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The 75th anniversary edition of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe was staged in August. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

What's On Fringe chief warns city’s ‘cultural capital’ status is under threat

Gillian Mackay, the Scottish Green MSP, has a member's bill backing buffer zones around abortion clinics.

Politics 'Crucial precedent' for Scotland as Northern Irish buffer zones bill backed

Weather Second weather warning issued as temperatures set to plummet to -10

Columnists Brown's constitutional shake-up is conservative about Scotland's place in Union

Politics Stephen Flynn wins race to replace Ian Blackford as SNP Westminster leader

Environment Blowing hot and cold: It's chilly now, but the year is set to be warmest yet

National Matt Lucas is stepping down from presenting The Great British Bake Off

World Raphael Warnock wins Democrats outright US Senate majority

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Heritage 'Bucket list' St Kilda to tackle growing visitor numbers

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Politics Climate change: Scotland's 'trend of failure' on emissions targets will continue

Coronavirus

National When will US borders open to UK travellers?

Coronavirus Which countries have seen the highest total Covid cases so far?

Coronavirus Here's how to get your vaccine certificate in Scotland

Transport

Transport Airport workers announce pre-Christmas strike dates

Transport Rail union clashes with Government over strikes before Christmas

Business Industry plea for urgent action on EV chargers as new car sales motor ahead

Transport Electric 4x4 set to be first mass-produced car built in Scotland for 40 years

Transport Glasgow Airport reopens 'after suspicious item found'

Transport Slow A9 dualling progress as deaths rise causes SNP 'considerable discomfort'

Transport Major Scottish road schemes like Loch Lomond A82 ‘threatened by funding squeeze’

Crime

Crime Here are 11 Scottish laws you might have broken without even realising

Film and TV Here are the 10 of most highly rated documentaries on Netflix UK this year

Politics Police officers cite working patterns and resources as reasons for quitting

Crime Police in driver witness appeal after fatal crash at Loch Lomond

Weather

Weather Snow and temperatures of -8 forecast as Met Office issue warning across country

Weather Former NASA engineer reveals quickest way to defrost windscreens

Weather Watch the latest forecast for Scotland ahead of upcoming weather warning

Weather Scotland braced for ice cold arctic air with temperatures set to fall to -10

Politics

Columnists Scotland's arts sector must be nursed through the cost-of-living crisis

Columnists Ukrainian refugees who returned home are being forced to leave again

Columnists What Ian Blackford’s defenestration tells us about the SNP – Murdo Fraser

Politics Teachers’ strike: Fife Council rejects intimidation claim after letter backlash

Politics When is next PMQs? How to watch PMQs today

Columnists Plants behaving strangely is something to keep an eye on – Scotsman comment

Politics Holyrood committee accuses SNP minister of evasion over ferries fiasco

Opinion

Columnists Martyn McLaughlin: It's time to have a word about word of the year contests

Columnists How Scotland's NHS is being ‘privatised by the back door’ – Foysol Choudhury

Letters Readers' Letters: Brown report has nothing tangible to offer Scots

Columnists Emerging market economies showing promise - Andrew Ness

Letters Readers' Letters: Appeasement of SNP will make things worse

People

People Which are the most and least used train stations in Aberdeenshire?

People Site visit planned for historic North east hotel

People Twinning Group's peace tree lights up for Christmas

People Residents urged to check grit bins

People Mackie’s steams ahead with UK-wide railway giveaway

People ISA branches out for winter celebration

People Inverurie's Steve McMinn to champion rare breeds

Obituaries

People Scotsman Obituaries: Dr Karin McPherson, expert in East German literature

People Scotsman Obituaries: Sandy Stephen, Scottish shipbuilder and yachtsman

People Obituary: Graham Duncan, former Executive Director of Planning for Edinburgh Cit...

Environment

Business Greenock's River Clyde Homes unlocks 'milestone' RBS loan pot of nearly £120m

Environment The Scottish researchers investigating climate change impacts of plants

Environment Giant new fish farm would be Scotland's biggest and greenest

Columnists Destruction of healthy soils is the 'elephant’ on the farm we must not ignore

Columnists Industrial farming is threatening humanity’s ability to feed itself

Environment Why 2023 will be the year of floating offshore wind

National Philanthropist sought to create £12m retreat on Scottish island

UK News

Columnists Abolishing the Lords would help boost support for the Union – Scotsman comment

Columnists Brown's big plan might just be enough to bring down Sturgeon – John McLellan

National Scotland's best archaeological finds of 2022 revealed

Columnists Glimmer of hope that UK will one day rejoin EU is getting brighter

Columnists Brian Wilson: Blackford's SNP group at Westminster were a rabble without a cause

Columnists Put VAT on private school fees and this is what happens – Cameron Wyllie

World

World German police raids target suspected extremists ‘seeking to overthrow state’

World Drone strikes hit Russian targets as Volodymyr Zelensky travels east

World Why is Meta threatening to block news content in the US?

World Explosions remain unexplained at two Russia airbases

World UN refugee arm condemns asylum seeker report

World Scepticism over scrapping of Iran’s ‘morality police’

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