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First Minister John Swinney delivers a speech focused on the Scottish economy in central Glasgow on Wednesday (Picture: John Devlin)

Readers' Letters: John Swinney won't be able to stem tide of Trump in Scotland

Craigentinny/Duddingston Councillor Iain Whyte

Tourist tax is not all it’s cracked up to be - Iain Whyte

The Stone of Destiny is guarded before being taken to Westminster Abbey for the coronation of King Charles III (Picture: Russell Cheyne/pool)

Strange carving on Stone of Destiny is no Da Vinci Code mystery Scotsman comment

There is a pressing need to improve care services (Picture: Matt Cardy)

SNP has spent £28m of public money on achieving square root of zero
The SNP's collapsed National Care Service plan is a national embarrassment
Scotsman comment

Dorothy Pritchard, chair of Melness Crofters Estate. PIC: John Devlin.

Crofters 'very deflated' as rocket firm vows no launches until 2028

Andrew Henderson, Director of Public Policy, Pinsent Masons (Picture: Wullie Marr/Deadline)

Calmer domestic politics presents opportunities for business

Hope Gordon was found dead along with her father, Mark Gordon, 36, in their home in West Calder, West Lothian

Death of six-year-old girl being treated as murder

Firefighters work to contain a wildfire in Castaic, Los Angeles County, on Wednesday (Picture: Brandon Bell)

‘Drill baby, drill’? Why Trump’s presidency means ‘burn baby, burn’ Joyce McMillan

Labour appears to hope that it will be able to make a UK-US trade deal with Donald Trump's administration (Picture: Jim Watson)

Why Starmer must not sell out UK farmers to make Trump trade deal Alistair Carmichael

In addition to health concerns, the production of red meat is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions (Picture: Miguel Mendez)

Labour’s ‘eat meat’ campaign flies in face of medical advice Philip Lymbery

UK News

HMS Somerset shadows the Russian spy ship Yantar near UK waters (Picture: Royal Navy)

Russian grey-zone interference means UK must increase defence spending Scotsman comment

HMS Somerset flanking Russian ship Yantar near UK waters. Picture: Royal Navy/PA Wire

Vladimir Putin spy ship confronted by Royal Navy in North Sea

The coffin of Southport stabbing victim Elsie Dot Stancombe is carried out of St John's Church in Birkdale, following her funeral service in August (Picture: Peter Byrne)

Southport inquiry is about stopping such attacks, not assigning blame Scotsman comment

Starmer announces counter-extremist review after Southport murders

Former Asda and Marks & Spencer chief executive Lord Stuart Rose has said remote working policies have spawned a generation who are “not doing proper work”.

Is working from home 'proper'? One of UK's top businessmen says no

Three girls – Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice Dasilva Aguiar – were fatally stabbed

Teenager Axel Rudakubana pleads guilty to Southport murders

World

Donald Trump takes the oath of office to become the 47th US president

Trump warns Putin of tariffs and sanctions if Ukraine war does not end

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, journalist Lauren Sanchez, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai, and SpaceX boss Elon Musk attended the inauguration of US President Donald Trump on Monday (Picture: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/pool)

Andrew Carnegie has lessons for today’s oligarchs about vast wealth Tobias Jung

James Macsween, managing director Macsween of Edinburgh.

Renowned Scottish producer to introduce ‘banned’ haggis to America

Donald Trump will loom large over politics in Scotland and the UK (Picture: Chip Somodevilla)

Trump's Age of Unreason and Anti-science is coming soon to Scotland Ian Johnston

Orly Efraim grieves for her niece, Eden Liza Auhaion, who was killed at the Nova music festival during Hamas's attacks on October 7, 2023 (Picture: Amir Levy)

After Mid-East peace deal, I hope to be friends with pro-Palestinians Joe Goldblatt

Bolu province is in north west Turkey

Turkey ski resort hotel fire kills at least 66 people

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Weather

Storm Eowyn

The schools closed across Scotland due to red weather alert

LNER train.

Watch: LNER announces train cancellations ahead of Storm Éowyn

Politics

Legislation will be used to halt the spread of sexually explicit deepfake images being spread. PIC: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

'Devastating harm': John Swinney aims to end spread of deepfake images

The Scottish Government will work with Labour ministers to close loopholes to end the spread of sexu...

Swinney told to sack 'disgraced' Health Secretary after limogate row

Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay called Neil Gray ‘dishonest’

Keir Starmer has said he wants a reset of EU-UK relations (Picture: Benjamin Cremel/pool)

Government urged to seize olive branch as EU hint at trade agreement

The UK Government could seek closer ties with the EU

SNP confirm National Care Service has been scrapped David Bol

David Bol

SNP to water down National Care Service to find 'common ground'

SNP ministers are expected to signal their intent to water down their national care service plans af...

One state school rated 'excellent' in 9 years is an indictment of SNP

Hyndland School in Glasgow is the only state secondary to be deemed to be excellent at teaching, lea...

Transport

Storm Ashley became the first storm of the 2024/25 season to hit Scotland - causing waves to crash against the sea defences in Saltcoats.

