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Scotland’s booming space sector has grown by almost £40 million, helping kick off new companies and create jobs

Scotland's space industry grows by £40m

Kaoru Mitoma has shone for Brighton this season and has a big admirer in Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou.
Kaoru Mitoma has shone for Brighton this season and has a big admirer in Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou.

Postecoglou: I tried to sign Brighton forward Mitoma for Celtic but was pipped

Paul O'Grady and friend at Battersea Dogs' Home's Collars and Coats Ball in 2017 (Picture: Jeff Spicer/Getty)
Paul O'Grady and friend at Battersea Dogs' Home's Collars and Coats Ball in 2017 (Picture: Jeff Spicer/Getty)

Obituaries: Paul O'Grady, star who went from drag queen to national treasure

The Scottish Greens said a frequent flyer tax could fund rail improvements to encourage passengers to switch to trains. Picture: PA
The Scottish Greens said a frequent flyer tax could fund rail improvements to encourage passengers to switch to trains. Picture: PA

Future Flight: Tax on Scotland-London frequent flyers sought by Scottish Greens

Lloyds Group and NatWest Group have said that the sites in England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man will close between July and November this year.
Lloyds Group and NatWest Group have said that the sites in England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man will close between July and November this year.

Full list of NatWest, Lloyds, Halifax, Bank of Scotland and RBS branches to shut

How to watch Anthony Joshua v Jermaine Franklin on TV

Celtic could lift the title on the weekend post-split . (Photo by Alan Harvey / SNS Group)
Celtic could lift the title on the weekend post-split . (Photo by Alan Harvey / SNS Group)

How Celtic can win league on same day as King Charles coronation

Ross Wilson
Ross Wilson

The Scotsman Sessions #359: Ross Wilson

The AAB promotions include new partners Lynn Wilson, Gunhild Dam, Jill Walker and Stuart Petrie.
The AAB promotions include new partners Lynn Wilson, Gunhild Dam, Jill Walker and Stuart Petrie.

Accountancy and business services group AAB unveils record round of promotions

A typical taxi driver travels an equivalent to completing two round trips from U...

Margaret Ferrier MP was given a 270-hour community payback order for breaking lockdown rules by travelling on a train despite testing positive for Covid
Margaret Ferrier MP was given a 270-hour community payback order for breaking lockdown rules by travelling on a train despite testing positive for Covid

Disgraced MP Margaret Ferrier facing 30 day suspension

Heardle - Spotify’s audible answer to the runaway success of Worldle
Heardle - Spotify’s audible answer to the runaway success of Worldle

What is today’s Heardle answer for March 30?

Full cast for Grease in the West End announced

Mo Gilligan has announced a 2024 UK tour. (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)
Mo Gilligan has announced a 2024 UK tour. (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)

Mo Gilligan announces 2024 UK Tour - how to get tickets

Comedien Paul O’Grady (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Comedien Paul O’Grady (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Paul O'Grady: 10 of the funniest and best quotes from the much-loved comedian

Television personalities Ant McPartlin, left, and Declan Donnelly.
Television personalities Ant McPartlin, left, and Declan Donnelly.

BAFTA TV Awards 2023 red carpet event - how to attend

Five planets set to line up in night sky

Noel Gallagher is bringing his High Flying Birds to Sheffield for a major concert at the Don Valley Bowl.
Noel Gallagher is bringing his High Flying Birds to Sheffield for a major concert at the Don Valley Bowl.

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds announce 2023 UK tour

The cast of Made In Chelsea will return to our screens soon, including Maeva and James
The cast of Made In Chelsea will return to our screens soon, including Maeva and James

How to watch Made in Chelsea season 25 episode 2

Radio covered in plaster and cement appears outside the Tate Modern in London

Jeremy Corbyn will be blocked from standing as a Labour MP at the next general election
Jeremy Corbyn will be blocked from standing as a Labour MP at the next general election

Jeremy Corbyn to be blocked from standing as a Labour MP at next election

Jack Lowden, at Leith Theatre, Edinburgh, 2020. Pic: Andy O'Brien
Jack Lowden, at Leith Theatre, Edinburgh, 2020. Pic: Andy O'Brien

