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Case of Mad Cow Disease confirmed on farm in Aberdeenshire

Aberdeen & North East

The SNP's David Linden, MP for Glasgow East, asked about improvements to disability access during House of Commons Commission questions.

Tory politician unable to understand SNP MP ‘due to Glaswegian accent’

News

Scottish fishermen hit out at suggestion of longer Brexit transition

Politics

Donald Trump on the 14th tee at Trump International Golf Links at Balmedie. Picture; PA

Donald Trump’s plan for new homes near Scottish golf course sets record for public objections

News

BSE found in Scotland: Everything you need to know about 'Mad Cow Disease'

Environment

Theresa May ready to delay Brexit by ‘matter of months’

News

British ‘spy’ map of 18th Century Jacobite threat revealed

Lifestyle

Row erupts over Commons ‘meaningful vote’ on Brexit Withdrawal Bill

UK

Glasgow’s People Palace and Winter Gardens to close ‘indefinitely’

Glasgow & Strathclyde

Paris Gourtsoyannis: The problem with Nicola Sturgeon’s Brexit plan
Paris Gourtsoyannis

Politics More Politics >>

Scottish fishermen hit out at suggestion of longer Brexit transition

Politics 6

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Edinburgh man walks 63 miles for Indonesia tsunami appeal

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The SNP's David Linden, MP for Glasgow East, asked about improvements to disability access during House of Commons Commission questions.

Tory politician unable to understand SNP MP ‘due to Glaswegian accent’

News 316

The current soft border between Northern Ireland and the Republic is invisible on the ground (Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire)

Brian Monteith: Brexit Britain can simply not make a hard Irish border

Opinion 176

All smiles: But Cammy Day and Adam McVey may struggle to contain outbreak of coalition infighting (Picture: Ian Georgeson)

Steve Cardownie: Labour-SNP coalition on brink of open warfare

Opinion 12

MP Boris Johnson responds to Prime Minister Theresa May update on the latest developments in the Brexit negotiations in the House of Commons. Picture; PA

Voters will ‘not forgive any surrender to EU on Brexit’ warn senior Tories

Politics 4

Dominic Raab has riled some MPs after appearing to suggest Parliament might not get a "meaningful vote" on any deal.

Row erupts over Commons ‘meaningful vote’ on Brexit Withdrawal Bill

UK 121

Universal Credit sees people seeking rent arrears advice up by 47% - report

UK 21

Theresa May faces backlash over delay to final EU departure

News 12

Theresa May open to extra year under EU rules as she seeks ‘creative’ exit

Politics 146

Kenny MacAskill: Tory civil war worse than SNP fight that saw me expelled

Opinion 70

Transport More Transport >>

The A83 has reopened

Rest and Be Thankful reopens as landslides cleared

News

The Scottish Government is to address the issue of private parking firms. Picture: JP

Scottish Government to crack down on private parking firms to regulate charges

Transport 7

Orkney already boasts the world's shortest flight, but soon it may break another record. Picture: JP

World’s shortest flight could be an electric first for Orkney

Inverness, Highlands & Islands 2

Emergency services on the scene on the M40, which reopened 14 hours after a crash involving a caravan driving the wrong way. Picture: SWNS

Three dead after car towing caravan driving in wrong direction on M40

UK 9

Activists demand action  on Rest and be Thankful

Transport 4

Airbus to draw up plans for orbiting lunar station

Transport 8

Man in critical condition following accident in Finnieston

Glasgow & Strathclyde

Revealed: Delays and cancellation rates at UK’s major train stations

Transport 1

Education More Education >>

The Greens have issued the government a 'report card'. Picture: Dave Thompson/PA Wire

Scottish Greens urge SNP to ‘copy our homework’ on school policy

News 5

Liberton High School. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Call for school maintenance deadlines to be met in wake of near misses

Education 3

Schools are struggling to find staff.

Hundreds of teaching roles in Scottish schools unfilled

Education 45

Roderick Wright, who was Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, fathered a son with a parishioner.

Catholic church may give its blessing to priests who father children

Education

Over 230,000 work days were lost between 2015/16 and 2017/18 as a result of stress. Picture: TSPL

Staffing crisis fears as Scottish teachers miss more days due to stress

Politics 27

The new teacher website has been launched.

