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North East Scotland

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

Steven Lewis, Head Brewer at Burnside Brewery. (Pic:Karen Murray, First Pix)
Steven Lewis, Head Brewer at Burnside Brewery. (Pic:Karen Murray, First Pix)

North East Scotland Food & Drink Awards to recognise industry excellence

Engineers worked around the clock in atrocious weather conditions to repair storm damage in North East Scotland earlier this year.
Engineers worked around the clock in atrocious weather conditions to repair storm damage in North East Scotland earlier this year.

Openreach urges Aberdeenshire broadband users to get winter ready

International students have made Scotland richer in a host of ways, broadening our minds, hearts and palates (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
International students have made Scotland richer in a host of ways, broadening our minds, hearts and palates (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Idiotic Tory wheeze to cut numbers of foreign students will just make us poorer

Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party no longer considers democracy in Scotland important, says reader (Picture: David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)
Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party no longer considers democracy in Scotland important, says reader (Picture: David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Scotland needs an independent Labour Party

Scotland is falling behind England and Wales in getting laws to protect our dogs against pet theft, writes Dr Ed Hayes of The Kennel Club.
Scotland is falling behind England and Wales in getting laws to protect our dogs against pet theft, writes Dr Ed Hayes of The Kennel Club.

Dog owners in Scotland must help us get news laws to fight devastating pet theft

Award winners: Craig Scott, Robert Smith, Andrew Moir and John Clark
Award winners: Craig Scott, Robert Smith, Andrew Moir and John Clark

Prestigious awards recognise agricultural excellence

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to announce the plans on Monday.
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to announce the plans on Monday.

Labour promise Scotland's first carbon capture and storage facility

The company’s founder, Hugo Spowers, believes the two-seater eco coupe is “the most energy efficient car on the planet”
The company’s founder, Hugo Spowers, believes the two-seater eco coupe is “the most energy efficient car on the planet”

Green Freeport status could bring pioneering hydrogen car factory and 800 jobs t...

Nicola Sturgeon is set to announce further funding and expansion of ‘productivity clubs’ in the Tayside region (Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Wire).
Nicola Sturgeon is set to announce further funding and expansion of ‘productivity clubs’ in the Tayside region (Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Wire).

FM will announce expansion of ‘productivity clubs’ for economic recovery

Plans for a new law creating a specific offence of stealing a dog – with this punishable by up to five years in prison – are to be debated at Holyrood.
Plans for a new law creating a specific offence of stealing a dog – with this punishable by up to five years in prison – are to be debated at Holyrood.

Tory wants dog thieves to face up to five years in prison

British Transport Police is promoting its 61016 text number to improve women's safety on the railways. Picture: Hannah Brown
British Transport Police is promoting its 61016 text number to improve women's safety on the railways. Picture: Hannah Brown

Transport minister on women’s safety fears aboard trains: 'I have been there'

Former Dundee West MP Ernie Ross
Former Dundee West MP Ernie Ross

Ernie Ross: Tributes to former Dundee MP

The links between the slave trade and the North East of Scotland will be examined in a conference this week. PIC: Wellcome Library/CC
The links between the slave trade and the North East of Scotland will be examined in a conference this week. PIC: Wellcome Library/CC

Spotlight falls on North East and its deep links to slavery

Photo credit : David Jones/PA Wire
Photo credit : David Jones/PA Wire

Mass testing in schools ‘could help judge impact of coronavirus on attainment’

Lewis MacDonald MSP. Picture: Andrew Cowan/Scottish Parliament
Lewis MacDonald MSP. Picture: Andrew Cowan/Scottish Parliament

Long-serving Scottish Labour MSP to step down after 22 years

Richard Leonard is facing calls to quit as leader of Scottish Labour
Richard Leonard is facing calls to quit as leader of Scottish Labour

Richard Leonard defies calls to quit as Scottish Labour boss

Sky broadband customers across Scotland have been hit with outages today, with Dundee, Glasgow, and Aberdeen among the worst-affected areas.
Sky broadband customers across Scotland have been hit with outages today, with Dundee, Glasgow, and Aberdeen among the worst-affected areas.

Dundee, Glasgow and Aberdeen affected by Sky internet outage

Earlier today, Ms Sturgeon unveiled her routemap for easing the lockdown in Scotland, outlining examples of sport which people would be able to play once it was implemented. (Photo by Fraser Bremner - Pool / Getty Images)
Earlier today, Ms Sturgeon unveiled her routemap for easing the lockdown in Scotland, outlining examples of sport which people would be able to play once it was implemented. (Photo by Fraser Bremner - Pool / Getty Images)

Watch as Janey Godley parodies Nicola Sturgeon’s response to croquet question

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Outgoing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon leaves the main chamber after her last First Minster's Questions in the main chamber of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire
Outgoing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon leaves the main chamber after her last First Minster's Questions in the main chamber of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Sturgeon officially tenders resignation as First Minister to King Charles III

The Scotsman's Conor Matchett, Alistair Grant and Alexander Brown discuss the SNP leadership result.
The Scotsman's Conor Matchett, Alistair Grant and Alexander Brown discuss the SNP leadership result.

WATCH: The Scotsman's politics team discuss election of Humza Yousaf

Humza Yousaf speaks after being elected as new SNP party leader
Humza Yousaf speaks after being elected as new SNP party leader

Humza Yousaf faces ‘full in-tray’ as half of Scots think country on wrong path