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Protesters call on the Israeli government to reach a deal to release the hostages held in the Gaza Strip during a rally in Tel Aviv (Picture: Amir Levy/Getty Images)

West must help Israelis and Palestinians escape the cycle of violence
Prolonged conflicts can entrench a cycle of hatred and violence

Much of the Scottish Government's programme smacks of legislators searching for something on which to legislate and the products of pressure group lobbying (Picture: Mike Boyd/PA)

With two years to go, Yousaf already appears to have run out of steam

The medical community needs to make sure that all women are able to achieve their true potential (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Multiple forms of prejudice can create a problem bigger than sum of its parts

Salman Rushdie will be part of this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival line-up. Picture: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images

Salman Rushdie to take part in Edinburgh International Book Festival

"The Faces of Fentanyl" wall, which displays photographs of Americans who died from a fentanyl overdose, at the Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters in Arlington, Virginia (Picture: Agnes Bun/AFP via Getty Images)

Second wave of super-strong heroin is set to hit Scotland

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Salman Rushdie has expressed concern about the growing acceptance of restrictions on freedom of speech (Picture: Ilya S Savenok/Getty Images for The Center for Fiction)

Salman Rushdie is living proof of the importance of free speech

Last year's Hidden Gem award winner was Gavin's Mill

Nominate your favourite hidden gem in the 2024 Scran Awards

Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland and deputy leader of the Scottish Conservatives. Image: Lisa Ferguson/National World.

Tories demand answers on puberty blockers as SNP under pressure over Cass review

The Apprentice Boys of Derry takes part in the annual Relief of Derry march on August 14, 2021 in Derry, Northern Ireland. An affiliated club in Inverness plans to hold a parade on Saturday but is meeting resistance. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Apprentice Boys of Derry meet resistance ahead of Inverness parade

First Minister Humza Yousaf. Picture: Fraser Bremner - Pool/Getty Images

As Holyrood returns, can Humza Yousaf move on from a bruising recess?

East Links Family Park, the current site run by Grant Bell, who has applied to develop another family farm-themed park about six miles down the road

Council accused of cover up over 'fundamentally flawed' application

One of the Jacobite's last 2023 season services crosses the Glenfinnan Viaduct in October. (Photo by Charlotte Graham)

‘Harry Potter’ Jacobite steam train ‘breaks down’ on first trip of season

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Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland and deputy leader of the Scottish Conservatives. Image: Lisa Ferguson/National World.

Tories demand answers on puberty blockers as SNP under pressure over Cass review

The Apprentice Boys of Derry takes part in the annual Relief of Derry march on August 14, 2021 in Derry, Northern Ireland. An affiliated club in Inverness plans to hold a parade on Saturday but is meeting resistance. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Apprentice Boys of Derry meet resistance ahead of Inverness parade

Much of the Scottish Government's programme smacks of legislators searching for something on which to legislate and the products of pressure group lobbying (Picture: Mike Boyd/PA)

With two years to go, Yousaf already appears to have run out of steam

Eric Cantona PIC: Tim P Whitby/Getty Images

Music review: Eric Cantona, The Garage, Glasgow

Transport

Laura Laker on National Cycle Network route 7 near the Drumochter pass in the Highlands. (Photo by Laura Laker)

Scotland’s promised ‘active freeways’ cycle routes ‘on the back burner’

Ferries crisis: Here’s why Ferguson Marine and CalMac chiefs were fired

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The Jacobite crossing the Glenfinnan viaduct. (Photo by Getty Images)

Harry Potter-style Jacobite steam train services to start on April 15

Future Scotland

Arleen Arnott of KPMG UK says: 'It is clear from this survey that AI is becoming a key part of the day-to-day running of financial services firms.' Picture: contributed.

Leaders at finance firms encouraged to embrace AI that could 'transform' sector
“AI is becoming a key part of the day-to-day running of financial services firms,” says accountancy giant.

Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer with colleagues in the lab.

Heriot-Watt backs new £18m centre to drive UK's green industrial revolution

Sarah Baylus, Swen Vincke and David Walgrave who won Best Game Award with Baldur's Gate 3 at the Bafta Games Awards. Image: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

The Bafta Games Awards 2024 winners including Scottish game Viewfinder

The investment will be seen as a significant vote of confidence in Glasgow-based Clyde Hydrogen and its ground-breaking technology.

Pioneering start-up secures £1m funding to revolutionise hydrogen energy sector

Scottish Financial Enterprise has been attending Tartan Week as part of a delegation including politicians and business leaders.

Tartan Week dividend: Scottish financial sector leaders look to woo US companies

Crime

Family of mother who died trying to save her baby in Sydney a 'beautiful human'

A 'Hate Hurts' billboard in Glasgow (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Around £400k was spent by SNP ministers on the 'Hate Hurts campaign'

An image of the Union Canal in Edinburgh. Picture: Scott Louden

Boy, 6, finds Japanese samurai sword in Scottish canal

Police are treating Yousaf and me differently over hate complaints. Why? Murdo Fraser

Police Scotland has released its official hate crime figures

More than 7,000 hate crime complaints in first week of new law, police say

Brown was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh. Pic: Contributed

Hit-and-run drunk driver who killed pedestrian jailed

Politics

Scotland's world-leading universities are at risk because of SNP incompetence

For more than a decade, the SNP have presided over an education system in decline

Rishi Sunak warns Iran's nuclear programme 'never been more advanced'
Israel has accused Iran of launching 170 drones, more than 30 cruise missiles and at least 120 balli...
MV Glen Rosa at the Ferguson Marine shipyard. Image: John Devlin/National World.

