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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Scotland registers slowest population growth rate in UK

      Latest census data highlights country’s demographic challenges, with 23% rise in over-65s

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    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      Scottish politics
      Scotland’s first minister to boost welfare spending by £1bn

      Increase in social security budget to £6.3bn comes as SNP’s Yousaf seeks to outflank a resurgent Labour party

      Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s first minister
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      Energy Source
      Scotland looks to unlock its hydrogen economy Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, the falling cost of renewable energy projects

      Wind turbines manufactured by Vestas Wind Systems stand at the Ardrossan windfarm
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      Inside Politics
      School building closures are political disaster for Sunak’s government

      Former top civil servant’s claim PM had cut funding to fix school problems when chancellor makes it a personal problem too

      Rishi Sunak in a hard hat and hi-vis jacket
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      UK schools
      UK councils rush to find alternative classrooms after emergency school closures

      Government pledges to cover costs linked with collapse-prone concrete days before new term starts

      Scaffolding on the exterior of the school building
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      Joy Lo Dico
      Who gets to keep the castle?

      A Scottish redevelopment of a spendthrift’s seat raises the question of what to do with the stranded trappings of privilege

    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      ReviewTheatre
      Life Is a Dream, Edinburgh — rare revival of Spanish classic is exhilaratingly weird

      Cheek by Jowl’s adaptation at the Edinburgh International Festival ricochets from solemn to chaotic and back

      A man with straggly hair and dressed in a suit clings with both hands to a ledge
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      Scottish National Party
      SNP appoints former comms chief as chief executive

      Murray Foote rejoins party after stepping down over membership figures row

      Murray Foote
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      News in-depthLabour Party UK
      Labour MPs fear being outflanked from the left by SNP in by-election

      Keir Starmer’s socially conservative stance threatens to alienate voters in Scotland ahead of general election

      Kier Starmer in front of Labour banner
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Network Rail Ltd
      Network Rail faces court case over fatal Scotland train crash

      Public body to appear at High Court in Aberdeen over 2020 collision

      A carriage is lifted by crane from the site of the fatal rail crash near Carmont in 2020
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Recreational drugs
      Scottish drug deaths hit five-year low

      Drug-related fatalities last year fell by 21% from 2021 but levels remain far higher than the UK average

      Syringes and other drug paraphernalia
    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      ReviewMusic
      Edinburgh International Festival review — Trojan Women is visually and musically spectacular

      Plus: aid workers tell their gripping stories in the verbatim production As Far As Impossible

      A south-east Asian woman in white robes sits spotlit with her arms outstretched in a serene pose while other figures stand behind heer
    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Climate activism and the arts collide in Edinburgh over festival sponsorship

      Also in this newsletter, Scotland responds to Tory plans to ‘max out’ North Sea oil

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    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      ReviewTheatre
      You won’t find theatre like this anywhere else — highlights from the Edinburgh Fringe

      The appeal is obvious in ‘Nan, Me and Barbara Pravi’ while ‘Concerned Others’ offers a different view of addiction

    • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
      Scottish Highers pass rate falls as exams return to pre-Covid standards

      Results signal examiners’ shift away from more ‘generous’ approach to assessment, says regulator

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    • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
      House & Home
      Are Scotland’s rent controls working?

      Neither tenants nor landlords are happy as the country’s rental crisis deepens

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    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      UK politics
      Labour faces test of by-election appeal in Scotland after ex-SNP MP ousted

      Constituents trigger recall vote after Margaret Ferrier was found to have broken Covid travel rules

    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      News in-depth
      Scotland’s crackdown on short-term rentals leaves landlords fearing for their future

      Property owners warn tourist accommodation will be cut under new licensing system as UK housing shortage fuels Airbnb backlash

      Fiona Johnston
    • Saturday, 29 July, 2023
      News in-depthArts
      ‘Preoccupied by survival’: funding crisis threatens future of Edinburgh Festival

      Arts jamboree returns after a ‘traumatic’ pandemic but financial pressures continue to loom large

      Festival-goers and entertainers on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile
    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      How To Spend It In...
      Broadcaster Gemma Cairney’s guide to Edinburgh

      The radio presenter, author and chair of the Edinburgh Art Festival on ceilidhs, swimming and vintage shopping in the Scottish capital

      Gemma Cairney at Jupiter Artland near Edinburgh
    • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
      Scottish government unveils post-independence citizenship rules

      Humza Yousaf seeks to reverse population decline and address shortage of workers

      Humza Yousaf speaks at an event in Edinburgh
    • Saturday, 22 July, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Fringe theatre is in crisis. Can anything be done?

      With awards cancelled and artists who can’t afford to come, this year’s Edinburgh Fringe shows the threat facing radical, experimental work

      A wall plastered with multiple posters advertising acts in the Edinburgh Fringe
    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      Scottish National Party
      Scotland’s police chief defends conduct of SNP investigation

      Probe has moved beyond ‘initial complaints’ as scandal continues to trouble party leadership

    • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
      UK energy
      Planned power reforms set to redraw map for British electricity bills

      Bid to make UK network more efficient could produce large variations in price

    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      UK politics
      Scotland calls on UK ministers to decriminalise possession of all drugs

      Ruling SNP calls for ‘bold and radical’ policy changes to reduce harm and deaths

      A needle and syringe being held in a safe space for drug users
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