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Record number of poorest Scots studying at university full-time

Education

A screenshot from Scottish Labour's latest campaign video, with Tryfan mountain in the background

Labour shares vision for Scotland with view of Welsh mountain

Politics

Prime Minister Theresa May has survived a bid to force her from office

Brexit: Theresa May survives bid to force her from office

General Election

Ruslan Boshirov, left, and Alexander Petrov appeared in an interview with the Kremlin-funded RT channel in Moscow, Russia in September last year. Picture: RT via AP

Kremlin-backed broadcaster to take Ofcom to court over ruling

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Date set for MPs to debate Theresa May’s Brexit ‘plan B’

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FMQs: Nicola Sturgeon criticised again over Alex Salmond case

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Police Scotland facing budget 'misery'

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Facebook removes ‘misleading’ accounts linked to Russia

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Scottish independence supporters march in Glasgow. Picture: John Devlin

WikiLeaks mocked for bizarre poll on Scottish independence

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Prime Minister Theresa May. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Brexit: Theresa May meets other parties as Labour insists she rule out no-deal

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Nicola Sturgeon: I won’t call a second Scottish independence vote this year

General Election

Linda Fabiani says it's laughable to suggest if Scotland was independent it would choose to join Brexit Britain (Picture: John Devlin)

Scottish independence: Unionists wrong about new poll – Linda Fabiani

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Scotland remains divided on the issue of independence. Picture: Phil Wilkinson/TSPL

Readers’ poll: Would you vote for Scottish independence in a second referendum?

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Picture: Neil Hanna

Poll: 60% of Scots would back ‘remain’ in new Scottish independence vote

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Scottish Labour leader, Richard Leonard. Picture: John Devlin

Richard Leonard: Scottish independence vote would be worse than Brexit

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Nicola Sturgeon leads Britain’s most influential woman poll

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Pro-independence marchers make their way through Glasgow in September 2017. Picture: John Devlin

Poll: Support for Scottish independence at 32%

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Ruth Davidson. Picture: PA

Scottish Conservative support falls as SNP's rises - poll

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Former British Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a speech during his time in office. Picture: Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Brexit: David Cameron doesn’t regret calling referendum

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Irish Premier Leo Varadkar. Picture: Paulo Nunes dos Santos/AFP/Getty Images

Brexit: Leo Varadker urged to ‘stand firm’ on Irish backstop

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Jeremy Corbyn (R) standing to give his response and to table a motion of no confidence in the Government. Picture: Getty

Poll: Were MPs right to reject Theresa May’s Brexit deal?

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Ian Blackford.

Brexit: SNP will seek to revoke Article 50 after deal is defeated

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Scotland secretary David Mundell arrives for the weekly Cabinet meeting at Number 10 Downing Street. Picture: Jack Taylor/Getty Images

Brexit: David Mundell faces fresh calls from SNP to resign

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Scottish Brexit secretary Mike Russell

Brexit: Scotland starts stockpiling food, medicine for no deal

General Election

Glasgow's Buchanan Street as Christmas shoppers look for last-minute items

UK retailers report worst Christmas since 2008

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Upbeat outlook for Aberdeen office property market

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From left: Anderson Strathern's managing partner Murray McCall, commercial director Adrian Smith and chair Bruce Farquhar. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Anderson Strathern hires first commercial director

Companies

The large and extremely fragile periodic table was contained in a stash of rolled up teaching charts

World’s oldest classroom periodic table found at St Andrews University

Education

The Scottish Government has pledged to widen access to universities

Record number of poorest Scots studying at university full-time

Education

Charity shop donor Anne Wilson. Pic: Lisa Ferguson

‘Fuming’ Edinburgh charity shop donor claims items were binned straight away

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Brexit: Theresa May survives bid to force her from office

General Election

Nicola Sturgeon. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

FMQs: Nicola Sturgeon criticised again over Alex Salmond case

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Prime Minister Theresa May. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Brexit: Theresa May meets other parties as Labour insists she rule out no-deal

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his home in north London ahead of his motion of no confidence in the Government being debated in Parliament. Picture: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Brexit: Election failure puts pressure on Corbyn to back vote

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