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Donald Trump attacks Brexit plan and says Britons ‘like me a lot’

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: PA

Poll: Half of Scots oppose second independence referendum

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The Trump Blimp. Picture: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire

Thousands sign petition to allow Donald Trump ‘baby blimp’ to fly over Scotland

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Adult film star Stormy Daniels, locked in a court battle with President Donald Trump over their alleged affair, was arrested while performing at an Ohio strip club. Picture: Getty Images

Porn actress Stormy Daniels arrested at Ohio strip club

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Build-A-Bear ‘chaos’ as toy shop holds ‘Pay Your Age’ sale

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Donald Trump 'threatens to pull US out of NATO'

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More than 700 empty Scottish homes brought back into use

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Rees-Mogg leads Brexiteer ambush as May’s plan revealed

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The fast-track teaching course has been officially accredited

Fast-track teaching course to plug Scottish gaps gets go ahead

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Dani Garavelli: We can mock Trump’s visit, but remember serious issues at stake

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Activists from Stand Up to Racism Scotland (SUTR) stage a protest at the Trump Turnberry resort in South Ayrshire, ahead of the US president's arrival in the UK. Picture: David Cheskin/PA Wire

Scottish church leaders criticise Donald Trump’s immigration policies

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The case will be heard at Edinburgh Sheriff Court

Wings over Scotland defamation case against Kezia Dugdale to start

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Donald Trump plays a round at his newly opened golf links in Aberdeenshire in July 2012. Picture: Phil Wilkinson/TSPL

Donald Trump to tee off as golf in Scotland looks for younger players

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This abandoned home in Bonnybridge, Falkirk, has since been brought back into use

More than 700 empty Scottish homes brought back into use

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The fast-track teaching course has been officially accredited

Fast-track teaching course to plug Scottish gaps gets go ahead

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Donald Trump attacks Brexit plan and says Britons ‘like me a lot’

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Leader comment: A denunciation of Donald Trump

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Push to cut physical inactivity by 15 per cent across Scotland

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Donald Trump proclaims himself a ‘very stable genius’

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Rail users are facing significant delays

Delays on Edinburgh rail services due to signalling fault on Forth Bridge

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The crash took place near Ballantrae in Ayrshire

Woman killed and man in critical condition after Ayrshire crash

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Edinburgh Airport has the worst value for money in the UK. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Scottish airports among those to charge ‘extortionate parking tariffs’

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Video: petrol station turned into disco for road safety campaign

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Edinburgh driver suspended for refusing Paralympian and guide dog

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Motorcyclist fighting for life after horror crash on City Bypass

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Stories of Scottish island life captured by David MacBrayne ferries

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Education More Education >>

The fast-track teaching course has been officially accredited

Fast-track teaching course to plug Scottish gaps gets go ahead

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While New York's thousands rush to crowded restaurants and congested lunch counters for their noon day lunch, these intrepid steel workers sat atop the 70-story RCA building in Rockefeller Center

Virtual reality therapy can help ‘cure’ fear of heights

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Nicola Sturgeon visits Beijing's Forbidden City during her trip to China earlier this year (Picture: Scottish Government)

Melvyn Roffe: Scotland must get ‘China ready’ by teaching Mandarin

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Kenneth R. Ross OBE is Chair of the Scotland Malawi Partnership

Kenneth R. Ross: Deep friendship changing lives here and in Malawi

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Aberdeen university.

Quarter of Aberdeen University must be repaired within ten years

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Alastair Sim, Director, Universities Scotland

Alastair Sim: Getting poorer applicants to university isn’t easy but we are trying hard

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Professor Ian Allison: Virtual reality is just the job for learning future workforce skills

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Cameron Wyllie: Here’s how the snowflake generation can toughen up

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John McLellan: Closing private schools makes inequality worse

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Number of children in Scotland reporting feelings of loneliness on the rise

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Environment More Environment >>

One of the reverse vending machines, which are also being trialled at the University of Glasgow. Picture: University of Glasgow/PA Wire

Morrisons to trial reverse vending machine in East Kilbride

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Salmon leaping at the Falls of Shinn in Sutherland. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Major project to count salmon numbers in Scotland takes leap forward

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Heat and food waste has added to the increase in vermin

Invasion of the rat: Edinburgh facing worst plague in 20 years

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The blue whale that Icelandic whalers have been accused of killing. Picture: Hard to Port

Icelandic hunters accused of killing rare blue whale

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Starbucks to charge extra 5p for paper coffee cups

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May East: Do-it-yourself ideas take root in the fertile minds of India’s hill peoples

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Rare leopard born at Highland Wildlife Park could be released into wild

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Seabirds return to Outer Hebrides after mink eradicated

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An action plan has been released to cut physical inactivity by 15 per cent across Scotland

Push to cut physical inactivity by 15 per cent across Scotland

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Irvine Welsh strips down to his boxers for charity

Irvine Welsh strips for prostate cancer awareness

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Selkirk Sheriff Court. Picture: JP

NHS worker ‘made girls drink excessive amounts of water then watched them urinate’

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Jeane Freeman worked as a nurse so has more experience of the NHS than most in the Scottish Government (Picture: John Devlin)

