The Scotsman
Watchdog to investigate SNP’S flagship wind projects
Scotland’s spending watchdog has launched an investigation into the SNP’S flagship Scotwind projects amid fears the £750 million raised from leasing the seabed has been “frittered away” to balance the books. Audit Scotland has begun “early scoping...
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‘The law must take its course’ says King Charles after Andrew arrest
Andrew Mountbatten-windsor became the first senior royal in modern history to be arrested when he was taken into custody yesterday on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The King’s brother was held on his 66th birthday following allegations made...
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Joint honours
Garreth and Nicola Wood – a former Miss Scotland – co-founders of Kids Operating Room, were both made Members of the Order of the British Empire by the Princess Royal
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Rev Jesse Jackson
Tributes from across the political divide were paid yesterday to the Rev Jesse L Jackson, a protege of Martin Luther King Jr and a two-time US presidential candidate who led the civil rights movement for decades after Dr King’s assassination, after his...
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Robert Duvall, 1931-2026
Godfather star Robert Duvall has died at the age of 95. The Hollywood actor – who won an Oscar for Tender Mercies – died “peacefully” at his home, according to a statement by his wife Luciana Duvall. The statement, shared on his Facebook page,...
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Gold rush
Team GB’S Matt Weston and Tabitha Stoecker celebrate winning gold in the skeleton mixed team final in Cortina, on day nine of the Winter Olympics in Italy. Weston already has an individual skeleton gold medal from friday. Yesterday also saw Charlotte...
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Matt Weston celebrates after winning gold in the men’s skeleton at the Cortina Sliding Centre – Great Britain’s first medal of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics
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Reverse ban on new oil and gas, says Blair’s think tank
Sir Keir Starmer’s government should axe the windfall tax on oil and gas firms and reverse its ban on new licences for North Sea drilling, Sir Tony Blair’s think tank has said. In a scathing new report, it argues Labour’s clean power plan is “leading...
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Consolation
Team GB’S Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson hug after their free dance routine in Milan last night, which saw them drop from fourth to seventh and miss an ice dance medal
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Time for reflection
Edinburgh based artist Runkun Sun, who is originally from Beijing, is pictured inside the Giant Kaleidoscope at the Camera Obscura & World of Illusions in Edinburgh, ahead of the Chinese New Year celebrations which began last night and mark the start...
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Sarwar’s gamble
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has gambled his political future by telling Sir Keir Starmer he should resign as Prime Minister. Mr Sarwar became the party’s most senior politician to call for Sir Keir to go in a hastily arranged Glasgow press...
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Cool customer
Bruce Mouat delivers a stone during a match that saw him and his playing partner, fellow Scot Jennifer Dodds, claim victory for Team GB over hosts Italy in the curling mixed doubles on day two of the Winter Olympics. The 9-6 win saw the pair finish top...
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Winning strings
Harpist Rachel Groves beat five fellow finalists to be crowned BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2026
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Return to Scotland Street
I am sitting in Sir Alexander Mccall Smith’s study on the first floor of his house in Merchiston and he is telling me about a story he’s written. I have known him for a quarter of a century, and we are friends: I have never met anybody kinder. So I...
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Tributes to Jim Wallace – ‘one of the architects of modern Scotland’
Tributes have been paid to “one of the architects of modern Scotland” following the death of former deputy first minister Jim Wallace at the age of 71. Lord Wallace, who served as Holyrood’s first ever deputy first minister, was undergoing a procedure...
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Mingyang tables ‘Plan B’ if turbine decision drags on
Chinese wind turbine firm Mingyang has drawn up a “Plan B” of sites in continental Europe if the UK government blocks plans to open a flagship factory in the Highlands. The admission the firm could walk away from investing in Scotland comes after...
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Grieving family ‘vindicated’ by scathing university probe
mother of a student who took his own life after being wrongly told he could not graduate has said she has been vindicated by an independent report. A watchdog called in to carry out a review at the University of Glasgow following the death of Ethan...
