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Strike action to hit Highlands and Islands airports over Christmas holidays

Highlands & Islands 10 mins ago

Strike action to hit 11 Scottish airports over Christmas holidays

A pay offer by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited was rejected by members of the Unite union.

Leigh Griffiths arrested as police investigate alleged sports gambling

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Leigh Griffiths arrested as police investigate alleged sports gambling

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Livingston dad sells massive Pokemon card collection for almost £200,000

Edinburgh & East

Dad sells massive collection of Pokemon cards for almost £200,000

4 hours ago

Shots of Scotland revealed in trailer for new Indiana Jones movie starring Harrison Ford and Mads Mikkelsen

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First shots of Scotland revealed in trailer for new Indiana Jones movie

1 hour ago

Rishi Sunak suffers defeat in first electoral test since becoming Prime Minister

Politics

Rishi Sunak suffers defeat in first electoral test since becoming PM

3 hours ago

Abuse victim given £450,000 damages from leading private school Fettes College in Edinburgh

Edinburgh & East

Abuse victim given £450,000 damages from leading private school

4 hours ago

Scots offered glimpse into family ancestry as 1921 census with 4.8m individual records released

Scotland

Trace your family as Scotland 100 years ago revealed in census

4 hours ago

One casualty after house blaze overnight in Grangemouth

Edinburgh & East

One casualty after house blaze overnight in Grangemouth

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Shots of Scotland revealed in trailer for new Indiana Jones movie starring Harrison Ford and Mads Mikkelsen

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First shots of Scotland revealed in trailer for new Indiana Jones movie

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Glasgow boy, six, has new heart at top of Christmas list after two years waiting for transplant

Six-year-old boy has new heart at top of Christmas list

17 hours ago

Ian Blackford standing down as SNP Westminster leader in the House of Commons

Politics

Ian Blackford standing down as SNP Westminster leader

Updated 16 hours ago

Hundreds slapped with festive driving fines as Police Scotland issue stern Christmas warning

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Over 600 hit with festive driving fines as police issue stern warning

21 hours ago

Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks lead tributes to Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie

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Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks lead tributes to Christine McVie

1 day ago

Scottish children ‘failed by inaction on poverty’ from governments at Holyrood and Westminster

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Children 'failed by poverty inaction' from UK and Scottish governments

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150 years of Scotland v England: Six memorable matches between the Auld Enemy

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Scotland v England at 150: Six of the best Auld Enemy matches

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Scotland ‘will have turkeys for Christmas’ despite ‘unprecedented’ bird flu outbreak

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Scotland 'will have turkeys for Christmas' despite bird flu outbreak

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Latest in Scotland

Irn-Bru asks Scots to ‘steal cans’ in huge nationwide snowman hunt as famous Christmas advert launches

Irn-Bru asks Scots to 'steal cans' in snowman hunt to win seaplane ride

46 mins ago

Lewis Capaldi releases new single Pointless written with friend Ed Sheeran from second album

Lewis Capaldi releases latest single co-written with friend Ed Sheeran

58 mins ago

Hundreds of Scottish children disclose abuse to Childline for first time as NSPCC launch Christmas campaign

Hundreds of Scottish children disclose abuse to Childline

4 hours ago

Westminster committee to investigate Scotland’s role in Arctic defence

Westminster committee to investigate Scotland’s role in Arctic defence

4 hours ago

Where is the happiest place to live in Scotland? Full list revealed according to Rightmove

Where is the happiest place to live in Scotland? Full list revealed

Updated 13 hours ago

Administrators shut 19 Joules shops and 113 lose jobs after Next and founder Tom Joules buy-out

Administrators shut 19 Joules shops and 113 lose jobs amid Next buy-out

21 hours ago

Doddie Weir ‘hero on and off the pitch’ as Nicola Sturgeon leads parliament tributes to rugby legend

'An inspiration to us all' - MSPs pay tribute to Doddie Weir

21 hours ago

Nicola Sturgeon denies gender reform legislation is being ‘rushed’

Nicola Sturgeon denies gender reform legislation is being 'rushed'

22 hours ago

Public health study warns Christmas shoppers of bacteria on self-scanning checkouts and handrails

Are supermarket self-scanning checkouts and handrails making you sick?

