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The Culduthel Woods Group is a charity, run entirely by volunteers, which works to protect and improve the woodland (Picture: The Culduthel Woods Group)

Want to help Scotland prepare for its new climate? Here's what to do

The SNP misled its own supporters over the party's membership figures (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)
The SNP misled its own supporters over the party's membership figures (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

SNP 'clusterburach' means multiple crises will slide further down party's agenda

Whoever succeeds Nicola Sturgeon needs to face up to the economic problems that Scottish independence would cause (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Whoever succeeds Nicola Sturgeon needs to face up to the economic problems that Scottish independence would cause (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Using figures accepted by SNP, the economic cost of independence is shocking

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivers his Budget to the Commons (Picture: UK Parliament/Andy Bailey/PA)
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivers his Budget to the Commons (Picture: UK Parliament/Andy Bailey/PA)

Another Tory Budget, another missed chance to reverse the UK's economic decline

Labour leader Anas Sarwar and his Tory and Lib Dem opposites must let the public know what they have to offer, says reader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Labour leader Anas Sarwar and his Tory and Lib Dem opposites must let the public know what they have to offer, says reader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Opposition must get ready for government

SNP leadership candidates Ash Regan, Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes (Picture: Paul Campbell/PA Wire)
SNP leadership candidates Ash Regan, Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes (Picture: Paul Campbell/PA Wire)

Scotsman Letters: SNP has chance to be more meaningful party

Fraser Scott is a Partner, Murray Beith Murray
Fraser Scott is a Partner, Murray Beith Murray

Scottish independence would prompt many to reflect on succession planning - Fras...

Ali Tyler is Legal Director at Clyde & Co
Ali Tyler is Legal Director at Clyde & Co

Will serious injury claims remain more expensive in Scotland and Northern Irelan...

Columnists

Ksenia Grant is part of Edinburgh Innovations and is director of financial services and fintech sector engagement at the University of Edinburgh Futures Institute
Ksenia Grant is part of Edinburgh Innovations and is director of financial services and fintech sector engagement at the University of Edinburgh Futures Institute

Innovation is key for the financial services sector - Ksenia Grant

Joanne Hennessy is a Partner, TLT
Joanne Hennessy is a Partner, TLT

Business visitors need to follow the rules post-Brexit or face the consequences ...

Val Pitt is a Partner in the Glasgow Office of Horwich Farrelly
Val Pitt is a Partner in the Glasgow Office of Horwich Farrelly

The normal protections for personal data won’t always apply in legal proceedings...

Nobel Prize for literature winner Kenzaburō Ōe visits the Nanjing Massacre Memorial museum in Jiangsu province, China in 2006 (Picture: China Photos/Getty Images)
Nobel Prize for literature winner Kenzaburō Ōe visits the Nanjing Massacre Memorial museum in Jiangsu province, China in 2006 (Picture: China Photos/Getty Images)

Kenzaburō Ōe: a writer of real humanity and the real Japan

The late Professor Stephen Hawking made clear that climate change could become an existential threat (Picture: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
The late Professor Stephen Hawking made clear that climate change could become an existential threat (Picture: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

All political parties need a serious plan on climate change – Scotsman comment

Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell in 2017
Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell in 2017

Scotsman leader comment: SNP's culture of aggressive secrecy must be flushed out

Nicola Sturgeon with husband Peter Murrell
Nicola Sturgeon with husband Peter Murrell

We need fresh Holyrood elections and we need them now - Brian Monteith

Letters

High Speed Trains have not been a good fit for the ScotRail diesel network, says reader
High Speed Trains have not been a good fit for the ScotRail diesel network, says reader

Scotland on Sunday Letters: Scotland deserves better than out-of-date trains

Scottish Conservative Party leader Douglas Ross at First Minister's Questions on Thursday  (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Scottish Conservative Party leader Douglas Ross at First Minister's Questions on Thursday  (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Hypocrisy of Tory Ross on display at FMQs

Peter Murrell should not be involved with the vote to replace wife Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader and First Minister, says reader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty)
Peter Murrell should not be involved with the vote to replace wife Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader and First Minister, says reader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty)

Readers' Letters: Leadership race brings out SNPs’ true colours

More than 200 employees of Scottish bakery Morton’s Rolls have been made redundant after the business ceased trading earlier this month (Picture: Adobe)
More than 200 employees of Scottish bakery Morton’s Rolls have been made redundant after the business ceased trading earlier this month (Picture: Adobe)