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Reform vows to slash Scots tax in first Holyrood pledge
UK will align income tax with England and then cut it by a further 1p immediately if it wins the Holyrood election despite a £2 billion price tag, the party’s new Scottish leader has claimed. Malcolm Offord, in his first keynote speech since being...
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Service for the King
King Charles III, Queen Camilla and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, attend the Sunday morning church service at St Peter’s church in Wolferton, on the Sandringham
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Traitors’ reward
Stornoway’s Stephen Libby and fellow traitor Rachel Duffy celebrate with host Claudia Winkleman after splitting £95,750 for winning the latest series of The Traitors last night
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Rabbie’s return
A lost portrait of Robert Burns by artist Sir Henry Raeburn is on display at the National Galleries in Edinburgh after being found during a house clearance in Surrey last year
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Tariff U-turn as Trump claims Greenland ‘deal’
US President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland yesterday. He later claimed in a social media post he had dropped plans for tariffs on European allies after talks with Nato chief Mark Rutte resulted in the ‘framework’ for a deal on...
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Ice Kate-ing
A slightly-apprehensive looking Kate took to the ice yesterday to try her hand at curling as the Prince and Princess of Wales visited the National Curling Academy in Stirling to meet Team GB and Paralympics GB curlers ahead of the Winter Olympics in...
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Trump tariffs ‘devastating’ for Scottish industries
Trump’s threat to impose additional tariffs on the UK would be “devastating” for Scottish industries with the key whisky sector already scaling back production given pressure on exports to the US. Mr Trump said he would impose 10 per cent tariffs from...
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Only connect
Trad rockers Skerryvore perform during the first weekend of the Celtic Connections music festival in Glasgow, where other acts included US country legend Emmylou Harris
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Farage urges defectors to get in touch ‘within days’
Nigel Farage told potential Holyrood defectors to get in touch “within the next few days” if they want to jump ship as he announced a former Tory minister will be Reform’s leader in Scotland. Malcolm Offord intends to retire from the House of Lords to...
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SNP mounts mansion tax raid as higher earners set to be hit
More than 100,000 higher earning Scots will be dragged into higher tax bands as a result of the SNP’S pre-election Budget, with those owning properties worth more than £1 million set to be hit by a “mansion tax” in future years. SNP Finance Secretary...
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Widespread disruption to travel continued across Scotland as melting snow turned to floodwater and heavy rain brought key roads to a standstill. Yellow weather warnings remained in place for most of the country until this morning, with high winds and...
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Cauld Reekie
The capital’s Calton Hill dusted in snow with the Edinburgh cityscape beyond and the Pentland Hills in the distance. Parts of Scotland continued to face disruption yesterday
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Fresh calls for military aid as major incident declared
of schools will be closed for a third day today amid “one of the biggest snow events of the last 20 years” as one local authority declared a major incident and fresh calls were made for military assistance to support communities worst affected by the...
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Funding demand as struggling Scots colleges face going bust
colleges boss has warned the Scottish Government it must stop treating colleges like a “Cinderella sector” and provide sustainable investment in the forthcoming budget. Gavin Donoghue, chief executive of Colleges Scotland, said Finance Secretary Shona...
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Heavy snow leads to travel chaos and school closures
Police have warned of a “high risk” of disruption and hazardous driving conditions amid new weather warnings for snow covering swathes of Scotland. The Met Office has issued a new amber warning covering much of the north of the country, with commuters...
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Sloping off
As snow and low temperatures across the north disrupted travel, the Highland resort of Aviemore saw families take advantage and dig out their sledges for the first time in 2026
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‘Broken promises’ anger as 249 schools shut since 2007
SNP ministers have been accused of presiding over a “trail of broken promises” on education after it was revealed almost 250 schools have been closed or mothballed since the party came to power. Statistics have revealed that since 2007, when the SNP...
