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Teachers at school built on ‘toxic site’ have the same rare cancer

Environment

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond. Picture: AP Photo/Alastair Grant

Brexit: Chancellor Philip Hammond refuses to rule out voting down Government in confidence vote

Politics

Iain Hunter. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Row with taxi driver ends with Edinburgh Airport boss lying on bonnet of cab

Transport

Richard Henderson, from Selkirk, is still working as a lorry driver at the age of 83

More people over age of 70 choosing to keep working

Health

Scottish Parliament’s Presiding officer on tour for anniversary

Politics

House sales in Scotland at 11-year high

Homes & Gardens

Labour Lord pays off his grandson’s £90,000 drug-dealing debt

Crime

Charity: More to moths than just destroying clothes

Environment

James Dornan

SNP MSP apologises after 'fag' comment about gay Tory MP Ross Thomson

Politics

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is to seek a section 30 order, which would give Holyrood the legal authority to stage a second referendum. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Scottish Government to set out plans for indyref2 within days of Theresa May’s departure

Politics

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Row with taxi driver ends with Edinburgh Airport boss lying on bonnet of cab

Transport

Thousands of runners will be donning their running shoes for the Edinburgh Marathon this weekend

Edinburgh Marathon 2019: Route map, start time and weather forecast

Transport

A crash on the M90 is causing significant delays. Picture: John Devlin.

One man dead and section of M90 closed after road crash

Transport

Pop-Up Kirsty with Edinburgh Councillor Susan Webber and Inspector Kieran Dougal in Juniper Green

Scotland’s roadside police cut-outs prove popular, but do they cut speeding?

Transport

Glasgow International Airport

Pre-flight drinking cut in Glasgow crackdown

Transport

Crime More Crime >>

Inflexible legislation makes it hard to deal with complaints fairly and fast – Mark Paxton

Crime

Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc, admits he works excessive hours. Picture: AFP/Getty

Time for employers to start watching the clocks – Donna Reynolds

Business

Erik Rouk is a Trainee Trade Mark Attorney for Marks & Clerk LLP

Brand protection essential as Scotland aims to be a Good Food Nation – Erik Rouk

Business

Iain Hunter. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Row with taxi driver ends with Edinburgh Airport boss lying on bonnet of cab

Transport

Weather More Weather >>

Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth to sail out of Forth on Thursday morning

Transport

Children play on Portobello Beach as Scotland enjoys its hottest day of the year. Picture: Phil Wilkinson

Scotland records hottest day of the year

Weather

Wednesday 15 May could be the hottest day of the year so far. Picture: John Devlin

Scotland set to sizzle in temperatures hotter than California on Wednesday

Weather

Portobello beach during a heatwave

Soaring temperatures set to bring Scotland's hottest day of the year

Weather

It could snow across parts of Scotland. Picture: Jonathan Bird/Network Rail/PA Wire

Arctic blast to hit Scotland during first bank holiday in May

Weather

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Hi-fi Corner gets in tune with launch of new Edinburgh store

Business

Cllr Adam McVey is the leader of Edinburgh City Council. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Edinburgh is racing against Glasgow to be UK’s first zero-carbon city – Adam McVey

Columnists

Some parents go without food in order to feed their children (Picture: Michael Gillen)

Children go hungry because of cruelty of millionaires in Government – Helen Martin

Columnists

Edinburgh Marathon 2019

Edinburgh Marathon 2019: Can you spot yourself in our runners gallery?

Outdoors

Politics More Politics >>

Brexit: Fate of nation now hangs on Tories’ choice of leader – Christine Jardine

Columnists

Ken Macintosh. Picture: Andrew Cowan/Scottish Parliament

Scottish Parliament’s Presiding officer on tour for anniversary

Politics

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond. Picture: AP Photo/Alastair Grant

Brexit: Chancellor Philip Hammond refuses to rule out voting down Government in confidence vote

Politics

Nearly 20,000 homes were sold in the first quarter of the year.

