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Judges back Sheridan defamation verdict

Tommy Sheridan

Appeal judges refuse to overturn the defamation verdict which saw former MSP Tommy Sheridan awarded £200,000 in damages.

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Firefighters down by 667 since 2013

Scotland loses almost 1,000 fire service staff, including 667 firefighters in three years.

  • 19 August 2016
  • From the section Scotland

Homecoming parade for Scots Olympians

The success of Scotland's Olympians is to be celebrated with a special homecoming event, likely to be held in Edinburgh.

  • 19 August 2016
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BFG Dream Jar vandalised in Glasgow

Sturgeon launches school reading drive

Oil firm boss 'sorry' for rig disruption

The papers

Firemen's 'fury' and injured boy

Claims that 1,000 fire service jobs have gone in three years and a five-year-old boy is caught in a Syrian airstrike.

  • 19 August 2016
  • From the section Scotland

Features and Analysis

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Your pictures

A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 12 and 19 August

  • 19 August 2016
  • From the section Scotland

Bridging the Tay

Fifty years of the road link which joined Fife and Dundee

Pupular attractions

The best of what's on offer for Doors Open Days

  • 18 August 2016
  • From the section Scotland

Divided loyalties

The dilemma facing Scotland's Eurosceptic nationalists

Building defects

Was your school one of the 30 which needed structural repairs?

  • 17 August 2016
  • From the section Scotland

Spoot shoot

Q&A: Electro-fishing and how it's used to catch razor clams

  • 16 August 2016
  • From the section Scotland

Our experts

Brexit: Nicola Sturgeon on her heartbreak for EU nationals

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says it "breaks my heart" she cannot give any guarantees to EU nationals living in Scotland that they can remain in the country after the UK leaves the EU.

17 August 2016
Sarah Smith Scotland editor

Rebooting the economics of independence

A second independence referendum is "on the table". Ex-ministers, the RBS chief executive and a former Bank of England governor have started discussing how the economic case should look different next time.

15 August 2016
Douglas Fraser Business/economy editor, Scotland

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