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The life sciences sector contributes ​almost £10.5bn to the Scottish economy (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Investing in your people today will create the leaders of tomorrow

Former Moderator Derek Browning with Pope Francis, a man of courage, a man of humour, a man of God, whose last public words were to wish the world a Happy Easter

Why my conversation with Pope Francis proved to be so memorable The Very Revd Dr Derek Browning

Keir Starmer is getting ready to row back on Brexit, claims Brian Monteith (Picture: Sean Gallup)

How Keir Starmer is about to start unravelling Brexit Brian Monteith

Plans to build a modern house in Edinburgh's New Town were approved by just two councillors

£1m New Town house reveals shocking reality of Edinburgh planning Rachael Revesz

Pope Francis waves to the crowd on his way to World Youth Day celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2013 (Picture: Buda Mendes)

Pope Francis's message was to be joyful, merciful and to look forward Father Gerard Maguiness

Demonstrators protest against Donald Trump's attacks on Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts (Picture: Joseph Prezioso)

Americans seem keen on my idea for UK to offer sanctuary from Trump Christine Jardine

The crew of the New Shepard NS31 mission; front, from left: Lauren Sanchez and Kerianne Flynn and standing in back from left: Amanda Nguyen, Katy Perry, Gayle King and Aisha Bowe in West Texas (PIcture: Blue Origin via AP)

Sorry Katy Perry, you are no firework in space exploration Alastair GJ Stewart

A steel worker at one of the Scunthorpe blast furnaces (Picture: Darren Staples/PA Wire)

Scunthorpe cast long shadow over wind plans

Stephen Miller is a Partner, Clyde & Co

All grievances should be dealt with in-house

Jacqueline Tainsh is a Senior Associate Director, MCM Solicitors

Forward planning is vital when you are applying for a Guardianship

The NHS is an institution that has served Scotland and the UK exceptionally well but which has been in decline for years (Picture: Christopher Furlong)

£227m in NHS compensation payouts shows price of SNP's failure Scotsman comment

John Swinney needs Reform to act as the perfect political opponent of the SNP (Picture: Leon Neal)

As Labour makes progress, SNP is using Reform to hide its failings Blair McDougall

American singer Katy Perry has an estimated fortune of $400 million. That's worth roaring about!

Katy Perry space trip latest example of oligarchy virtue signalling Alexander Brown

Susan Smith, left, and Marion Calder, directors of campaign group For Women Scotland cheer after the Supreme Court ruled "the terms 'woman' and 'sex' in the Equality Act 2010 refer to a biological woman and biological sex" (Picture: Dan Kitwood)

£600,000 a year? How state-funded feminism has let Scottish women down Susan Dalgety

Donald Trump pictured with Vladimir Putin in 2017 during the US President's first term of office (Picture: Mikhail Klimentyev)

Why Trump may be about to reveal his true colours on Ukraine and Putin Scotsman comment

Arran, as seen from Kintyre, has been awarded Global Geopark Status by Unesco (Picture: RDImages/Epics)

Arran well worthy of international recognition as wondrous place it is Scotsman comment

Well-made cider is light, refreshing, delicious and actually tastes of apples (Picture: Matt Cardy)

Why Scottish cider converts like me head to Anstruther Stephen Jardine

A wildfire a mile wide ravaged land at Colintraive on the Isle of Bute earlier this month (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Fossil fuel industry I worked for now threatens to burn my house down Sandy Winterbottom

Too much processed food, high in fat, sugar and refined carbohydrates, can lead to liver disease MASLD (Picture: Joe Raedle)

You could have this dangerous liver disease. Here's what to do Leonard Nelson

Nicola Sturgeon at the launch of the Scottish National Investment Bank in November 2020 (Picture: Andy Buchanan/WPA pool)

How Scotland's quangos have usurped democratic power under SNP Brian Wilson

Employee ownership is fast becoming a route to growth for ambitious, people-first Scottish companies (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Put your people first with employee ownership

I tried Scotland's first aerial yoga book club

Not every actor at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe can be a young Richard Burton (Picture: Keystone)

Edinburgh Fringe needs its bad shows almost as much as the good Scotsman comment

The quality of education in Scotland will play a huge role in its future (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Teachers' warnings over SNP's education reforms are grimly familiar Scotsman comment

Donald Trump has a blatant contempt for media freedom and diversity (Picture: Anna Moneymaker)

How Trump is transforming US into an enemy of freedom and democracy Joyce McMillan

Bruce the dog proved to be a fan of cultivated or lab-grown meat and we humans should be too

My dog tried UK’s first lab-grown meat – and his verdict was emphatic Philip Lymbery

China's President Xi Jinping looms large over visitors to the Museum of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in Shanghai (Picture: Hector Retamal)

China's stance on granny 'threat' shows it's no friend of UK Alistair Carmichael

How I survived a family Easter egg hunt in Kirkliston

​Average house prices in Edinburgh are now £295,133 – the highest in Scotland (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Ad Feature Scottish housing market still leads field across UK

For trans people, the Supreme Court's ruling on the definition of a woman is a real problem (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Why Supreme Court gender ruling is a historic setback for trans rights Vic Valentine

Many GP surgeries in rural areas are desperately short-staffed (Picture: Anthony Devlin)

Collapse of rural healthcare is so bad it's fuelling depopulation Alastair Redman

Mikhail Gorbachev wanted to make the Soviet Union great again, but ended up hastening its demise (Picture: Bryn Colton)

