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Chris Pine says Outlaw King shouldn’t become indyref battleground as film premieres

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The Primal Scream star looked distinctly unimpressed. Picture: BBC

Rocker Bobby Gillespie hits out at ‘smug’ Andrew Neil after BBC appearance

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A stock image of a black panther. Picture: PublicDomainPics

Police say ‘big cat’ in Ayrshire isn’t black panther

Odd

The farmer at the centre of the BSE case in Aberdeenshire has spoken of his devastation. PIC: PA.

BSE farmer in Aberdeenshire speaks of ‘devastation’ after Mad Cow Disease confirmed

Aberdeen & North East

Julian Assange to sue Ecuador for violating his ‘fundamental rights’

UK

DUP MP backs plan to for bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland

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UK Government set to challenge Scottish court ruling that could prevent Brexit

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Delta announces new Boston route from Edinburgh

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

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The refurbished library at Iona Abbey will open this weekend. PIC: Church of Scotland.

Island library ‘gem’ with Gaelic and Celtic art collection to open

Inverness, Highlands & Islands

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

Politics More Politics >>

Nearly half of Scotland's population is likely to get cancer at some point in their lifetime

Ian Murray: Edinburgh’s world-leading cancer research is at risk

Opinion 15

'Not enough progress' as Theresa May insists Brexit deal still possible

Politics 284

The Primal Scream star looked distinctly unimpressed. Picture: BBC

Rocker Bobby Gillespie hits out at ‘smug’ Andrew Neil after BBC appearance

News 30

Scottish fishermen hit out at suggestion of longer Brexit transition

Politics 40

The first drawing of the proposed bridge to connect Scotland and Northern Ireland. PIC: Professor Alan Dunlop.

DUP MP backs plan to for bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland

News 111

Nick Clegg. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg given top job at Facebook

UK 8

The crisis among Scottish teachers is growing.

Scottish teachers hit out over assaults and stress of classroom life

Politics 145

Man who attempted to set fire to Scottish Parliament jailed

News 36

Letters: ‘Independent Scotland won’t get cut-price Nato membership’

Your Say 183

Language used in police email on deployment of female officers branded ‘intolerable’

News 78

Leader comment: Glasgow People’s Palace closure would be symbol of austerity

Opinion 40

Transport More Transport >>

The A83 has reopened

Rest and Be Thankful reopens as landslides cleared

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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 8

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 5

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 2

Education More Education >>

The crisis among Scottish teachers is growing.

Scottish teachers hit out over assaults and stress of classroom life

Politics 145

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 6

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: 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

Environment More Environment >>

The landscaping is to tie in with Playfair's original vision for Princes Street Gardens.

Shock as Edinburgh Council give permission to fell 50 trees in Princes Street Gardens

Environment 42

Abseilers and specialist climbers have been enlisted to help protect one of Scotland's most spectacular gorges from the effects of invasive plant species. The National Trust for Scotland said it had been forced to go to 'extreme lengths' to tackle the problem at Corrieshalloch Gorge, south of Ullapool.'Conservationists are concerned that common rhododendron and Japanese knotweed are spreading rapidly along the gorge, which sits above the River Droma.

National trust turns to climbers to tackle spread of alien plants

Environment

The first ever release of a rare snail in the Lothians has been hailed as a "vital step" in efforts to save the species. Photo: Katie Paton/RZSS/PA Wire

Scottish rare snail release a ‘vital step’ in saving species

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The European Court of Justice, the Palais in Luxembourg, which houses 15 judges and 9 advocates-general

UK must offer better protection to porpoises, EU Court rules

News 4

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

Environment 17

Need for action ‘clear’ on the climate

Environment 8

Celebrities donate items to raise money for Aberdeen care centre

Environment

Millions of electric car charge sites are needed

Tech 9

Health More Health >>

Nearly half of Scotland's population is likely to get cancer at some point in their lifetime

Ian Murray: Edinburgh’s world-leading cancer research is at risk

Opinion 15

Calls have been made to introduce tougher legislation to tackle violence against public sector workers, after staff reported more than 40,000 attacks for the third consecutive year.

More than 40,000 attacks on public sector staff for third year running - report

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

BSE Case in Scotland: ‘It could happen to any farmer’

Politics 9

A generation of Scots faced being trapped

Ayrshire OAPs: 'We're trapped in our own homes by waiting lists'

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An economist has said the Scottish Government may have underestimated healthcare funding needs by more than �400 million.

