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The Scottish Government took Ferguson Marine in Port Glasgow into public ownership in 2019

Two new CalMac ferries for isles will not be built in Scotland
Transport

Scottish Government defends vaccine passports after U-turn on plans in England
Health

Boris Johnson confirms masks, and home working and could return in Winter Plan
Politics

Covid vaccines to be offered to 12-15 year olds
Health

Forcing Scotland to spend additional UK tax cash on health a 'retrograde step'
Politics

Luskentyre Beach: Glamping pod plan scrapped as petition tops 10,000
Heritage

Nicola Sturgeon Covid Scotland update: RECAP
Coronavirus

Pylons could disturb ancient East Lothian battle site and Outlander location
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School pupils to wear face coverings until October holidays
Education

Sturgeon is playing political games with Scotland's future – Murdo Fraser MSP
Columnists

Booster vaccines for all over-50s, health workers and most vulnerable
Health

Coronavirus

What is a 'firebreak lockdown'? Could we see one in the UK this autumn?
National

Interactive vaccine tracker: How many have been fully vaccinated in your area?
Coronavirus

Here's how to get your vaccine certificate in Scotland
Coronavirus

Transport

Police attend crash near Glencoe
Transport

'Let's make all Scottish flights carbon neutral' - Edinburgh Airport
Transport

I work four days a week but forget I’m not full time - Alastair Dalton
Columnists

Anger over ‘hopeless’ pavement designs along Edinburgh's Leith Walk tram lines
People

Edinburgh & Glasgow ‘hit and runs’: Two arrested after one dead and five injured
Transport

Man charged with ‘road traffic offences’ after five hit by car in Edinburgh
Transport

Fundraiser for teenager killed in alleged hit and run hits £6,000
People

Crime

Prince Andrew sex assault claims: Lawyer says documents will clear Duke of York
Crime

Missing West Yorkshire woman may have travelled to Edinburgh
Crime

Police hunt man over Glasgow sexual assault after Rangers FC match
Crime

Man, 36, appears in court after five pedestrians hit by car in Edinburgh
Crime

Weather

Thunderstorms and flooding forcecast
National

Highest September temperature recorded for more than a century
Weather

Yellow warning for thunderstorms issued for much of Scotland
Weather

Met Office predicts today could be hottest September day in over 100 years
Weather

Politics

Strict Holyrood protest law sets dangerous precedent – Martyn McLaughlin
Columnists

Why Sturgeon should stick to her guns over vaccine passports – Susan Dalgety
Columnists

Here's when Boris Johnson is addressing the country today and what he could say
National

'Appalling' new figures show 722 drugs death fatalities in six months
Politics

Plan to restrict protests at Scottish Parliament confirmed by MSPs
Politics

Nicola Sturgeon to make coronavirus statement to MSPs at Holyrood later today
Coronavirus

Boris Johnson's Scotland- Northern Ireland tunnel plan to remain 'under review'
Politics

Opinion

Global warming has already dramatically changed the seasons – Scotsman says
Columnists

Readers' Letters: How Nicola Sturgeon helped me pick holiday
Letters

In rush to build, we must commit to green future Allan Callaghan
Columnists

Now is the perfect time to re-invent our high streets - Suzy Powell
Columnists

Solo tourism could be growth area in a post-pandemic world - Craig Leith
Columnists

People

Watch: Got a ticket for the Edinburgh Playhouse? Here’s what you need to know
People

Irvine Welsh confirmed for John Lennon tribute
People

What are the different face mask rules for England and Scotland?
Coronavirus

Energy suppliers cease trading affecting hundreds of thousands of customers
Environment

Where is Kym Marsh on BBC Morning Live?
Film and TV

10 facts you may not know about poodles
Outdoors

Scotsman Obituaries: Theodora di Marco, popular Scottish-born salonista
People

Obituaries

Obituary: Alma Cullen, acclaimed drama writer for film, television, radio and th...
People

Obituary: Doug Reid, passionate architect whose signature can be seen in Tayside...
People

Obituary: Jean-Paul Belmondo,  iconic actor who became face of French New Wave
People

Environment

Buoyant: 4,000 Scottish jobs promised in plans for floating wind farm
Environment

Scotland’s spaceport gets final go ahead after historic court ruling
Environment

Covid and Brexit blamed as East Lothian's recycling scheme stalls
Environment

Mental health plea amid gull ‘epidemic’ in Dumfries and Galloway
Environment

Bleak picture of a pastoral idyll under threat
Home

Scottish Conservatives to force vote on future of Cambo oilfield
Politics

Edinburgh Morrisons stores to become 'zero waste' trial centres
Lifestyle

UK News

Sturgeon and Johnson need to be more 'diplomatic' – Scotsman comment
Columnists

Why Indyref2 still seems unlikely to happen any time soon – Ian Swanson
Columnists

No Time To Die, Mr Bond? I'm afraid I must disagree – Aidan Smith
Columnists

When Scotland looked like Greenland some 20,000 years ago
Heritage

Hollywood lawyer to represent Duke of York in US sex assault case
National

All you need to know about GB News
National

World

Sturgeon confirms Scotland to fund COP26 youth event as host UK declines to pay
Environment

Islamophobia is wrong response to September 11 terrorist attacks – Joe Goldblatt
Columnists

Brother of Scottish 9/11 victim recalls sibling's death on anniversary
World

9/11 anniversary and why we should become 'patriots of humanity' - Henry McLeish
Opinion

9/11 in pictures: The iconic images from the day the world changed forever
World

Twenty years on from 9/11, are we safer from the threat of terror attacks?
National

Read This

Boy, 8, suffers headaches after being nervous about school – before eye test unc...
Read This

Travel traffic light system set to be scrapped for ‘go’ and ‘no-go’ list
Coronavirus

All the green, amber and red list travel changes expected this week
Coronavirus

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