Economy secretary to meet with unions to discuss Ferguson Marine future

GMB Scotland will stage the meeting next month
Toppling Iran's tyrants would sever head of snake behind many Mid-East conflictsStruan Stevenson
Struan Stevenson
Tories launch bid to repeal Scotland's controversial new hate crime law
The party said the legislation is ‘proving every bit as unworkable as many critics warned’...
Council which had threatened to put up council tax says charge will be frozen
Extra government cash leads Argyll and Bute to freeze levy...

Weather

An RNLI lifeboat. Image: Steve Parsons/PA Wire

Young paddleboarders rescued as Storm Kathleen causes widespread disruption

Weather warnings for high winds have been issued for Saturday

Warnings of winds up to 70mph as Storm Kathleen rolls in

Coronavirus

A Scottish doctor who now practises medicine in Australia says the government cannot blame the Covid pandemic for the crisis. Image: Peter Byrne/Press Association.

Scottish doctor who left the NHS says governments cannot blame crisis on Covid

Sturgeon's politicking and Johnson's weakness may have damaged Covid response Paul Wilson

Exclusive Michael Matheson asks for extension as iPad report publication looms

Former first minister Alex Salmond. Picture: PA

Alex Salmond claims WhatsApp message deletion was not policy while he was FM

Opinion

Scott Webster is Senior Tax Manager, Turcan Connell

Get ready for changes to non-dom tax regime - Scott Webster

A new residence-based system is proposed from 6 April 2025, writes ​Scott Webster​Scott Webster

Will the transgender conversion Bill be the final straw for Yousaf? Brian Monteith

Creditors take precedence in insolvency situations (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Act responsibly when faced with insolvency - Craig Donnelly

Investment for energy sector is picking up steam again - Findlay Anderson

Findlay Anderson

People

Exclusive Edinburgh Festival Fringe chief demands crisis summit to secure funding support
Shona McCarthy describes level of backing as a ‘national embarrassment’

US singer Taylor Swift performs on stage during a concert as part of her Eras World Tour. Image: Getty

How Tortured Poets Department star Taylor Swift became a billionaire

Joan Hills mixed with the likes of Francis Bacon and Yoko Ono

Scotsman Obituaries: Joan Hills, Scot at forefront of underground art scene

Rabbie Burns: Online gallery zooms in on Scotland's national bard

My household has a spring cold and it's like the Walking Dead here Gaby Soutar

Obituaries

Peter Higgs visiting the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, where the existence of the Higg's boson particl was confirmed (Picture: CERN Geneva/PA Wire)

Obituaries: Peter Higgs, physicist who gave his name to the Higgs boson particle

George was ordained as a Church of Scotland Minister in 1948

Obituaries: George Wilkie, founding member of the Iona Community

Jim Dunbar painted watercolour landscapes en plein air in all weathers (Picture: Robert Perry/Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour)

Obituaries: Jim Dunbar, teacher and former president of the RSW

Louis Gossett Jr was lauded for his work but never found his way on to Hollywood's A-List (Picture: John Sciulli/Getty Images for Amnesty International USA)

Scotsman Obituaries: Louis Gossett Jr, star of An Officer and a Gentleman

Environment

A fisherman casts a line on the River Tay. Scottish Water has been accused of covering up the release of wet wipes, sanitary pads and other sewage litter into the river in Perthshire. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Water giant accused of ‘covering up’ release of wet-wipe sewage into river
Scottish Water has been accused of covering up the release of wet wipes, sanitary pads and other “disgusting” sewage litter spilling into the River Tay in Perthshire.

Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater need to show they are more serious about climate change (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Are Greens still Green? And if so, are they help or hindrance to climate fight?

Tourism boats gather as teams compete on the third day of the 37th America's Cup preliminary regatta in Spain. Picture: Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images

Sailing events could harm marine life, Scottish research shows

Working with landowners is key to tackling Scotland's extinction crisis Deborah Long

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Analysis After licensing arms worth nearly half a billion to Israel, UK is under pressure

Sunak calls for ‘calm heads’ amid fears of Israeli retaliation for Iran attack

Members of the Up Helly Aa 'Jarl Squad' parade through the streets of in Lerwick, Shetland Islands in January. The event is widely used to promote Shetland as a tourist destination. Meanwhile, budgets to manage visitors on the ground have been cut. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Scottish islands call for 'fairness' as tourism budgets cut amid visitor boom

Labour's Douglas Alexander lost to the SNP's Mhairi Black in the 2015 general election (Picture: Lesley Martin/AFP via Getty Images)

Westminster's wannabe 'Comeback Kids' are worthy of everyone's respect

SNP may need to ditch ‘one more heave’ approach to independence Stewart McDonald

World

Former US President Donald Trump waves as he departs Trump Tower for Manhattan Criminal Court

Donald Trump’s history-making hush money trial begins in New York

New South Wales police gather outside the Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Sydney's western suburb of Wakeley (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Man arrested after reported stabbing at church in Sydney

Explainer Who are Iran's proxy forces, and did they help attack Israel?

Salman Rushdie (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Sir Salman Rushdie says he had a dream about being attacked

Lord Cameron has warned against escalation

David Cameron urges Israel against escalation amid fresh calls for calm

Why Iran’s miscalculated attack offers an opportunity Scotsman comment

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The Foreign Office has issued a new travel warning about increased risk in 18 countries including popular holiday destinations. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

New travel warning for 18 countries

Omaze Million Pound House Draw Cornwall winner Rose Doyle with husband Tony outside their new home.

Watch: Dinner lady wins £3million coastal home in prize draw

An artist's impression of Titanic on her maiden voyage.

Watch: Evidence suggesting Titanic sank due to freak weather explained

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