Scottish Government ‘may have underestimated health care funding by £400m’

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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

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The NHS. Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty

One million days lost to NHS stress

News

BSE outbreak cast shadow on entire beef industry

Aberdeen & North East

Scottish woman told to wait for two days to have overdue baby

Family

Scottish Government under health funding by £400m says economist

News 1

Case of Mad Cow Disease confirmed on farm in Aberdeenshire

Aberdeen & North East 100

UK More UK >>

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, file)

Julian Assange to sue Ecuador for violating his ‘fundamental rights’

UK 20

Nick Clegg. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg given top job at Facebook

UK 8

Ex-British Army officer Johnny Mercer, who was only elected in 2015, said he would not have run in Plymouth Moor View 'if the situation was like it is now'.

Tory MP says Theresa May has led party so badly he wouldn’t vote Conservative

News 10

Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has been released from prison.

Radical preacher Anjem Choudary released from prison

UK

UK Government set to challenge Scottish court ruling that could prevent Brexit

News 644

Pamela Tulloch: 21st century libraries are more popular than football

Opinion

Jim Duffy: The demise of ‘women’s work’ – a hen do’s verdict on sexism

Opinion

Health chiefs urge doctors to discuss death with patients

News 1

Opinion More Opinion >>

It is recommended that businesses with more than 50 employees be required to publish ethnic pay data, says Donaldson. Picture: Peter Devlin

Comment: Tackling ethnic pay gap could bring £24bn boost

Opinion 2

Nearly half of Scotland's population is likely to get cancer at some point in their lifetime

Ian Murray: Edinburgh’s world-leading cancer research is at risk

Opinion 15

Many of the Royal navy's new Frigates are built on the Clyda. Picture: MoD

Letters: ‘Independent Scotland won’t get cut-price Nato membership’

Your Say 183

Glasgow People's Palace is set to close. Picture: TSPL

Leader comment: Glasgow People’s Palace closure would be symbol of austerity

Opinion 40

Mackerel

With sales at £150m a year fish are good for the economy –and dinner table

Opinion

Mike Park is chief executive of the Scottish White Fish Producers' Association

Recent dispute over scallops shows scale of post-Brexit challenges ahead over fishery access

Opinion 1

3D printers can now be found in some libraries as they embrace the digital revolution

Pamela Tulloch: 21st century libraries are more popular than football

Opinion

Joyce McMillan: We have a new world order – might is right

Opinion 61

Jim Duffy: The demise of ‘women’s work’ – a hen do’s verdict on sexism

Opinion

Michael Matheson: Scotland’s most ambitious infrastructure plan is here

Opinion 18

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

Opinion

World More World >>

Donald Trump has been urged to apologise for praising a Republican congressman who body-slammed a journalist, with critics claiming it risks encouraging further media attacks.

Calls for Donald Trump to apologise for praising congressman who body-slammed reporter

Main players 3

Sherine Tadros, of Amnesty International, has called for a UN investigation into Jamal Khashoggi's fate (Picture: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty)

Joyce McMillan: We have a new world order – might is right

Opinion 61

This picture shows a general view of European Union leaders attending the second day of a EU summit at the European Council in Brussels on October 18, 2018. - European Union leaders meet for a summit focused on migration and internal security, after reviewing the state of the Brexit negotiations with Britain. (Photo by STEPHANIE LECOCQ / POOL / AFP)STEPHANIE LECOCQ/AFP/Getty Images

EU leaders agree to work with North Africa on migrants

World 4

Former USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny. Picture: (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Former head of US Gymnastics arrested over evidence tampering

World

Trump threatens to shut Mexico border over migrants caravan

World 5

Legendary artist from Turkey dies at age of 90

World

Hunt for Crimean school shooting accomplice underway

World

Edinburgh man walks 63 miles for Indonesia tsunami appeal

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Odd More Odd >>

A stock image of a black panther. Picture: PublicDomainPics

Police say ‘big cat’ in Ayrshire isn’t black panther

Odd 56

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 1

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

Friends of the Scotsman More Friends of the Scotsman >>

Mackerel

With sales at £150m a year fish are good for the economy –and dinner table

Opinion

Mike Park is chief executive of the Scottish White Fish Producers' Association

Recent dispute over scallops shows scale of post-Brexit challenges ahead over fishery access

Opinion 1

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

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

Dr Rennie McOwan (Picture: BIll Sinclair)

Obituary: Rennie McOwan, journalist and outdoorsman whose campaigning helped enshrine the right to roam

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

Celebrity More Celebrity >>

Strictly Come Dancing star Dianne Buswell splits from partner

Celebrity

John Leslie attends Blue Peter's Big Birthday, celebrating the show's 60th anniversary, at the BBC Philharmonic Studio at Media City UK, Salford. Photo credit: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

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

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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