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John Swinney: No ‘morale crisis’ among Scots teachers

Education

eter Morgan was caught with a bomb making kit at his flat. Picture: TSPL/Police hand out

Nazi extremist jailed after being caught with bomb kit in Edinburgh

News

Aretha Franklin has died aged 76 after a battle with Cancer.

‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin, dies aged 76

Lifestyle

Runrig with John Swinney. Picture: Whyler Photos.

Runrig gigs to lead to regular shows beneath Stirling Castle

Lifestyle

Tom Peterkin: The massive elephant in the room at the SNP’s conference

Opinion

Derek Mackay accused of passing the buck on private school tax changes

Politics

Rangers chairman Dave King hearing postponed due to legal issues

Rangers

Cipriani: “I acted in a way that I hugely regret. I am truly sorry”

News

Thousands of pro-independence marchers head through Glasgow in May 2018. Picture: John Devlin

Scottish independence activists demand Nicola Sturgeon ‘use the mandate’

Politics

Joyce McMillan: Festival visa problems show perils of ‘hostile’ UK
Joyce McMillan

Politics More Politics >>

John Swinney was appearing on BBC Radio Scotland

John Swinney: No ‘morale crisis’ among Scots teachers

Education 157

The former Big Bar in Bainsford, Falkirk, is one of a number of buildings to have lain empty for several years. Picture: Michael Gillen

New power could tackle blight of abandoned buildings in Scotland

Politics 3

Thousands of pro-independence marchers head through Glasgow in May 2018. Picture: John Devlin

Scottish independence activists demand Nicola Sturgeon ‘use the mandate’

Politics 392

Derek Mackay. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Derek Mackay accused of passing the buck on private school tax changes

Politics 139

Fettes in Edinburgh is among the private schools in Scotland that benefit from business rates relief because of their charitable status. Picture: Ian Rutherford.

SNP’s bid to generate £5m that sparked major political row

Education 6

A woman who complained of a racist and misogynistic culture in a Scottish government department claims she was taped to a chair and gagged by two male colleagues.

Scottish Government employee pictured bound and gagged loses tribunal

News 7

Scots growth is now ahead of the UK

Scots economy outstrips annual UK growth over the past year

Politics 757

Michelle Mone blasts ‘SNP moron’ MP after criticism of daughter’s reality TV stint

News 86

Lack of dialogue ‘could boost Scottish and Catalan independence campaigns’

Politics 86

Gordon Brown says Jeremy Corbyn is "simply wrong" on anti-semitism row

Politics 29

Bill Jamieson: SNP’s Nurse Ratched wants to take all my money

Opinion 17

Transport More Transport >>

The Glen Sannox under construction at Fergusons Marine in Port Glasgow. Picture: John Devlin

Latest CalMac ferry now delayed by a year

Transport 33

ScotRail fares will have increased by nearly 7 per cent over the latest two rises. Picture: John Devlin

ScotRail commuters to be hit with 3.2 per cent fares rise

Transport 9

At least 38 people were killed when the giant motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa in northwestern Italy. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

British family ‘ran for lives’ before Genoa bridge collapse

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The collapse, which saw a vast stretch of the A10 freeway tumble on to railway lines in the northern port city, was the deadliest bridge failure in Italy for years, and the country's deputy transport minister warned the death toll could climb further. Picture: AFP/Getty

Genoa bridge collapse: At least 35 killed and dozens injured

World

Electric bikes scheme planned for Glasgow

News 3

£745m Aberdeen bypass moves closer as seven-mile stretch opens to motorists

Transport 49

Bid to introduce Scotland’s first workplace parking levy

News 322

Leader comment: Any help for city centres is welcome

Opinion 1

Education More Education >>

John Swinney was appearing on BBC Radio Scotland

John Swinney: No ‘morale crisis’ among Scots teachers

Education 157

Corals are already growing on North Sea oil and gas installations such as this. Picture: Lundin Britain Ltd

Retaining decomissioned North Sea oil rigs could help at-risk corals thrive

Environment 3

Fettes in Edinburgh is among the private schools in Scotland that benefit from business rates relief because of their charitable status. Picture: Ian Rutherford.

SNP’s bid to generate £5m that sparked major political row

Education 6

Clara Ponsati, a former minister in the Catalan devolved government, leaves Edinburgh Sheriff Court following an extradition hearing. The charges against her were later dropped. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Lack of dialogue ‘could boost Scottish and Catalan independence campaigns’

Politics 86

John Swinney told of child left covered in faeces at school

News 2

Education Secretary John Swinney says he will listen to ideas on how to improve education, no matter who suggests them. (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

John Swinney: Scotland can improve education faster without a Bill

Opinion 5

Teachers and parents say many P1 pupils get upset at having to sit tests deemed necessary by the Scottish Govenment.