23 hours ago

Latest in Glasgow & West

Glasgow-built HGV designed to slash carbon emissions could hit market by 2025

HGV designed to slash carbon emissions could hit market by 2025

4 hours ago

Glass rooftop restaurant planned for 20-storey skyscraper near River Clyde in Glasgow

Glass rooftop restaurant planned for 20-storey skyscraper

14 hours ago

Teacher at Bannerman High School in Glasgow resigns after sexually explicit images found on OnlyFans

Teacher quits after parents find sexually explicit OnlyFans pictures

19 hours ago

Pensioner assaulted by man wearing dark clothing on Halloween in Troon

Pensioner assaulted by man wearing dark clothing on Halloween

1 day ago

Scottish Prison Service criticised for moving trans woman Katie Dolatowski to Cornton Vale, Stirling

Prison service criticised for moving trans woman to Cornton Vale

1 day ago

Royal Navy’s new HMS Glasgow takes to water down River Clyde for first time on St Andrew’s Day

Royal Navy's new HMS Glasgow takes to water for first time

2 days ago

Home carers in South Lanarkshire set to protest over demands for pay increase

Home carers set to protest over demands for pay increase

Updated 2 days ago

Plans for hundreds of Glasgow riverside homes delayed due to parking

Plans for hundreds of Glasgow riverside homes delayed due to parking

2 days ago

Scottish osprey feared dead arrives in Morocco after flying for 36 hours

Scottish osprey feared dead reaches Morocco after flying for 36 hours

2 days ago

Latest in Edinburgh & East

Two cars left with ‘extensive damage’ after fires set on residential street in Bathgate

Two cars left with 'extensive damage' after fires on residential street

Updated 13 hours ago

Two more teens arrested in connection with fire at abandoned building in Leven High Street

Two more teens arrested in connection with fire at abandoned building

14 hours ago

Dancers and business owners battling to overturn Edinburgh’s strip club ban reach court

Battle to overturn Edinburgh's strip club ban reaches court

14 hours ago

Nearly 2,000 homes sitting empty amid growing demand in Edinburgh housing crisis

Nearly 2,000 homes sitting empty amid Edinburgh housing crisis

15 hours ago

Stolen totem pole to be returned by National Museum of Scotland after almost a century

Stolen totem pole to be returned by museum after almost a century

16 hours ago

Screen Scotland buy rights to Edinburgh International Film Festival from administrators

Screen Scotland buy rights to film festival from administrators

17 hours ago

Teenagers charged Kirkcaldy High Street fire at scene of £1m cannabis bust

Teenage boys charged after huge fire at scene of £1m cannabis bust

18 hours ago

Motocross community rallies behind farmer told to remove racetrack in East Lothian

Motocross community rallies behind farmer told to remove racetrack

18 hours ago

Seven teenagers charged with Bonfire Night offences on Edinburgh’s Oxgangs Road

Seven teenagers charged with Bonfire Night offences

21 hours ago

Latest in North East & Tayside

Aberdeen day care head warned after ten-month-old baby burned with boiling water and bleach

Day care head given warning after baby burned with boiling bleach

23 hours ago

John Swinney: Violence against women ‘a curse on Scottish society’

Violence against women 'a curse on Scottish society', says Swinney

2 days ago

Aberdeen’s ‘energy transition zone’ unveils plans to ‘preserve most of Torry’s last park’

Row over energy firm's plans to 'preserve' deprived area's last park

2 days ago

Prisoners at HMP Grampian trained to set-up microbusinesses in bid to prevent reoffending

