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Labour suspends council leader over 'sexually explicit messages' claim

Cammy Day, the Edinburgh City Council, has been called to resign from his position after the allegat...

Home Office relaxes 28-day asylum seeker rule after Glasgow 'pressure'

There are hopes fewer asylum seekers could fall into homelessness and destitution in Glasgow after t...

Donald Trump after his election victory with President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden

Why Donald Trump might – or might not – be a fascist

George Orwell wrote that the word ‘fascist’ had been used to describe so many different people that it had almost become meaningless

'Like a dream coming true': Syrian refugee in Scotland on Assad's fall Martyn McLaughlin

Martyn McLaughlin

The 12 best images from inside Notre Dame's restoration

The restoration of Notre Dame cathedral ahead of its reopening to the public next month has taken fi...

The Scottish rule change that would be game changer for asylum seekers

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Ukraine

HMS Glasgow, the first of the new Type 26 frigates, sailing on a submergible barge being towed down the Clyde on her way to Geln Mallan on Loch Long. Picture: John Devlin.

Why defence cuts mean Scottish-built frigates are more vital than ever

Concerns over British defence capabilities situation in Ukraine escalates

Martyn McLaughlin

Martyn McLaughlin

Ofgem has confirmed household energy bills are to rise again from January 1 as it announced a 1.2 per cent increase to its price cap.

The 'extremely concerning' energy bill reality for Scotland

The choices faced by the real-life people behind the Sound of Music are facing a new generation in Europe and America

As far-right rises again, Sound of Music's message is no longer a joke Joyce McMillan

I went to Ukraine and met the women holding the country together

Susan Dalgety

The HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane, which hosts the Trident nuclear deterrent.

Trident puts Scots 'at risk' as Ukraine fires UK-Storm Shadow missiles

The two lionesses that were rescued from a conflict zone in Ukraine

Lions rescued from war zone arrive at their new home in Scotland

Vladimir Putin cannot be allowed to use threats of nuclear war to make military advances on the ground in Ukraine (Picture: Galerie Bilderwelt)

West must ignore Putin's nuclear threats and rely on Cold War logic Scotsman comment

Russian president Vladimir Putin has revised his country’s nuclear doctrine. Picture: Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

Is Putin's chilling nuclear warning a 'declaration of genuine intent'?

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Why Musk's $60bn reward for backing Trump is about to get even bigger Martyn McLaughlin

Russian leader Leonid Brezhnev, left, and US President Richard Nixon wave from the balcony of the White House during talks in June 1973. (Picture: Consolidated News Pictures)

Why Donald Trump will see return of Richard Nixon's 'madman theory' Alastair GJ Stewart

Retired Sydney broadcaster and former Australian national rugby coach Alan Jones, centre, walks past waiting media as he leaves a police station in Sydney. Picture: Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via AP

Former Australia Wallabies rugby coach arrested over sex crime charges

The International Space Station. Picture: Nasa/SWNS

Laser 'breakthrough' led by Scottish university set to power Mars missions

A man watches as a fire rages in a livestock market in al-Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, following an attack by the Rapid Support Forces

The world's worst humanitarian crisis is just being ignored Stephen Gethins

The pizzas that Scottish charity HopeFull serves in Ukraine are a reminder that the West has not forgotten the country's struggle to defend itself from Russian forces – yet

What I realised after spending a night in a Kyiv bomb shelter Susan Dalgety

Pro-Brexit supporters celebrate as the UK formally leaves the EU on January 31, 2020 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Don’t listen to arch-Brexiteers. Here’s why UK must rebuild EU ties Brian Wilson

Donald Trump hopes to have a very different cast of characters around him in his second term as US President (Picture: Chip Somodevilla)

Trump's second term already shaping up to be much worse than his first Scotsman comment

President-elect Donald Trump is filling key posts for his second administration

15 key appointments as Donald Trump assembles his top team

Two Typhoons and a Tornado jet fly past RAF Lossiemouth. Picture: PA

Scottish RAF fighter jets scrambled to deal with Russian aircraft

US President-elect Donald Trump is the kind of politician who often talks the talk about freedom, but is only interested in his own (Picture: Allison Robbert)

How Trump's victory showed the power of sowing division Joyce McMillan

Joe Biden welcomed US President-elect Donald Trump to the White House in a traditional meeting to symbolise the peaceful transfer of power (Picture: Alex Wong)

How Biden's grace in defeat spotlights Trump's true character Scotsman comment

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev included oil and gas on a list of gifts from God at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan (Picture: Sean Gallup)

Oil and gas 'gift of God' remark a fitting epitaph for COP talks Scotsman comment

A swathe of subsea power lines between Britain, Ireland and other European countries that will carry enough electricity to power millions of homes have been given the green light.

How subsea electric super cables will connect Scotland and Europe

People enter the venue ahead of the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

UN climate talks start following deadly floods, record heat and Trump’s return

Sarah Malone, executive vice President of Trump International Scotland. Picture: PA

Trump's Scots executive hits out at MSP criticism of president-elect

Donald Trump’s return to power in the US leaves Scotland and the UK facing difficult diplomatic questions. Picture: Getty

Analysis How Scotland's US diplomatic base will deal with Trump's return

Astronauts tight-lipped on who was ill in long space station mission

The recent floods in Valencia were a demonstration of the deadly power of extreme weather (Picture: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez)

Climate summit must recognise urgent need to 'phase out' fossil fuels Professor Gabi Hegerl

Donald Trump pumps his fist in the air after being wounded in an assassination attempt during the US presidential election campaign in Pennsylvania in July

Trump's authenticity for US voters helped him beat Harris and polls Ben Lowry

President Donald Trump dances after speaking at an election night watch party. PIC: AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Women have just watched our politicians show their true colours Rachel Mackie

Steven Faughnan at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in Naples. Picture: Steven Faughnan/SWNS

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Labour politician Jennie Lee, pictured in 1933, went on to play the instrumental role in the creation of the Open University in the 1960s (Picture: Fox Photos/Hulton Archive)

Scot who created Open University can help us respond to Trump's win Joyce McMillan