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Inverness, Highlands & Islands More Inverness, Highlands & Islands >>

Buyers hit by SNP’s ‘unfair’ charges on second homes

Politics 27

Ending grouse moor management risks declines and possible extinction of birds such as the curlew, golden plover, lapwing, black grouse, hen harrier and merlin, according to the new study by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust

Grouse shooting on moors ‘helps other species thrive’

Environment 3

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

Billionaire Dubai ruler submits new plans to build lodge at his Scottish estate

Lifestyle

A Stanier Black Five engine on an SRPS tour from Linlithgow to Tweedbank. Picture: Keith Sanders

Expensive safety rules threaten to sideline historic steam train tours

Transport

Electric bikes more than a match for the North Coast 500’s steepest hills

Columnists

New average speed cameras to track motorists on key route to Highlands

Transport 11

Helicopter pilot killed over North Uist after rope hit rotor

Transport

Parents of aid worker Linda Norgrove turn bothy into fundraiser for Afghan women

Heritage

CTA

The RNLI lifeboat was involved in the search. Picture:PA

Body found after empty kayak seen floating in water off Isle of Mull

News

James Scott. Picture: Police Scotland

Body found in search for missing OAP with dementia

News

Aberdeen & North East More Aberdeen & North East >>

Boris Johnson and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds face a potential protocol issue if they visit Balmoral

Boris Johnson and partner face potential Balmoral overnight ban

Politics 4

Bob Drummond is one of the two new OGUK board members. Picture: Contributed

Oil & Gas UK board hires reflect changing nature of industry

Business

Richard Masters, chair of Scotland and Northern Ireland: 'It has been a successful year for our Scottish offices'. Picture: Contributed

Pinsent Masons in Scottish commitment as fee income rises 7%

Business

Westpoint is located some six miles west of Aberdeen city centre. Picture: Contributed

Aberdeen business park fully occupied following new letting

Business

Murphy

Blackpool want Ibrox winger, Rangers face battle to keep starlet, Steven Gerrard responds to Newcastle link, Neil Lennon on Celtic transfer latest - Scottish Premiership Rumour Mill

Rangers

Kevin Mackie says an uplift in the wider energy sector is filtering through to the commercial property sector. Picture: Contributed

Angus hailed as property hotspot for energy firms

Business

These are the 33 pubs in Scotland listed as the 'pick of the pubs' in the Good Pub Guide 2019 (Photo: Google Maps)

33 of the best pubs in Scotland - according to the AA Good Pub Guide 2020

Lifestyle

North-east to tap into digital accelerator initiative

Business

Aberdeenshire woman conquers fear of swimming in the ocean - to become a professional mermaid

People

Glasgow gets more expensive while Aberdeen living costs drop, say new rankings

People 1

Reaction: Aberdeen's Wood trading ahead of last year

Business

Dundee & Tayside More Dundee & Tayside >>

Small experimental mouse is on the researcher's hand

Home Office alerted to painful deaths at Dundee lab

News

The number of drug-related deaths in Scotland reached an all-time high in 2018

These are the 10 areas of Scotland with the highest rate of drug-related deaths

Health

Dundee Airport is built on land reclaimed from the Firth of Tay

Plans to reinstate Dundee flight to London City hub

Transport 2

The Declaration of Arbroath.

Declaration of Arbroath to be displayed in Edinburgh to mark 700th anniversary

Heritage 23

Disco fever returns in V&A’s new nightclub exhibition

Arts and culture

Club culture exhibition to be staged at V&A Dundee

Heritage

Under the Machine: Echo Machine

Arts and culture

Outrage as forest workers clear ‘clouties’ at fairy spirit site

People 2

Glasgow & Strathclyde More Glasgow & Strathclyde >>

Lib Dem supporters erect signs promoting Jo Swinson in Bearsden ahead of the 2017 snap general election, which saw her return as an MP. Picture: John Devlin

Profile: New Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson faces SNP challenge for her seat

Politics 21

Health workers tackling the Ebola outbreak at a treatment centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Ebola virus could spread around the world, warns Scots doctor working in Africa

Health

Trish Godman, seen here promoting Cancer Research's Race for Life, became an MSP in 1999

Tributes paid to former Scottish Labour MSP Trish Godman

Politics

The SPFL has created a list of unacceptable behaviour, including sectarian incidents, at football grounds

SPFL must publish data on sectarianism, demand Lib Dems

Politics

Attempted murder probe after driver deliberately tries to mow down man in Glasgow

Crime

Clyde shipyard could be nationalised amid row over ferries

Transport 40

Experts solve mystery of medieval tunnel beneath Paisley Abbey

Heritage

Two men arrested after ‘attempted murder’ in Glasgow's Govanhill

Crime

Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians More Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians >>

The Flybe flight was diverted to Birmingham after experiencing a suspected technical fault in mid-air. Picture: Contributed

Flybe Edinburgh to London flight diverted after mid-air emergency declared

Transport

Former Hibs star Leigh Griffiths has thanked those who helped in his battle with depression after he made a return to football.

Former Hibs star Leigh Griffiths thanks supporters following battle with depression after making Celtic comeback

Health

49-year-old Mr McCorran was seriously injured in a disturbance outside Edinburgh City Social Club

Restalrig murder: Man, 42, charged with murder of Andy McCarron

Crime

The scene on the Royal Mile on Sunday evening. PIC: Ross Viviani

Edinburgh's Royal Mile was in 'lock down' after man fell from window

Crime

Man dies after fall from window on Edinburgh's Royal Mile

People

The Proclaimers at Edinburgh Castle review: ‘An electric experience’

Music

Royal Mile ‘locked down’ as police close off part of High Street

Crime

Festival strike action by bus drivers hinges on vote over pay deal

Transport 2

Dumfries & Borders More Dumfries & Borders >>

US Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong receives the Freedom of the Burgh at Langholm in the Borders in March 1972. PIC: TSPL

Moon landing 50 years on: why astronaut Neil Armstrong calls Scotland home

Heritage

Hawick High Street.

39-year-old jailed for kicking and punching car in Hawick High Street with terrified driver and her daughters inside

Crime

Selkirk Sheriff Court.

Motorist banned from road for year for drink-driving on Melrose bypass and A68

Crime

The ferry between Belfast and Cairnryan.

Staff on Scotland to Northern Ireland ferry fail drug and alcohol tests

Transport

Wearing Jethart’s red jacket means the world to herald Rob

News

IN PICTURES: Jethart Callant’s Festival

News

Seagulls running rings around beleaguered Scots football club

Environment

Death toll claimed by drugs in Borders up 70% in a year to new record high

Health