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The Scotsman headlines

Exclusive Row over claim vital ferry port upgrade delayed by ‘endless tinkering’
Hold-up threatens to extend new CalMac Arran ferries’ switch to Troon

Men can be victims of the patriarchy too Susan Dalgety

Nicola Sturgeon played politics with Covid, and now all Scotland knows it Brian Wilson

Backlash against influencers may help people live life, rather than filming it Stephen Jardine

The Brasserie Pic: Kathryn Devine@DearEverest

Travel: Hotel des Grands Voyageurs, Paris, review

Two ferries being built at the Ferguson Marine shipyard are more than six years late and more than three times over budget (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

When will this monument to bad government stop getting bigger?

Storm Barat, which sparked a red 'danger to life' weather warning, caused widespread disruption in the north-east of Scotland in October last year

Will we see more named storms in Scotland?

Janet Christie's Mum's the Word. Pic: Adobe

Janet Christie's Mum's the Word - a milestone birthday is child’s play

Surely then First Minister Nicola Sturgeon realised a public inquiry would follow the end of the pandemic and contemporaneous records would be needed, says reader (Photo by Jane Barlow-Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Why did Sturgeon not ensure proper Covid records?

Latest news

Norman Jewison accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award at a Directors Guild Of America event in 2010 (Picture: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for DGA)

Scotsman Obituaries: Norman Jewison, director of In the Heat of the Night

The old Royal High School building on Edinburgh's Calton Hill

- Kevin Buckle

​Dreaming of sunnier climes? This is one of the peak times of the year for holiday bookings, so you might not get much of a bargain (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Don’t get played now you’ve just got paid - Martyn James

Glasgow City Council reached a £770 million agreement in 2022 to settle outstanding claims in its equal pay dispute, but other claims involving workers at other councils remain unresolved. Picture: John Devlin

Council tax freeze could lead to delays over equal pay claims, union warns

Young Aberdeen Angus cattle. Talks between the UK and Canada over a new trade deal have broken down on the subjects of beef and chees. Picture Bruce Rollinson

Scotland farming body backs UK decision to suspend trade talks with Canada

King Charles III receives His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, King of the Ashanti Kingdom, during an audience at Buckingham Palace in May.

Should artefacts obtained in colonial times be returned?

First Minister Humza Yousaf departs the UK Covid inquiry. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Yousaf admits to 'winging it' as health secretary amid 'pettiness' claims

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Storm Barat, which sparked a red 'danger to life' weather warning, caused widespread disruption in the north-east of Scotland in October last year

Will we see more named storms in Scotland?

Glasgow City Council reached a £770 million agreement in 2022 to settle outstanding claims in its equal pay dispute, but other claims involving workers at other councils remain unresolved. Picture: John Devlin

Council tax freeze could lead to delays over equal pay claims, union warns

Margarita Permonaite, one of the caseworkers at WSC (pic: WSC)

Culture of fear and poor working conditions persist for seasonal workers

Candace Bushnell, who wrote Sex and the City, on which the TV series and films were based, brings her one-woman show, True Tales of Sex, Success and Sex and The City to Scotland. Pic: Contributed

Sex and the City writer Candace Bushnell brings her one woman show to Scotland

Transport

Empty platforms at Edinburgh Waverley after ScotRail services were suspended (Picture: Lauren Gilmour/PA)

Routine shutdowns of railways as extreme weather worsens would be unacceptable

A small community in Easter Ross is looking into the potential of having its first rail stop since 1960.

Edderton community work on reopening train stop that closed in 1960

An empty Glasgow Queen Street as all trains are cancelled throughout Scotland's rail network due to Storm Jocelyn.

Increased rail disruption warning amid ‘more rain and wind than ever before’

I’m shocked by the state of the roads Alastair Dalton

Future Scotland

The tech boss wants to help create 'happy, confident, comfortable, and good engineers'. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Interview: Rose Ulldemolins on fostering a diverse tech talent pipeline
Tech boss aiming to foster diverse pipeline of talent with Dundee skills hub.

An IBioIC scientist monitoring and sampling a photobioreactor of cyanobacteria. Picture: contributed.

Biotechnology innovation centre nets funding that 'secures' its long-term future

Once complete, Kirk Hill wind farm, near Kirkoswald in Ayrshire, will be the largest consumer-owned wind farm in the UK – with a total generating capacity of 18.8MW, it will supply enough green electricity to power around 20,000 homes and businesses and earn around £2.8m for community projects over its 30-year lifespan. Picture: Ripple Energy

Community-owned turbines to generate green power and cash for local projects

MSP Richard Lochhead says: 'Through the delivery of the Inward Investment Plan, the Scottish Government will continue to help ensure we make the most of our competitive advantages and strengths to maintain our position as a leading destination for inward investment.' Picture: contributed.