New website for Scottish teachers to raise education fears anonymously

Politics 237

Graham Boyack, Director, Scottish Mediation

Graham Boyack: When you talk to people to resolve a dispute, sometimes things just click

Opinion

Scottish school’s charity breakfast axed after lorne sausage complaint

Education 43

Edinburgh Council to open new Gaelic schools by 2024

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians 32

John Swinney brands the scrapping of Primary One test a ‘disgrace’

News 120

University research backed with £10M European funding

Glasgow & Strathclyde 2

Environment More Environment >>

An Aberdeen Angus cow. Pic: Shutterstock

BSE found in Scotland: Everything you need to know about 'Mad Cow Disease'

Environment 2

The UK has climate targets to meet. Photograph: Jane Barlow

Need for action ‘clear’ on the climate

Environment 5

Kate Moss and Eddie Redmayne are among a number of celebrities who have given personal items to be sold at a charity auction Aberdeen. Photo: PA/PA Wire

Celebrities donate items to raise money for Aberdeen care centre

Environment

New car electric charging stations have been installed in some areas.

Millions of electric car charge sites are needed

Tech 5

Dandelion seeds use ‘extraordinary’ technique to spread

Environment

It would be hard to beat... the annual tree of the year title is claimed by Eriskay

Inverness, Highlands & Islands

Fresh support for beaver reintroduction in Scotland

News

VIDEO: Dolphins captured swimming in front of East Lothian lifeboat

Lifestyle

Health More Health >>

Leith Depot is asking customers to donate �1 with their bill to go towards Street Smart an Edinburgh based homeless charity

Edinburgh restaurants join campaign to help feed the homeless

News

A case of BSE commonly known as Mad Cow Disease has been confirmed. Stock image. Picture: PA

Case of Mad Cow Disease confirmed on farm in Aberdeenshire

Aberdeen & North East 61

NHS National Services Scotland sent an internal memo to staff at its staff at Gyle Square, Edinburgh, regarding local travellers.

Scottish health board apologises for advising staff to avoid travellers

News

30% of people would allow AI to conduct invasive proceedures.

Nearly a third of Scots willing go under knife for surgery by robots

News 1

Winter is Coming is the repeated warning in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones but only a few take it seriously (Picture: HBO/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)

Eileen McKenna: Winter really is coming – and it could kill you

Opinion 3

Leith depot - during November Leith depot is asking customers to donate �1 with their bill to go towards Street Smart an Edinburgh based homeless charity - customer Eric Swanepoel donates a pound to bar tender Fiona Redwood

Fine dining for all ‘for less than a cup of coffee’

News

Hearts captain Christophe Berra is backing a new men's mental health campaign. Picture: SAMH

Hearts captain Christophe Berra backs men’s mental health campaign

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

Mark O’Donnell: New campaign will push to make education equal for visually impaired

Opinion

Ex-Hearts striker Christian Nade opens up over depression battle

News

Canada becomes second country to legalise recreational marijuana

News 3

Thousands of Scot risk as pharmacies run out of flu vaccine

News 77

UK More UK >>

DEC

Edinburgh man walks 63 miles for Indonesia tsunami appeal

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Connor Freel who is a transgender PCSO and has experienced hate crime. Picture: SWNS

‘I was hit in the face by a rock’ Transgender PCSO tells of abuse

News

The current soft border between Northern Ireland and the Republic is invisible on the ground (Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire)

Brian Monteith: Brexit Britain can simply not make a hard Irish border

Opinion 176

Banksy reveals that 'in rehearsals' the shredding had worked 'every time', with footage of a test run showing a print passing through the shredder completely, so that none of the canvas remained intact.

Bansky video shows he planned to shred entire painting

Lifestyle

Row erupts over Commons ‘meaningful vote’ on Brexit Withdrawal Bill

UK 121

Universal Credit sees people seeking rent arrears advice up by 47% - report

UK 21

Kenny MacAskill: Tory civil war worse than SNP fight that saw me expelled

Opinion 70

Tom Peterkin: PG Wodehouse was no traitor despite Nazi broadcasts

Opinion 6

Opinion More Opinion >>

No one wants their kids to be enrolled at 'Bash Street Secondary' if they can avoid it, says Alexander. Picture: contributed.