Calls to ban Scotland’s P1 testing as pressure builds on Government

Education 23

Ruth Davidson: SNP dithers over education as Higher pass rate falls

Opinion 49

Scots scientists’ battery breakthrough could revolutionise electric cars

Tech 72

Letters: Ignore the gloomy assessments, Scotland has highly educated population

Your Say 31

Scottish Government drive to help deprived students ‘flawed’

Politics

Environment More Environment >>

The former Big Bar in Bainsford, Falkirk, is one of a number of buildings to have lain empty for several years. Picture: Michael Gillen

New power could tackle blight of abandoned buildings in Scotland

Politics 3

Corals are already growing on North Sea oil and gas installations such as this. Picture: Lundin Britain Ltd

Retaining decomissioned North Sea oil rigs could help at-risk corals thrive

Environment 3

Millions of pounds are being pumped into the new development at Edinburgh St James

Building on success – the Capital is thriving thanks to new development

Opinion 2

Basking sharks are the second-largest fish in the world,

Pioneering research sheds light on why basking sharks visit Scottish waters

Environment

Richard Dixon: 50 years of climate change denial

Opinion

Scottish Labour unveils zero emissions plan and slams ‘timid’ approach

Environment 38

Grouse shooting season being hit by extreme weather, campaigners say

News 11

Duncan Thorp: Money talks – and it can help make the world a better place

Opinion 2

Health More Health >>

Kirsty Harrison was dignosed with an inoperable brain tumour in July 2002 aged 11. Picture: Greg Macean

Bride-to-be diagnosed with brain tumour shares inspirational story of living in the moment

Health

New research could reduce the need for liver transplants.

New drug treatment could reduce liver transplants

News

A woman who complained of a racist and misogynistic culture in a Scottish government department claims she was taped to a chair and gagged by two male colleagues.

Scottish Government employee pictured bound and gagged loses tribunal

News 7

Laura Close claims doctors said she was "too young" for menopause and "fobbed" her off with anti-depressants. Picture: SWNS

Scottish woman says she will never be a mum after ‘NHS failure’

News 3

Police officers need more support in dealing with people who are mentally distressed, a report has found. Picture: John Devlin

Police ‘need more support in dealing with distressed people’

News

One of Scotland's baby boxes is to be preserved in the Museum of Childhood. Picture: PA Wire

Scotland’s baby box immortalised in Edinburgh’s Museum of Childhood

News 14

Men who took part in the study said the term 'male nurse' should be scrapped. Picture: Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock

Calls to rebrand Scottish nursing as gender neutral

News 5

Amy Fastier: Steady as you go – helping the elderly beat falls

Opinion

Fiona McGrevey: Many people with autism could be homeless

Opinion

Mixing energy drinks and alcohol ‘worsens effects’ of drinking

News 2

Heartbroken mum says pothole car accident killed her unborn baby

News

UK More UK >>

Aretha Franklin and Annie Lennox sang together. Picture: PA

Annie Lennox pays tribute to ‘one and only’ Aretha Franklin

UK

England rugby player Danny Cipriani leaves Jersey Magistrates' Court, Saint Helier, where he pleaded guilty to charges of common assault and resisting arrest following an incident in a nightclub on the island. PICTURE: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Cipriani: “I acted in a way that I hugely regret. I am truly sorry”

News 2

Gordon Brown at the Edinburgh Inernational Book Festival. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Gordon Brown says Jeremy Corbyn is "simply wrong" on anti-semitism row

Politics 29

Millions of pounds are being pumped into the new development at Edinburgh St James

Building on success – the Capital is thriving thanks to new development

Opinion 2

Roddy Smith: Capital shopping is beating high street slump

Opinion

Dispute overshadows Omagh bomb memorial

News 7

Kenny MacAskill: Boris Johnson’s sinister ties to alt-right guru Steve Bannon

Opinion 59

Westminster terror crash suspect named as Salih Khater

UK 51

Opinion More Opinion >>

RICS rent predictions could kick the idea of rental controls further into the long grass, says David Alexander. Picture: Contributed.

David Alexander comment: Take “soaring” rent estimates with a pinch of salt

Opinion

The flag of Shetland flies from the aerial of a car near Lerwick Harbour. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images

Philip Tibbetts: Communities flying their own flags benefits Scottish identity

Opinion 2

Bill Jamieson fears Nurse Ratched, from One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, want to "set me free".

