Sturgeon celebrates with the SNP intake after the election.
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Everyone is trying to claim the Holyrood result furthers their own position. It’s all noise.
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Everywhere else in the UK is getting more devolved powers – so why not the nation’s capital?
First minister at her count in Glasgow.
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The new normal for Nicola – minority rule once more.
The number of female candidates has risen substantially in this year’s regional elections.
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More candidates mean a change in politics, but it’s not as easy as creating policies such as all women shortlists.
With former chief constable Stephen House.
Andrew Milligan
With the Scottish government’s reputation for policing and justice charred from nine years in office, here’s what the future looks like.
All smiles at Craigentinny Primary School … but not everywhere else.
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A few notable successes, but could do better.
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Scotland and Wales are getting new parliaments, major cities are electing their mayors and there are over 2,700 local seats up for grabs.
The hard sell to come.
Lolostock
England and Scotland see Europe differently and the EU question could hasten the end of the Union.
Looking back in languor? Cullen in the north of Scotland.
Raphaël Chekroun
Holiday making accounts for almost a tenth of the British economy. Here’s how it might be impacted by a vote to leave the EU.
Pressing the flesh.
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Spoiler alert: we already know the winner.
Oxgangs Primary in Edinburgh ravaged by storm earlier in the year.
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The Private Finance Initiative was meant to be the solution to 21st century public buildings. Edinburgh’s school problems are far from unique, however.
Lots of balls.
GrEI
It made the headlines, but the numbers don’t add up.
Dublin mural.
Brian Lawless
The effects of the Dublin insurrection went much further than Ireland.
Fife no more.
Graeme McLean
Longannet, the last coal-fired power plant in Scotland, has closed. It might be good news for climate change, but it also signals major problems ahead.
Dunblane Primary reopening a few days after tragedy.
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The odds of recovering from a terrible experience are higher than you might think.
Lobbyists still welcome.
Stephen Finn
More and more countries are shining lights on lobbyists’ efforts to shape policy. For all the hope of a new politics after the Scottish indyref, the SNP government is offering a limp biscuit.
Puff the magic drag-in
Neil Lockhart
Scotland has just joined the growing list of countries getting tough on the vapes. Here’s why the libertarians should pipe down.
The heart of the matter.
KieferPix
Presumed consent is not the way forward.
This could come to blows.
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There’s something every Scot should know about those caterwauling pipes.
Sunset in Scotland?
DabartiCGI
But will the rigs stop pumping?