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Jo Swinson early favourite to replace Tim Farron as Lib Dem leader

General Election
Edinburgh City Council said it was review fire safety in tower blocks in the capital. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Grenfell Tower fire: Scottish councils to review fire safety

UK
Sam Skinner (right) and Wayne Archibald welcome their baby Noel to the world. The birthrate in Scotland has fallen to a 14-year low. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Concern as Scotland’s birth rate falls to 14-year low

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Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Sinn Fein to meet Theresa May over DUP deal concerns

Politics

Grenfell Tower disaster: how did the fire spread so quickly?

UK

Election turnout drops in Scotland as emotion drains from polling

General Election
Lady Smith is chairing the inquiry which will report in 2019

Nuns say 'sorry' amid hundreds of child abuse allegations

Politics

Scott Macnab: Labour revival is biggest worry for SNP

Scott Macnab
Scott Macnab
Sam Skinner (right) and Wayne Archibald welcome their baby Noel to the world. The birthrate in Scotland has fallen to a 14-year low. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Concern as Scotland’s birth rate falls to 14-year low

News 24

Farmers urged to prepare for brief post-Brexit transition

Farming 1

Martin Flanagan: Brexit gloves are off over euro-clearing

Financial 4

Scott Macnab: Labour revival is biggest worry for SNP

Opinion 24
An artists impression of one of the 70 new trains being built for the ScotRail fleet. Picture: PA/Transport Scotland

‘No guarantee’ of new trains on Edinburgh mainline by December

Transport 6
Satisfaction with Edinburgh Trams improved by two points on 2015. Picture: Lesley Martin

Edinburgh Trams win 99 per cent satisfaction score

Transport 33
Network Rail chief executive Mark Carne will face questioning from MSPs over the project tomorrow. Picture: Rob Casey/SNS

Edinburgh-Glasgow electric trains delayed until October

Transport 30

Edinburgh Airport named fifth worst airport in the world

News 68

Scotland’s biggest airports welcome record passenger numbers

Transport 9
Keane Wallis-Bennett, pictured, passed away in April 2014 following the collapse of a modesty wall at Liberton High School

Keane Wallis-Bennett FAI: Pupil was ‘leaning against wall’

News
A collapsed wall at Oxgangs Primary School/

Teachers tell of safety fears after Edinburgh school closures

News
Lady Smith is chairing the inquiry which will report in 2019

Nuns say 'sorry' amid hundreds of child abuse allegations

Politics
Nicola Sturgeon with pupils at the First Minister's Reading Challenge. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Nicola Sturgeon joins pupils for Reading Challenge

News 7
Standards in key subjects are falling in Scotlands schools. Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Scottish teachers at ‘breaking point’ over workload hike

Politics 24
Following the death of the original Batman actor Adam West, Aidan Smith recalls how his imagination was fired as a child by the adventures of Batman and Robin on TV.

Aidan Smith: Holy mackerel, Batman, kids are being overloaded!

Opinion 1
EIS teaching union has voted to have LGBT issues taught in the classroom.

Teaching union votes for LGBT to be taught in Scotland’s schools

Education 20

Rose Gentle to receive University of Glasgow degree

Glasgow 3

Teachers to vote on strike action over pay offer

Education 3

Teachers could strike over pay and conditions

News 9

Pupils “act out” terror attack in Scottish school

Education 3
Fifers will see two specially adapted dual-fuel bin lorries come into service as part of an innovative new green energy project based at Methil docks

Pioneering green energy project switches on at Methill docks

Environment
Pollution is thought to contribute towards the rising rate of lung disease globally. PICTURE: Ian Rutherford

Pupils help with university lung disease research project

News
Transport has overtaken energy supply as the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions in Scotland

Scotland hits 2015 climate target but greenhouse gases rise

Environment 12
Michael Gove. Picture: TSPL

Donald Trump wrong to pull out of Paris climate accord - Gove

News 9

Wake Up to Organic campaign serving up free breakfasts

Environment

Ilona Amos: Check your tick list to cut risk of Lyme disease

Environment

Living sculptures to tackle toxic fumes in Glasgow city centre

Environment 13

Mike Park: Brexit could mean huge rewards for fishing sector

Opinion 3
Sam Skinner (right) and Wayne Archibald welcome their baby Noel to the world. The birthrate in Scotland has fallen to a 14-year low. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Concern as Scotland’s birth rate falls to 14-year low

News 24
Pollution is thought to contribute towards the rising rate of lung disease globally. PICTURE: Ian Rutherford

Pupils help with university lung disease research project

News
Taking aspirin daily to prevent blood clots can be disabling or even lethal for people aged 75 and over with history of strokes and heart attacks. Picture: PA

Daily aspirin to stop clots ‘may be lethal’ for over-75s

News
Free organic breakfasts are being offered by a vareity of independent stores and cafes across the UK on Wednesday to promote the Wake Up to Organic healthy eating campaign.

Wake Up to Organic campaign serving up free breakfasts

Environment
There has been a dramatic drop-off in the number of EU nurses who have registered to work in the UK since the Brexit referendum.

Leader comment: Alarm over drop in nurse numbers

Opinion 1
The number of EU nurses registered to work in the UK in April was just 46.

