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Charles Leslie, aka 'Mussel Mou'd Charlie', was a Jacobite ballad singer and ‘flying stationer’ (Picture: National Galleries of Scotland)

How 'chapmen' and 'flying stationers' told the news to Scotland for centuries

‘Mussel Mou'd Charlie’ was famous for bringing the news to people on Scotland’s east coast – and sin...

Interview: Stephen Lironi, Altered Images drummer and restaurateur

The former music producer has three Spanish eateries...

Dumfries's Rood Fair impressed Robert Burns and still offers a night to remember

The Rood Fair is thought to have begun in 1592, making it one of the oldest events of its kind in Europe

Investigations continue into Flying Scotsman crash which injured two Alan Young

Alan Young

BNP loves Braverman's rhetoric but decent conservatives should condemn it

After Enoch Powell’s infamous speech on immigration, frontbench Conservatives threatened to resign u...

Janet Christie's Mum's the Word - Gilets, playsuits and what is a situationship?

It’s autumn and the most stylish member of our family has declared a Changing of the Wardrobe...

Rishi Sunak's recent change of tack on net zero seems more about electoral tactics than sensible management of the country (Picture: Justin Tallis/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Rutherglen by-election is a chance to reject empty populist politics

Two ferries being built at the Ferguson Marine shipyard just got a bit more expensive than they already were (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

SNP appear to have turned Scotland into a Magic Money Tree for shipbuilders

With 1 in 10 men admitting child sex offences, scale of problem demands action Susan Dalgety

Travel: Anantara Vilamoura Algarve Resort, review

Scottish Green co-leader Patrick Harvie joins protesters demonstrating against the UK Government decision to grant consent for the controversial Rosebank offshore development off Shetland (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Don't botch chance to make sustainable transition to net zero

While we know second hand is a great option, there’s also plenty that can be done when you buy new clothes to help the environment too. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Being fashionable as well as sustainable

Reaching out to those in need - Martyn James

Future Scotland

The Scottish cohort selected for Lisbon attended a launch at sponsor Johnston Carmichael in Edinburgh, alongside Foras co-founders Dec McLaughlin, Caro Melendez, and Nick Murray. Picture: contributed.

Delegation of 48 Scots selected for entrepreneurship-focused visit to Lisbon

Novarum CEO Neil Polwart says the team has 'some exciting possibilities in the pipeline'. Picture: contributed.

Edinburgh-based diagnostics specialist Novarum taken over in MBO

From left: Neuranics CSO Kia Nazarpour, CTO Hadi Heidari, and CEO Noel McKenna. Picture: Stewart Attwood.

Funding boosts for Glasgow-based healtech start-up and Edinburgh fintech firm

Transport

Ferguson Marine ferries fiasco: Glen Rosa further delayed to 2025

Peak fares on ScotRail will be suspended for six months from Monday October 2

ScotRail peak fares suspension: Passengers warned of 'much busier' trains

Emergency services at the scene of a coach crash on the M53 motorway. Photo: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Schoolgirl, 14, and driver killed after school bus overturns on M53

Lady Bathurst, 58, is narrowly missed by an overtaking car whilst cycling for charity. Picture: Tom Wakefield/Cotswold TV/SWNS

Countess nearly hit by car overtaking lorry while on charity bike ride

Exclusive Patrick Harvie criticised for cycling projects ‘drowning in bureaucracy’

The world's shortest flight is between Westray and Papa Westray in Orkney. Image: Adobe

Here's why the shortest flight in the world is in Scotland

Exclusive Inside the Queensferry Crossing as you’ve never seen it before

Crime

Prison officers under threat from growing number of organised criminals in jail Teresa Medhurst

George Murdoch was killed in 1983. Picture: Police Scotland

DNA breakthrough for police investigating 1983 ‘cheese wire’ murder

Lee Ryan leaves Isleworth Crown Court. Photo: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Blue star Lee Ryan sentenced for abusing cabin crew on Glasgow flight

Hogg claimed he was wrongfully convicted of the attacks in Dalkeith

Crown Office admits ‘mistakes made’ in trial of rapist spared jail

Weather

Yellow warnings for wind and rain have been issued by the Met Office as Storm Agnes bears down on the UK

When does Storm Agnes hit Scotland, as yellow wind warning issued for rain

A team of plant scientists would like to turn this science “fiction” into reality by using light-based messaging to communicate with plants. Picture: SWNS

Can we talk to plants and warn them about dangers?

Rebecca MacDonald and Chris Oram pictured under the Northern Lights which appeared during their wedding on Monday. PIC: Michael Carver Photography.

Bride and groom captured under Northern Lights as 'everything aligns'

The tradition of changing the clocks in Britain dates back to over a century, here’s what you should know.

Explainer When do the clocks go back in 2023 and why do we change them?