Prisoners given business training in bid to prevent reoffending

2 days ago

Teenage Aberdeen Muay Thai Boxer wins third major championship in under a year

Groundbreaking triple-title joy for teenage Muay Thai boxer

4 days ago

Youths sought after 80-year-old woman seriously injured and robbed in Dundee

Youths sought after elderly woman pushed to ground and handbag stolen

4 days ago

Owner of dogs that ‘could have died’ after bloody fight in Peterhead handed ten-year ban on owning animals

Owner of dogs that 'could have died' after bloody fight handed ban

4 days ago

Daughter of Hazel Nairn, missing after being swept in River Don, describes ‘nightmare’

Daughter of missing woman swept into River Don describes 'nightmare'

4 days ago

Aberdeen charities send 23 lorry-loads of donations to war-torn Ukraine

'We've sent 23 lorry-loads to Ukraine - but we're not stopping now'

5 days ago

Latest in Highlands & Islands

Inverness residents urged to apply for one-off £150 winter fuel bills payment

City residents urged to apply for £150 winter fuel bills payment

35 mins ago

Home Start Caithness handing out more blankets despite windfarms producing more than enough energy

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Why are blankets being handed out when we produce so much energy?

Kirstin Tait

Caithness egg farmer jailed after rat-infested site led to death of around 2000 hens

Egg farmer jailed after rat-infested site led to around 2000 hen deaths

17 hours ago

Man and woman killed in fatal A9 Land Rover crash in Caithness named by police

Man and woman killed in A9 Land Rover crash named by police

19 hours ago

Tributes paid to ‘bright, happy’ schoolboy Charlie Morrison after quad bike crash death near Durness

Tribute to 'bright, happy boy who loved outdoors' after quad bike death

Updated 2 days ago

Boy, 11, killed in crash involving quad bike near Durness

Schoolboy, 11, killed in crash involving quad bike

2 days ago

Formal ban on camping on site of cemeteries considered by Western Isles Council

Ban on 'disrespectful' camping in cemeteries considered by council

2 days ago

Two people die in crash on major road in Caithness

Man and woman killed in Land Rover crash on major road

2 days ago

Three areas of Scotland make list of Time Out’s Best Places in the UK to Visit in 2023

Three Scottish destinations make Time Out's Best UK Places list

2 days ago

From our Journalists

Home Start Caithness handing out more blankets despite windfarms producing more than enough energy

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Why are blankets being handed out when we produce so much energy?

Kirstin Tait

Bernard Ponsonby: Ian Blackford knows it’s time to quit as SNP Westminster leader

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Blackford has smelled the coffee and knows it's time to go

Bernard PonsonbySpecial Correspondent

Michael Beale: From Rangers’ second in command to top dog at Ibrox

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Michael Beale: From Rangers' second in command to top dog at Ibrox

Kevin Scott

Doddie Weir obituary: The Scotland rugby giant who stood out from the crowd

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Doddie Weir: The Scotland rugby giant who stood out from the crowd

Jamie BorthwickSport Reporter

Latest in Entertainment

Harry and Meghan: Trailer released for Royal couple’s ‘unprecedented’ Netflix documentary series

Trailer released for 'unprecedented' Harry and Meghan Netflix docuseries

15 mins ago

Sir Elton John announced as headline act for Glastonbury 2023

Sir Elton John announced as headline act for Glastonbury 2023

3 hours ago

Kanye West’s Twitter account suspended after violating platform policy

Kanye West’s Twitter account suspended after violating platform policy

3 hours ago

Russian-American Margarita Levieva was ‘scared’ to be in Litvinenko docuseries ‘because of Vladimir Putin’

Actress was 'scared' to be in Litvinenko docuseries 'because of Putin'

4 hours ago

Lewis Capaldi, Oasis, Charli XCX and others thank fans after #SpotifyWrapped results