Number of EU nurses applying to work in UK down by 96 per cent

News 1
Pauline Cafferkey with orphans of Ebola who are being helped by the charity in Sierra Leone. Picture: PA

Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey in Sierra Leone fundraiser run

News

Mars recalls Galaxy bars over salmonella fears

News

Irish bid to poach Capital nurses with recruitment drive

UK 4

Jim Duffy: Let’s throw legalising cannabis into the melting pot

Opinion 2

Leader comment: Irish nurse raid needs response

Opinion 2
'Switching clearing domiciles to the EU is likely to push up costs,' writes Martin Flanagan. Picture: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images

Martin Flanagan: Brexit gloves are off over euro-clearing

Financial 4

Grenfell Tower fire: Scottish councils to review fire safety

UK 3

Casualties reported after incident at MoD training base

UK

Grenfell Tower fire: Death toll rises to 12

UK

Grenfell Tower disaster: how did the fire spread so quickly?

UK 4
Jim Duffy votes with his feet after a run-in with an outsourced customer service operation. Picture: Ian Howarth

Jim Duffy: When outsourcing just doesn’t work as it should

Management
'Switching clearing domiciles to the EU is likely to push up costs,' writes Martin Flanagan. Picture: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images

Martin Flanagan: Brexit gloves are off over euro-clearing

Financial 4
The SNPs biggest threat could still be a Scottish Labour revival which propels Kezia Dugdale into Bute House. Picture: PA

Scott Macnab: Labour revival is biggest worry for SNP

Opinion 24
Tim Farron has resigned as Liberal Democrat leader after a clash between faith and politics.

Leader comment: Sad end to Tim Farron’s tenure

Opinion
SPA chairman Andrew Flanagan is to resign because he feels he has become a "distraction" at an important time for the organisation.

Leader comment: Police authority chairman had to go

Opinion
The DUP has been practised in the subtle arts of realpolitik since its foundation by Ian Paisley,

Tom Peterkin: Playing Orange card is fraught with risk for Theresa May

Opinion 2
Firefighters drench the burning 24 storey residential Grenfell Tower block in Latimer Road, West London. Picture: Getty

Grenfell Tower disaster: how did the fire spread so quickly?

UK 4

Graham Boyack: Unhelpful election talk shows need for mediation skills

Opinion

Ian Cullen: DUP will pick pragmatism over dogmatism in deal

News 1

David Bone: Total disconnect between how people behave online and in real life

Opinion

Keith Halstead: Gladstone’s Land rethink will convey richer insight

Opinion
US Republican Whip, Steve Scalise has been reportedly shot. Picture: Twitter/ Steve Scalise

US Congressman Steve Scalise and aides shot in Virginia

World 10
Dennis Rodman is greeted by vice minister of sports Son Kwang Ho, right, upon his arrival in Pyongyang. Picture: AP

Dennis Rodman visits North Korea ‘to open door’ for Trump

World 1
Michael Gove. Picture: TSPL

Donald Trump wrong to pull out of Paris climate accord - Gove

News 9

Barack Obama dinner event in Edinburgh raised £670,000 for charities

News

Donald Trump ‘will not visit UK if it leads to large demos’

Politics 24

Has ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi been killed?

World 7

Car ploughs into pedestrians outside Amsterdam Centraal

World
Theresa May takes a drink of water during a stop on the campaign trail. Picture: Getty Images

Theresa May spoof Leaving Drinks’ has over 50k attendees

Politics
Emmanuel Macron, left, with Theresa May. Picture: Getty Images

Theresa May mocked for awkward Mexican wave at England match

Politics 1
Police have taken drastic measures in Halifax.

Police officers take drastic measures to prevent office milk theft

News
Robbie, second right, and Keenan, far right, deliver the speech while Emma, far left, and Jimmy, second left, watch on. Picture: Contributed

Video: Watch 11yo Scots duo deliver hilarious wedding speech

Odd
Graham Boyack, Director, Scottish Mediation

Graham Boyack: Unhelpful election talk shows need for mediation skills

Opinion
National Rural Mental Health Forum Members

Jim Hume: Tracking mental ill health in Scotland’s rural areas

Opinion
Pic Alan Richardson Dundee, Pix-AR.co.uk Free to Use V&A Dundee Community garden on Slessor Gardens Starting work are Stephanie Kerr Program Advisor with the People Postcode Lottery, Paddy Duffy Project Manager for the V&A Dundee and Derek Cassie from the V&A Community Garden

Philip Long: Get ready to dig into delights of V&A Dundee

Opinion
George Chesworth, ready for action

Obituary: George Chesworth CB OBE DFC, Air Vice Marshal and Glasgow Garden Festival chief

Obituaries
1966: Actor Adam West wears his Batman costume in the Batcave in a full-length promotional portrait for the television series, 'Batman'. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Obituary: Adam West, TV’s Batman who was beloved of generations

Obituaries

Obituary: David Duncan, artist and educator

Obituaries
Miguel DEscoto Brockman has died at the age of 84. Picture: Getty

Obituary: Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann, Nicaraguan diplomat and former president of the UN General Assembly

Obituaries

Interview: Alison Brie - Why the star of Netflix’s new wrestling drama GLOW had to fight for the role

News
JK Rowling has been named the richest British celebrity in the world. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Forbes Celebrity 100: JK Rowling named richest British celebrity

UK 7
Picture: Ian West/PA Wire

Richard Hammond airlifted to hospital after Swiss car crash

Celebrity
Adam West as Batman. Picture: Wikipedia

Former Batman actor Adam West dies after leukaemia battle

Celebrity
Isla Nelson. Picture: BBC

3 year-old up for Scottish Comedy Awards

Culture 1