Kevan Christie: Ex-nurse Freeman makes good start as Health Secretary

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Vicki Brown is among those who could benefit from DNA tests and their transformation of the NHS. Picture: Neil Hanna

DNA tests predicted to transform next 70 years of NHS

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While New York's thousands rush to crowded restaurants and congested lunch counters for their noon day lunch, these intrepid steel workers sat atop the 70-story RCA building in Rockefeller Center

Virtual reality therapy can help ‘cure’ fear of heights

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Whistleblower claims stroke patients being denied vital care

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Increase in number of children worried about eating disorders, figures show

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Brain damage caused by drinking rises to new peak

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Online charity shop is proving to be big hit with millenials

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Adult film star Stormy Daniels, locked in a court battle with President Donald Trump over their alleged affair, was arrested while performing at an Ohio strip club. Picture: Getty Images

Porn actress Stormy Daniels arrested at Ohio strip club

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Donald Trump attacks Brexit plan and says Britons ‘like me a lot’

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Donald Trump (Picture: Getty)

Leader comment: A denunciation of Donald Trump

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Orange Order parades take place in Northern Ireland amid week of disorder

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Tom Peterkin: Honour of Carrington contrasts with Boris’s ambition

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DNA tests predicted to transform next 70 years of NHS

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Virtual reality therapy can help ‘cure’ fear of heights

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Fraser Sime is regional director for Scotland at Bank of Scotland commercial banking.

Comment: Businesses under pressure

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Alastair Davis: Social investment can change lives

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The inflatable baby Trump balloon set to fly over London. Pic: Andrew Aitchison/PA Wire

Lesley Riddoch: Donald Trump protests are an obligation for us Scots

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Jim Duffy: 'Admin fees are quite simply a racket'. Picture: Ian Howarth.

Jim Duffy comment: Admin fee charges are a rip off which must stop

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John McArthur, Head of Tax, Gillespie Macandrew

Inheritance Tax delays can cost beneficiaries dear, writes John McArthur

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John Blackwood: Let’s tackle Scotland’s housing crisis together

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David Alexander comment: Tech no substitute for staff’s nuanced expertise

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Kenny MacAskill: Trump demeans Office of US President more than Nixon

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Tom Peterkin: Honour of Carrington contrasts with Boris’s ambition

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Kevan Christie: Ex-nurse Freeman makes good start as Health Secretary

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World More World >>

Adult film star Stormy Daniels, locked in a court battle with President Donald Trump over their alleged affair, was arrested while performing at an Ohio strip club. Picture: Getty Images

Porn actress Stormy Daniels arrested at Ohio strip club

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Donald Trump (Picture: Getty)

Leader comment: A denunciation of Donald Trump

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Richard Nixon prepares for his famous interview with journalist David Frost after he resigned as US President (Picture: BBC)

Kenny MacAskill: Trump demeans Office of US President more than Nixon

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The blue whale that Icelandic whalers have been accused of killing. Picture: Hard to Port

Icelandic hunters accused of killing rare blue whale

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Thai boys shown recovering in hospital after ‘miracle’ rescue

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UK Government gives £5m for Novichok nerve agent attacks

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Trump launches blistering attack on Germany at Nato summit

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Thai Cave Rescue: Call for British divers to be honoured

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How the Angel of the Forth could look

Calls for ‘Angel of the Forth’ to be built near Forth bridges

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The Scottish Thistles are hosting a home game at the Meadows

The Meadows to host elite league Quidditch match

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‘It should have been me’ Watch the hilarious moment drag queen interrupts Glasgow wedding

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Alastair Davis: Social investment can change lives

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John McArthur, Head of Tax, Gillespie Macandrew

Inheritance Tax delays can cost beneficiaries dear, writes John McArthur

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John Blackwood: Let’s tackle Scotland’s housing crisis together

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Lord Carrington in his time as, secretary-general of Nato. pictured in Brussels, circa 1985. (Photo by Paul Marneff/Isopress/Keystone/Getty Images)

Obituary: Lord Carrington, Conservative statesman and Nato secretary-general

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David Cohen

Obituary: Dave Cohen, ceramic artist and teacher

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Tab Hunter circa 1955. (Photo by Earl Leaf/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Obituary: Tab Hunter, heart-throb Hollywood actor who was secretly gay

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Norman Godman (Picture: I.T.N./REX/Shutterstock)

Obituary: Dr Norman Godman, Labour MP who fought for the people of Greenock, Port Glasgow and Inverclyde

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British Airways gives out waistcoats on Moscow World Cup flight

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The former first lady is following in the footsteps of her husband, who also hosted a dinner with the foundation at the EICC last year. Picture: PA

Two pupils chosen to attend dinner with Michelle Obama in Edinburgh

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The actor had been heading to a film set on Tuesday when his motorbike was reportedly hit by a car. Picture: csztova/Flickr

George Clooney taken to hospital after motorcycle crash in Italy

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All of the money raised will go to Mrs Brown's charity Theirworld. Picture: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

Celebrities join Sarah Brown on Scottish charity hike

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Alan Gilzean during his days at Dundee. Picture: TSPL

Alan Gilzean, ex-Scotland, Dundee and Tottenham striker, dies aged 79

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