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The cover of Nicola Sturgeon's upcoming memoir

Breaking Nicola Sturgeon reveals cover and title of her upcoming memoir

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Reform UK records highest level of support in Scotland in new poll

Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks to media in Edinburgh after announcing she won't seek re-election to Holyrood next year (Picture: Robert Perry/PA Wire)

Readers' Letters: Sturgeon came so close to assuring a legacy to be proud of

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband during a meeting of the National Wealth Fund Taskforce in 11 Downing Street. PIC: Justin Tallis/PA Wire

Ed Miliband reveals deadline for Scotland's carbon capture approval

The Scottish Retail Consortium wants SNP ministers to close the gap with England

Larger Scots firms to pay £55m more in rates than English counterparts

Shirley-Anne Somerville and Liz Kendall

Benefit reforms may have 'severe' impact on Scottish budget, warns SNP

Women with early stage cervical cancer can end up waiting years to get a hysterectomy (Picture: Christopher Furlong)

Told she may have cancer, Jenny had to wait nearly a year to find out Jackie Baillie

Scotland's planning system is too slow, rent controls have driven away many buy-to-let investors and the wait for electricity connections to the grid can run into years (Picture: Damian Gillie/Construction Photography/Avalon)

How the SNP is making Scotland’s housing crisis worse Murdo Fraser

Failure to win contract 'a red herring for Ferguson Marine's survival' Alastair Dalton

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

'This is not austerity': Sarwar defends cutting billions in benefits

Labour support for Ukraine

Time for more than just words from the SNP government in stand with Ukraine

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer believes the Government has a “moral responsibility” to reform welfare

SNP calls for '11th-hour U-turn’ by Starmer on ‘shameful’ benefit cuts

David Linden was the MP for Glasgow East

SNP Holyrood 'civil war' begins as David Linden puts himself forward

Nicola Sturgeon speaks to the media after announcing she will not stand for re-election to the Scottish Parliament next year (Picture: Robert Perry)

Why Sturgeon leaving Holyrood is unfortunately not the end of an era Brian Monteith

First Minister John Swinney

John Swinney insists SNP does not have a woman problem

How much will your council tax go up this year?

Council Tax Rises in Scotland 2025: All 32 councils' tax hikes

The Society of Radiographers expressed concern at the findings

Concern over decades-old MRI scanners and X-ray machines in hospitals

Dundee University's main library

'Real danger' Scottish university will go to the wall, says think tank

Solar panels on the roof of a property

Exclusive Solar panels on newbuilds 'wasting the sun', Scottish firm warns

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is under pressure to boost defence spending and get the economy growing (Picture: Dan Kitwood)

SNP and Reform will benefit if Labour can't find ways to boost economy Scotsman comment

Ian and Karen Addie on their wedding day (Pic: Submitted)

Trapped in Australia: Man unable to be with family he raised for 30 years

How Nicola Sturgeon went from victim of sexism to hate figure for feminists Euan McColm

Mairi Gougeon is the latest SNP MSP to announce she's had enough (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Shaky future ahead for SNP with third of MSPs to go

Crunch time for shipyard as winner of CalMac order to be announced

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves during a visit Babcock in Rosyth, to talk about growing the defence sector to kickstart economic growth and bolster national security

Reeves doubles down on welfare and says ministers must get a grip

Nicola Sturgeon's legacy is her insistence that men can be women if they choose and the backlash this view sparked (Picture: Andy Buchanan)

Why Sturgeon will be remembered as a mediocre politician who failed Susan Dalgety

Keir Starmer's decision to scrap arms-length quango NHS England and bring the NHS under democratic control has lessons for the SNP (Picture: Oli Scarff/WPA pool)

Starmer's decision to scrap huge quango should shame SNP into action Brian Wilson

Dundee University plans to cut 632 jobs, about 20 per cent of its workforce, as it struggles to deal with £35 million deficit (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Additional £10m support announced amid Dundee University cash crisis

Chancellor Rachel Reeves

Analysis Reeves was tight-lipped on details, but difficult weeks lie ahead

The Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood in Edinburgh. Picture: PA

Third SNP Cabinet minister announces resignation from politics

Rachel Reeves in Rosyth today

Rachel Reeves: I strongly disagree with SNP position on Trident

Keir Starmer delivers a speech on his plans to reform the civil service and the NHS during a visit to Hull (Picture: Oli Scarff-WPA pool)

Why SNP need to be as brave as Keir Starmer if NHS is to be saved Scotsman comment

Kemi Badenoch in Glasgow today

'Serious potential' public bodies breaking law on single-sex spaces

Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon accused of 'trampling on women's rights'

Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a speech on civil service reform during a visit to East Yorkshire

Scottish MP backs "similar reforms" in Scotland as NHS England axed

The young Nicola Sturgeon and the seasoned politician - will Scotland see her like again?

Reader's Letters: Sturgeon's career was a case of ambition overruling ability

Dundee University plans to cut 632 jobs, about 20 per cent of its workforce, as it struggles to deal witha £35 million deficit. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

I support free tuition, but the university funding model is broken Martyn McLaughlin

Gregor Poynton MP speaking in the House of Commons.

Gregor Poynton MP welcomes historic upgrade to workers’ rights in Scotland

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks to the media outside Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh after announcing she will step down from Scottish politics next year. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Analysis Sturgeon leaves as a divisive figure, but she remains box office

Nicola Sturgeon was an undoubtedly talented politician (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

The tragedy of Nicola Sturgeon is she could have achieved so much more Scotsman comment

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon

In quotes: Reaction as Sturgeon steps down from politics

Women are having to wait months for follow-up tests

Long waits for cervical cancer tests 'giving women sleepless nights'

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves stands near an ASRAAM missile during a visit to RAF Northolt in north London last week (Picture: Dan Kitwood/PA Wire)

Readers' letters: Rachedl Reeves doesn't need to cut benefits

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Reform the 3rd most popular party in Scotland ahead of the Tories

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves meets military personnel. Credit: Dan Kitwood/PA Wire

Disability benefits likely to be cut to fund defence spending

Could Labour proposals see more civil servants based in Scotland?

Nicola Sturgeon booed attending International Women's Day event

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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