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The Queen's Gallery at Holyrood. Photo: Google

The Queen’s Gallery at Holyrood to change name following King’s accession

'Rizz' has been named Oxford word of the year after Tom Holland helped it to go viral. Picture: AFP via Getty

Rizz named word of the year by leading lexicographers

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

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

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

Alistair Darling's political life provided honourable lessons for all Brian Wilson

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

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

World Aids Day is marked on December 1 (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

HIV is now a manageable condition like diabetes, yet stigma and ignorance remain

The evidence that Sunak is a terrible Prime Minister is starting to snowball Joyce McMillan

Alistair Darling, the epitome of a democrat, helped save economy and Union Scotsman comment

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

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

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

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

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

Eilean Musdile lighthouse on the isle of Lismore in the Inner Hebrides. The only shop and post office on the island - which has a population of around 160 - has been saved after the community bought out the store. PIC: Eugene Birchall /geograph.org.

How the only shop on a Scottish island was saved with help of second home owners

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

As wildfires and other symptoms of global warming become an increasing problem, the next international summit on the issue, COP28, will be run by an oil industry executive. Picture: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images

COP28 : Call for urgent probe into ‘backroom oil deals’ by summit host UAE

Sunak needs to realise how important post offices truly are Christine Jardine

Plans to close the Grangemouth oil refinery, possibly by spring 2025, demonstrate how difficult the transition to net zero could be for Scotland's economy (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

With SNP-Green coalition in charge, net zero may not be in safe hands

Trying to sleep in an ordinary train carriage is a challenge for many people (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Airline-style train seats that convert into a bed can't come soon enough

External Affairs Secretary Angus Robertson has been visiting a number of Chinese cities (Picture: Scottish Parliament/PA Wire)

Scotland should not get too cosy with Communist China as others ‘de-risk’

UK may have ditched its right-winger with bad hair but terrible policies remain Joyce McMillan

James Cleverly's talk about the benefits of immigration could help change the tenor of the debate (Picture: Rob Pinney/Getty Images)

Home Secretary's praise for benefits of immigration is important change of tone

Grangemouth oil refinery closure plan is a wake-up call Scotsman comment

Fuel poverty in energy-rich Scotland is simply absurd Kenny MacAskill

Irresponsible climate alarmism is leading politicians to make bad decisions Paul Wilson

Autumn statement highlights how much the UK Government is doing for Scotland Alister Jack

Jeremy Hunt’s claim that the UK has ‘turned a corner’ is at odds with the polls Scotsman comment

OpenAI's board decided to fire chief executive Sam Altman but following a mass revolt by staff he is being reappointed (Picture: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)

Sam Altman affair casts new light on war between AI 'doomers' and 'boomers'

Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff, seen at The Oval ground in September, was seriously injured in a crash while filming an episode of Top Gear (Picture: Glyn Kirk/AFP via Getty Images)

End of Top Gear for 'foreseeable future' is a real blow to its legions of fans

Comedian Geoff Norcott is right. We need to take men's health seriously Euan McColm

People who vape should choose reusable devices over disposable ones (Picture: Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images)

Disposable vapes are one of the most wasteful things you can buy. Time for a ban

Devastating evidence about 'bamboozled' Johnson may benefit 'boring' Starmer Scotsman comment

Matheson's expenses claim may do even more damage to SNP than its indy papers John McLellan

Hunt needs to give whisky and spirits a break in autumn statement David Mundell

UK may have minister for 'common sense' but chaos reigns at Westminster Christine Jardine

Hunt must resist calls for big tax cuts and focus on economy's long-term health Scotsman comment

Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar visited the St Fergus Gas Terminal in Aberdeenshire yesterday (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/PA)

Starmer's message to oil industry about net-zero is the right one

Images released by South Ayrshire Council show the damage caused to the hotel following the blaze.

Hotelier 'interested' in acquiring fire ravaged Station Hotel in Ayr

Cameron's return can't hide the Tories' drift towards the hard right Stewart McDonald

Prof Adam Dixon, the Adam Smith Chair in Sustainable Capitalism at Panmure House in Edinburgh. Picture - Paul Watt Photography

Ad Feature ‘How to think like Adam Smith’ to address AI and climate change

Right-wing populists seem hellbent on trashing the West’s finest principles Joyce McMillan

UK live animal export ban looks like it might finally happen Philip Lymbery

James Cleverly will hopefully be an improvement on his predecessors as Home Secretary (Picture: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images)

Cleverly's appointment as Home Secretary may be far from 'batshit'

Anna Campbell-Jones by Andrew Jackson.

Go Green: Judge Anna gives show yes verdict

Tories tearing themselves apart over immigration as they once did over EU Scotsman comment

Supreme Court’s Rwanda ruling a triumph of law over dangerous politics Paul Arnell

David Cameron, the Grim Reaper of Libraries, is foisted upon Scotland once again Laura Waddell

In person, Suella Braverman is no 'Cruella de Vil'. She's much more dangerous Kenny MacAskill

Islanders get ready to board SS Marloch 100 years ago to emigrate as part of a controversial scheme to create a new Catholic settlement in Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The long 'silence' around a Scottish island emigration as it marks 100 years

Cameron in, Braverman out is definitely an improvement but it won't save Sunak Euan McColm

Humans have several reasons to beware artificial intelligence, including AI 'hallucinations' (Picture: Paul Gilham/Getty Images)

Even AI is warning about ‘perilous repercussions’ of rogue AI

Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin revolutionised medicine. The world must act to ensure antibiotics remain effective (Picture: Davies/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Threat of antibiotic resistance must be taken more seriously

UK's unelected Foreign Secretary shows why House of Lords must be abolished Willie Sullivan

Banning public protests is a bad idea from the police's point of view Tom Wood

Return of Cameron shows Sunak plans to fight for middle ground John McLellan

Sunak has just tacitly admitted that the country needs a general election Scotsman comment

The British war graves in Doirani, Greece. Picture: Alastair Stewart

Why there is a Scots-style war memorial on a Greek hillside

King Charles III lays a wreath during the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph, in Whitehall, London. PIC: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Nation falls silent as King leads Remembrance Sunday service

Police line the streets leading to the cenotaph as part of the Met Police's 'ring of steel' ahead of the the Armistice Day remembrance service. Picture: Alex McBride/Getty

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Aerial view of Loch Ailort in the West Highlands. Picture: Markus Keller/Shutterstock

Stella McCartney faces opposition to secluded Highland home plan

Drone footage of the riots in Niddrie. Picture: Press Association.

Police Scotland identify several 'coordinators' behind petrol bomb attacks

Successful candidates will travel the Glenfinnan Viaduct as part of their daily duties. PIC: Contributed.

Train drivers wanted for stunning Highland line - views and 60K salary included

Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf has said his in-laws are "safe and back home". Picture credit Humza Yousaf.

First Minister Humza Yousaf has said his in-laws are "safe and back home"

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service still provides an emergency response to fire alarms in homes, but the new policy covering commercial business and workplace premises has resulted in a sharp drop in unnecessary callouts.

Alarm change brings sharp fall in unnecessary callouts for Scottish fire crews

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries