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Scots economy faces Brexit ‘aftershock’ as business looks to stockpile supplies

Business

The number of fast food outlets has risen by almost a third in nearly every Scottish council area over the past eight years

Calls to tackle the soaring number of fast food outlets in Scotland

Health

The Highlands and islands has been named as one of the top regions in the world to visit next year by Lonely Planet.

Highlands named as one of the top regions to visit in 2019 by Lonely Planet

Inverness, Highlands & Islands

Nicola Sturgeon was criticised by Ben Shephard Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

ITV censured over inaccuracies in interview with Nicola Sturgeon

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Health trust boss brought in by Scottish Government to help tackle NHS ‘bullying and blame culture’

News

Armed police turning out for hundreds of routine calls across Scotland

Politics

Anger as Government rule out changes to Brexit deal in final vote

News

Snow forecast to hit parts of Scotland this week

News

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An 11-storey office block in Aberdeen has sold for just �20,000. the Salvesen Tower at Blaikies Quay in Aberdeen harbour

Oil slump sees office block once valued at £5m sell for £20k

Business

Euan McColm: Blind faith of Leavers begins to beggar belief
Euan McColm

Politics More Politics >>

Nicola Sturgeon has ordered civil servants to start preparations for a second referendum

Scottish Government draws up 13 briefings on second independence referendum

Politics 650

Scotland's economy could be hit by a post-Brexit shock as firms 'stockpile' supplies to deal with an increasingly uncertain future outside the EU

Scots economy faces Brexit ‘aftershock’ as business looks to stockpile supplies

Business 56

Armed police officers have assisted in more than 1,500 missing person inquiries and responded to over 300 road accidents since a relaxation in the rules of their deployment.

Armed police turning out for hundreds of routine calls across Scotland

Politics 7

The Scottish Government has brought in an external team headed by the chief executive of an English health trust to implement recommendations for a local authority rocked by a report that uncovered a culture of 'bullying and blame'.

Health trust boss brought in by Scottish Government to help tackle NHS ‘bullying and blame culture’

News 15

The number of fast food outlets has risen by almost a third in nearly every Scottish council area over the past eight years

Calls to tackle the soaring number of fast food outlets in Scotland

Health 16

A filmmaker and disability activist has called on the Scottish Government to directly intervene in the fight to scrap the care tax. 'Glasgow-based director Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi is one of 10,000 people with disabilities in Scotland charged for what the government categorises as social care.

Film-maker calls on Nicola Sturgeon to scrap care fees

News

HMS Queen Elizabeth has been getting lots of good publicity for the MoD recently, but the Royal Navy is much reduced (Picture: Dan Rosenbaum FRPU)

Paris Gourtsoyannis: Four huge issues lost in Brexit’s vast shadow

Opinion 3

Leader comment: How Japan can help Scotland kick junk food habit

Opinion 1

Leader comment: Brexit requires calm heads, not violent rhetoric

Opinion

Jonny Hughes: Just back from extinction, beavers are now being killed

Opinion

Helen Martin: Bosses! You need to listen to your frontline staff

Opinion 1

Transport More Transport >>

Failure to meet a series of targets has resulted in ScotRail being fined more than �2.2 million in the first half of the year.

Scotrail fined £2.2m over litter and train and toilet cleanliness

Transport

Rail users have been warned to expect travel disruption until at least 10pm due to damaged wires on the Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Queen Street line.

Rail disruption: Delays on Edinburgh - Glasgow line due to overhead wires damage

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians 4

Sir Richard Branson stepping down as chairman of Hyperloop One

News

Parts of northern Scotland could see snow later this week

Snow forecast to hit parts of Scotland this week

News 9

Witness appeal after man touched himself on board Gourock to Glasgow Central train

News

Ryanair passenger ‘could get away with racist rant’

News 57

Train into Edinburgh breaks down after problems with horn

Transport 34

Woman dies after crash near Trump golf course

Transport 1

Education More Education >>

Northumberland County Council is among those taking steps to limit new hot-food takeaways via its Local Plan.

Leader comment: How Japan can help Scotland kick junk food habit

Opinion 1

The boy allegedly attacked the teacher with a pencil in front of students. Picture: Flickr/Dvortygirl

Boy, 15, charged with using pencil to stab teacher in neck at Scottish school

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians

A policeman throws a tear gas canister to disperse crowds during student riots in Paris in 1968. Picture: Reg Lancaster/Getty Images

Students ditch ‘spirit of 68’ to learn strategic art of persuasion

Education

A mile is often several laps round a playground. Picture: Jon Savage

Simplicity crucial to success of ‘Daily Mile’ initiative

Education 1

The crisis among Scottish teachers is growing.

