All Sections
Scotland's National Newspaper
Welcome backEdit Account-Sign Out
My AccountSign Out

Subscribe

  • News
    • Politics
    • Health
    • Transport
    • Education
    • World
    • Business
    • Environment
    • Weather
    • Obituaries
    • Read This
  • Opinion
  • Sport
    • Football
    • Rugby Union
    • Golf
    • Other Sport
    • Sport Opinion
  • Arts & Culture
    • Music
    • Books
    • Film and TV
    • Theatre and Stage
    • Art
    • Edinburgh Festivals
  • Food & Drink
  • Heritage and Retro
  • Lifestyle
    • Travel
    • Outdoors
    • Staycation
    • Cars
  • Homes
  • e-Paper
  • Recommended
    • Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Lifestyle
    • Home and Garden
    • Garden Furniture
    • Fashion and Beauty
    • Deals
  • Puzzles
  • Advertise
    • Advertise My Business
    • Ad Manager
BREAKING
A Place In The Sun host Jonnie Irwin admitted to hospital
Body of 15-year-old found in lake after massive police search
Girl, 12 & boy, 17 die following major incident at beach
Police provide update on deaths of boy (17) and girl (12) at beach
Madeleine McCann: ‘Number of items’ found at reservoir
Pirates of the Caribbean star dies

Participants

Tributes are planned for the late Hibs chairman Ron Gordon.

Hibs reveal 24-hour challenge and ask fans to take part in Gordon tribute

Big Brother is returning for its twentieth series to its new home of ITV.

Big Brother producers looking for participants to apply for new series

Former Aboyne Academy pupil and Scotland team athlete Kathryn Christie. PIC: Moyra Gray.

Highland Games introduces female-only events to beat 'intimidating' atmosphere

Eurovision fans suffered a voting mishap through the official app

Eurovision app frustrates users in voting mishap

Ellie McLaren and Anna Scott pose at the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow to promote the city's Piping Live! festival. Picture: Jamie Simpson

Anonymous survey launched to tackle Scotland’s ‘huge’ bagpiping gender gap

Chief entrepreneur Mark Logan: 'By making this connection between health testing and business support, we create an environment for innovation which enables Scottish companies to compete effectively, whilst bringing much-needed treatment solutions to the NHS.'

Tech tie-up promises to boost Scottish health innovation

Finland to teach Brits how to be happy on all-expenses paid trip to luxury Finnish resort

Finland to teach Brits how to be happy on free luxury trip - apply now

Westminster Abbey’s mediaeval Cosmati Pavement can be walked on by the public for the first time in living memory - Credit: Getty Images

Westminster Abbey’s Cosmati Pavement opened to public for coronation

Gemma Jones, Director of Operations, Venture Trust

Time to appreciate our ‘Natural Health Service’ - Gemma Jones

There will be free sanitary products, breast-feeding areas and more support for women on the day

London Marathon to hand out free sanitary products in this year’s race

Sophie and Pete, from Blackpool, have revealed all - Credit: Channel 4 / Gogglebox

Gogglebox stars Pete and Sophie reveal ages and real life jobs

A UK vape company, Blo Bar, has launched a new scheme to encourage users to recycle their empty vapes rather than throwing them away.

Free vape pen for users who recycle under new scheme

Experts warn that these common foods can increase cancer risk

Mike Tindall charges £20k to go shooting in the Cotswolds with him

National Grid will be rewarding some UK households for reducing energy usage tonight

Households to be rewarded for reducing energy usage tonight

People of all ages were delighted to see the return of the Loony Dook and this plucky pensioner was determined to get a good view from the beach!

Can early retirement lead to a decline in cognitive ability?

The Flypaper at Glencoe Mountain Resort - Scotland's steepest in-bounds run PIC: Stevie McKenna / ski-scotland

Scottish Ski & Board 2022/23 e-mag

The double McPlant burger is set to launch in McDonald’s stores on January 4 2023.

Double McPlant burger to land at McDonald’s stores - here’s when

Highland cows Coco and Ginger are providing conservation grazing services as part of the rewilding project at Kinkell Byre, a former arable and livestock farm on the Fife coast

The wild wedding venue where couples say ‘I do’ to nature

Alcoholics will be offered ketamine to help them stay off the booze for longer in a new medical trial led by the University of Exeter.

Alcoholics to be offered ketamine in new NHS medical trial

A glass of whisky. Advertising of the drink could be restricted under a potential Scottish Government policy. Picture: Getty Images

Whisky could disappear from town centres under Scottish Government proposals

Silentnight warns that Black Friday shoppers could lose out on sleep.

