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New Yorkers will mark the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks which killed 2,977 people two decades ago. Picture: Chip Somodevilla/Getty

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

Tory minister responsible for Cop26 'being undermined by Boris Johnson'
Politics

Alba Party elects Salmond and MacAskill as leaders
Politics

Scotland's property: Edinburgh leads way as Scotland overtakes London for fastes...
Homes and Gardens

More than 6,000 work days lost for Police Scotland due to assaults on officers
Crime

Glasgow incident: Teenager killed in hit-and-run on Crow Road
Crime

SNP leaders raise the tempo by painting indy as 'new normal'
Politics

Scots who had one dose elsewhere in UK ineligible for vaccine certificate
Health

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Why Nicola Sturgeon's political legacy is 14 wasted years – Brian Wilson
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9/11 in pictures: The iconic images from the day the world changed forever
World

Texts between ministers may be deleted permanently due to lack of backup system
Politics

Coronavirus

Are there side effects from vaccine jabs and how many people get them?
Coronavirus

We take a first look inside the Playhouse after a year of lockdown
People

Stay at home message to lift from tomorrow - here's what it means for you
Coronavirus

Transport

Edinburgh crash: Tailbacks after two-car collision on Seafield Road East
News

‘Fear factor’ over international must stop, Scottish travel agents demand
Transport

Cop26: Police Scotland warn protesters not to block M8
Transport

ScotRail’s new ‘ridiculously expensive’ fares actually cheaper – Alastair Dalton
Columnists

Potential new CalMac ferry being ‘actively assessed with view to purchase’
Transport

Here is every Edinburgh Airport destination and its current travel list status
Travel

Ultra-fast EV charging points go live at Harthill services
Cars

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Prince Andrew has been served papers, Giuffre lawyers claim
Crime

Cocaine worth £120,000 seized in Galashiels drugs bust
Crime

Man arrested and charged in connection with Dundee death
Crime

Young man attacked and stabbed in Glasgow park
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Thunderstorms and flooding forcecast
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Highest September temperature recorded for more than a century
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Yellow warning for thunderstorms issued for much of Scotland
Weather

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

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Labour rules suspended Aberdeen councillors can stand for re-selection
Politics

Alba conference: Alex Salmond and MP Kenny MacAskill confirmed as leader and dep...
Politics

SNP conference: Members' dismay at abandonment of public energy company plan
Politics

Comedians like Godley leave Scotland lacking real satire – Brian Wilson
Columnists

9/11: Nicola Sturgeon pays tribute to victims of September 11 attacks
Politics

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

Why the world is sleepwalking towards a 'global catastrophe' – Scotsman comment
Columnists

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Readers' Letters: Time is running out to avoid NHS meltdown
Letters

In the dark over future of high street restaurants - Fiona McKinnon
Columnists

Special rules for Isas allow you to avoid paying inheritance tax on savings - Ga...
Lifestyle

Spirited away on an Edinburgh ghost tour - Janet Christie
Columnists

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

People

Non-urgent surgery cancelled at Fife hospitals
People

Book returned to Fife library 14 years overdue
People

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

Thousands back bid to save Corn Exchange football pitches
Business

In pictures: 50,000 music fans at Glasgow's TRNSMT festival
People

Janey Godley abandons role in Scottish pantomime amid tweets backlash
People

Music lovers have been arriving at TRNSMT festival which opened in Glasgow today
People

Obituaries

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

Obituary: Sandy Moffat,  lawyer and Territorial Army officer who fought to save ...
People

Sarah Harding Obituary: Girls Aloud singer who went from talent show hopeful to ...
People

Environment

We must listen to young on the climate crisis - Ilona Amos
Environment

How climate change deniers have changed to subtler tactics – Joyce McMillan
Columnists

Hidden life of island sea caves revealed for first time
Heritage

Feumaidh an luchd-poileataigs fhaighinn ceart an turas-sa
Columnists

Archbishop calls on global leaders to ‘choose life’
National

Char very much: The Scots firm cleaning up with 'baked' wood
Environment

The Macallan's new drive for eco-friendly whisky
Environment

UK News

Why is abortion punishable by life in prison in 21st-century UK? – Susan Dalgety
Columnists

Johnson's 'Blue Labour' policies are testing Tory loyalty – John McLellan
Columnists

Forbes: 'Lack of clarity over national insurance hike
National

Johnson's attack on Churchill charity was unwarranted – Scotsman comment
Columnists

Janey Godley's tweets were 'completely unacceptable' says Nicola Sturgeon
People

Fancy owning a share in the most remote pub on the Scottish mainland?
Heritage

World

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

If you think British Empire was a benign power, read this – Kenny MacAskill MP
Columnists

Millions in Afghanistan need immediate humanitarian aid – Red Cross
Columnists

Here's who Tim Bergling and why is he today's Google doodle?
People

Britney Spears' dad files to end conservatorship - what is a conservatorship?
National

Memories from Iran: Scottish family recall 'exciting, terrifying' experience
Travel

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Marks & Spencer has bought back it’s sell-out Snow Globe gin for 2021
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