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Four players who must excel if Scotland are to defeat Wales

Six Nations

John Swinney fails to reach deal over Brexit ‘power grab’ impasse

UK
There is a warning of ice. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Scotland’s weather: Ice warning for much of the country

News

Former Hibs manager backs World Cancer Day Campaign

News

How to spend a weekend in Glencoe

Outdoors

Brian Wilson: Music of hope falling silent because of SNP cuts

Opinion

Scottish Parliament bans use of plastic drinking straws

News
Kezia Dugdale and 

Gordon Aitken with his 13-week neice Ailidh Thomson. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Kezia Dugdale tells how death of friend Gordon Aikman changed her life

Politics

Ayesha Hazarika: Why Trump and SNP are wrong about politics in art

Ayesha Hazarika
Kezia Dugdale and 

Gordon Aitken with his 13-week neice Ailidh Thomson. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Kezia Dugdale tells how death of friend Gordon Aikman changed her life

Politics 2

Scottish Government: We'll publish leaked Brexit analysis

News 358

Theresa May to fight for 'real Brexit' with end to EU free movement

Politics 66

Scottish Parliament bans use of plastic drinking straws

News 28

National Trust seeks £1.5m to protect Mackintosh’s Hill House

Politics 4

Brexit tops list of issues worrying Scots

UK 409

John Swinney fails to reach deal over Brexit ‘power grab’ impasse

UK 685

Brian Wilson: Music of hope falling silent because of SNP cuts

Opinion 10

Jim Duffy: I hate to say it, but our MPs need to be more like Obama

Opinion 14

Leader comment: Ignore hardliners to secure best possible Brexit

Opinion 31
Only half of ScotRail passengers who were polled are happy with how it deals with disruption

Alastair Dalton: This is ScotRail’s Achilles’ heel

Opinion 4
Bonnybridge lifting bridge: Picture: Scottish Canals

'Unsafe' bridges force indefinite Forth & Clyde Canal closure

Transport 1
There is a warning of ice. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Scotland’s weather: Ice warning for much of the country

News 1

Caledonian Sleeper postpones ban on strangers cabin-sharing

Transport 5

Revealed: The most dangerous roads in Scotland and the UK

Transport 9

Hearts striker Kyle Lafferty ordered to court after running red light

Hearts 1
Michael Foale, left, with UWS vice-principal professor Ehsan Mesbahi

UWS hopes space link-up will see students’ work take off

Tech
Children perform at Big Noise in Govanhill, but music tuition is facing major cuts across Scotland. Picture: John Devlin

Brian Wilson: Music of hope falling silent because of SNP cuts

Opinion 10
Peter Mathieson will receive a 'welcome package' of �410,000 after becoming principal of Edinburgh University

Edinburgh University principal to get 33% pay hike

News 9

Scots taxpayers in £93m bill for EU students post-Brexit

Education 45
A pensioner in her home in Glasgow

Lonely older people in Glasgow hide feelings to not be a ‘burden’

Education 3
'Super nannies' are being used more by Britain's richest families

‘Super nannies’ paid more than £100,000 on the rise in Britain

Education 15
An eight-year-old boy has been charged after being caught with a knife at an Aberdeen school

Eight-year-old boy caught with knife in Aberdeen school

News 3

New Edinburgh University Principal gets to work

Education

Edinburgh University lecture theatre renamed to honour Gordon Aikman

News

John Swinney’s education reforms ‘could lead to headteachers being sued’

Education 52

Universities to strike over pension changes

Education
There is a warning of ice. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Scotland’s weather: Ice warning for much of the country

News 1

Call to repopulate land affected by Highland Clearances

News 105
Autumn walkers in Inverleith Park in Edinburgh

Scots using public parks and gardens less as council cuts hit

Environment 12
Deer in the snow near Abbotsford. Scotland is bracing for a wintry weekend

Scotland faces wintry weekend with temperatures as low as -10C

Environment 6

Rare blue moon can be seen in Scotland’s skies tonight

News 2

Ilona Amos: There’s good news if plastic pollution is driving you to drink

Opinion 7
Former Hibs manager Alan Stubbs backs World Cancer Day Campaign

Former Hibs manager backs World Cancer Day Campaign

News
Kezia Dugdale and 

Gordon Aitken with his 13-week neice Ailidh Thomson. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Kezia Dugdale tells how death of friend Gordon Aikman changed her life

Politics 2
Flu rates have fallen for the second straight week. Picture: TSPL

Flu rate for Scotland falls for second straight week

News 1
Scotland rugby great John Rutherford. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Rugby legend Rutherford urges men to get checked for prostate cancer

News 1

Doddie Weir slams NHS after being denied access to MND drug

News 3
Scotland rugby great John Rutherford. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Scotland rugby great John Rutherford wins cancer battle

Six Nations 3
Karen Reid, Chief Executive of the Care Inspectorate

Karen Reid: Recruiting and retaining committed staff is so important for high-quality care

Opinion

Dr Anne Ellaway: Weighty problem of schoolkids’ diet not helped by fast food at lunchtime