Politics

The SNP’s 'Fergus Ewing problem' is that he’s right and they’re wrong Brian Wilson

Research by charity Food Train, given exclusively to The Scotsman, suggests that significantly more older Scots are in danger of becoming malnourished than official estimates suggest

Older Scots at increasing risk of malnutrition as cost of living bites

Swimmers jumping into Loch Lomond from a pier at Luss. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

'Stark' drop off in council water safety policies

Tenement flats along Comely Bank in Edinburgh. Picture: PA

Operators reminded of short-term lets grace period amid snap survey warning

Exclusive Patrick Grady's victim accuses Humza Yousaf of ‘ignoring him’

Donald Trump does not have his troubles to seek as he faces dozens of indictments over alleged criminality in the US (Picture: Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump resort customers unlikely to be deterred by hygiene inspection rap

Labour win in Rutherglen would send a message to the failing Tories and SNP Jackie Baillie

Coronavirus

Aamer Anwar (centre), lead solicitor for the Scottish Covid Bereaved group, speaks outside the UK Covid-19 Inquiry at Dorland House in London. Picture: Belinda Jiao/PA Wire

Lawyer calls for return to masks, free tests amid 'dangerous feeling of deja vu'

Travellers at Edinburgh's Waverley Station. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Passenger numbers on ScotRail services soar close to pre-pandemic levels

What are Covid symptoms in 2023?

Opinion

The UK's first drug consumption room in Glasgow will enable users to take their own illegal drugs under medical supervision (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Scotland needs more than just one drug consumption room pilot

Rosebank oil field decision based on myths, half-truths and disinformation Joyce McMillan

Arts industry is paying the price of Scottish Government incompetence Scotsman comment

Ayr Station Hotel fire highlights blight of absentee owners Martyn McLaughlin

Grenadine makes a great diabolo but you can get creative and try all sorts with lemonade

Passions: When it comes to the demon drink, make mine a diabolo

People

Sheena Skinner portrait

Spa Spy: Detox Health Beauty event comes to Edinburgh's One Spa

Analysis Trump fraud ruling casts shadow over former US president's property empire

Graduates Liam Davidson and Anna Keller.

Achievements of students recognised at ceremony

The incident happened on Horse Wynd on Tuesday. Picture: Google

Woman dies three days after collision with cyclist outside Scottish Parliament

David McCallum at an event in Beverly Hills in 210 (Picture: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Scotsman Obituaries: David McCallum, Glasgow-born star of The Man from UNCLE

Lead artist, Claudia Zeiske

Artists appointed to help Aberdeenshire communities reflect and heal

The Inspiring Aberdeenshire Awards recognise the work of residents and groups across the region.

2023 Inspiring Aberdeenshire winners announced

Obituaries

Professor E Mary Smallwood was perhaps destined for an academic career after her intellectual talents were spotted in childhood

Scotsman Obituaries: Professor E Mary Smallwood, classical historian and author

Gayle Hunnicutt at Heathrow Airport in 1975, on her way to film in Israel (Picture: Peter Cade/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Obituaries: Gayle Hunnicut, 'sexpot' American actress who flourished in Britain

Stuart Sellar unveils the plaque bearing his own name - W S Sellar - on locomotive 37175

Obituaries: Stuart Sellar, railwayman and photographer

Environment

Making a difference: Changeworks has installed over 7,700 energy efficiency measures in homes, resulting in an estimated 370,000 tonnes of carbon savings over their lifetime. Picture - supplied.

Ad Feature Changeworks’ biggest impact yet to achieve net zero

Forensic investigators from Northumbria Police examine the felled Sycamore Gap tree, on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Sycamore Gap tree: New shoots expected to grow, but Hadrian's Wall tree 'won't b...

The beavers will be trapped and taken under licence from areas where they are having a serious negative impact on agricultural land. Photo: PA

Beaver families to be relocated to boost wild population in Scotland

Rosebank is a disaster for climate change and economy Chris Skidmore

White-tailed sea eagles have increased in recent years as a result of reintroduction projects. Picture: Katie Nethercoat

Reports shows stark warning over ongoing loss of species

Analysis How will drilling Rosebank affect bills, energy supplies and climate?

Why Scotland's renewable energy schemes are being delayed for years Sam Gardner

UK News

The crash happened close to junction 5 of the M53. Photo: Google

'Number of casualties' after school bus overturns on M53 motorway

Black smoke billows over the city of Lviv, in western Ukraine, far from the frontlines, after Russian drone strikes earlier this month (Picture: Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine war: mixed signals among Kyiv’s allies hint at growing conflict fatigue

Braverman's anti-refugee campaign may lead to bonfire of human rights Laura Waddell

Rishi Sunak's energy policies are damaging the fight against climate change while doing little to improve energy security (Picture: Justin Tallis/WPA pool/Getty Images)

True energy security will only be delivered by clean renewable energy

Actor Sir Michael Gambon dies aged 82

Teen arrested after famous Hadrian's Wall tree 'deliberately felled'

World

A car of ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh fleeing the enclave this week.

‘Armenia has a herculean challenge ahead’

Russian President Vladimir Putin poses with figure skater Kamila Valieva during an awards ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games medal winners at the Kremlin in Moscow in April.

Why Kamila Valieva’s doping allegation is the fault of Russian figure skating

The belltower of Saint Sophia Cathedral shines in central Kyiv. Picture: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images

UK announces new Russia sanctions as Putin issues orders for ex Wagner figure

A vision of a net-zero world in 2050 and how we got there

U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy speaks to reporters in Statuary Hall at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. McCarthy said he hopes to bring a House vote on a continuing resolution to fund the government this Friday.

What is the US Government shutdown and when will it happen?

Firefighters check the damage in an event hall in Qaraqosh, also known as Hamdaniyah, after a fire broke out during a wedding, killing at least 100 people and injuring more than 150.

More than 100 people killed in fire at Iraqi wedding

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