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Feeling the chill
Walkers take a stroll in Glasgow’s Victoria Park as the country shivers in the cold snap with a yellow warning for snow and ice issued for parts of Scotland tomorrow
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Light brigade
Four days of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations began last night with the Torchlight Procession featuring Vikings from Shetland’s
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Brigitte Bardot 1934 - 2025
Actress and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot has been remembered as ‘an angel for animals’ by the founder of animal rights group Peta following her death aged 91
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Surf’s up
Hundreds of swimmers brushed the Christmas Day cobwebs away and worked off the turkey and trifle as they braved the icy waters at Ayr beach yesterday morning in a sea dip for charity. It was blue skies all round as the swimmers dashed in to the Firth...
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‘Anti-asylum protests make me so ashamed of Scotland’
The moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has said protests outside an asylum hotel left her “so ashamed of Scotland”. The Rt Rev Rosemary Frew condemned the “hate-filled” scenes in Falkirk, which were the subject of a recent BBC...
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Abbey Christmas
King Charles in the Lady Chapel of Westminster Abbey during the recording of his Christmas message, which will be broadcast at 3pm tomorrow and feature a theme of pilgrimage. It is the second time the King has recorded his words to the nation away from...
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Deck the long hall
Anne-sophie Watebled finishes decorating the six Christmas trees in the Long Gallery at Scone Palace in gold and red. The historic residence boasts 16 trees – all Perthshire Nordmann firs
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A light in the darkness
Sydney Opera House is illuminated with candlelights as part of a national day of reflection honouring the victims of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack. Australians across the country fell silent to mark one week since gunmen fired into crowds at a...
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Flora tribute
Rachel Sparks and Julia Fraser decorate the National Portrait Gallery’s Christmas tree. This year it features shades of blue, gold, and burgundy to echo the portrait of Jacobite hero Flora Macdonald
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Green shoots
Horticulturists Kevin Bannon and Marc Gilbert return the first plants to the newly restored Palm Houses at Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Garden. Following three years of vital conservation work, the two glasshouses, constructed in 1834 and 1858, are now...
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Wool-tide greetings
Rev. Janet Mathieson, June Macleod and the Right Rev. Rosie Frew with the almost 700 blankets that have been donated for Glasgow Close Knit. The project gathers hundreds of knitted and crocheted blankets, crafted by churches, community groups and...
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Bondi heartbreak
The parents of ten-year-old Matilda Poltavchenko, who was killed in the Bondi Beach attack in Sydney on Sunday, attend a memorial at Bondi Pavilion
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Hampden roar
Alex Gogic of St Mirren lifts the Premier Sports Cup in triumph after his side beat Celtic 3-1 in yesterday’s thrilling final at Hampden Park
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Stanley Baxter
With the death of Stanley Baxter at the age of 99, Scotland has lostasingulartalent,onewhose comedic world was as distinctive as it was extravagant. With television audiences peaking at 20 million, he was celebrated across the UK, but north of the...
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Colour full
A new exhibition of works by Scottish artist Adrian Wiszniewski RSA runs at the Glasgow Print Studio until January 31. Entitled ‘In Full Colour’, it marks 40 years of collaboration between the artist and the studio in his home city, which began in...
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Gathering storm
Storm Bram battered Scotland throughout the night as high winds and rain brought part of the public transport system to a standstill and left homes without power across the country. The north and west of Scotland bore the brunt of the storm, but...
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Call for heads to roll in wake of Peggie case
nurse at the centre of the UK’S most controversial employment tribunal has said she is “beyond relieved” to have won a claim that has sparked calls for resignations at a health board. NHS Fife has been found to have harassed Sandie Peggie in a...
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Fresh vaccination drive as flu cases continue to spike
SNP Health Secretary Neil Gray has suggested “anyone able to” should pay to receive the flu vaccine if they can amid fears Scotland’s outbreak will “continue to rise over the coming weeks”. Figures from Public Health Scotland have found that confirmed...