'Humbled king' Lewis Capaldi thanks fans for one billion streams

19 hours ago

Cocaine Bear: Drug-addled beast goes on vicious rampage in wild trailer

Cocaine Bear: Drug-addled beast goes on vicious rampage in wild trailer

1 day ago

Marvel star Benedict Cumberbatch and Crown actor Olivia Colman join celebs for Choose Love Christmas advert

Dr Strange gets job as cashier in star-studded Christmas advert

1 day ago

Ncuti Gatwa, Fergus McCreadle and Bemz top The List’s Hot 100 Scottish cultural contributors

Ncuti Gatwa among top Scots to feature on The List's Hot 100 list

1 day ago

Fleetwood Mac star Christine McVie dies at age 79

Fleetwood Mac star Christine McVie dies at age 79

Updated 2 days ago

Latest in Sport

World Cup diary: Japan stun Spain to top group, Germany and Belgium drop out

World Cup diary: Japan stun Spain, Germany out and Ghana want revenge

1 hour ago

VAR controversy as Celtic’s Daizen Maeda helps Japan beat Spain to top group and reach World Cup last-16

Japan beat Spain to top group and reach last-16 after controversial winner

13 hours ago

Germany knocked out of World Cup despite victory over Costa Rica

Germany knocked out of World Cup despite victory over Costa Rica

13 hours ago

Belgium bow out of World Cup as Romelu Lukaku squanders chances in Croatia draw

Belgium bow out of World Cup as Romelu Lukaku squanders chances in Croatia draw

16 hours ago

Morocco edge out Canada to qualify for World Cup last 16 as Group F winners

Morocco beat Canada to qualify for World Cup last 16 as Group winners

17 hours ago

Rangers press conference with new manager Michael Beale

Michael Beale faces first press conference as new Rangers manager

Updated 2 hours ago

Hearts stopper Craig Gordon demands Jambos hit ground running after World Cup break

Craig Gordon expects Hearts to kick on after World Cup break

19 hours ago

World Cup diary: Scots based Socceroos set up last-16 date with Messi, Spain and Germany set for last day deciders

World Cup: Scots-based Socceroos set up date with Messi, Spain return

1 day ago

Mexico beat Saudi Arabia but miss out on World Cup last-16 qualification

Mexico beat Saudi Arabia but miss out on last-16 qualification

2 days ago

Latest in Politics

SNP Westminster Commons leader Ian Blackford Ross, Skye and Lochaber MP insists he still has respect of party

Blackford: 'I absolutely have respect and support of SNP colleagues'

18 hours ago

Bernard Ponsonby: Ian Blackford knows it’s time to quit as SNP Westminster leader

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Blackford has smelled the coffee and knows it's time to go

Bernard PonsonbySpecial Correspondent

Nicola Sturgeon facing MSPs at First Minister’s Questions

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Nicola Sturgeon facing MSPs at First Minister's Questions

23 hours ago

Alister Jack: ‘Work ongoing to review Civil Service following Supreme Court case’

'Work ongoing to review Civil Service' following Supreme Court case

1 day ago

Rishi Sunak faces first electoral test since becoming Prime Minister in City of Chester by-election

Rishi Sunak faces first electoral test since becoming Prime Minister

1 day ago

Anas Sarwar urged to allow Scottish Labour MSPs to have free vote on gender recognition bill

Call for Scottish Labour MSPs to have free vote on gender recognition bill

1 day ago

Scottish national care service plans fail to set out detailed start up costs

Scottish national care service plans fail to set out start up costs

1 day ago

Almost all MSP staff in Scotland to receive cost of living payment of up to £600

MSP staff members to receive cost of living payment of up to £600

2 days ago

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told ‘shame on you’ by heckler over gender reform plans

