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Nadine Dorries makes agonising TikTok rap explaining online safety bill

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Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar (above) has been accused of 'hypocrisy' after his enormous car expenses were revealed

Taxpayers foot huge mileage bill for Anas Sarwar as Labour chief accused of 'hypocrisy'
ANAS Sarwar has been branded a hypocrite after his enormous taxpayer-footed bill for car expenses was revealed.

Rent control concerns

Edinburgh has been taken over by a Labour administration with support from Tories and LibDems

Rent campaigners to keep up pressure on Edinburgh Council after Labour stitch-up
Living Rent has vowed to keep up pressure on Edinburgh City Council to gain the necessary powers to implement rent controls

The BBC said it expects overall content investment to increase in each nation

EXCLUSIVE BBC denies job cuts will affect Scotland as broadcaster becomes 'digital first'

Gillian Mackay has lodged a proposal for a Bill to introduce safe access zones around healthcare settings that provide abortion services

Exclusive Abortion clinic buffer zones consultation overwhelmed by responses during first week

Rishi Sunak’s windfall tax will incentivise oil and gas companies against climate policy

comment Cost of living and climate crises have the same solution

Sarah Booth said the cancellation of the Highland games is a loss for the village

SPECIAL REPORT Highland Games under threat amid spate of cancellations

The Tories timed the cost of living grant to distract from partygate

comment Joanna Cherry: Tories knew cost of living help was a diversion tactic

Police Scotland has enacted more progressive measures than other countries

comment Our police force is not getting credit it deserves

No matter how much he tries to distract us, Boris Johnson’s guilt has been laid bare

COMMENT PM is more savvy and dangerous than tousle-haired circus clown image

MPs praise Queen Elizabeth (inset) in the House of Commons today

REVEALED MPs spend more time praising Queen than debating cost-of-living crisis

Dylan Russell ran 13.1 miles in every health board area

special report Scotsman runs 14 charity half-marathons for people with life-changing injuries

Edinburgh Council will now be run by a Better Together alliance

BETTER TOGETHER 'I thought Labour couldn’t sink any lower': Reaction to Edinburgh Council stitch-up

Douglas Ross claims he has 'only changed position on Boris Johnson once'

PREMIUM Douglas Ross claims he has only U-turned once on call for Boris Johnson to quit

'SNP-hating' Unionist coalition boot largest party out of power in Edinburgh

DODGY DEAL Anger as Labour and Tories take control of Edinburgh Council from SNP

Boris Johnson’s calamitous failure of leadership was starkly illustrated in the withdrawal from Afghanistan

comment Let’s not forget the damning Afghanistan report amid partygate hype

Ariane Burgess, Greens MSP for the Highlands and Islands

EXCLUSIVE Greens hit back at plans for freeport in Highlands over 'jobs boom' claim

Piers Morgan has taken time off from meeting serial killers and passing judgement on sword swallowers on Britain’s Got Talent

review How bad can Talk TV News really be? Here is the answer

Boris Johnson will be hoping a rail strike allows him a fight with the unions that could get English voters back onside

comment Lesley Riddoch: Boris is clinging on but will the knockout blow ever land?

Scottish Labour form agreements with Conservatives despite pre-election pledge

ELECTION 2022 Every Scottish council with a Tory-Labour deal .... despite Anas Sarwar's pledge

Cracks in the PM's fascade began to show at a press conference after the release of the Sue Gray report

ANALYSIS PM's tetchy presser shows pressure is getting to him - but don't expect a resignation

Boris Johnson had to face the music today after the damning findings of the Sue Gray report were released to the public

EXCLUSIVE MSP who lost her mum to Covid 'infuriated' by Sue Gray report

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking in the chamber of the House of Commons / Handout photograph from House of Commons

ANALYSIS Tide turns slowly against Boris Johnson among Tory MPs ... for now

Nicola Sturgeon was described as 'incredible' by her peers

Exclusive Praise for Nicola Sturgeon as she becomes longest-serving First Minister

Buckingham Palace has been urged to become a living wage employer

UPDATED Buckingham Palace job paying 'less than minimum wage' published 'in error', says royal household

FACT CHECK: Would Nato make indy Scotland keep nukes for 10 years?

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Would Nato make indy Scotland keep nukes for 10 years?

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks with stallholders while stood behind British flags, during an event to promote British businesses, at Downing Street, London. Picture date: Monday May 9, 2022..

