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Jane Haining died in Auschwitz after being taken from Budapest.

Scottish matron who died in Auschwitz 'example' against hate crimes

Jane Haining, the Scottish missionary who was murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz after caring for Jewish schoolgirls in Budapest

Name of Scottish missionary added to memorial wall at Auschwitz

Greenside Parish Church in Royal Terrace is up for sale

Landmark Edinburgh church with links to Louis Stevenson up for sale

Edinburgh North and Leith Labour MP Tracy Gilbert was adopted from a Church of Scotland Mother and Baby Home

Readers' Letters: Church of Scotland took care of young mothers

The tradition has been ended

Exclusive Edinburgh University drops John Knox doffing cap graduation tradition

Edinburgh North & Leith Labour MP Tracy Gilbert

'I was given up for adoption in Kirk mother and baby home', reveals MP

King Charles III is greeted by First Minister John Swinney ahead of the opening of the seventh session of the Scottish Parliament on June 27, but has devolution made Scotland better (Picture: Jane Barlow - Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: More devolution isn't the answer to Scotland's woes

First Minister John Swinney and Public Finance Minister Hannah Mary Goodlad

Who is Hannah Mary Goodlad, Swinney's new public finance minister?

Rev Ian Petrie was a regular Scotsman correspondent

Scotsman Obituaries: Rev Ian Petrie, compassionate and caring Scottish minister

The general assembly of the Church of Scotland.

Church of Scotland apologises for historical slave trade links

MSPs were offered wise words of advice by the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Right Reverend Rosie Frew (Picture: John Devlin)

Kirk Moderator reminds politicians what their job is actually about Scotsman comment

Rev Keith Graham, Rt Rev Rosie Frew and Rev Keith Douglas Creighton at HMP Edinburgh

New prison programme to help inmates cope with bereavement

The Right Reverend Josie Frew, Moderator of the Church of Scotland

Moderator cancels Easter trip to Jerusalem due to war in Middle East

Mass at St Andrew's Cathedral in Glasgow. Scottish Labour is now targeting the Catholic vote ahead of Holyrood elections given Reform and SNP's position on faith schools. PIC: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty

Labour targets Catholic vote as SNP and Reform 'abandon' faith schools

Mary Spowart wed a Church of Scotland minister and then became one herself

Scotsman Obituaries: Rev Mary Spowart, trailblazing church of Scotland minister

Moderator of the General Assembly the Rt Rev Rosemary Frew recently said she gets 'a little angry' at the doom and gloom stories about the Church of Scotland (Picture: John Devlin)

Readers’ Letters: Is Kirk the author of its own misfortune?

Jim Wallace addresses the congregation at Our Lady of Pochayiv and St Andrew's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Edinburgh in March 2022, when he was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Scotland needs more politicians like 'decent, thoughtful' Jim Wallace Scotsman comment

The Scottish Government commissioned a report into the 'Tinker Experiment' and the legislation that sought to assimilate Gypsy/Traveller communities in Scotland into the mainstream Pic: TSPL

Tinker Experiment : Pressure mounts to pay compensation to victims

Kate Forbes and Gordon Brown, pictured during the public memorial service for Alex Salmond in 2024

Gordon Brown 'appalled by treatment of Kate Forbes' after religion row

The Rt Rev Rosemary Frew

Wealthy should be taxed more, says Kirk moderator

The Rt Rev Rosemary Frew

Kirk moderator: I get angry at doom and gloom stories about the Church

The centuries-old church features a prominent bell tower

Historic 286-year-old church on North Coast 500 route up for sale

Ness Bank's team of volunteers

Highland church crowned best in Scotland in UK 'church BAFTAs'

A teacher reveals their experience inside a Scottish classroom.

Readers’ letters: Time to challenge the VAT on private school fees narrative

Burghead and Cummingston Community Council chairman Albert Main, left, is among the large group of locals hoping to relocate the memorials as soon as possible.

Residents fear war memorials 'inside a Scotmid' after church sold

A general view of the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh

Holyrood committee told of 'appalling' anti-Semitic bullying at school

Newton Parish Church in Danderhall, Midlothian.

Community set on buying 'Burke and Hare' kirk 'disgusted' by sale

Tayside hub apprentices - L-R - Mark, John, Daniel, Lachlan and Sarah.

Church of Scotland launches new apprenticeship ministry scheme

The Church of Scotland owned hotel in Tiberias, Israel. Picture: Shaul Schwarz/Getty Images

Is the Church of Scotland 'circling the wagons' to balance its books? Martyn McLaughlin

The Church of Scotland-owned Scots Hotel in Tiberias opened its doors in 2004. Picture: Shaul Schwarz/Getty

Exclusive Fury and resignations over Kirk's plan for its Israel hotel

A display stand of copies of former first minister Nicola Sturgeon's memoir Frankly at Waterstones bookshop on Glasgow's Argyle Street (Picture: Craig Meighan/PA Wire)

Readers' letters: Calling Nicola Sturgeon 'divisive' is Orwellian revisionism

Community group Friends of Monimail Kirk, in Fife, were unhappy with the sale process of their local church.

Church sale row intensifies with communities only given weeks to bid

Rev Dan Harper at Bridge of Allan Parish Church.

'Spiritual lift' for wheelchair user Church of Scotland minister

A fire at St Mungo's Church, St Mungo's Road, Cumbernauld.

Watch: Large fire at “iconic” B-listed Scottish church building

John Williams addresses the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

Tributes to church stalwart who gave moving palliative care speech

The search for Scottish ancestry is assisted by millions of public records. PIC: CC.

Meet the genealogist searching for our long-forgotten Scots

John Williams addresseds the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

Terminally ill man on 'really difficult' assisted dying conundrum

King James IV of Scotland called a General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, at Burntisland Parish Church (Pic: TSPL)

Action group formed to 'save' 433-year-old 'Kirk of the Bible'

Arbuthnott Church, also known as the Kirk of St Ternan, is the final resting place of Lewis Grassic Gibbon, author of Sunset Song. He was raised on a farm nearby. PIC: CC/Rob Hickling.

Sunset Song church in rural community that inspired novel to be sold

Burntisland Parish Church (Pic: TSPL)

Exclusive Church of Scotland set to axe jobs to plug multi-million pound deficit

The Old High Church in Inverness, ancient in site and stone, is on the market for offers over £150,000.

Complaints made about church sales as locals overlooked for higher bid

The Scottish Government says it is committed to bringing forward a bill to ban conversion therapy.

The councillor leading calls to ban 'harmful' conversion therapy

The Jura mountains on the Isle of Jura. The location was the scene of an infamous stunt in which band members of electronic group KLF burned 1 million pounds in cash at the height of their fame. Picture: Getty Images

Remembering when KLF burned £1m in cash on a remote Scottish island

Rev Ian Gilmour travelled to Hiroshima where Private David Gilmour was held in a work camp for more than three years. (Pics: Family Handout/PA Wire)

Edinburgh minister’s emotional pilgrimage to Japan to honour PoW father

The property of the Moderator for Church of Scotland has been put up for sale. The building sits on Rothesay Terrace in Edinburgh. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Two-storey Church of Scotland Moderator's townhouse for sale for £890k

Renewable energy revolution must not be put at risk by party politics Lang Banks

Smailholm Church in Kelso

The historic village church that would be transformed into four-bedroom home

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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

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

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

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries