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The Scotsman
12 Apr, 2019
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Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage has officially launched the Brexit Party as Jacob Rees-Mogg's sister quits the Conservatives to stand in Europe for the new body

A baby boy is in a critical condition in hospital after being attacked by a dog at an address in Hawick in the Scottish Borders

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been voted top choice for Prime Minister by Scottish SMEs

Edinburgh Airport has posted bumper figures for March, with passenger figures up by 15 per cent

Nigel Farage launches Brexit Party as campaigners disrupt website
Anti-Brexit campaigners have squatted on Nigel Farage’s new party website as he announced he will stand for the Brexit Party in the upcoming European Elections.
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Baby in critical condition after being attacked by dog

A baby is in a critical condition in hospital after being attacked by a dog.

Scots missionary Jane Haining to be honoured at Holcaust memorial in Budapest

David Mundell will lead a Holocaust memorial march in Budapest this weekend in honour of a Scottish missionary who died protecting her Hungarian Jewish pupils.

Is a good retirement still affordable?

We may be working longer, but most of us are counting down to retirement. But planning for the golden years is crucial.

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Edinburgh Airport passenger total soars by 15 per cent in bumper March

Edinburgh Airport's growth accelerated last month when Scotland's busiest terminal handled nearly 15 per cent more passengers than a year ago, it announced today.

A curse on Brexit and those who created this crisis – Joyce McMillan

The undermining of Europe’s great project for peace and prosperity is wasting too much time, writes Joyce McMillan.

Nicola Sturgeon top choice for Prime Minister among Scottish SMEs

Nicola Sturgeon is the preferred candidate for the next UK prime minister, according to a new poll of Scottish smaller businesses.

Sport Update
Scottish Premiership: How this season’s average attendance compares with the last 15 years

Scottish football fans have generated plenty of criticism this season, some of which is warranted, some of which is certainly not.

Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau star in Masters late show

It was a day when the best was saved for last. Playing in the final three groups, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson were the main headline-makers in the first round of the 83rd Masters.

Scottish Football Live: ‘New’ Celtic top a fake | AVB u-turn over Parkhead job | Rangers duo wanted

Follow The Scotsman’s daily blog as we keep you updated with all the latest news, views, rumours and much more from around Scottish football.

Craig Levein: Hearts can take the pressure of cup semi-final

Inverness Caledonian Thistle manager John Robertson has said he knows the pressure his Hearts counterpart and his capital team will be under when they head through to Hampden to face his Championship side in the Scottish Cup semi final.

No room for sentiment in Ross Ford’s potential Murrayfield farewell

Ross Ford, Scotland’s most-capped rugby player of all time, has earned a fitting send-off but Edinburgh coach Richard Cockerill said tonight may not be the night as business takes precedence, and that the veteran hooker wouldn’t have it any other way.

And finally...
Music review: Kiefer Sutherland

Despite writing songs for succour down the decades, Kiefer Sutherland had no intention of making an album because, as he succinctly puts it, “actors shouldn’t do that”. And yet now the brooding TV action hero has parlayed his love of outlaw country into a credible side career as a rootsy troubadour with a whisky-stained voice. And thus, this intimate evening of song and storytelling was enthusiastically subscribed by awestruck fans.

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