COMMENT There’s a deep insecurity in the state of the United Kingdom

Right wing think tank's Question Time appearance shows need for transparency

comment Right-wing think tank's Question Time appearance shows need for transparency

No, Partygate and the lying Prime Minister aren't Britain's moral low point

COMMENT No, partygate and the lying Prime Minister aren't Britain's moral low point

Sheku Bayoh inquiry becomes focal point for Black Lives Matter protest

eyewitness Sheku Bayoh inquiry becomes focal point for Black Lives Matter protest

Nicola Sturgeon spoke to Greater Govanhill magazine for a wide-ranging interview. Photo: PA

FIRST MINISTER Nicola Sturgeon says she's 'very often' misrepresented amid 'ridiculous' media coverage

Tories hire top QC in 'obscene' spend on secret Union polling case, say SNP

EXCLUSIVE Tories hire top QC in 'obscene' spend on secret Union polling case, say SNP

'I would love for him to go': Public health minister blasts boozy PM pics

Exclusive 'I would love for him to go': Public health minister blasts boozy PM pics

Sadiq Khan, left, and Boris Johnson both suggested the new London rail line would benefit the whole of the UK

EXCLUSIVE Anger as Boris Johnson calls new London trainline a 'big moment' for entire UK

James III is not often remembered as a powerful king and he died as he fled the field at Sauchieburn

BACK IN THE DAY How the kidnap of the King of Scots came back to bite the family

Katherine Fletcher opted to lecture those in in-work poverty rather than try to help them

COMMENT Shona Craven: Tories seem content with billions in benefits going unclaimed

ScotRail cuts came into force today

EXCLUSIVE 'Furious': Passengers react to ScotRail cuts on first day of disruption to service

Boris Johnsons seems concerned about what's coming

ANALYSIS Flip-flopping and desperate spin ahead of Sue Gray report shows No 10 is panicking

Big Country were among the big names set to appear at Kirkcaldy's Breakout Festival

Music Organisers blame UK 'economic climate' as Kirkcaldy music festival cancelled

Rana Skawi arrived in Scotland three years ago

a warm welcome Syrian refugee who fled to Scotland now welcoming Afghans to her area

Writer and actor Gerda Stevenson said that time in itself is fascinating. Photograph: Gordon Terris

INTERVIEW Alan Riach interviews Gerda Stevenson on songs, stories and the voice

Andrew Wilson reflected on his report published four years ago

COMMENT Why Scotland's next White Paper must do more to involve other parties

James Boswell fit into an increasingly cosmopolitan age

ESSAY James Boswell, meeting with celebrities and 18th-century name-dropping

The report is expected to make grim reading for Prime Minister Boris Johnson

COMMENT Kirsty Strickland: We need to know why Boris Johnson secretly met with Sue Gray

Trans Pride in Paisley was, in many ways, a reminder of what Pride is really about

COMMENT Trans Pride showed public rejects the false culture war narratives

The Bank of England is now predicting that UK inflation will be over 10% CPI by the end of the year

COMMENT Independence should be on mind of our government as inflation hits us

Rupert St John-Fontaine is returning to where it all began

SATIRE Nicola Sturgeon is tasking me with spy work in Westminster

Sylvie Bermann, former French ambassador to the UK

EUROPE Independent Scotland in EU would be welcomed, ex French ambassador says

Dunfermline’s royal heritage runs through its abbey. Established in 1128 by David I, birthplace of Charles I and the site of Robert the Bruce’s interment

TRAVEL Fife’s ancient birthplace of kings finally receiving recognition it so richly deserves

King Charles II brought a constitutional upheaval

history How Scotland reclaimed a king during the Restoration

Coinneach MacLeod, better known online as the Hebridean Baker, has signed a major deal to bring his top-selling debut cookbook to an American audience

EXCLUSIVE Hebridean Baker brings taste of Scotland to US with successful tour

Shaun McAlonan posed with weapons

THE FERRET Chat forum used to recruit neo-Nazis and share 'grotesque' content

Sherlock Holmes stands as a lasting legacy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

PREMIUM The legacy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – the creator of the world's most famous detective

Scotland went to the polls on May 5 to elect councillors

ANALYSIS Revealed: Scots Tories have fewest female councillors

Abortion is in the spotlight amid a threat to women's right to choose in America

In graphs Data reveals abortion trends in Scotland similar over time

The Dutch town Veere was once Scotland’s trading gateway to Europe

ARTIST'S DIARY Scotland's historic gateway to Europe in the Netherlands: The little-told story of Veere