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Levelling Up

Figures show only 34 out of 3,436 Levelling Up staff are located north of the Border

'Empty sloganeering': Just one per cent of Levelling Up staff are in Scotland
THE UK Government has been accused of "empty sloganeering" after an investigation revealed just one per cent of staff hired by the Levelling Up Department are based in Scotland.

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Davy Zyw from Edinburgh was part of a team helping to raise money for Doddie Weir's foundation

Edinburgh cyclist diagnosed with MND helps raise more than £50,000 for My Name'5 Doddie
A 34-YEAR-OLD author and wine expert from Edinburgh who was diagnosed with motor neuron disease (MND) has completed a 265 mile cycling challenge for the My Name'5 Doddie Foundation, along with the rest of his team.

Iain and Andrew Mundy have put their own Scottish twist on the Grace Kelly challenge

Exclusive Pro-independence music duo put Scottish twist on popular Mika TikTok trend

Dean Atta’s latest exploration of being young, black and gay in Britain is a fun romantic comedy with emotional depth at the centre of all it does

REVIEW Long-distance love: Young, black, gay and exiled to Glasgow

Ardnamurchan Estate

special report Revealed: Estate owner in access row owns land via offshore tax haven firm

Boris Johnson has been spotted by locals in a supermarket in Greece

Boris on holiday Boris Johnson enjoys second holiday in Greece as cost-of-living crisis worsens

Irvine Town Centre

secret history It's time to end ignorance of this ‘New Town’s’ royal and ancient history

Amy Molloy’s performance in Michael John O’Neill’s powerful monodrama This Is Paradise is wowing audiences

review Amy Molloy is stunning audiences in This is Paradise for the second year running

Over 20 Scottish and international artists have contributed to the exhibition

special report Art exhibition on nuclear activism to unite Scottish and Ukrainian creators

The Scottish Government said closing the education attainment gap was its 'defining mission'

special report Here's how the Scottish Government can tackle the attainment gap

Yes supporters will be hoping for a victory in the Supreme Court

exclusive analysis International courts could secure indyref2 after 'de facto' referendum

Angela Rayner's recent ruling out a deal with the SNP comes as a disappointment

comment The Labour Party must confront its own deep-seated Anglophobia

Forensics officers working at the MacKenzie’s cottage home, scene of a firearm incident in the Dornie area of Wester Ross on Wednesday

special report Motorbiking family man will be a ‘big loss’ to Skye community

This winter is likely to see families across Scotland struggling to pay their heating bills

comment We must all take a stand and show solidarity with society's poorest

Both May and Johnson have used the ‘now is not the time’ tactic to ward off calls for a second independence referendum

EXCLUSIVE Project Fear lives on through recycled ‘now is not the time’ Tory tactic, analysis shows

Domino’s has pulled out of the Italian market

diary Domino’s topple after failing to sell pizza to the Italians

Sonya Kelly’s The Last Return proved itself the funniest and most politically devastating play of the year

reviews Edinburgh Fringe reviews: I admire Alan Cumming, but Burn is a comprehensive failure

The Yes movement is becoming split from the SNP

comment The power to win independence comes from the Scottish people, not the SNP

Adventure tourism has been badly affected by the cost-of-living crisis

case study A look at how skyrocketing bills are hammering tourism on Skye

Campaigners say football fans are being fleeced out of too much money for a match ticket

comment Cost-of-living leaves football fans behind as match tickets become unaffordable

Julie McNeill’s poetry does more than simply inspire and connect

Scottish poetry 'My life is much richer for having to adapt': How dyslexia inspires a Scottish poet

Liz Truss appears to be ‘ambushed by everything’ when interviewed

COMMENT Andrew Tickell: Liz Truss is the candidate who lacks poise, grit and substance

William Miller was the Glaswegian who penned the immortal poem Wee Willie Winkie

BACK IN THE DAY 150th anniversary this week of poet who gave scots Wee Willie Winkie

Sir Walter Scott’s work practically made Scotland’s world-renowned tourist industry

special report Sir Walter Scott's impact on Scotland and the world is worthy of his monument

Ode to Joy. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

exclusive Edinburgh Fringe becomes party central as LGBT shows make debut

Tourists in Ullapool as Covid restrictions began to loosen in 2020

special report Scottish hospitality sector on the brink of collapse amid a ‘perfect storm’

Scottish councils are looking to react to the energy crisis

special report Scotland’s councils plan ‘warm banks’ to help freezing Scots

Outgoing Children & Young People's Commissioner for Scotland Tam Baillie.

exclusive Leading experts support raising the starting age for Scottish schoolchildren

Ed Sheeran has proved to be a favourite ticket for MPs

special report Revealed: MPs have been lavished with tickets worth thousands of pounds

Kezia Dugdale is now a professor of practice in public service

comment Kezia Dugdale lands on her feet with job at Glasgow University

Destroyed Russian tanks outside Borodyanka

Ukraine crisis David Pratt reports the stories of people left behind in a war-torn country

Pride events in Scotland now regularly attract thousands and are held all over the country, such as in Brodick on Arran which held its first march earlier this summer

LGBT pride Scotland's Pride: How Scotland won - and kept - its LGBT+ Pride

Natalia Kovalchuk’s five-year-old daughter Uliyana plays in park opposite destroyed block. Pic: David Pratt

special report 'It hurts even now to talk about it': Life amidst the ruins of the war in Ukraine

Visitors to Shetland’s Mainland can admire Lerwick’s rough and ready charm and the
puffin-kissed heights of Sumburgh Head

travel Shetland offers a rich helping of history, island life and fabulous food

The Bell Rock, designed by Robert Stevenson

history A history of Scotland's lighthouses and the mastermind behind them

The price cap doesn’t apply to community facilities, which often have few backup reserves

comment Michael Russell: Energy crisis will spell the end of renewed localism

Effective altruists want our current toxic behaviours to be shaped by our sense that we should serve future generations

COMMENT How a Scottish philosopher leads a global conversation on technological ethics

Levelling up seems to be solely about London showing uppity Scots that it is still in charge

COMMENT Independence is better than being shackled to London's imperialist economy

More than 100 Yes groups will be taking part

special report Believe in Scotland: Yes groups' National Day of Action taking place TODAY

Louis Hall made the journey from Italy to Spain over 110 days

special report Scottish adventurer takes epic horseback journey across Europe for refugee fundraiser

The Better Together campaign will struggle to make a plausible case for indyref2

comment The REAL Scottish Politics: Tories have blown any trust ahead of indyref2

The cast of Boom, a show created by Ukrainian and Czech circus performers, which is on at McEwan Hall in Bristo Square

Exclusive interview Ukrainian circus artists given hope by Czech friends in moving Fringe show

The grouse shooting season commences every year on August 12

'GLORIOUS TWELFTH' Scotland being kept in 'degraded state', campaigners say as grouse season starts

The arguments which the SNP seek to make to the Supreme Court need to be heard in order to put matters in their proper context

comment Joanna Cherry: Unionists shouldn't be so confident about blocking indyref2

The mass trespassing of the Port of Aberdeen was a proud and humbling experience

comment Non-violent protest can inspire hope in the face of Tory failure

A Glasgow visit by Inder Singh (left) and his wife was an ‘encouraging example of how divisions can be overcome’

special report Community event set to promote friendship between South Asian communities

Energy companies like E.on could cut prices by £1700 per customer and still make a profit

COMMENT Independence is the only route to tackling the escalating cost-of-living crisis

Protesters are making sure their voices are heard

comment Workers are standing up to the class war being waged by the Tory party

The film follows the group of indigenous leaders as they visit some of Scotland's rarest woodlands

PREMIUM ‘Where are all the trees?’ Indigenous Amazonians visit Scottish rainforest in new film

RMT Scotland members held a protest out of Scottish Tory headquarters in Edinburgh

special report RMT take pay protest to Scottish Tory HQ and demand UK ministers 'keep out' of talks

The National looked into the long-term rental market in the Outer Hebrides. Photo of Stornoway by Sergey Konstantinov on Unsplash

EXCLUSIVE Here’s what it’s like trying to rent somewhere to live in the Western Isles

What will happen when households can not afford to pay their bills?

comment Will the economy be able to survive the peak of the energy crisis?

The images come as a wildfire warning has been issued for parts of Scotland

Climate crisis Striking satellite images show extreme drought cutting across Scotland

File photograph of a CalMac ferry

EXCLUSIVE CalMac faces blame for food shortages on island amid ferry row

Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre and Theresa May - played by Andrew Woodall and Jessica Turner - have an awkward relationship without the show

Review Bloody Difficult Women shows Theresa May and Gina Miller had plenty in common