Interview: When Jack Lowden sat down with The Scotsman's Janet Christie

Healthy eating campaigns and other similar measures can dramatically increase life expectancy (Picture: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images)
Healthy eating campaigns and other similar measures can dramatically increase life expectancy (Picture: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images)

Step change in life expectancy is possible if politicians put their minds to it

Lord Alan Sugar’s 18th business partner is boxing champ turned lawyer Marnie Swindells - Credit: BBC
Lord Alan Sugar’s 18th business partner is boxing champ turned lawyer Marnie Swindells - Credit: BBC

All you need to know about The Apprentice 2023 winner Marnie Swindells

'As the crisis continues, the situation is becoming increasingly perilous,' says Nucleus Commercial Finance boss Chirag Shah. Picture: contributed.
'As the crisis continues, the situation is becoming increasingly perilous,' says Nucleus Commercial Finance boss Chirag Shah. Picture: contributed.

Cost-of-living crisis 'proving more of burden than lockdowns for SMEs'

Rev Richard Coles on Sky Arts Book Club
Rev Richard Coles on Sky Arts Book Club

BBC Radio 4’s Richard Coles ‘forced to quit popular show’

Wagamama to give free ramen to students & apprentices - how to get it

Dykes has played QPR's past three matches under new manager Gareth Ainsworth.
Dykes has played QPR's past three matches under new manager Gareth Ainsworth.

Dykes: I was in critical care in hospital fighting pneumonia

Who will be Lord Alan Sugar’s next business partner? Find out during Thursday’s episode of The Apprentice on BBC One - Credit: BBC
Who will be Lord Alan Sugar’s next business partner? Find out during Thursday’s episode of The Apprentice on BBC One - Credit: BBC

How to watch The Apprentice final and list of past winners of BBC show

Sir David Attenborough and Queen Elizabeth II was born less than three weeks apart.
Sir David Attenborough and Queen Elizabeth II was born less than three weeks apart.

Sir David Attenborough plants oak tree in honour of Queen Elizabeth

Star Wars and Harry Potter actor Paul Grant dies aged 56
Star Wars and Harry Potter actor Paul Grant dies aged 56

Star Wars & Harry Potter actor Paul Grant dies aged 56

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon answers questions from the floor after delivering a speech to the RSA Fellowship in her final public event as Scottish First Minister. Picture: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon answers questions from the floor after delivering a speech to the RSA Fellowship in her final public event as Scottish First Minister. Picture: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire

Nicola Sturgeon tells SNP it must not "throw the baby out with the bathwater"

Credit Suisse has had problems for some time and was pushed over the edge because of market jitters sparked by the failure of Silicon Valley Bank in the US.
Credit Suisse has had problems for some time and was pushed over the edge because of market jitters sparked by the failure of Silicon Valley Bank in the US.

Banking crisis: Will the current turmoil lead to a repeat of 2008 crash?

Nicola Sturgeon will be delivering the keynote speech at the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in London today.
Nicola Sturgeon will be delivering the keynote speech at the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in London today.

How to watch Nicola Sturgeon's speech at RSA

Standard class passengers would have have first class-style 2+1 seating. Picture: Grand Union
Standard class passengers would have have first class-style 2+1 seating. Picture: Grand Union

Grand Union optimistic of approval for spacious new Stirling-London trains

Actor Peter Hardy poses for a photo at the launch of 'Mamma Mia!' at Doltone House on July 21, 2009 in Sydney, Australia
Actor Peter Hardy poses for a photo at the launch of 'Mamma Mia!' at Doltone House on July 21, 2009 in Sydney, Australia

Neighbours actor Peter Hardy found dead on Australian beach aged 66

Steve Clarke has urged Kieran Tierney to knuckle down at Arsenal for the rest of the season.
Steve Clarke has urged Kieran Tierney to knuckle down at Arsenal for the rest of the season.

