit by fire on June 15, 2018 following a smaller blaze in May 2014. Picture:Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Art School management to face MSPs questions over blaze risk ‘failure’

Glasgow & Strathclyde

Ms Constance asked Nicola Sturgeon to reopen the St John's Hospital children's ward. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Baby waited 3 hours for ambulance after St John’s Hospital closure

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Nicola Sturgeon has accused Theresa May of a "dereliction of duty" over Brexit. Picture: contributed

Nicola Sturgeon calls for Brexit to be delayed

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Kezia Dugdale faces legal bill over Wings of Scotland case

Politics

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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John Swinney urges Scots schools to continue P1 tests despite vote

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Ruth Davidson: Why I’m done with Twitter and Facebook

Main players

Cars were damaged by falling tress. Picture: Michael Gillen

Scotland’s weather: more strong winds on the way after Storm Ali wreaks havoc

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

Politics More Politics >>

Nicola Sturgeon has accused Theresa May of a "dereliction of duty" over Brexit. Picture: contributed

Nicola Sturgeon calls for Brexit to be delayed

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Ms Constance asked Nicola Sturgeon to reopen the St John's Hospital children's ward. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Baby waited 3 hours for ambulance after St John’s Hospital closure

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon walks to FMQs.

First Minister’s Questions: Nicola Sturgeon accused of causing ‘education chaos’

News 54

There were 115 homicides in Scotland in 2007/08, but this fell to 61 in 2016/17. Picture: John Devlin

Violent crime in Scotland ‘higher than official reports’

Politics 184

Edinburgh Hogmanay's torchlight procession

Love letters to be sent from Edinburgh’s Hogmanay before Brexit

Lifestyle 25

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Ruth Davidson: Why I’m done with Twitter and Facebook

Main players 22

Jeremy Corbyn and Richard Leonard in Glasgow. The Scottish Labour leader will go unrecognised at the party conference. Picture: John Devlin

Kenny MacAskill: The decline of Scottish Labour and why they only have themselves to blame

Opinion 44

Tom Peterkin: John Swinney is more embattled than ever before

Politics 13

Bill Jamieson: A bruising battle ahead on Scots economy

Opinion 19

‘Tough action’ needed to grow sluggish Scottish economy

Politics 92

Scotland target for superfast broadband by 2021 ‘difficult’

Politics 1

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 5

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

News 1

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

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Storm Ali: Marquee near St Andrews destroyed by winds

Transport

Ryanair to reverse Glasgow route cuts

Transport 3

First Glasgow Subway driverless train goes on show

Glasgow & Strathclyde 11

Education More Education >>

The old Royal High School in Edinburgh

Inquiry starts into Edinburgh Royal High School future

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Education secretary John Swinney, Picture: John Devlin

John Swinney urges Scots schools to continue P1 tests despite vote

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

Subjects offered to students being ‘squeezed’ at Scottish schools

News 9

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

Quiz: Could you pass Scotland’s P1 test?

Education 4

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 61

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

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

News 29

John Swinney ready to ignore Parliament over P1 tests

Politics 56

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

Education 46

John Swinney urged to respect Holyrood vote on P1 testing

Education 16

Environment More Environment >>

Around one in eight Scots leave a nightlight on while they sleep. Picture: Monkey Business Images

Scots waste £1.8m a year by leaving their lights on

Business 4

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 45

Fran van Dijk chairs the Macaulay Development Trust

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

Opinion 51

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 2

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

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Health More Health >>

Ms Constance asked Nicola Sturgeon to reopen the St John's Hospital children's ward. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Baby waited 3 hours for ambulance after St John’s Hospital closure

News 1

Dr Tracey Baird, Consultant Neurologist, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde and Chair of Healthcare Improvement Scotland's (HIS), General Standards for Neurological Care and Support development group.