Third of people in Britain could lose sleep over Black Friday deals

The lanterns were made during the October holidays.

Lantern Parade returns to Aboyne to illuminate Bonfire Night

Professor Mairi Spowage, director of the Fraser of Allander Institute, with Allan Wernham, MD of CMS Scotland. Picture: Anna Moffat.

CMS and Fraser of Allander Institute unite to boost Scots economic growth

A person receiving a Covid-19 jab, as confidence in vaccines has declined "significantly" since the start of the pandemic, according to a new study. Picture: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire

Covid Scotland: ‘Significant drop’ in confidence in vaccines since start of pand...

The ballot results for the London Marathon 2023 have been announced

London Marathon 2023: Ballot results announced and other ways to enter

Emma Cooper, Head of Land Rights and Responsibilities

Communities encouraged to take part in bitesize webinars on land reform

The Scottish Land Commission's 45-minute sessions will aim to stimulate practical change in how land is owned, used and managed.

Communities encouraged to take part in bitesize webinars on land reform

Experts found that people riding motorised electric bikes tended to take fewer and less physically demanding trips than conventional cyclists

E-bikes ‘unlikely to help people hit recommended exercise levels’

Meet the man with the mission to help Scotland hit its net zero target five years ahead of the rest of the UK

Ad Feature Scotland aims to smash net zero target by five years

Members of the public finish during the 2021 Virgin Money London Marathon

London Marathon 2023: How to enter ballot to race next year

This year’s AI Accelerator cohort with Data-Driven Entrepreneurship DDE AI Accelerator Programme manager Katy Guthrie (in green) and DDE programme support officer Fabrizio Formichella (centre) plus John Brodie (fifth from the right). Picture. Stewart Attwood.

Bayes Centre's AI Accelerator unveils latest cohort looking to unleash potential

Heart disease: experts discover link to artificial sweeteners

Sweeteners linked to heart disease in new study

The interactive learning and discussion opportunities are being offered to those who live or work in the Cairngorms National Park

Call for people living or working in the Cairngorms National Park to attend clim...

A Nao robot, a humanoid robot about 60cm tall. Picture: Cambridge University/PA Wire

Robots could help to detect mental wellbeing issues in children, UK study finds

A piece by Jelena Pogodina from the pilot project on positive self-identity through fashion

Addressing problem of invisible chronic pain - Friends of the Scotsman

Amanda Stark (left) and Trish Papworth (right) co-founders of Stitch the Gap

We'd like to see a sewing machine in every home to tackle climate change - Trish...

Rural Affairs Cabinet Secretary Mairi Gougeon

Cash sweetener to tempt farmers to take part in survey

From left: Caryn Gibson, Angie De Vos and Marieam Adghaim. Picture: Shonagh Kelly.

Dundee tie-up inked focused on boosting women's business skills

Ken Howie, of Cairnton Farm (left) and Bill Gray, Royal Highland Show Chairman.

Deeside farmer clocks up the miles for RSABI at Royal Highland Show

Artists Mary Bourne and Lynne Strachan will lead and develop “The Art of Farming” over the next year.

New artists announced to lead the next phase for the “arty wye o’ fairmin”

Hebridean islanders, like these hardy souls evacuated from St Kilda in 1930, have unique DNA

Hebridean DNA study to investigate link between disease and genes

Farming:

Mark Logan, author of the Scottish Government’s Scottish Technology Ecosystem Review. Picture: Chris Watt/Visual Media.

Bid to help Scottish fintechs harness £1bn global investment firepower potential

A person with suspected stroke may have sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes (Photo: Adobe)

Irregular evening meal times could increase stroke risk, study warns

Logan Botanic Garden, near Stranraer in Dumfries and Galloway, is a regional outpost of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and home to a huge variety of exotic plants

Budding artists encouraged to get creative in Scotland's 'most exotic' garden

Staff and participants from the 2021 programme. Picture: contributed.

Call for applicants for AI Accelerator helping start-ups reach global potential

The start-up studio launched by Bright Red Triangle, the enterprise hub at Edinburgh Napier, will operate on a hot-desk basis, initially from nine to five, Monday to Friday.