Readers' Letters: Since SNP can save ferry jobs, help bakers too

Lattice pylons should no longer be accepted for any new power line construction, a reader writes
Lattice pylons should no longer be accepted for any new power line construction, a reader writes

Readers' Letters: Don’t trash our landscape to save the planet

Health Minister Humza Yousaf has pledged to end the Union by 'any means necessary' (Picture: Craig Brough-Pool/Getty Images)
Health Minister Humza Yousaf has pledged to end the Union by 'any means necessary' (Picture: Craig Brough-Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Leader candidate Yousaf starting to sound desperate

Pre-booked around three weeks in advance, Edinburgh Airport is the cheapest in the UK
Pre-booked around three weeks in advance, Edinburgh Airport is the cheapest in the UK

Booking ahead gets best airport parking deal

More Scotsman opinion

Happy mother's day! Beautiful young woman and her mother with flowers and gift box at home. Pic: Adobe
Happy mother's day! Beautiful young woman and her mother with flowers and gift box at home. Pic: Adobe

This Mother's Day, take some life advice from Mrs Soutar - Gaby Soutar

Nicola Sturgeon, pictured holding a campaign rally in 2017, will step down as First Minister and SNP leader later this month. Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Nicola Sturgeon, pictured holding a campaign rally in 2017, will step down as First Minister and SNP leader later this month. Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

The SNP must now do the soul-searching it has been putting off since 2014

John Swinney told MSPs not to shout at him during testy exchanges in the Scottish Parliament over two delayed and over-budget ferries being built for Calmac (Picture: Fraser Bremner/Scottish Daily Mail/pool/PA)
John Swinney told MSPs not to shout at him during testy exchanges in the Scottish Parliament over two delayed and over-budget ferries being built for Calmac (Picture: Fraser Bremner/Scottish Daily Mail/pool/PA)

There's still a lot to shout about over ferry scandal, Mr Swinney – Brian Wilson

The leadership candidates
The leadership candidates

Whoever wins SNP leadership, the race has done profound damage to the party

Mum's the Word: Larry the Downing Street Cat will not be presenting Match of the Day. Pic: Susannah Ireland/AFP via Getty Images
Mum's the Word: Larry the Downing Street Cat will not be presenting Match of the Day. Pic: Susannah Ireland/AFP via Getty Images

Janet Christie’s Mum’s the Word - Why Lineker and language matter

BBC Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker refused to retract his tweet criticising the UK Government's immigration policies (Picture: Ian Walton/PA)
BBC Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker refused to retract his tweet criticising the UK Government's immigration policies (Picture: Ian Walton/PA)

BBC licence fee lies at heart of Lineker impartiality row – Alastair GJ Stewart

US President Joe Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes the biggest package of climate change measures in US history, in August last year (Picture: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
US President Joe Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes the biggest package of climate change measures in US history, in August last year (Picture: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

The UK is falling behind in the green industrial revolution – Stewart McDonald

Peter Murrell is under mounting pressure
Peter Murrell is under mounting pressure

Euan McColm: SNP took its supporters for granted, and the rest of us for fools

Heavy rain and flooding has caused serious damage to roads and other vital infrastructure in Malawi (Picture: Amos Gumulira/AFP via Getty Images)
Heavy rain and flooding has caused serious damage to roads and other vital infrastructure in Malawi (Picture: Amos Gumulira/AFP via Getty Images)

Deadly cyclone sees Malawi pay high price for our fossil fuel habit

Tom Kitchin's cookery books, like Carina Contini's, provide a real sense of commitment to ingredients and quality
Tom Kitchin's cookery books, like Carina Contini's, provide a real sense of commitment to ingredients and quality

The best cookbooks aren't always the ones I use in the kitchen – Stephen Jardine

Almost all service providers in the mobile phone sector are considering mid-contract increases to bills of around 14 per cent or more
Almost all service providers in the mobile phone sector are considering mid-contract increases to bills of around 14 per cent or more

April doesn't have to be the cruellest month if you take a tip from me - Martyn ...

Scotland can look to Singapore for a business community that is part of nation-building
Scotland can look to Singapore for a business community that is part of nation-building

Scotland needs a Singapore-style reset - Jeremy Grant

Peter Murrell is under mounting pressure
Peter Murrell is under mounting pressure

Scotsman comment: Peter Murrell should follow SNP media chief out of the door

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