Clarke weighs in on Scotland and ex-Celtic defender's situation at Arsenal

Topol, pictured in 2015, was just 30 when he first played Tevye (Picture: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Topol, pictured in 2015, was just 30 when he first played Tevye (Picture: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Scotsman Obituaries: Topol, Israeli star of Fiddler on the Roof

Chris Brown performs at Staples Center on October 11, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)
Chris Brown performs at Staples Center on October 11, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)

Chris Brown grabs throat of Love Island star during concert

King Charles III coronation: Screens to go up in 30 UK locations

Emmanual Sonubi was nominated at the 2022 Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Pic: Contributed
Emmanual Sonubi was nominated at the 2022 Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Pic: Contributed

‘After heart failure I just felt free' - Stand up comic Emmanuel Sonubi

Michael Caine and the 1968 Rolls Royce
Michael Caine and the 1968 Rolls Royce

Sir Michael Caine’s 1968 Rolls Royce sells for £135k at auction

A woman claims she can only afford one meal a WEEK - as she spends most of her money feeding her cats. Yasemn Kaptan  / SWNS
A woman claims she can only afford one meal a WEEK - as she spends most of her money feeding her cats. Yasemn Kaptan  / SWNS

Woman lives on mint tea and one meal a week to feed her cats

Guinness is a famous drink to have around St Patrick’s Day
Guinness is a famous drink to have around St Patrick’s Day

Cheapest and most expensive places to buy Guinness on St Patrick’s Day

The property is on 10 Lyndhurst Road, London, NW3 5PX
The property is on 10 Lyndhurst Road, London, NW3 5PX

Mouldy two-bed house in London being sold for £785k at auction

The top 20 food halls in the UK according to Enjoy.com

What is today’s Heardle answer - March 16?

Artificial sweetener found in fizzy diet drinks ‘has unexpected effect on immune system’, study finds
Artificial sweetener found in fizzy diet drinks ‘has unexpected effect on immune system’, study finds

Artificial sweetener ‘has unexpected effect on immune system’

The entrance to the Supreme Courts and Court of Session in Parliament Square, Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire
The entrance to the Supreme Courts and Court of Session in Parliament Square, Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Doctor who falsely diagnosed children with cancer loses autism appeal

Estonian saunas at The Bracken Hide Pic: Athena Zelandonii
Estonian saunas at The Bracken Hide Pic: Athena Zelandonii

The Bracken Hide, Skye, opens

The Wicked UK national tour is set to begin later this year.
The Wicked UK national tour is set to begin later this year.

Wicked Part 1 movie coming sooner than expected

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak and family ‘reminded of rules’ by police on dog walk

A 93-year-old great-great-gran who has a British Empire Medal (BEM) for her knitting has since created a massive 6ft Buckingham Palace out of wool.
A 93-year-old great-great-gran who has a British Empire Medal (BEM) for her knitting has since created a massive 6ft Buckingham Palace out of wool.

93-year-old gran creates massive 6ft Buckingham Palace out of wool

A man leaves a cross for his brother as part of a remembrance event for victims of drug deaths in Scotland (Picture: John Devlin)
A man leaves a cross for his brother as part of a remembrance event for victims of drug deaths in Scotland (Picture: John Devlin)

New drug-death figures are a fitting epitaph for Sturgeon's time in office

Ellie Wagstaff is Policy and Public Affairs Manager at Marie Curie
Ellie Wagstaff is Policy and Public Affairs Manager at Marie Curie

Palliative care strategy is a crucial opportunity to better support patients - E...

Encanto in Concert announces UK tour for 2023

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Almost half of Scotland thinks Humza Yousaf 'too focused' on independence

New Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf at his first First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
New Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf at his first First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Humza Yousaf may soon come to regret achieving the highest office in the land

From Lewis Capaldi's Neflix documentary How I'm Feeling Now, relased on Wednesday 5 April. Pic: Netflix
From Lewis Capaldi's Neflix documentary How I'm Feeling Now, relased on Wednesday 5 April. Pic: Netflix

Lewis Capaldi's revealing Netflix documentary takes viewers behind the scenes

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