Edinburgh Napier University opens 'start-up studio' in heart of capital

CodeClan, Scotland’s national skills academy, is a not-for-profit organisation founded in 2015 with a mission to bridge the digital skills gap and develop a new generation of digital professionals in Scotland. Picture: Stewart Attwood

CodeClan partners with Edinburgh investment firm to launch youth academy

Robert Downey Jr who played the most popular screen detective of them all, Sherlock Holmes (photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

It's elementary for the top named screen detective

The CodeClan-Tigers partnership aims to get more young people into tech jobs. Picture: Stewart Attwood

New CodeClan partnership aims to get more young people into tech jobs

Turning over your soil can slash the risk of heart disease, a new study suggests.

Washing up, cooking and gardening ‘enough to slash heart disease risk’

The 75th anniversary season of the Edinburgh festivals will be staged this summer. (Picture: David Monteith-Hodge)

Debates over the future of Edinburgh's festivals have been reignited

The hit Fringe show Doppler was staged in Musselburgh last summer. Picture: Duncan McGlynn

Edinburgh’s festivals urged to 'disperse’ from city centre

A student takes a swab for a lateral flow Covid-19 test on the first day of operation of new asymptomatic testing site in the University of Hull's Allam Sport Centre in Hull, northern England on November 30, 2020. Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images

Covid: Symptoms appear earlier than thought, study finds

Wedgwood

Edinburgh's Wedgwood restaurant announces dates for its foraging sessions

The Scotsman Top Stories

Campers and walkers have been warned to avoid any naked flames to cut the risk of igniting 'tinder-dry' vegetation after a spring with very low rainfall

Wildfire warning as firefighters hurt in giant week-long blaze in the Highlands

Stephen Fry is a past winner of the comedy award. Picture: Getty Images

Flagship Fringe comedy awards plunged into crisis over loss of sponsor

The introduction of a deposit return scheme has turned into a constitutional argument.

Deposit return scheme argument exposes 'broken union', says Lorna Slater

This website and its associated newspaper are members of Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO)

Follow us on

Explore

  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Arts and Culture
  • Lifestyle
  • Food and Drink
  • Heritage and Retro
  • Future Scotland

More from The Scotsman

  • Announcements
  • Jobs
  • Public Notices
  • Must Read
  • Photo Sales
  • Directory
  • Conferences
  • The Scotsman Archive

Useful Links

  • Contact Us
  • Advertise My Business
  • Ad Manager
  • Place your Ad
  • Advertise a Job
  • Subscribe
  • Events
  • Discount Codes
  • Newsletter
  • Website Archive
  • Publisher Guidelines
  • National World Gaming
©National World Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.Cookie SettingsTerms and ConditionsPrivacy noticeModern Slavery Statement
Scotland's National Newspaper
Welcome backEdit Account-Sign Out
My AccountSign Out

Subscribe

  • NationalWorldTV
  • News
    • News
    • Politics
    • Health
    • Business
    • Education
    • Transport
    • World
    • Weather
    • Scottish News
    • UK News
    • Opinion
    • Obituaries
    • Environment
    • Read This
  • Scottish Independence
  • Opinion
  • Ukraine Crisis
  • Sport
    • Sport
    • Football
    • Rugby Union
    • Golf
    • Other Sport
    • Sport Opinion
  • Arts and Culture
    • Arts and Culture
    • Music
    • Books
    • Film and TV
    • Theatre and Stage
    • Art
    • Edinburgh Festivals
  • Lifestyle
    • Lifestyle
    • Food and Drink
    • Cars
    • Homes
    • Outdoors
    • Staycation
    • Travel
  • Heritage and Retro
    • Heritage and Retro
    • Heritage
    • Retro
  • Food and Drink
  • Future Scotland
    • Future Scotland
    • Tech
    • Start up Scale up
    • Innovators
    • Big Ideas
    • Data
    • FinTech
    • Life Sciences
  • Regions
    • Regions
    • Inverness, Highlands and Islands
    • Aberdeen and North East
    • Dundee and Tayside
    • Glasgow and Strathclyde
    • Edinburgh, Fife and Lothians
    • Dumfries and Borders
  • Must Read
  • Recommended
    • Recommended
    • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
    • Technology
    • Home and Garden
    • Garden Furniture
    • Fashion and Beauty
    • Deals
  • Advertise
    • Advertise
    • Advertise My Business
    • Ad Manager
  • Public Notices
  • National World Gaming

More from us

  • Newsletters
  • Puzzles
  • e-Paper
  • Jobs
  • Announcements
  • Public Notices
  • Discount Codes
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
Follow us

Sign up to our daily newsletter – get the latest Scottish news to your inbox

Sign up
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Notice and Terms of Service apply.