Opinion 1

Kevan Christie: Sitting down could be killing you

Opinion 2

Leader comment: Cancer can be the deadly price of the demon drink

Opinion

Lonely older people in Glasgow hide feelings to not be a ‘burden’

Education 3

Brexit tops list of issues worrying Scots

UK 409

John Swinney fails to reach deal over Brexit ‘power grab’ impasse

UK 685
Police at the scene. Photo: @korinagrg/PA Wire

Three arrested after stabbing on London Underground

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Scottish fishermen are fully involved in both catching and conserving fish stocks.  Picture: David Cheskin/PA Wire

Ian Gatt: Sustainable fishing is the keystone of the Scottish industry

Opinion

Jim Duffy: I hate to say it, but our MPs need to be more like Obama

Opinion 14

Leader comment: Ignore hardliners to secure best possible Brexit

Opinion 31

Scottish estate owners warn against reversing Highland Clearances

Lifestyle 5
Only half of ScotRail passengers who were polled are happy with how it deals with disruption

Alastair Dalton: This is ScotRail’s Achilles’ heel

Opinion 4
Alexander believes some residential districts in Edinburgh could accurately be described as in-betweeners  neither city centre nor suburban. PICTURE: JON SAVAGE

COMMENT: David Alexander looks at Edinburgh’s ‘in-betweeners’

Opinion 1
Scottish fishermen are fully involved in both catching and conserving fish stocks.  Picture: David Cheskin/PA Wire

Ian Gatt: Sustainable fishing is the keystone of the Scottish industry

Opinion

Don’t let conservation become a memory

Opinion 1
Alan Laidlaw, Chief Executive of the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland

Make Scottish produce your food of choice for health and economic benefits

Opinion
Children perform at Big Noise in Govanhill, but music tuition is facing major cuts across Scotland. Picture: John Devlin

Brian Wilson: Music of hope falling silent because of SNP cuts

Opinion 10
An SNP MP's attack on Baroness Michelle Mone, a successful businesswoman, shows the depths of public debate in this country (Picture: PA)

Jim Duffy: I hate to say it, but our MPs need to be more like Obama

Opinion 14

Leader comment: Ignore hardliners to secure best possible Brexit

Opinion 31

Joyce McMillan: Scotland’s choice – endless austerity or higher taxes

Opinion 16

Leader comment: Scotland gets world-leading law on domestic abuse

Opinion 4

Karen Reid: Recruiting and retaining committed staff is so important for high-quality care

Opinion
Aimee Sweeney, 18, died after becoming sick while walking her dog in Cyprus

Scots teenager dies after falling ill while walking dog in Cyprus

News
China has renewed the Scotch whisky trademark

China renews Scotch whisky trademark to stop counterfeit bottles

Retail
British Prime Minister Theresa May (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Picture: Getty Images

Theresa May signs up to ‘golden era’ of UK-China relations

Politics 4
Scots Tory leader Ruth Davidson has pulled no punches about Donald Trump (Picture: Greg Macvean)

Leader comment: Theresa May should follow Ruth Davidson’s lead – again

Opinion 31

Ayesha Hazarika: Why Trump and SNP are wrong about politics in art

Opinion 53

Martyn McLaughlin: Bots are drowning out real people on social media

Opinion 3

Darren McGarvey: The thing that makes me pine for George W Bush

Opinion 22

Donald Trump Jr trolls Hillary Clinton over Grammy sketch

World 1
"Me Time" is among the terms.

‘Me time’ and ‘mansplaining’ among phrases added to dictionary

News
The driver was photographed with the bottle of Buckfast in his vehicle's cab. Picture: SWD Media

Bus driver spotted with bottle of Buckfast next to wheel

Transport 27

In Pictures: 11 things you’ll remember if you went to a Scottish primary school

News
Scottish fishermen are fully involved in both catching and conserving fish stocks.  Picture: David Cheskin/PA Wire

Ian Gatt: Sustainable fishing is the keystone of the Scottish industry

Opinion

Don’t let conservation become a memory

Opinion 1
Alan Laidlaw, Chief Executive of the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland

Make Scottish produce your food of choice for health and economic benefits

Opinion
Bill Davie

Obituary: Bill Davie, consulting engineer and keen golfer

Obituaries
George Morfee

Obituary: George Morfee, miner, pianist, gardener and climber

Obituaries
A visitor takes a photo of Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad, at the IKEA museum in Almhult, Sweden. Picture: Ola Torkelsson/TT via AP

Obituary: Ingvar Kamprad, founder of home furnishings behemoth Ikea

Obituaries
Elizabeth Meehan

Appreciation: Elizabeth Marian Meehan, academic

Obituaries

Garbage singer Shirley Manson to be honoured with NME Icon Award

News

Richard Branson hints at Virgin flights from Edinburgh to US

News 40
Journalist Carrie Gracie gives evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee in Portcullis House, London, on pay at the BBC

Lord warns BBC’s best radio presenters could quit over pay row

News 1
Scottish DJ Calvin Harris

DJ Calvin Harris says he ‘grew a beard to win a Grammy’

News
Mark E Smith died at home. Picture: TSPL

Irvine Welsh leads tributes to The Fall singer Mark E Smith

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