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Nicola Sturgeon set to unveil party’s Scottish independence plans

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The Scottish National Party's (SNP) Kate Forbes. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Politicians urge Scottish Government not to ‘rush’ gender change bill

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Lord Jack McConnell. Picture: Michael Gillen

Jack McConnell: House of Lords should not be abolished just to save the union

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Only around one-third of Culloden Battlefield is held by National Trust for Scotland with plans now emerging to buy out the remaining land to protect it from deveopment. PIC: Creative Commons/Flickr/Herbert Frank.

Radical plans emerge to buy up Culloden on “behalf of nation”

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Landfill waste ban in Scotland set to be missed as taxpayers face £1 billion bill

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Scottish charities lose out on £7.7m over lottery rules ‘straightjacket’

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You’ll never walk alone: Tributes to Celtic legend and footballing giant Billy McNeill

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Tragedy as diver pronounced dead after incident at Scapa Flow

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Rachel Johnson is to stand as European election candidate for the pro-remain party Change UK. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

Rachel Johnson to stand as pro-remain European election candidate

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Billy McNeill leads out Celtic for the 1967 European Cup final in Lisbon

If only more people were like Billy McNeill – leader comment

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Protest grows over ‘ridiculous’ lack of buggy space on Lothian buses

Transport

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

The new carriages are being introduced a month earlier than expected

Double beds, showers, and en suite cabins: Inside new Caledonian Sleeper trains

Transport

New class 385 trains started running today on the Edinburgh-Shotts-Glasgow Central line. Picture: ScotRail

The brand-new trains now making it electric on all five Edinburgh-Glasgow lines

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Laws on public transport.

These are the public transport laws you should be aware of

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Thugs smash police car windscreen in Portobello as officers respond to call

Crime

The attack happened in the early hours of Sunday morning. Pic: Google Maps

Man, 24, left with serious head injury after Edinburgh city centre attack

Crime

Police are appeaking following an attack in the city's Southside area. Pic: Google Maps/Police Scotland

Man sprays female dog walker in face with ‘CS Spray’ during Southside attack

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Police attended the scene.

One dead and two injured after crash involving van and car in Moray

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Highland village claims new Easter Monday weather record in Scotland

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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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Scottish News More Scottish News >>

Do you love your children? Then why steal their future? – Hayley Matthews

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Nicola Sturgeon should put education first like she said she would, says Brian Monteith

Nicola Sturgeon has been ignoring her day job for three years – Brian Monteith

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Residents in sheltered housing blocks have seen serious cutbacks recently to the number of wardens across the city. Picture: Getty

Elderly people shouldn’t have to stop having fun after 5pm – Kezia Dugdale

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Theresa May and Donald Trump at the White House during the Prime Minister's 2017 visit to the US

'Racist and mysogynist' Donald Trump shouldn't address parliament

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Politics More Politics >>

Nicola Sturgeon has been ignoring her day job for three years – Brian Monteith

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Residents in sheltered housing blocks have seen serious cutbacks recently to the number of wardens across the city. Picture: Getty

Elderly people shouldn’t have to stop having fun after 5pm – Kezia Dugdale

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Theresa May and Donald Trump at the White House during the Prime Minister's 2017 visit to the US

'Racist and mysogynist' Donald Trump shouldn't address parliament

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Norwegian has blamed the failure to cut air tax for the scrapping of all three of its US routes from Edinburgh. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Fury as SNP air tax cut delayed again

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Nicola Sturgeon is to update MSPs on her referendum plans

Indyref: Tory bid to block Sturgeon's referendum statement fails

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Opinion More Opinion >>

Do you love your children? Then why steal their future? – Hayley Matthews

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Nicola Sturgeon should put education first like she said she would, says Brian Monteith

Nicola Sturgeon has been ignoring her day job for three years – Brian Monteith

Columnists

Residents in sheltered housing blocks have seen serious cutbacks recently to the number of wardens across the city. Picture: Getty

Elderly people shouldn’t have to stop having fun after 5pm – Kezia Dugdale

Columnists

Shirley-Anne Somerville attempted to heal the division by admitting women's concerns were not 'transphobic'

Letters: SNP politicians spell out concerns over ‘gender change’ bill

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People More People >>

Historic Musselburgh bowling club bans birthday parties for under-40s

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Police recorded the lowest number of firearms offences since 1980

Firearms offences in Scotland at lowest level since 1980

Crime

The Scottish National Party's (SNP) Kate Forbes. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Politicians urge Scottish Government not to ‘rush’ gender change bill

Politics

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

A seven-foot boa constrictor found by children in a garden in Innerleithen.

Dad’s shocks after children find 7ft-long snake on their doorstep in Scottish Borders

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Environment More Environment >>

Do you love your children? Then why steal their future? – Hayley Matthews

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A ban on landfill waste in Scotland by 2021 looks unlikely to be met. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Landfill waste ban in Scotland set to be missed as taxpayers face £1 billion bill

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Feeding baby birds

Lorraine Gow: Don’t rush to help fledgings

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A dead humpback whale has been spotted at Tyninghame

Dead whale washed up on East Lothian beach

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Do you love your children? Then why steal their future? – Hayley Matthews

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Donald Trump outside the refurbished Turnberry Hotel and golf course in 2015. He returned to the Ayrshire resort as US president in 2018 and could do so again this year. Picture: John Devlin

Campaigners pledge to protest Donald Trump trip if he visits Scotland

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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, centre, on the Peace Bridge in Derry/Londonderry (Picture: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Nancy Pelosi on Brexit: why Irish-US diplomacy is a powerful force in border talks – Liam Kennedy

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Boris Johnson appears to be the hardcore Brexiteers' choice for Theresa May's replacement. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Hardcore Brexiteers seek to push UK into no-deal Brexit – leader comment

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Former Labour leader Ed Miliband and Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg at the House of Commons on Tuesday (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

Greta Thunberg: Expansion of North Sea oil fields is beyond absurd

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Do you love your children? Then why steal their future? – Hayley Matthews

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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, centre, on the Peace Bridge in Derry/Londonderry (Picture: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Nancy Pelosi on Brexit: why Irish-US diplomacy is a powerful force in border talks – Liam Kennedy

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Former Labour leader Ed Miliband and Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg at the House of Commons on Tuesday (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

Greta Thunberg: Expansion of North Sea oil fields is beyond absurd

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U.S. President Donald Trump will embark on a three-day state visit to th eUK in June. Picture: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Scottish politicians slam Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK

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Obituaries More Obituaries >>

Obituary: Sandy Ratcliff, original EastEnders star whose life away from the soap was as dramatic as it was on screen

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David Irvine of Drum (Picture: Gordon Casely)

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

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

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

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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

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

Ivan ‘Ivor’ Broadis

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