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Scotland’s draw of destiny
The Tartan Army will win many new American fans at the World Cup and President Donald Trump could be one of them, a US Embassy spokesman has said. At a ceremony in Washington DC last night, Scotland were pitted against five-times tournament winners...
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Starmer brands Farage ‘toxic’ in Glasgow school pupils row
Sir Keir Starmer has branded Nigel Farage a “toxic, divisive disgrace” after the Reform UK leader became embroiled in a row over diversity in Glasgow schools. Speaking at a community centre in the East End of Glasgow, the Prime Minister said Mr Farage...
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Rocket science
Heriot-watt University student Paola Gkita attends a conference at Space-comm Expo Scotland 2025 at the SECC in Glasgow. Scotland’s space sector will receive a major funding boost to accelerate breakthrough technologies and boost commercialisation, the...
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One in four Scots doctors say services are ‘normally unsafe’
One in four doctors believe services in their department are “normally unsafe”, according to damning research by the British Medical Association (BMA) Scotland. A survey of consultants and SAS (specialty, associate specialist and specialist) doctors...
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Lightbulb moment
Gordon Wink checks the lights on the fishing creel Christmas tree he helped to design and build at Ullapool harbour. The 30ft tree has been built every year since 2016
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Stocking up
Andrea Middlemiss and her King’s Foundation Sewing Bee friends, have created 25 Christmas stockings using curtains repurposed from the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk The royal recycler is pictured hanging the stockings from the fireplace in the Yellow...
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Sturgeon: No female leader ‘anytime soon’
Sturgeon has said she cannot see a time in the near future when any Scottish political party will have a female leader. Ms Sturgeon, who was Scotland’s first female first minister, said it had felt like a “breakthrough” moment when Holynicola rood’s...
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Will the last person to leave the oil industry please turn off the lights
The oil and gas sector has warned it will be “taxed to death inside five years” after Chancellor Rachel Reeves rejected calls to scrap the windfall tax in her Budget. Ms Reeves announced in her speech in the House of Commons yesterday that the Energy...
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Ice dance
Marlen Fuerte Castro, the new principal dancer for the Scottish Ballet, dances as The Snow Queen at the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh on Saturday and tours to Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness.
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High flyers
A couple enjoy a trip on the Starflyer in Edinburgh as the 80-metre-tall ride returns to East Princes Street Garden Christmas Market as it gives thrill-seekers an unbeatable view over the capital’s skyline during the festive period. In the city centre...
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Finish with a flourish
A small step to redemption for Scotland after last week’s capitulation and a good afternoon for the likes of Jamie Ritchie, Alex Samuel and Tom Jordan who all strengthened their claims to be regular starters. Tonga are not, of course, one of rugby’s...
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Ocean rain
A damp evening didn't spoil this visitor’s trip to Edinburgh Zoo’s illuminated trail of colourful ocean-themed lanterns created by specialists from Zigong Lanterns in China
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Lest we forget
Catherine, Princess of Wales, attends the Armistice Day Service of Remembrance at the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire.
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Poetry in motion
Full steam ahead for Edinburgh’s international poetry festival Push the Boat Out as poets Michael Pederson and Hollie Mcnish held a pre-festival event aboard The Fingal
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Age shall not weary them
A piper plays during Remembrance Sunday tributes in Edinburgh yesterday as First Minister John Swinney joined veterans and service members to pay tribute to the fallen
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Scottish firms unite to warn Swinney not to hike taxes
Business leaders have urged John Swinney to “resist the temptation” to copy the UK government’s tax rises, branding it as a “real opportunity to attract new jobs and investment” to Scotland. Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) and the Scottish Retail...
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Royal remembrance
Queen Camilla visited the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in London yesterday as the UK prepares for Armistice Day, marking the sacrifice of its Armed Forces
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