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Number of Scottish children identified with autism doubles

Anders Holch Povlsen

Sri Lanka attacks: 3 children of Scotland’s biggest landowner Anders Povlsen killed

Mrs May has come under heavy criticism for her handling of the Brexit process. Picture: Getty

Embattled Theresa May faces new leadership challenge

In his ruling last week, a sheriff said Kezia Dugdale's comments were 'fair, even though incorrect'. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Wings v Kezia case would be ‘thrown out’ after law shift

Master plan unveiled for controversial Loch Lomond development

Business

Richard Leonard: How competing nationalisms of SNP and Brexit offer a false choice

Campaigners call for ban on printed receipts as one billion end up binned

Wings v Kezia case would be ‘thrown out’ after law shift

Pictured is Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti. Pic: Jane Barlow

Stars throw weight behind Edinburgh concert hall bid ahead of crunch decision

The new Caledonian Sleeper will begin the run from Edinburgh to London and back on Sunday. Picture: contributed

Deluxe Caledonian Sleeper fleet to roll out for the first time

Transport More Transport >>

Deluxe Caledonian Sleeper fleet to roll out for the first time

A total of 27,172 trains were cancelled compared to 16,896 the first year Abellio operated the trains. Picture: Neil Hanna

ScotRail posts worst year on record after ‘hellish’ run

Laws on public transport.

These are the public transport laws you should be aware of

Crime

The owners of Edinburgh Airport are said to be eyeing up a �2bn sale of the hub. PIcture: Lisa Ferguson

Edinburgh Airport could be sold in £2bn deal

Business

Picture: Traffic Scotland

M8 accident disrupts Easter Sunday traffic into Edinburgh

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Kezia Dugdale: My defamation case win was a victory for free speech

The body of one of the men was discovered at the Argyle Street entrance of Central Station. Picture: Google

Police investigate the deaths of two men in Glasgow

Crime

Laws on public transport.

These are the public transport laws you should be aware of

Crime

Pleasance sport complex and gym at Edinburgh University where Ross Brain (inset) is a senior instructor

Edinburgh University gym boss accused of sending abhorrent 'rape' WhatsApp message

Crime

Weather More Weather >>

Highland village claims new Easter Monday weather record in Scotland

Seven-year-old Curtis Koffi is buried in sand on Broughty Ferry beach, near Dundee. Scotland has enjoyed its hottest Easter Sunday on record

Scotland enjoys hottest Easter Sunday on record

Portobello beach in Edinburgh as Scots continue to enjoy the warm weather

Scotland to be hotter than Morocco today as country continues to sizzle

The blaze at Arthur#s Seat earlier in the year. Pic: SWNS

Arthur’s Seat at risk of wildfire during Easter Weekend mini-heatwave

Swaths of Scoland are set to be hotter than Ibiza this weekend as a mini Easter weekend heatwave sends the mercury soaring. Picture; Creative Commons

Scotland to be hotter than Ibiza over Easter weekend

Scottish News More Scottish News >>

Why Tories and Labour may be in trouble at EU elections – Ian Swanson

Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Kezia Dugdale: My defamation case win was a victory for free speech

Number of Scots pupils identified with autism doubles

Number of Scottish children identified with autism doubles

Pictured is Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti. Pic: Jane Barlow

Stars throw weight behind Edinburgh concert hall bid ahead of crunch decision

Politics More Politics >>

Why Tories and Labour may be in trouble at EU elections – Ian Swanson

Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Kezia Dugdale: My defamation case win was a victory for free speech

Scottish independence campaigners at a demonstration outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Tory MSP admits support for Scottish independence will increase

Alistair Carmichael is seeking a change in the law

A third of English people say Scots bank notes are fake

Michael Sturrock, external affairs executive, DMA

Michael Sturrock: Who should have the right to exploit data?

Business

Opinion More Opinion >>

Why Tories and Labour may be in trouble at EU elections – Ian Swanson

Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Kezia Dugdale: My defamation case win was a victory for free speech

Michael Sturrock, external affairs executive, DMA

Michael Sturrock: Who should have the right to exploit data?

Business

Plastic bags aren't the only sources of harmful pollution from our shops (Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

Shops hand out billion pieces of paper that could be making us infertile – Richard Dixon

People More People >>

Stars throw weight behind Edinburgh concert hall bid ahead of crunch decision

Alberto Perez says he had to sleep on the streets after his credit card was cancelled.

Man 'forced to sleep with rats' after Scottish bank cancels credit card during Thailand trip

Mrs May has come under heavy criticism for her handling of the Brexit process. Picture: Getty

Embattled Theresa May faces new leadership challenge

Doctors in Tayside argued that higher doses of the cancer drugs prescribed elsewhere were 'unacceptably toxic'. Picture: TSPL

Two consultants probed on breast cancer drug scandal

Some clinics have been charging four times as much as they should, at up to �20,000 per cycle, according to the fertility watchdog.

Older women exploited by IVF clinics ‘trading on hope’, watchdog warns

Environment More Environment >>

Campaigners call for ban on printed receipts as one billion end up binned

Plastic bags aren't the only sources of harmful pollution from our shops (Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

Shops hand out billion pieces of paper that could be making us infertile – Richard Dixon

Extinction Rebellion protesters staged a rally on Edinburgh's North Bridge (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Why protesters should be wary of ‘12 years to climate breakdown’ rhetoric – Myles Allen

Scottish police warning: snakes are coming out of hibernation

UK News More UK News >>

Embattled Theresa May faces new leadership challenge

Mark Ronson's new album will be the first major release on 8-track tape since 1988. Picture: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images

Forget vinyl – it’s time for the 8-track revival

Louise Brown, the world's first 'test-tube baby', was born in 1978 (Picture: PA)

Private IVF clinics that offer false hope for childless couples are immoral – leader comment

Extinction Rebellion protesters staged a rally on Edinburgh's North Bridge (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Why protesters should be wary of ‘12 years to climate breakdown’ rhetoric – Myles Allen

Porn has become readily available at the touch of a button

No bad thing if Twitter is blocked because of porn age-checker – Susan Dalgety

World More World >>

Why protesters should be wary of ‘12 years to climate breakdown’ rhetoric – Myles Allen

Russian prisoners of war at a camp in Troitsa on the Murmansk-Archangel Front in 1919 during the Allied intervention in Russia (Picture: J W Lane Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

When British forces invaded Russia to fight a campaign like no other – Yvonne McEwan

Anders Holch Povlsen

Sri Lanka attacks: 3 children of Scotland’s biggest landowner Anders Povlsen killed

collecting more than 70 per cent of the votes. Picture: AP

Comedian wins landslide victory to be named Ukrainian President

Obituaries More Obituaries >>

Obituary: David Irvine of Drum, chief who helped end a centuries-old clan feud

Jerrie Cobb by her jet fighter in 1961. (Picture: AP)

Obituary: Jerrie Cobb, first woman to qualify as a candidate for NASA space programme

Elspeth Webster (right) handing over the badge of office to Mrs Mary McGillivray, first president of the Deaconess Council

Obituary: Elspeth Webster DCS, deaconess, last surviving link to the Church of Scotland’s Church Sisters

Ivor Broadis in his Manchester City kit in 1951. (Picture: Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (FILE PHOTO)

Ivan ‘Ivor’ Broadis

Barack Obama presents the National Humanities Medal to David Brion Davis in 2014(Picture: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Obituary: David Brion Davis, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning historian, Yale emeritus professor

Obituaries