Scottish teachers hit out over assaults and stress of classroom life

Politics 174

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 7

Liberton High School. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Call for school maintenance deadlines to be met in wake of near misses

Education 3

Hundreds of teaching roles in Scottish schools unfilled

Education 45

Catholic church may give its blessing to priests who father children

Education

Staffing crisis fears as Scottish teachers miss more days due to stress

Politics 27

New website for Scottish teachers to raise education fears anonymously

Politics 237

Environment More Environment >>

Plastic bottle litter

Cat Hay: There’s a can-do attitude for deposit scheme but it must work for everyone

Opinion 1

The timber industry has a chance to reinvent itself after Brexit. 'Picture: Allan Milligan

Stuart Goodall: Wood stands to benefit from root and branch agricultural reform

Opinion

An adult beaver in Knapdale (Picture: Steve Gardner)

Jonny Hughes: Just back from extinction, beavers are now being killed

Opinion

Almost half of respondents backed the move amid growing concern over the human health impacts of heavy traffic and vehicle emissions.

Poll: Almost half of Edinburgh residents back car free city centre

News 2

Here are 10 of the strangest items ever found on the UK's highest mountains

Environment 3

Lesley Riddoch: Why Fake News is harming the Arctic

Opinion 8

Stefan Nyström: Follow Sweden’s example on climate change

Environment 61

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

Environment 45

Health More Health >>

A still from the lost film of Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart made in 1953 starring Stanley Baker.

Movie fan who bought film for £5 discovers it’s a missing long-lost British horror classic

News

The Scottish Government has brought in an external team headed by the chief executive of an English health trust to implement recommendations for a local authority rocked by a report that uncovered a culture of 'bullying and blame'.

Health trust boss brought in by Scottish Government to help tackle NHS ‘bullying and blame culture’

News 15

The number of fast food outlets has risen by almost a third in nearly every Scottish council area over the past eight years

Calls to tackle the soaring number of fast food outlets in Scotland

Health 16

A filmmaker and disability activist has called on the Scottish Government to directly intervene in the fight to scrap the care tax. 'Glasgow-based director Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi is one of 10,000 people with disabilities in Scotland charged for what the government categorises as social care.

Film-maker calls on Nicola Sturgeon to scrap care fees

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"Recovery for most alcoholics and drug addicts is a lifetime occupation"

EU support for alcohol recovery

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Selma Blair said she had suffered symptoms of the condition 'for years' but was only diagnosed in August. Picture: VALERIE MACON / AFP)VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images

Actress Selma Blair reveals multiple sclerosis diagnosis

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At least 50,000 people in the UK and US die from antimicrobial-resistant infections. Picture: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

MPs push for research on antimicrobial resistance

Politics 1

James Walker: Beware Jacuzzi clause in Fido’s policy

Opinion 3

Peanuts in Edinburgh Airport food ‘could have killed my son’

News 16

Brian Wilson: SNP’s ‘Quango Queen’ is not alone on gravy train

Opinion 328

Brian Wilson: NHS figures that disguise cuts to come

Opinion 13

UK More UK >>

Plastic bottle litter

Cat Hay: There’s a can-do attitude for deposit scheme but it must work for everyone

Opinion 1

The number of fast food outlets has risen by almost a third in nearly every Scottish council area over the past eight years

Calls to tackle the soaring number of fast food outlets in Scotland

Health 16

Most 'robots' are not actually made to look quite so human as Fred, a Mesmer robot (Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty)

Oliver Lemon: Don’t worry about robots – the future will stil be human

Opinion

HMS Queen Elizabeth has been getting lots of good publicity for the MoD recently, but the Royal Navy is much reduced (Picture: Dan Rosenbaum FRPU)

Paris Gourtsoyannis: Four huge issues lost in Brexit’s vast shadow

Opinion 3

Leader comment: Brexit requires calm heads, not violent rhetoric

Opinion

Helen Martin: Bosses! You need to listen to your frontline staff

Opinion 1

Robert Aldridge: Jacob Rees-Mogg still insists on ‘Tinkerbell Brexit’