Why Donald Trump may be America’s Gorbachev – and not in a good way David Martin

Nightclubs should be places of joy and celebration, like this one, not racism (Picture: Rob Pinney)

Shocking levels of racism in Scotland's pubs and clubs demand action Foysol Choudhury

Susan Smith, left, and Marion Calder, co-directors of gender-critical campaign group For Women Scotland, celebrate the UK Supreme Court's decision about the definition of a woman (Picture: Lucy North)

Supreme Court's gender ruling is a welcome injection of common sense Scotsman comment

Members of campaign group For Women Scotland which brought a case to the UK Supreme Court over whether trans women could be regarded as female for the purposes of the 2010 Equality Act (Picture: Lucy North)

Gender ruling is victory for women dismissed as 'bigots' by Sturgeon Susan Dalgety

People's lifestyles are becoming more active and varied as they get older

It’s time for a reality check on plans for retirement

University staff protest against planned job cuts in a rally outside the Scottish Parliament (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

SNP must tackle university crisis or it will never be forgiven Scotsman comment

A walk, at average or brisk speed, can significantly reduce the chance of some heart conditions (Picture: Tim Graham)

No dawdling! Why Scotland needs to become a nation of brisk walkers Scotsman comment

When ferries don't sail, people don't get to spend time with their families at Easter, patients can't get to hospital and businesses lose money (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Ferries fiasco reveals huge gap between SNP rhetoric and reality Jackie Baillie

Andrei Kelin is the Russian ambassador to the UK and the public face in this country of a brutal, blood-soaked, warmongering dictator (Picture: Aaron Chown)

Why jolly face of Putin's killing machine has even more to laugh about Ian Johnston

Churchgoing among young people has risen sharply in recent years (Picture: Christopher Furlong)

Christianity's 'quiet revival': Why more Gen Z-ers are going to church Murdo Fraser

In Annie Broadley's painting 'Roots', bluebells grow in a woodland ravaged by a gale that broke branches, felled trees and wrenched roots from the ground

World Art Day: How artists are standing up for nature Annie Broadley

A survivor at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp shortly after it was liberated by British troops on April 15, 1945 (Picture: Galerie Bilderwelt)

Warning from history about identity politics and retreat of democracy Scotsman comment

John Swinney is gearing up for next year's Scottish Parliament election and giving his ministers a £20,000 pay rise (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

£20k pay rise for ministers can't be described as performance-related Scotsman comment

The BBC and other media need to be careful how they report on people like Andrew Tate (Picture: Peter Macdiarmid)

How BBC is inadvertently helping Tate brothers become more famous Tom Wood

The net-zero agenda is damaging the profitability of the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe (Picture: Ryan Jenkinson)

Why it's time to tame power of unelected climate campaigners Brian Monteith

Surfers harness wave power in their own way at Coldingham Bay (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

UK is wave energy world leader, but Labour risks blowing £260bn chance Ian Crossland

I know it's uncool, but I can't help loving Pizza Express Gaby Soutar

The M&S pistachio Easter egg has been a sellout success this spring.

I tried the viral Marks and Spencer pistachio Easter egg - my verdict

Baby Amy Isabel, seen on her father Angus Davidson's shoulder, was born after her mother, Grace Davidson, had a womb transplant (Picture: Womb Transplant UK)

I know first-hand why critics of first womb transplant baby are wrong Christine Jardine

Grangemouth can be a new hub for sustainable industries (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Biotechnology is key to unlocking Grangemouth’s sustainable future

The Tory leader Kemi Badenoch hasn’t had the best start

Kemi Badenoch’s defence of Israel was dishonest and very bad politics Alexander Brown

Competitors play the 8th hole during Round Two of the Hero Dubai Desert Classic at Emirates Golf Club on January 19, 2024 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Picture: Warren Little/Getty Images

As Trump's tariffs hit trade, I'm promoting Scottish businesses in UAE Kate Forbes

The beneficial effects of global trade are easy to underestimate (Picture: Justin Sullivan)

Why Trump's reckless war on globalisation is so dangerous Scotsman comment

How can ‘what is a woman?’ be so difficult to answer Euan McColm

Reform UK is sufficiently popular in Scotland to make it necessary for a positive case for immigration to be argued rather than assumed (Picture: Carl Court)

Shocking figures show why we must beware wrong kind of 'Reform' Brian Wilson

King Charles tries a sheep's milk cheese called Love Ewe at Tebay Services on the southbound carriageway of the M6 (Picture: Arthur Edwards)

Why electric cars will mean more motorway services like amazing Tebay Stephen Jardine

The UK Supreme Court is about to issue a legal ruling that may or may not agree with the statement that 'trans women are real women' (Picture: Jonathan Brady)

Why UK Supreme Court may be about to destroy lesbian identity Susan Dalgety

Electricity bills do not reflect the relatively cheap cost of energy produced by windfarms like Whitelees, near Eaglesham (Picture: Andrew Milligan)

Why regional electricity bills are unlikely to cut prices Dr Nicholas Harrington

Joe McCarthy uses a map showing alleged communist activity in the US during a 1954 hearing in Washington

McCarthyism returns? How free speech is under attack in Trump's USA Joe Goldblatt

Keir Starmer and John Swinney do not have much to smile about (Picture: Scott Heppell/WPA pool)

Falling public confidence in government poses threat to democracy Scotsman comment

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

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Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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