Firms progressing projects with Scots unis amid bid to grow inward investment

Mike Clarke, partner at YFM Equity Partners: 'We’re expecting this year to be really busy.'

Scotland grabs top spot for entrepreneurship but barriers to growth remain

Crime

Sofia Vergara will star as Griselda in the new Netflix true crime series. Cr. Netflix.

Griselda: The real life story of Netflix's new true crime series

Julie Paterson, chief executive of the Mental Welfare Commission, said Mr E had been "failed by the systems and structures put in place to protect and support him"

Disabled man ‘prisoner at home for five years’

Brenda Page and Christopher Harrisson on their wedding day. Image: Rita Ling/Firecrest Films/BBC

Explainer Brenda Page documentary reveals how her husband finally faced justice

How cost-cutting contributed to wrongful Post Office prosecutions Tom Wood

The man was taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow with serious injuries. Image: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

'Large bulldog-type dog' shot dead after man suffers ‘serious’ injuries

Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has been plagued by stalkers at her homes.

Man arrested for stalking near Taylor Swift's home

Politics

Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake are behind the business hoping to transform the historic New Picture House cinema in St Andrews into a sports bar. Picture: Ethan Miller/ Patrick Smith/Getty Images

Tiger Woods, Justin Timberlake push on with St Andrews sports gastro pub plan

Plans by champion golfer Tiger Woods and superstar Justin Timberlake to open an upmarket sports and ...
Psychologist's verdict on Sturgeon, Yousaf sweary messages and 'flippant' humour
Professor Jason Leitch’s messages regarding deleting WhatsApps as part of his “bed time ritual”, Nic...

Sturgeon's central defence over WhatsApp scandal hasn't even lasted a week

Evidence presented to the Covid Inquiry conflicts with former First Minister claim that WhatsApp was not used to make decisions about Scotland’s pandemic response
If young are to answer general's call to arms, they need bigger stake in societyStewart McDonald
Deprived Hackney can help Scotland break link between poverty and exam results
More than 60 per cent of sixth-formers at Mossbourne Community Academy won a place at a Russell Grou...
Ten years after 'Farmageddon', I see signs of hope about nature-friendly farming
US-style megadairies and overuse of pesticides were once seen as the future of farming in Britain. B...

Weather

A car damaged by falling debris in Glasgow in January 1968 after a fierce storm swept in, killing 20.  (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Remembering Scotland's deadly storm of 1968 which no one knew was coming

Fallen tree on four cars in Linlithgow during Storm Isha. As much of the country is covered by Amber Wind Warning. January 22 2024. Winds up to 100 mph tore through the UK overnight causing widespread damage.

What do the weather warnings in the UK mean?

Coronavirus

Covid Inquiry uncovers shameful evidence about Sturgeon's inner circle Jackie Baillie

The plaque outside Bute House in Edinburgh. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

More than £850k spent on repairing First Minister's residence Bute House

Jason Leitch

Jason Leitch called MSP a 'smarta*se' in private messages with Humza Yousaf

Demonstrators outside the UK Covid-19 Inquiry hearing at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Calls for Covid recovery committee to be reconvened after WhatsApp revelations

Opinion

Game of Thrones was tame in comparison to some episodes in Scottish medieval history (Picture: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Scotland's real-life Game of Thrones: Alexander II was a 'psychopathic maniac'

Thirteenth-century Scottish monarch’s response to the burning alive of a Caithness bishop by a mob angry about a butter tax rise was swift and brutalSusan MorrisonSusan Morrison

Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race to defeat Trump? Scotsman comment

Temporary residents should not be allowed to stand for public office in Scotland, says reader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Clear thinking needed from Holyrood

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp showed himself to be the 'very special one'Scotsman comment
Scotsman comment

People

Carolina Shiino has been named Miss Japan.

Why Japan’s difficulty in accepting white beauty queen indicates a wider problem
Beauty queen Carolina Shiino was born in Ukraine, but moved to Japan when she was five

During the recent wintry spell the council used around 4,000 tonnes of salt on 2,500 miles of road per day.

