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The Royal College of Nursing balloted all of its UK members for strike action for the first time in its 106-year history. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Health One in five healthcare workers are using foodbanks to survive

Teachers across Scotland extend strike for another 16 days confirm union

Education Teachers' strike: Union announces 16 more days of strikes

Education Limiting foreign student numbers 'may bankrupt universities'

Politics Sturgeon says 'I’d love to double child payment, but we do not have funding'

Health New 'best and final' pay offer to NHS Scotland health workers

Politics An indy Scotland would see fall in living standards for decades, claims academic

Politics Analysis: Why Supreme Court indyref2 defeat could hand Sturgeon a 'weapon'

Politics Government has ‘far wider questions to answer' after Baroness Mone PPE reports

Columnists Supreme Court's ruling on SNP's independence referendum was democracy in action

Business Energy storage firm Gravitricity plugs in funds to demonstrate offering in India

Health Health secretary comes under fire as health board comes under government control

Read This Pensioners to start receiving payments of up to £600 today

Politics What is the Supreme court?

Columnists Scotland’s wind is an incredible, if reduced, natural bounty – Kenny MacAskill

Politics Ministers could face last gasp scramble to save £150m

Transport RMT to stage 48-hour rail strikes in December and January

Read This How to watch this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions live

Politics Body accused of 'rigged' contract forgets 'non-collusion' form from new tender

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Columnists NHS is facing an existential threat. Will we just let it die? – Scotsman comment

Health Scottish Government would 'never contemplate' charging for NHS

Read This Labour Party to abolish the House of Lords if elected to UK government

World Just 115 of 2,500 potential homes for Ukrainian refugees vetted in past month

National Scots businessman whose firm won Covid contract disqualified over unpaid taxes

Politics Holyrood 'misled again' as ministers risk 'bringing it into disrepute'

Politics Wind and solar farms to hand over excess profits under sharp windfall tax rise

Read This Update for people who have not received second cost of living payment

Read This UK Security minister Tom Tugendhat MP banned from driving for 6 months

Politics Watch: Jeremy Hunt refers to UK Government as “English Government” in slip up

Politics Key points from Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement and how they will impact you

Columnists American billionaire may have found solution to 'Elgin Marbles' question

Politics Autumn statement: Hunt confirms UK officially in recession

Letters Readers' Letters: Minimum Unit Pricing is saving Scottish lives

Politics Jeremy Hunt Autumn statement: What time is statement and how to watch

Read This Autumn statement 2022: Jeremy Hunt set to reveal autumn budget

Politics Scottish Government facing 'real risk' of first budget overspend of devolution

Columnists We all have to pay the price for imported inflation – John McLaren

Cost of living UK inflation jumps to 41-year high of 11.1% due to surging energy bills

People Bervie Church to open warm hub this winter

Politics Ministers only 'aware' wind energy statistic was false last week

Letters Readers' Letters: Scotland is crying out for love and attention

Read This Scarlet Fever: UK sees a rise in contagious Victorian illness

Politics Unemployment in Scotland rises slightly

What's On Scotland’s nightlife facing ‘biggest ever crisis’ over soaring energy bills

Politics Loss of pound under independence would cost households 20% of income

Politics Scottish Child Payment roll-out granted 'watershed moment' by think-tank

Health Scottish Government contacts health boards 'seeking assurance' over A&E figures

Education Scottish Government condemned for 'ploughing ahead' with P1 testing

Politics 'Not in public interest' to release independent valuation of Lochaber assets

Business In full: Life Sciences 2022

Health Scottish Government referred to statistics watchdog

Read This Nurses vote to strike across UK in huge industrial action over pay

Politics PMQs sketch: Rishi Sunak forgot to get details of Gavin Williamson allegations

Consumer Food banks at breaking point with 320,000 first-time users

Politics 'Baron-in-waiting' Alister Jack should be sacked

Health Thousands of patients 'deliberately hidden' from A&E stats

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Rugby Union Doddie Weir, Scottish rugby legend, dies at 52

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