David Alexander comment: Schools that get top marks – from home-buyers

Opinion

The current soft border between Northern Ireland and the Republic is invisible on the ground (Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire)

Brian Monteith: Brexit Britain can simply not make a hard Irish border

Opinion 176

All smiles: But Cammy Day and Adam McVey may struggle to contain outbreak of coalition infighting (Picture: Ian Georgeson)

Steve Cardownie: Labour-SNP coalition on brink of open warfare

Opinion 12

Malcolm Jack is a member of the senior management team at Venture Trust

Malcolm Jack: ‘Hidden’ veterans must not be allowed to fall through the cracks

Opinion

Theresa May and Boris Johnson at a Cabinet meeting before he resigned over her Brexit plan (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/WPA Pool/Getty)

Kenny MacAskill: Tory civil war worse than SNP fight that saw me expelled

Opinion 70

Jeeves, seen played by John Gordon Sinclair at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow, and Bertie Wooster, played by James Lance, are two of PG Wodehouse's most famous characters (Picture: Robert Perry)

Tom Peterkin: PG Wodehouse was no traitor despite Nazi broadcasts

Opinion 6

Winter is Coming is the repeated warning in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones but only a few take it seriously (Picture: HBO/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)

Eileen McKenna: Winter really is coming – and it could kill you

Opinion 3

Leader comment: We must look after beating heart of our communities

Opinion

Bill Jamieson: Can’t I just self-identify as ‘Bill’?

Opinion

Jim Duffy comment: Navigating the choppy waters of global pressures

Opinion

Steve Cardownie: Officials want to spend £1m to save them work

Opinion 4

World More World >>

DEC

Edinburgh man walks 63 miles for Indonesia tsunami appeal

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Edinburgh man walks 63 miles for Indonesia tsunami appeal

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Theresa May will discuss cyber attacks.

Sanction Russia over cyber warfare, EU told

Politics 2

A soldier in Crimea (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Student kills at least 17 in Crimean rampage

World

Long queues across Canada as the sale of marijuana is legalised

World 3

Saudi consulate searched as Trump demands ‘killing’ recording

World 5

G7 ‘very troubled’ by the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Politics

Canada becomes second country to legalise recreational marijuana

News 3

Odd More Odd >>

A runaway cow has caused �1,500 of damage after a 20-second rampage in a popular car dealership.

Rampaging cow causes £1,500 worth of damage in a car showroom

Stirling 10

The Kingfisher chippy on Bread Street has built up notoriety on Reddit. Picture: TSPL/Google Street View

Edinburgh takeaway’s horrendous reviews leave locals in stitches

Odd

The Christiano Ronaldo biscuits on sale at Our Taste of Portugal cafe in Worcester

Cafe owner forced to apologise after rude biscuits named ‘Ronaldo Cookies’

Odd

Roma have backed junior Scottish side St Anthony's. Picture: FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty

Italian giants compare non-league Scot to Lionel Messi and Eden Hazard

Football

Friends of the Scotsman More Friends of the Scotsman >>

Malcolm Jack is a member of the senior management team at Venture Trust

Malcolm Jack: ‘Hidden’ veterans must not be allowed to fall through the cracks

Opinion

Royal Blind and Scottish War Blinded new campaign A Vision for Equal Education

Mark O’Donnell: New campaign will push to make education equal for visually impaired

Opinion

Laboratory screening drugs and therapies for the pharmaceutical sector

Prof Donald Cairns: There’s more to pharmacy than mixing chemicals

News 1

Obituaries More Obituaries >>

Helen W Collins

Obituary: Helen W Collins, Scot who made a new life in the United States

Obituaries

Bill Buchanan

Appreciation: Bill Buchanan, champion of the visual arts in Scotland for more than a quarter of a century

Obituaries

Sam Morshead with son Henry and his winning horse Orbasa (Photo by PPAUK/REX/Shutterstock)

Obituary: Sam Morshead, professional jockey, clerk of course and hugely successful Perth racecourse manager

Obituaries

Major General Sir John Swinton

Obituary: Major-General Sir John Swinton, Lord Lieutenant for Berwickshire

Obituaries 1

Celebrity More Celebrity >>

Blue Peter star John Leslie joins presenters for show’s birthday

News

Ant McPartlin and Lisa Armstrong are due to be divorced at a London court. Picture: PA Wire

Ant McPartlin and wife Lisa due to be divorced at London court

Celebrity

Former professional on the show Robin Windsor told BBC Breakfast that the scandal involving comedian Seann Walsh and his professional partner Katya Jones is over. Picture: PA

Strictly Come Dancing ‘not a hotbed of lust’ despite latest scandal

TV & Radio

Richard Madden in character as David Budd in Bodyguard. Picture: PA/BBC

Scottish actor Richard Madden expected to be next James Bond

News 30

Katie Price has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving. Picture: TSPL

Katie Price arrested on suspicion of drink driving

News