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Concern is growing about the failure of the international COP climate change summits to stop the rise of greenhouse gas emissions (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

COP28 must end three decades of failure to tackle carbon emissions

In the race to avoid dangerous climate change, the world cannot continue to move at the pace of its ...

A9 dualling: Three mega contracts to speed up completion considered

Critics fear multi-billion project will not be finished until after 2030...

National Grief Awareness Week: Christmas is the hardest time

The festive season stirs all sorts of emotions: Gloom, joy, anxiety, anger, contentment – and grief

Sir Keir Starmer criticised for praising Margaret Thatcher

Rachel Amery

Scotland’s new play following the World Cup dream of homeless female footballers

It may be full-on festive season at theatres across Scotland right now, but it is all about to kick ...

Readers Letters: Essential services suffering because Scotland has too much gove...

As everything in Scotland shrinks – our national and international reputation, the blue line of the ...

COP28 a bloated sham that risks condemning future generations Bill McGuire

Fisherman Donald Francis (DF) MacNeil has been honoured at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards for the protest song The Clearances Again. Picture: Stephen Kearney

Na Trads: Fisherman honoured for protest song at Scottish music awards gala

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is attending the World Climate Action Summit in Dubai.

Rishi Sunak heads to Cop 28, but has he damaged Britain's voice?

The sea eagle was reintroduced to Scotland in 1975 and has since made a promising comeback (pic: Gemma Wearing)

New award-winning film follows the complex comeback of the sea eagle

Beautiful places, such as the Isle of Skye are among Scotland's greatest assets. Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Scotland short-changing environment and undermining one of our greatest assets

Loch Lomond. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Ministers accused of ‘jeopardising the future’ by cutting environmental budgets

Gaztelugatxe island, near the Spanish Basque city of Bermeo, on the coast of Biscay.

Basque recruiter aims to create ‘brain drain’ in Scotland’s renewables industry

Future Scotland

From left: Rachel Curtis, CEO of Inicio AI, and Gillian Fleming, CEO of Mint Ventures, celebrate the tie-up. Picture: contributed.

Women-led angel group Mint Ventures bankrolls tech firm helping people in debt

The winners of the 22nd round of Scottish Edge, who share the £1.5 million prize pot. Picture: contributed.

In depth: Scottish Edge unveils 'bold, brave and brilliant' 22nd round winners

Steve McMahon, who has joined Ingenious Audio, alongside the Edinburgh firm's chief executive John Crawford.

Key hire and six-figure funding boost for Edinburgh audio tech pioneer

Transport

Controlling short-term lets and growing tourism economy is a balancing act Scotsman comment

Edinburgh Airport has been owned by GIP since 2012. (Photo by Lisa Ferguson/The Scotsman)

Edinburgh Airport ‘to be put up for sale by Christmas’

The 20ft-high bund built to protect the Old Military Road after it was engulfed by a landslide in 2020. (Photo by John Devlin/The Scotsman)

Landslide-prone A83’s emergency diversion route upgrade to start within weeks

Tourists enjoy a beach in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.

International tourism has almost rebounded to pre-Covid levels, report says

Road users are being warned of icy conditions as the Met Office issued snow and ice yellow alerts for large areas of Scotland, England and Northern Ireland amid plummeting temperatures. Picture: Owen Humphreys /PA Wire

Snow and ice alerts issued for large parts of Scotland amid travel warning

A SRPS first class compartment which seeks to convey the golden age of rail travel. (Photo by SRPS)

Rail operator forced to halt most historic tours for £500,000 safety upgrade

We're sleepwalking to climate Armageddon – Alastair Dalton Alastair Dalton

Crime

Exclusive Attacks on Police Scotland could be ‘sign of things to come’

West cannot keep ignoring Iran's state piracy, warmongering and kidnappings Struan Stevenson

The trafficking of women for sex is a major problem in the UK and the rest of the world (Picture: Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP via Getty Images)

Pimping websites that advertise trafficked women for rape must be prosecuted

Homicides in Scotland have fallen dramatically and Police Scotland almost always catch the people responsible (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Police Scotland has solved every single homicide case in ten years, except one

Weather

Do you hate cold mornings as much as I do? Maybe Finland has the answer Laura Waddell

Snow is expected to fall in Scotland this week.

First Scottish snow of winter 2023 and white Christmas odds

A hydrogen filled balloon is used to replicate the sun

Why low-carbon 'blue' hydrogen could solve decarbonisation dilemmas

There are cold days ahead.

