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A search has begun to find an evil individual who deliberately drowned a dog in the Forth and Clyde Canal.

Nicola Sturgeon has admitted what has long been clear – there is no appetite for a second Scottish independence referendum, writes Brian Wilson

Nicola Sturgeon said in her closing conference speech the SNP had to “persuade” No voters. One Scotsman reader challenges nationalists to do just that.

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The number of days taken off work by teachers due to stress has increased over the past three years, leading to more claims of a staffing crisis in Scotland’s classrooms.

A transgender prisoner has been jailed for life after admitting sexually assaulting two women inmates while being held on remand and the previous rapes of two other women.

At least 94 women and men have died while homeless and sleeping on the streets of Scotland in the last 12 months. Meanwhile, in the same week as this stark fact was revealed, another party conference season drew to a close.

A trade union has called on the transport secretary to resign after it emerged the Scottish Government will not enforce ScotRail’s contract over the next year.

A former financial trader fighting deportation from the UK says he has been left “broken” by the experience of being held in detention.