Storm Éowyn: All 2,200 ScotRail trains cancelled across Scotland

The red warning area that covers much of the Central Belt. Picture: Met Office

Swinney says 'do not travel' as rare red alert issued for 100mph winds

A red weather warning - the first for the Central Belt in seven years - has been issued for Scotland by the Met Office

When and where Storm Eowyn will bring 100mph winds to Scotland

Police Scotland has used the roadside drug testing kits since October 2019

50% of Scottish drivers failed drug test after being stopped by police

Education

Head of grounds team George McNab (left) and his brother Kevin

The twins who have worked together at prestigious school for 40 years

A drone shot of the University of Stirling campus with the William Wallace monument in the background.

Exclusive The £119k pay rise for university principal now best paid in Scotland

There are plenty of safe and child-friendly apps that can help young people build essential skills

Apple's 4 top apps for helping young children with reading and maths

Hyndland Secondary School pupils

The first Scottish school rated 'excellent' by inspectors

Environment

Noss island is a nature reserve and is part of the Shetland Isles archipelago

Bird lover sought for £32k job on off-grid 'paradise' Scottish island

Linden Kingston, assistant warden at RSPB Loch Lomond

Watch: Joining the wardens who count 'very shy' geese at Loch Lomond

The Green Boom offers the hope of future prosperity for Scotland (Picture: William Edwards)

Why Scottish business needs a more realistic net-zero target Dr Marie Macklin

Health

A fifth UK case of mpox Clade Ib has been found in Leeds

Doctor shares red flag symptoms of Mpox that you shouldn't ignore

Excessive screen time has been found to have a big impact on kid's health.

Screen time: four ways it impacts children's health

With so many illnesses around this winter, it can be hard to know when symptoms of a cough are serious.

Red flag symptoms that you shouldn't ignore if you have a cough

Brianna Alexander before, left, she used Simple weightloss app and after, right in yellow dress

Discount code: Save 60% off an app that has helped people lose 5 stone

Crime

The Inverclyde Islamic Centre, Greenock, where a youth was apprehended

Second boy, 16, arrested under Terrorism Act after incident at mosque

Axel Rudakubana

Axel Rudakubana sentence revealed for Southport dance class murders

Axel Rudakubana

Judge orders killer from dock as horror of Southport murders outlined

Joe Madden arrives at Edinburgh Sheriff Court to be sentenced after admitting damaging the Stone of Destiny display cabinet in the crown jewels room at Edinburgh Castle

Activist sentenced for damaging Stone of Destiny cabinet

James Maris 3D printed the gun in his bedroom.

Teenager 3D printed assault gun in Perthshire bedroom sentenced

Tony Parsons, 63, from Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire. Picture: Family Handout/PA Wire

Family of charity cyclist killed by drunk driver receive pay-out

Future Scotland

SRUC senior lecturer Hadi Aliki (left) and Jim Fairlie MSP at the launch of the SRUC Vertical Farming Innovation Centre.

Scottish education first as college fires up £1.8 million ‘vertical farm’
“The centre enhances SRUC’s ability to address the major challenges facing the world, both now and in the future” – Professor Wayne Powell, SRUC
Scott Reid

In a speech at University College London this week, Keir Starmer set out his plan to us AI to drive economic growth and improve public services (Picture: Henry Nicholls/WPA pool)

Why Labour faces war with left-leaning writers over threat posed by AI John McLellan

Alistair Cameron, chief executive of Kelso-based Scotmas Group.

Why this Scottish firm's water tech matters - £2.2m for global expansion

Fintech - financial technology - development has accelerated as more of us embrace digital banking and use apps to manage a range of services such as savings, investments and pensions.

How Scotland’s fintech boom is leading innovation and creating thousands of jobs

The Scotcoin Project's chief executive Temple Melville. Picture by Jeff Holmes

Scottish cryptocurrency eyes ‘more equitable world’ with imminent £200m listing

Obituaries

Away from rugby, John – seen with pal Mollie – was a sales director in packaging

Scotsman Obituaries: John Douglas, Scottish rugby internationalist

Gordon Campbell taught hundreds of bagpipe players in Scotland and abroad; here he is at Murrayfield Stadium in 2004

Scotsman Obituaries: Gordon Campbell, expert Scottish and Breton piper

Sir Peter Graham pictured whilst commanding the 1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders in Belfast ,1976-1978

Obituaries: General Sir Peter Graham, last Colonel of the Gordon Highlanders

John Mulvey saw local government as an important source of power

Obituaries: John Mulvey, former leader of Lothian Regional Council

UK Trending

Lord Ivar Mountbatten will be joining the third season of The Traitors US, which is presented by Alan Cumming (pictured here). Picture: BBC/Studio Lambert/Peacock/Euan Cherry

How to watch The Traitors US in the UK - and when

Kevin Costner as John Dutton in Yellowstone, stood in a field next to a fence, his hands in his pockets, wearing a cowboy hat (Credit: Paramount+)

Yellowstone is coming to Netflix - how to watch

Claudia Winkelman in The Traitors

The Traitors fans reminded final starts earlier than usual

Half of those polled in the capital consider themselves lucky

Londoners are most blessed with good fortune, according to research

Claudia Winkleman, host of BBC reality TV show The Traitors

Who is in the final of The Traitors - full line-up

The Traitors III Claudia Winkleman has been slaying it in style in 'haute country' wardrobe of tweeds and knits mixed with gothic glamour. Picture BBC / Studio Lambert / Euan Cherry

Full list of 20 The Traitors players who have left so far