House sales in Scotland at 11-year high

Homes & Gardens

Boris Johnson is favourite to become Tory leader. Picture: AFP/Getty

Lesley Riddoch: Scotland’s future is in the hands of 313 Tory MPs

Politics

Opinion More Opinion >>

Edinburgh is racing against Glasgow to be UK’s first zero-carbon city – Adam McVey

Columnists

Some parents go without food in order to feed their children (Picture: Michael Gillen)

Children go hungry because of cruelty of millionaires in Government – Helen Martin

Columnists

Mark Paxton is Interim Director of Public Policy, Scottish Legal Complaints Commission

Inflexible legislation makes it hard to deal with complaints fairly and fast – Mark Paxton

Crime

Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc, admits he works excessive hours. Picture: AFP/Getty

Time for employers to start watching the clocks – Donna Reynolds

Business

People More People >>

Against all odds: The rebirth of Scottish publishing

Books

The Great Northern Welly Boot Show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1972 featured Billy Connolly, as well as Kenny Ireland (chorus, right) and Bill Paterson (chorus, second right). Picture: Denis Straughan

Step back in time on new walking tour celebrating history of Edinburgh Festival

Edinburgh Festivals

Judith Kerr at her home in London in 2018 (Picture: Getty Images)

Obituary: Judith Kerr, writer and illustrator behind The Tiger Who Came To Tea

People

Police at a property on Gregg House Road in Shiregreen, Sheffield, after six children were taken to hospital following a "serious incident". Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Two boys die in ‘incident’ at British house

Crime

Prime Minister Theresa May leaves No.10 Downing Street

Theresa May's Grenfell mention in resignation speech 'disgraceful'

Politics

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Edinburgh is racing against Glasgow to be UK’s first zero-carbon city – Adam McVey

Columnists

A Mother of Shipton moth.

Charity: More to moths than just destroying clothes

Environment

Picture: Thomas Nugent/Geograph.org.uk

Teachers at school built on ‘toxic site’ have the same rare cancer

Environment

The Fairy Pools. Picture: Charlie Davidson

Pair rescued after becoming stranded at Fairy Pools on Skye

Environment

UK News More UK News >>

Edinburgh Marathon 2019: Can you spot yourself in our runners gallery?

Outdoors

Celtic legend Harry Hood has passed away aged 74. Picture: PA

Harry Hood: Celtic legend and hattrick hero dies aged 74

Celtic

This is what Kevan Christie calls bullying. He suspects that some claims of 'bullying' are based on little more than a unwittingly rude manner (Picture: Robert Perry, posed by models)

Anti-bullying police would have ruined careers of Churchill and Thatcher – Kevan Christie

Columnists

Jamie Oliver said he was 'deeply saddened' after the Jamie's Italian restaurant chain went into administration (Picture: Matt Alexander/PA Wire)

Jamie’s Italian falls as independent restaurants rise – Stephen Jardine

Columnists

Theresa May loses her composure after announcing her resignation. Picture: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images

On Brexit, Theresa May made life ‘more difficult for herself’

Politics

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US watchdog probes cost of Trump Scottish golf tour

Politics

A woman casts her vote at Masasa Primary School polling station in Mzuzu on 21 May (Picture: Patrick Meinhardt/AFP/Getty)

Democracy moves slowly as China steals march in Malawi – Susan Dalgety

Columnists

US president Donald Trump will not visit Scotland next month

Donald Trump to skip Scotland during UK visit

Politics

Bosnian Muslim refugees from Srebrenica seek refuge at a UN base in Potocari in July 1995 (Picture: AP)

Joyce McMillan: Srebrenica massacre a warning against attacks on liberalism

Columnists

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Obituary: Judith Kerr, writer and illustrator behind The Tiger Who Came To Tea

People

Edinburgh football referee George Smith practices blowing his whistle after being picked to referee in World Cup 1990.

Obituary: George Smith, much-loved and respected Scottish football referee

People

Iain Macmillan CBE

Obituary: Iain Macmillan CBE, former president of the Law Society of Scotland

People

Austrian auto racer Niki Lauda in 1975 (Picture: AP)

Obituary: Niki Lauda, Formula 1 racing legend who came back from horrific injuries to new successes

People

George Argent in his element, en route to Tenom, Malaysia, in 2007

Obituary: George Argent, Rhododendron expert nicknamed ‘Edinburgh’s Indiana Jones of botany’

People