Opinion 15

Fears for historic Traquair murals at Edinburgh’s Sick Kids Hospital

UK

Opinion More Opinion >>

It makes sense for any organisation which is active in business or public life in Scotland to be prepared to appear before a Scottish Parliament committee, says Scobie. Picture: contributed

Comment: Ignore Holyrood scrutiny at your own peril

Opinion 1

Pressure is mounting on Theresa May over the question of Britain's future relationship with the EU. Picture: Getty

Ian Swanson: It’s not a smart time for a coup against May

Opinion

It is encouraging to hear so many Scots start-ups addressing mental health in an open way, says Freer. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Nick Freer comment: Smart start-ups are prioritising staff wellbeing

Opinion

Theresa May, Adam McVey and Nicola Sturgeon at the signing of the �1.3bn city deal. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Comment: Scotland’s drive to harness the true value of data

Tech

Plastic bottle litter

Cat Hay: There’s a can-do attitude for deposit scheme but it must work for everyone

Opinion 1

The timber industry has a chance to reinvent itself after Brexit. 'Picture: Allan Milligan

Stuart Goodall: Wood stands to benefit from root and branch agricultural reform

Opinion

Most 'robots' are not actually made to look quite so human as Fred, a Mesmer robot (Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty)

Oliver Lemon: Don’t worry about robots – the future will stil be human

Opinion

Paris Gourtsoyannis: Four huge issues lost in Brexit’s vast shadow

Opinion 3

Leader comment: How Japan can help Scotland kick junk food habit

Opinion 1

Leader comment: Brexit requires calm heads, not violent rhetoric

Opinion

Jonny Hughes: Just back from extinction, beavers are now being killed

Opinion

World More World >>

HMS Queen Elizabeth has been getting lots of good publicity for the MoD recently, but the Royal Navy is much reduced (Picture: Dan Rosenbaum FRPU)

Paris Gourtsoyannis: Four huge issues lost in Brexit’s vast shadow

Opinion 3

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Theresa May demands answers about death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

World

Selma Blair said she had suffered symptoms of the condition 'for years' but was only diagnosed in August. Picture: VALERIE MACON / AFP)VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images

Actress Selma Blair reveals multiple sclerosis diagnosis

News

Dissident Ayman Nour, second left, and Turan Kislakci, right, of the Turkish-Arab media association, talk to reporters about the disappearance. Picture: AP

Jamal Khashoggi death: Saudi explanation ‘not credible’

News 16

Video: ‘At least 30’ injured after floor collapses at party

World

Stefan Nyström: Follow Sweden’s example on climate change

Environment 61

Britain urged to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia after killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Politics 110

Amritsar: At least 60 dead as India train mows down crowd in

News

Odd More Odd >>

A still from the lost film of Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart made in 1953 starring Stanley Baker.

Movie fan who bought film for £5 discovers it’s a missing long-lost British horror classic

News

The Last Post pub in Paisely. Picture: Google.

Paisley town centre evacuated after ‘stink bomb’

Odd 1

Hilarious parody account created after ‘black panther’ spotted in Ayrshire

News

A stock image of a black panther. Picture: PublicDomainPics

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

Odd 98

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Plastic bottle litter

Cat Hay: There’s a can-do attitude for deposit scheme but it must work for everyone

Opinion 1

The timber industry has a chance to reinvent itself after Brexit. 'Picture: Allan Milligan

Stuart Goodall: Wood stands to benefit from root and branch agricultural reform

Opinion

Graham McGlashan is a Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney for Marks & Clerk LLP.

Graham McGlashan: Patent applications for AI-related inventions is key

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 >>

Seann Walsh avoids Strictly axe as Vick Hope departs dancefloor

Celebrity

David and Victoria Beckham have had one of their homes targeted in an attempted break-in. Picture: PA Wire

David and Victoria Beckham’s Cotswold home targeted in attempted break-in

News

Selma Blair said she had suffered symptoms of the condition 'for years' but was only diagnosed in August. Picture: VALERIE MACON / AFP)VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images

Actress Selma Blair reveals multiple sclerosis diagnosis

News

Billy Connolly and wife Pamela Stephenson

Billy Connolly ready to support Scottish independence

Politics 1410

Strictly Come Dancing star Dianne Buswell has split from her partner, Emmerdale actor Anthony Quinlan. Picture: PA Wire

Strictly Come Dancing star Dianne Buswell splits from partner

Celebrity