Ferries stopped sailing between Rosyth and mainland Europe five years ago

'High-level talks' underway to bring back Scotland to Europe ferry route

Màiri McAllan told MSPs Rishi Sunak's U-turn could delay Scottish climate action

Rishi Sunak's green U-turn risks delaying Scottish climate action, minister says

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Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross was spotted on the campaign trail in Rutherglen and Hamilton West

EXCLUSIVE Douglas Ross 'held photo-op on our street, but didn't speak to any of us'

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We need more transparency in our justice system, writes Joanna Cherry

COMMENT Joanna Cherry: Our courts need some hard and fast rules on open justice

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Anas Sarwar is thoroughly in the pocket of Keir Starmer, writes Richard Walker

COMMENT Richard Walker: No policies are too vile for Labour if it means undermining Holyrood

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Anger at description of Scotland as 'a region in England' on UK Parliament website

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Amelie Tassin hopes the beer mentorship programme for women will redress the gender balance in the industry

EXCLUSIVE 'Do you even like beer?': Women are calling time on industry’s tired stereotypes

Rishi Sunak's climate climbdown will be felt for years to come, writes Mark Ruskell

COMMENT The Tories will unleash turmoil on our environment - just like the economy

Westminster can't face someone else profiting off oil and gas in the North Sea

LETTERS Identifying the real reason Westminster doesn’t want to ‘lose’ Scotland

Unison has recommended its members reject the latest pay offer

Scottish school strikes to go ahead as union rejects 'final' pay offer

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Alyn Smith, the SNP's EU spokesperson, will launch a new paper on Friday

EXCLUSIVE SNP brand Efta 'halfway house' as party to publish paper on EU policy

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Change independence trigger from most seats to most votes, SNP MP's amendment says

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Radical Independence Campaign members outside the UK Supreme Court last year

Radical Independence Campaign announces conference to 'break the impasse'

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Lindsay Hoyle is quite right to call out Rishi Sunak's lack of respect for parliamentary process, writes the Wee Ginger Dug

REAL SCOTTISH POLITICS Wee Ginger Dug: Rishi Sunak's contempt for the UK Parliament should concern us all

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Shona Robison fired several shots at Rishi Sunak and the Scottish Tories after U-turn on net zero policy

Douglas Ross slammed by Shona Robison after 'shouting her down' at FMQs

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Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC

Tory and Labour MSPs in eleventh hour appeal to Lord Advocate over short-term lets

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Rupert Murdoch pictured at his summer party in London earlier this year

Rupert Murdoch to retire as News Corp and Fox chairman

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The facility is set to be open 365 days a year

First proposed safe drug consumption room location in Scotland revealed

Rishi Sunak announced U-turns on a raft of the UK's climate commitments

COMMENT Richard Murphy: What Rishi Sunak got wrong – and how Scotland can get it right

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Mrs Hinch fans divided between 2 best ways to clean blinds- what do you prefer?

Glasgow 'most beautiful city name in UK', linguistic study concludes

Here's how to watch Rishi Sunak's climate speech and what he will say

Pilot aborts landing at Scots airport after other plane 'goes wrong way up runway'

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An onshore wind farm near Ardrossan in North Ayrshire

Onshore wind farm decisions in Scotland to be sped up under new deal

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Powers over alcohol advertising lie in part with the UK Government

Exclusive 'Frustrating' Scotland does not have full power over alcohol advertising

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Starmer appears to have changed his position on the EU...again

'We don't want to diverge': Keir Starmer appears to shift position on Brexit again

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Cosla say it will be their final offer to the unions as the scheduled strike action looms

Councils attempt to avert school strikes with 'best and final' offer to unions

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Former Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson is the only Scottish peer under the age of 45, according to a new report

Report details how Scottish peers 'fail to represent Scotland at every level'

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Anti-abortion protesters outside the QEUH in Glasgow

Scottish clinics to be targeted with more anti-abortion protests later this month

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SNP MPs David Linden and Alison Thewliss will face off in a selection battle

Senior SNP figures in battle over seat as Stephen Flynn ally challenged

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Body found at Greenock flat as police probe 'unexplained' death

Police probe 'unexplained' death of man at Scottish flat

Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan (left) and Deputy First Minister Shona Robison

'Urgent work' as Scottish Government admits to breach of climate laws

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The rent cap has been extended for a final time

Scotland's rent cap extended for final six months after vote by MSPs

SNP MSP Kate Forbes is on the speakers list for the upcoming All Under One Banner rally in Falkirk

EXPLAINED Everything you need to know about this weekend's Scottish independence rally

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak rowed back on a host of the UK's climate commitments

Scotland forced to delay petrol car ban after Rishi Sunak's U-turn, SNP say

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Ruth Wishart: Unionists fail to realise a key fact about immigration

Gerry Hassan: God Save The King and the music that unites Scotland

Ewing is in the dock because he called out a dangerous loss of focus

Joanna Cherry: Our courts need some hard and fast rules on open justice

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Josh Adeyemi has been exploring Scotland on foot since moving here from Nigeria

EXCLUSIVE Scottish adventure group aims to connect ethnic minorities with the outdoors

The public will be invited to help investigate prehistoric markings similar to those found at Cairnbaan

Museum invites public to help investigate Scotland's prehistoric rock art

From Dunkeld to Inveraray, here are the towns and villages in Scotland named among the best to visit in the UK by Which? members

The Scottish towns and villages named among the best places to visit in the UK

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'Buildings have feelings about them and when it comes to Buchanan Street bus station, everyone is going on a journey'

BEST OF SCOTLAND 'Buchanan Bus Station is the best building in Scotland'

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Battery Park opens at the Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock on September 22 & 23; touring to Glasgow, Dundee, Ayr, Bathgate, St Andrews, Perth, Cumbernauld, Livingstone, New Galloway, Edinburgh and Inverness.

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Private dining at the Bonnie Badger in Edinburgh

BEST OF SCOTLAND Why private dining is a fast-growing trend in Scotland's food scene

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The Stranraer Oyster Festival is bigger and bolder than ever this year

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The basking shark was spotted along the East Lothian coastline - Image: East Lothian Council Countryside Rangers

Scottish paddleboarders come face-to-face with basking shark

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Westminster can't face someone else profiting off oil and gas in the North Sea

LETTERS Identifying the real reason Westminster doesn’t want to ‘lose’ Scotland

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Letters Here’s how doubters can be persuaded to get behind the SNP

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Lawyers are representing 22 survivors in a class action against Celtic FC

Celtic seeks to settle legal claims of historical sex abuse at Celtic Boys Club

Glasgow City are the first women's team from Scotland to feature in the game

Scottish women’s football club to feature in EA Sports game for first time

Jack Draper seemed very keen on singing along to 500 Miles but Andy Murray wasn't so sure...

Andy Murray in hilarious reaction to Jack Draper's 500 Miles singalong attempt