Joshua King Head of Digital Engagement & Development

Good morning Voornaam,

Thanks for your patience with this morning's daily newsletter. We nevertheless have a whole bunch of news and opinion to share with you this Wednesday morning so please do grab a cuppa and join us.

SEVEN stories to start the day

- 10 best performing secondary schools in Scotland according to latest exam results

- Take a look inside this £3M Scottish island home - with bar, gamekeepers cottage and extensive grounds

- Premium Scotland's Hate Crime Act: Free speech has always been a qualified right. So why the uproar? – Joshua King

- Fatal accident inquiry lodged into death of Scottish serial killer Peter Tobin

- Premium Wood-burner ban: Crofters and remote communities face tougher lives as ‘centralised’ Scottish government ignores rural needs

- Premium Major report finds young trans people let down by exceptionally polarised debate

- Exclusive: Edinburgh University principal tells SNP minister it stands ready to take more Scottish students if ‘cap’ is lifted

Have a brilliant day.

Josh