Here's when it's offically winter - and when spring finally arrives

Coronavirus

Amanda Croft, interim chief executive of NHS Forth Valley, and Janie McCusker, chair of NHS Forth Valley, ahead of the the public session. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

'Ageing population' contributing to issues at 'stage four' health board

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan departs following his appearance at the UK Covid inquiry. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Khan tells UK Covid inquiry 'lives could have been saved' amid Cobra snub

Solicitor Aamer Anwar with Caroleanne Stewart (left) and Pamela Thomas (right) and relatives of the bereaved from the Scottish Covid Bereaved group. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Ambulance drove off leaving Covid patient 'slumped' over gate, inquiry told

Opinion

Local people’s response to Lockerbie bombing moved me to tears Stephen Jardine

Michael Matheson far from the right man for NHS in Scotland Euan McColm

Mum's the Word. Pic: Adobe

Janet Christie's Mum's the Word - Christmas comes early

Artist and playwright John Byrne talks to the press to preview the Curtain Up: 40 Years Of Scottish Theatre exhibition at the National Library of Scotland in 2009 (Picture: John Cheskin/PA)

John Byrne was a cultural icon who appeared effortlessly stylish

Matheson scandal shows MSPs making life harder for SNP in Westminster Alexander Brown

People

Exclusive Entry fees on the cards for museums and galleries in Edinburgh

Dundee Design Festival has been running in the city since 2016. Picture: Kathryn Rattray

Festival of design to be staged at home of former Michelin tyre factory

Lord Douglas-Hamilton at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.

Scotsman Obituaries: Rt Hon Lord Selkirk of Douglas, ex-Scotland Office minister

Fringe venue operator Greenside will be staging shows at the Royal Society of Edinburgh building on George Street from next August. Picture: Ryan Johnston

Fringe venue forced to make way for new festival HQ reveals George Street home

Entry fees could be introduced at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh, which usually only charges for tickets to major exhibitions, such as this year's Peter Howson show. Picture: Greg Macvean

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Why John Byrne's astonishing genius and style was there from the first encounter Joyce McMillan

Tributes have been paid to John Byrne after the death of the artist and playwright. Picture: Robert Perry

Tributes to 'brilliance' of John Byrne as Scots cultural polymath dies aged 83

Obituaries

Manager Terry Venables at a training session of the England national football team in 1996 (Picture: Phil Cole/Getty Images)

Scotsman Obituaries: Terry Venables, English football player turned manager

Joss Ackland poses during a portrait session in 2007 (Picture: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Scotsman Obituaries: Joss Ackland, screen star who honed skills at Pitlochry

Anna Scher poses with her MBE after a Buckingham Palace Investiture ceremony in October 2013 (Picture: Sean Dempsey - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Scotsman Obituaries: Anna Scher, drama teacher who trained Kathy Burke

Environment

Scottish Engineering chief executive Paul Sheerin. Picture: Guy Hinks

Scottish engineers dismayed at UK government’s 'flip-flop approach' to climate

COP28 must tackle shocking amount of carbon emissions from farming Philip Lymbery

The building is tucked away in the North Ayrshire countryside (pic: David Barbour)

Building developed inside Scottish ruin wins prestigious architect award

Global warming has led to a dramatic increase in wildfires in places like California (Picture: David McNew/Getty Images)

COP28 climate summit risks a descent into farcical greenwashing

Scientific innovation is helping Scotland along the road to hitting its net zero targets

Between the lines: Scottish successes lead biotech revolution

Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater. Image: Jane Barlow/Press Association.

Scottish Government criticised for a lack of financial planning

Scottish farmland makes up large chunk of overall land sales in Scotland in the last three years (pic: Caron Munro)

Scottish farmland makes up large chunk of £1.3bn land sales in last three years

UK News

The scene on Baberton Mains Avenue, Edinburgh, after an 84-year-old man has died following an explosion at a house on Friday night. Picture: Lesley Martin/PA Wire

Man, 84, dies after explosion destroys Edinburgh house

Ruinous public service cuts or toxic tax rises? The future looks bleak John McLaren

Rishi Sunak meets Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the G20 Summit last year (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Rishi Sunak goes all Alan Partridge over 'Elgin Marbles'

US President Joe Biden has described Maga Trumpism as 'semi-fascist' (Picture: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

As Tories move towards far-right, it's time to talk about fascism

Rescue workers at the Clutha Bar in Glasgow after a Police Scotland helicopter crashed, killing all three crew and seven pub patrons. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty

Clutha survivors recall helicopter crash on tenth anniversary of tragedy

Amateur detectives in the Nicola Bulley case are still not satisfied Aidan Smith

World

Palestinians in the hospital in Khan Younis mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Picture: Fatima Shbair/AP

Israel intensifies offensive after end of week-long truce

The traditional Christmas market at Kleber square in Strasbourg, north eastern France, was targeted in 2018.

World Explained: Why are Christmas markets targeted by terrorists?

King Charles III meeting First Minister Humza Yousaf as they visit Heriot-Watt University Dubai Campus during the COP28 summit. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Which world leaders are due to speak at COP28?

Palestinian single mother Israa Aljaish with her mother Amal (left) and her daughter Marlin. Photo: PA

Palestinian mother living in Scotland ‘helpless’ as daughter, five, trapped in G...

Former Chancellor and Labour MP Alistair Darling dies aged 70

The-then Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, talks with former American secretary of state Dr Henry Kissinger during the Britain In The World conference at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. Picture: PA

Former US secretary of State Henry Kissinger dies aged 100

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Breaking Boy dies after eating berries from tree in his local park

A murder probe has been launched after a man died in a house fire in Hull, East Yorkshire Picture: Humberside police / SWNS

Breaking Murder probe launched after man dies after house fire

Nigel Harman and Katya Jones performing earlier in this year's Strictly series Picture: BBC/Guy Levy

Strictly star explains why he pulled out of live show