Dr Tracey Baird: Integrative approach is essential in managing neurological conditions

Opinion

If you have coronary heart disease, you're twice as likely to have a stroke or to develop vascular dementia, which happens when there's a problem with the blood and oxygen supply to the brain. Picture: PA

James Cant: Playing a vital role at the heart of new research into circulatory disease

Opinion

A boy does push-ups under the watchful eyes of a trainer

Scots children urged to switch off smartphones and do ‘push-ups’

UK

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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Half of patients waiting too long for physio appointments

Politics 2

Child cancer patients moved after second bacterial outbreak

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Only half of Scots get physiotherapy appointment within four weeks

News 1

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

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UK More UK >>

Police took three years to catch the elusive killer. Picture: Pixabay

Three year investigation concludes Croydon Cat Killer was ‘a fox’

UK

Chris Evans with his wife Natasha. Picture: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

Chris Evans’ wife gives birth to twins

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Simon Thompson and Maxine Campbell hold baby scan. Picture: SWNS

Miracle baby conceived days before chemotherapy left dad infertile

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A boy does push-ups under the watchful eyes of a trainer

Scots children urged to switch off smartphones and do ‘push-ups’

UK

Mass bank closures ‘unacceptable’, says Age Scotland

UK 7

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

News 41

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

Opinion 51

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

Opinion 2

Opinion More Opinion >>

Changes in Edinburgh's retail landscape could lead to the fascinating prospect of part of Princes Street being returned to residential use, Alexander says.

David Alexander comment: Retail outlet could return residents to city living

Opinion

Jeremy Corbyn and Richard Leonard in Glasgow. The Scottish Labour leader will go unrecognised at the party conference. Picture: John Devlin

Kenny MacAskill: The decline of Scottish Labour and why they only have themselves to blame

Opinion 44

Finance Secretary Derek Mackay

Bill Jamieson: A bruising battle ahead on Scots economy

Opinion 19

Dr Tracey Baird, Consultant Neurologist, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde and Chair of Healthcare Improvement Scotland's (HIS), General Standards for Neurological Care and Support development group.

Dr Tracey Baird: Integrative approach is essential in managing neurological conditions

Opinion

If you have coronary heart disease, you're twice as likely to have a stroke or to develop vascular dementia, which happens when there's a problem with the blood and oxygen supply to the brain. Picture: PA

James Cant: Playing a vital role at the heart of new research into circulatory disease

Opinion

Edinburgh's Torchlight Processions marks the opening of Edinburgh's New Year celebrations

Leader comment: The bells sound for Brexit

Opinion

Fran van Dijk chairs the Macaulay Development Trust

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

Opinion 51

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

Opinion 2

Brian Monteith: Why independence and Brexit are not the same

Opinion 506

Kate Williams: How Mary, Queen of Scots was betrayed

Opinion 10

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

Politics 1

World More World >>

A woman is escorted from the scene of the shooting at a software company in Middleton, Wis. Picture: Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP

Several injured and shooter killed in Wisconsin shooting

World 2

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 2

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

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

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

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Dr Tracey Baird, Consultant Neurologist, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde and Chair of Healthcare Improvement Scotland's (HIS), General Standards for Neurological Care and Support development group.

Dr Tracey Baird: Integrative approach is essential in managing neurological conditions

Opinion

If you have coronary heart disease, you're twice as likely to have a stroke or to develop vascular dementia, which happens when there's a problem with the blood and oxygen supply to the brain. Picture: PA

James Cant: Playing a vital role at the heart of new research into circulatory disease

Opinion

Fran van Dijk chairs the Macaulay Development Trust

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

Opinion 51

Obituaries More Obituaries >>

Dr Athol Murray

Obituary: Dr Athol Murray, historian, scholar and former Keeper of the Records of Scotland

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

Celebrity More Celebrity >>

Chris Evans’ wife gives birth to twins

Celebrity

A teaser trailer for the political thriller's final episode previously hinted that David Budd, pictured, will be arrested over Julia Montague's assassination. Picture: Sophie Mutevelian/World Productions/BBC/PA Wire

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

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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 42