Bill Jamieson: SNP’s Nurse Ratched wants to take all my money

Opinion 17

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon at the party's conference in June. Picture: Getty Images

Tom Peterkin: The massive elephant in the room at the SNP’s conference

Opinion 181

Jim Duffy shares the secrets of Amazon's appeal. Picture: Ian Howarth.

Jim Duffy comment: Amazon is a Prime suspect for retail monopoly

Opinion

Millions of pounds are being pumped into the new development at Edinburgh St James

Building on success – the Capital is thriving thanks to new development

Opinion 2

Roddy Smith, Chief Executive, Essential Edinburgh

Roddy Smith: Capital shopping is beating high street slump

Opinion

Kenny MacAskill: Boris Johnson’s sinister ties to alt-right guru Steve Bannon

Opinion 59

John Swinney: Scotland can improve education faster without a Bill

Opinion 5

Leader comment: New Zealand’s ban on foreign property buyers is ominous

Opinion

Thomas Cole: The UK Government is hell-bent on crashing the economy

Opinion 29

World More World >>

Aretha Franklin and Annie Lennox sang together. Picture: PA

Annie Lennox pays tribute to ‘one and only’ Aretha Franklin

UK

Aretha Franklin has died aged 76 after a battle with Cancer.

‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin, dies aged 76

Lifestyle 7

At least 38 people were killed when the giant motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa in northwestern Italy. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

British family ‘ran for lives’ before Genoa bridge collapse

News

Clara Ponsati, a former minister in the Catalan devolved government, leaves Edinburgh Sheriff Court following an extradition hearing. The charges against her were later dropped. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Lack of dialogue ‘could boost Scottish and Catalan independence campaigns’

Politics 86

Kenny MacAskill: Boris Johnson’s sinister ties to alt-right guru Steve Bannon

Opinion 59

Leader comment: New Zealand’s ban on foreign property buyers is ominous

Opinion

Genoa bridge collapse: At least 35 killed and dozens injured

World

22 dead after road bridge collapses in Genoa

World

Odd More Odd >>

A bottle dubbed the 'Holy Grail' of whisky will go under the hammer in Edinburgh this Autumn. Picture; SWNS

Rare whisky set to sell for £1 million at auction

News

Morris's Steakhouse in Largs. Picture: GoogleMaps

Scottish restaurant owner’s steak house ‘haunted by the ghost of his mum’

Odd

Grandmother Freda Jackson, 81,s demanded a full refund from Thomas Cook after a 'disaster' trip to Benidorm. Picture: Centre Press

UK tourist complains after holiday to Spain ruined by ‘too many Spaniards’

Odd 74

Matthew Brackley, age 27, outside the Tesco in Cambridge where he had an altercation with the security guard. Picture: SWNS

Topless man thrown out of Tesco ‘for being too fat’

UK 35

Friends of the Scotsman More Friends of the Scotsman >>

Millions of pounds are being pumped into the new development at Edinburgh St James

Building on success – the Capital is thriving thanks to new development

Opinion 2

Roddy Smith, Chief Executive, Essential Edinburgh

Roddy Smith: Capital shopping is beating high street slump

Opinion

A Steady Steps Class which is for people who have had falls and/or are in fear of falling.

Amy Fastier: Steady as you go – helping the elderly beat falls

Opinion

Obituaries More Obituaries >>

Flt Lt Ronnie Mackay

Ronald Mackay

Obituaries

Dr John Keith Brown

Obituary: John Keith Brown, inspirational child neurologist at Edinburgh Sick Children’s Hospital

Obituaries

Legendary Scotsman columnist Albert Morris has died at the age of 91

Tribute: Albert Morris, Scotsman columnist and Edinburgh institution

Obituaries 1

Joel Robuchon, who has died at the age of 73, reached a record total of 32 Michelin stars in 2016. Picture: AFP/Getty

Obituary: Joel Robuchon, master chef who revolutionised the stuffy world of French haute cuisine

Obituaries

Celebrity More Celebrity >>

Rugby star Danny Cipriani in court over ‘police assault’ at nightclub

News

Screengrab photo taken from an episode of Loose Women on ITV of TV presenter and former model Gail Porter, who broke down in tears as she unveiled her new wig, the first one she has worn on television since first losing her hair to alopecia 13 years ago. Picture; PA

Gail Porter cries as she wears a wig for the first time in 13 years

News

Idris Elba has teased fans that he might be taking the James Bond role. Picture: Getty Images

Idris Elba hints at James Bond role with cryptic social media message

Celebrity 1

The Rock surprises the audience. Picture: Youtube

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson surprises Scots amputee charity with message

News 1

David Tennant, Picture: PA Wire

David Tennant slams Donald Trump ‘on behalf of the Scottish nation’

News 152