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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe celebrated its 75th annniversary last summer. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Fringe venues warn event will 'wither away' without short-term lets rethink

Laws allowing assisted suicide or assisted dying may have unintended consequences (Picture: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)

The lesson from Canada is that we should be wary of legalising assisted suicide

Readers' Letters: Pointless puppets dancing to Sturgeon’s tune

MSPs to hear ferry woes far wider than just CalMac

SNP rebels should call Nicola Sturgeon’s bluff to save their cause

SNP accused of 'incompetence and foot dragging' over latest A9 dualling delay

Fears Fringe may shrink by a third over new curbs on short-term lets

SNP's plan to allow 16-year-olds to become MSPs is just childish – Susan Dalgety

National Care Service Bill sets dangerous precedent and must be paused – MSPs

Councils estimate 7,100 job losses as a result of Scottish Budget

MSPs who don't cross the picket line during Holyrood strike to be paid as normal

CalMac ferries dismissed as 'inefficient bricks' by maritime expert

'Obviously the case' some gender reform critics are bigots, says Nicola Sturgeon

Police Scotland must record all rapists as men, say Tories

Nicola Sturgeon: Some gender reform critics using women's rights to hide bigotry

Ukrainians living on board cruise ships 'being refused' social housing

Gender protester to stand in by-election

Readers' Letters: Don’t blame media for trans bill culture war

Nicola Sturgeon accuses Alister Jack of acting like 'governor-general'

UK Government urged to 'immediately revoke' order blocking gender bill

Angus Robertson pledges help for crisis-hit arts organisations

Tory MSP to launch member's bill in bid to reform Holyrood

Too many MSPs are centrists, and that's bad for democracy – Kenny MacAskill

SNP landlord MSPs criticise taxes aimed at reducing second-home ownership

Keir Starmer raises 'concerns' about Scotland's controversial gender law

Some in the SNP may welcome Sunak stepping in on gender - Euan McColm

Former Government LGBT adviser warns blocking GRR would damage UK's reputation

Further delay to new CalMac booking system ‘unacceptable’ – Jenny Gilruth

UK Government should block Scotland's controversial gender law, says think tank

Does Holyrood need revising chamber with similar role as Lords? – Murdo Fraser

Readers' Letters: ‘Take back control’ doesn’t extend to Scotland

Blocking Scotland’s gender reforms would be ‘disastrous’, campaigners claim

Single-sex schools 'not making hard and fast rules' over new gender law

Creative Scotland's treatment is devastating, damaging and dismal

The surreal reason CalMac doesn't have a timetable to sail with – Brian Wilson

Tha bliadhna thrang air thoiseach a-thaobh poileasaidh àiteachais

Calls for ‘barbaric’ and outdated greyhound racing to be banned in 2023

Readers' Letters: SNP should see value of UK Supreme Court

NHS Forth Valley update on special measures

Brian Wilson: Vetoing gender bill would play into Sturgeon's hands

Sturgeon's 'faux anger' jibe at Labour over NHS crisis was tone deaf – Scotsman

Scotland’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill – What it means and what comes next

Former Tory leader slapped on wrist for failing to declare £2,200 trip to Israel

Final vote on gender bill delayed as MSPs debate amendments late into the night

Readers' Letters: First Minister’s secret agenda now uncovered

Analysis: Holyrood's darkest day should leave MSPs embarrassed and reflective

Sixteen-year-olds to be allowed to change legally recognised gender in Scotland

Scotland may see shallower recession than rest of UK, claim finance experts

Bishops urge MSPs to vote against gender bill as LGBT+ groups unite in support

Amendments set to dominate gender discussions as Bill gets set for final hurdle

Creative Scotland in crisis after 10 per cent Scottish Government funding cut

Ministers to scale back DRS plans to meet 'undeliverable' 2023 launch date

Clyde Metro or bridge to Barra? Tough choices over Scotland's transport plan

There's a strong environmental case for grouse shooting – Jamie Smith

Scottish Government wins case over legal definition of ‘woman’

On December 21, Scotland can take big step forward for transgender rights

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