Aberdeenshire Council budget: “Everything is on the table” to plug the gap

A 5 per cent increase for council rents has been recommended

‘Warm and comfortable homes’ a priority as increases proposed for council rents

Who is calling me from this number? How to see who’s calling you

Film and TV producer Chris Young will be spearheading the new Sean Connery Talent Lab when it launches in April in Leith Docks.

Inbetweeners producer to lead new talent school backed by Sean Connery's family

Obituaries

Charlie Allan tossing the caber, watched by judge Bob Shaw

Scotsman Obituaries: Charlie Allan

In his later years Ian King shifted from academia to journalism and social activism

Scotsman Obituaries: Ian King, German scholar and social activist

Arthur Midwinter, pictured at Holyrood, was not afraid to challenge assumed opinion (Picture: Lewis Houghton)

Obituaries: Arthur Midwinter, academic and public servant

Christian Shaw, pictured in 2007, was an expert restorer and a talented designer (Picture: Bill Henry)

Scotsman Obituaries: Christian Shaw, respected Scottish stained glass artist

Environment

The Scottish Land Commission believes changes in law, policy and practice can continue to shape transformative change in Scotland, strengthening people’s involvement in decisions about land, diversifying the distribution of power and control in ownership and leveraging the value of land to bring greater economic prosperity

Scotland's Land: How reform can bring transformative change
This is an important time of change in Scotland, according to the Scottish Land Commission’s Hamish Trench, as the Scottish Government brings forward a land reform bill – another step in modernising the way we own and use land.

SSE’s Ecology Manager Emily Nelson. Picture - supplied

Ad Feature Scotland’s offshore wind potential

The prominent peak of Clachnaben stands over Glen Dye in Aberdeenshire where four million trees will soon be planted and 1,800 hectares of peatland restored on the moorland which was long used for grouse shooting. PIC: Contributed.

Ex PM's shooting estate to become Scotland's largest carbon-offsetting scheme

Cost-of-living support for Scots in remote communities must be tailored to account for ‘rural premium’ on bills, according to  new report from Westminster's Scottish Affairs Committee

Why cost-of-living support for rural Scots is not enough

Choughs, which are members of the crow family, have been disappearing from Scotland and are now only found in the western islands of Colonsay, Islay and Jura

Chough love: Action to save acrobatic bird from extinction must be stepped up

UK News

Killing of Gaza civilians may or may not be genocide but it must stop Kenny MacAskill

Lloyds Banking Group has said it is cutting about 1,600 jobs across its branch network. Picture: Michael Gillen.

Lloyds Bank to cut 1,600 jobs across branches in shift to online banking

After Sunak leads Tories to defeat, party looks set to embrace Trumpian politics Euan McColm

Port Talbot job cuts a sign we can no longer fail to count greenhouse gases cost Anthony Seaton

The amount of education people receive can have a dramatic effect on their health (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Staggering health benefits of education highlight the folly of populist politics

Modern audiences are becoming as stroppy as in Shakespeare’s day Aidan Smith

World

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump celebrates in Nashua, New Hampshire, after winning the party's primary contest (Picture: Timothy A Clary/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's graceless New Hampshire victory speech is just what some US voters like

Death penalty protesters demonstrate outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, in June.

What is nitrogen gas execution? Which countries still have the death penalty?

Iranian 'justice' is a medieval horror-show that should shock the world Struan Stevenson

Lawmakers attend a session before voting on a Bill regarding Sweden's accession to Nato, on Tuesday at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) in Ankara. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Sweden one step closer to Nato membership after Turkish vote

The European Parliament elections are in June. Picture: Nicolas Maeterlinck/AFP via Getty Images

European Parliament set for far-right swing in June elections, report claims

The plane which is believed to have crashed is a Ilyushin-76 aircraft, similar to this one pictured here.

Mystery surrounds Russian military plane crash near Ukraine border

UK Trending

Giles Dalby has been convicted in court after crashing a drone at a live music concert.

Drone crashes into stage at beach concert

American professor Michelle Francl has claimed that we should be putting salt into our tea.

American professor claims a pinch of SALT makes the perfect cup of tea

ASDA petrol forecourts will be going fully cashless by the summer.

Asda to make petrol forecourts cashless - the full list of locations

22 people entered The Traitors castle, but who will leave with the cash?

The Traitors series 2: What to expect from the final

Shaun Tookey cleans graves as a side hustle but hopes one day to make it a full time job. Picture: SWNS

Grave cleaning a "peaceful" & "satisfying" side hustle

An adult’s confidence to ask for help starts at 27

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