Nicola Sturgeon told ‘shame on you’ by heckler over gender reform plans

2 days ago

Latest in UK & International

Elon Musk ‘resolves Twitter misunderstanding’ with Apple

Elon Musk 'resolves Twitter misunderstanding’ with Apple

1 day ago

William and Kate sit courtside at Boston Celtics game during US trip

William and Kate sit courtside at Boston Celtics game during US trip

1 day ago

Two-day strike continues by Royal Mail postal workers in dispute over pay and conditions

Two-day Royal Mail strike continues in dispute over pay and conditions

1 day ago

National Trading Standards urge Scots to send in World Cup and clairvoyance scams to protect others

What are World Cup scams and how you can avoid being a victim

1 day ago

Son who cares for mum with Alzheimer’s shares reality of illness as breakthrough drug announced

'My mum is just a shell of the person she was'

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Primark ‘rolls’ out limited edition Greggs Christmas clothing range

Primark 'rolls' out limited edition Greggs Christmas clothing range

2 days ago

Premier League footballer arrested over alleged rapes has bail extended until mid-January

Premier League footballer arrested over alleged rapes has bail extended

2 days ago

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak insists Brexit was the ‘right thing’ for the UK at PMQs

Prime Minister insists Brexit was the 'right thing' for the UK

2 days ago

Buckingham Palace aide resigns after asking black guest where she ‘really came from’ at Queen Consort reception

Royal aide resigns after asking black guest where she 'really came from'

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Today's Top Stories

Strike action to hit Highlands and Islands airports over Christmas holidays

Highlands & Islands

Strike action to hit 11 Scottish airports over Christmas holidays

Leigh Griffiths arrested as police investigate alleged sports gambling

Sport

Leigh Griffiths arrested as police investigate alleged sports gambling

Livingston dad sells massive Pokemon card collection for almost £200,000

Edinburgh & East

Dad sells massive collection of Pokemon cards for almost £200,000

Shots of Scotland revealed in trailer for new Indiana Jones movie starring Harrison Ford and Mads Mikkelsen

Entertainment

First shots of Scotland revealed in trailer for new Indiana Jones movie

Rishi Sunak suffers defeat in first electoral test since becoming Prime Minister

Politics

Rishi Sunak suffers defeat in first electoral test since becoming PM

Abuse victim given £450,000 damages from leading private school Fettes College in Edinburgh

Edinburgh & East

Abuse victim given £450,000 damages from leading private school

Scots offered glimpse into family ancestry as 1921 census with 4.8m individual records released

Scotland

Trace your family as Scotland 100 years ago revealed in census

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Glasgow boy, six, has new heart at top of Christmas list after two years waiting for transplant

Six-year-old boy has new heart at top of Christmas list

Ian Blackford standing down as SNP Westminster leader in the House of Commons

Politics

Ian Blackford standing down as SNP Westminster leader

Hundreds slapped with festive driving fines as Police Scotland issue stern Christmas warning

Scotland

Over 600 hit with festive driving fines as police issue stern warning

Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks lead tributes to Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie

Entertainment

Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks lead tributes to Christine McVie

Scottish children ‘failed by inaction on poverty’ from governments at Holyrood and Westminster

Politics

Children 'failed by poverty inaction' from UK and Scottish governments

150 years of Scotland v England: Six memorable matches between the Auld Enemy

Football

Scotland v England at 150: Six of the best Auld Enemy matches

Scotland ‘will have turkeys for Christmas’ despite ‘unprecedented’ bird flu outbreak

Scotland

Scotland 'will have turkeys for Christmas' despite bird flu outbreak

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Scot who lost wife of 30 years weeks after cancer diagnosis facing first Christmas alone

'My wife died weeks after cancer diagnosis - I'm facing Christmas alone'

Scotland Tonight: Scots author Jenny Colgan brands critics of romantic fiction ‘sexist’

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Romantic fiction critics are ‘sexist’, says Scots author Jenny Colgan

Doddie Weir obituary: The Scotland rugby giant who stood out from the crowd

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Doddie Weir: The Scotland rugby giant who stood out from the crowd