Why let George Osborne have all the fun?
Chris Radburn/PA
Scotland’s former first minister has sparked outrage in the UK with his latest move.
Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon is in a quandary.
Jane Barlow/PA
Barcelona has become the test case for separatists Europe over.
Behind the mask.
National Galleries of Scotland
An old Scottish master has revealed its secret after 430 years. What next from art detectives?
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Specialist courts and judges could ensure that key laws protecting the environment are upheld. But the Scottish government has rejected the idea
Cheeky.
Tim Large
Most people’s shortbread-tin ideas about the Highlands and Islands are missing a key traditional ingredient.
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Thanks to innovative technology, the third Forth bridge continues a proud legacy of state-of-the-art bridge engineering across three centuries.
PA
With all parties backing the fracking ban apart from the Tories, Scotland will have to secure full devolvement for energy if it is to fully realise its ambitions for renewables
Olympus Mons, biggest volcano in the Solar System.
Justin Cowart
They erupted for billions of years and make Earth’s volcanoes look like molehills. Here’s what we know and what we don’t know about them.
Protest in Barcelona against the Spanish government on September 21.
Riderfoot
When you put together the efforts of the Spanish authorities to curb media coverage of the Catalan referendum, you have a deeply worrying picture.
Scottish parliament with Calton Hill in the background.
Bernt Rostad
Scotland voted for its own parliament in September 1997, but has yet to make its mind up about the biggest issue of all.
The truth is not always out there.
Elnur
If only DNA samples and microfibres made crimes as easy to solve as on CSI.
Still got it.
Gino Santa Maria
Brain games, learning languages, rowing? Beware of snake oil salesman claiming we know it all.
I say goodbye and you say hello.
Andrew Milligan/PA
Why this is arguably the most important Labour leadership election in Scotland since 1999.
‘Mad as hell and not gonna take it any more.’
Jane Barlow/PA
Channel 4 news anchor drew thundering applause at the Edinburgh TV Festival, but don’t believe every word.
Drax and Eggborough power stations in England.
Pete Richman
Why go to all that bother when you can just half-fill the kettle?
Ten new remote cameras will soon be scouring the British night skies for meteorites.
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Drug deaths in Scotland are now among the highest in Europe. What can be done?
Any questions?
andersphoto
America’s answer to Kafka and Dostoevsky gets real at the Edinburgh International Festival.
Strait-talkin’
BBE
East London collective Boy Blue Entertainment have taken their provocative show to the Edinburgh International Festival.
Feeling fracktious.
John Gomez
Why protesters should think about putting their feet up.