Good morning readers. How are you?

Welcome to your Thursday news update from The Scotsman.

Here are today's top headlines

• People: Here are the 14 happiest places to live in Scotland - where do Glasgow and Edinburgh rank?
• Columnists: Indy poll shows the need for Sunak to create a positive vision of UK's future
• Strange Scottish Laws: Here are 10 of the weirdest Scottish laws you might have broken without realising
• Politics: How did the SNP's new Westminster leader Stephen Flynn perform at PMQs?
• Education: Teachers on second day of strike action in pay dispute

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Graham Falk.