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Orkney is the only Scottish area to feature in a list of the UK’s best places to live – taking the top spot in Scotland for the eighth year in a row.

Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP are focussed on flags and a divisive second independence referendum at a time when Scotland has pressing problems like the drug-death crisis, missed hospital waiting time targets and crumbling police stations, writes Pamela Nash.

A small majority of Scots now back independence in the first lead for the "Yes" campaign in in five years, a new poll has shown.

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Nicola Sturgeon last night suggested the EU had "left a light on" for Scotland as a huge light projection appeared on the frontage of the European Commission in Brussels.

A 13-year-old girl has been 'inconsolable' after her beloved pet pony died in a freak accident, The Courier reports.

The office of Conservative MSP Tom Mason has been daubed with a Nazi symbol in an attack by vandals.

A controversial US preacher has threatened legal action against the SSE Hydro after a prayer meeting was cancelled due to homophobia and hate speech concerns.

IMAGES show a Scottish beach decorated with the words 'Scotland Loves Europe', the day the UK is set to leave the EU.