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⚽ Scotland’s final World Cup squad has been named. Join The Scotsman’s free email now for the sharpest analysis before the tournament begins. Subscribe today ↪️ trib.al/xN9BjhK
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Doors open at new £7.5million hotel in St Andrews where rooms cost £415 per night trib.al/IOUzCWN

Doors open at new £7.5million hotel in St Andrews where rooms cost £415 per night

A hotel in St Andrews has officially opened its doors following a £7.5 million transformation.

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New James Bond Latest Odds: Here are the 12 leading candidates to play 007 - Callum Turner favourite again after Dua Lipa wedding, Josh O'Connor back in the race trib.al/VNuDJN1

New James Bond Latest Odds: The 12 leading candidates to play 007 - Callum Turner favourite again

It can’t be that much longer until we discover the biggest secret in the world of cinema.

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World Cup Matches Today UK Time: Every team playing on June 16, kick off times, and where to watch live trib.al/po4MoIg

World Cup Games Today: Every team playing on June 16, UK kick off times and TV channels

Here is the full list of World Cup matches on today, Tuesday, June 16, with UK kick off times and where you can watch live.

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Craig Ferguson: Scottish charity walker makes plea to help find lost kilt after 3,000-mile trek across the US trib.al/OvW0CVo

World Cup charity walker Craig Ferguson makes plea to find lost kilt

The kilt was lost in transit in New York.

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Scottish university venture hails breakthrough in one of toughest industries to decarbonise trib.al/7zj5Zvz

Scottish university venture hails breakthrough in one of toughest industries to decarbonise

“A key priority for us has been ensuring the process can plug into existing manufacturing systems” – Philip Salter, founder

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Lyceum director James Brining on Scotland's changing theatre landscape trib.al/4ckD4ge

Lyceum director James Brining on Scotland's changing theatre landscape

As Edinburgh’s Lyceum theatre launches its 2026/27 season, artistic director James Brining reflects on the changes sweeping the industry. Interview by Joyce McMillan

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Former Steve Clarke teammate lifts lid on 'surreal' St Mirren reunion at Scotland's World Cup training base trib.al/IQXvpFb

Former Steve Clarke teammate lifts lid on 'surreal' St Mirren reunion at Scotland's World Cup base

Charlotte FC technical director played alongside Scotland head coach at Love Street

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Scotsman Obituaries: Prof Ian Russell MBE, folklorist who pioneered ethnology as an academic force trib.al/0FAlECH

Scotsman Obituaries: Prof Ian Russell MBE, folklorist who pioneered ethnology as an academic force

Emeritus Professor Ian Gordon Russell MBE, folklorist and researcher into singing traditions. Born: 17 February 1947, in Aberdeen. Died: 16 May 2026, in Aberdeen, age 79

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Scotsman Letters: Why didn't Opposition look into Murrell plea delay? trib.al/GmvZZFX

Scotsman Letters: Why didn't Opposition look into Murrell plea delay?

Reader wants to add to Russell Findlay’s list of questions on Murrell affair

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Top Scottish bar to celebrate women in whisky with new menu trib.al/mliGMON

Top Scottish bar to celebrate women in whisky with new menu

A renowned whisky bar has launched a new women-led menu.

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The best 11 new Scotch whiskies for Father’s Day - including ‘mystery’ dram trib.al/TBTxZh3

The best 11 new Scotch whiskies for Father’s Day - including ‘mystery’ dram

Father’s Day is coming round fast, and if you’re looking for a whisky to celebrate then these are some of the best new releases.

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Here's why blanket bans on social media don’t work – and they impact young people’s rights trib.al/8XJwoXQ

Here's why blanket bans on social media don’t work – and they impact young people’s rights

Australia and now the UK are implementing social media bans for under 16s, but experts argue that these policies fail to protect young people from digital harms and infringe on their rights

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By-elections offer voters a chance to rebuke Westminster and Holyrood trib.al/SrwoB4U
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'It's the pinnacle of my career' - Old Pulteney release 30 and 50 year old whiskies to celebrate 200 years trib.al/RtIRUJI

Old Pulteney release 30 and 50 year old whiskies to celebrate 200 years

The coastal distillery is marking 200 years with two special limited release whiskies, finds Rosalind Erskine.

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Windfarms on this Scottish isle are contentious – renewables must work for local people too trib.al/i8eBsPB

Windfarms on this Scottish isle are contentious – renewables must work for local people too

The future of community-owned energy is in peril

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Guinness World record set for 'most slime in a music video' by Scottish musician trib.al/nGQFjTZ

Guinness World record set for 'most slime in a music video' by Scottish musician

Johnny Lynch was submerged in 200 litres of pink slime

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Soaring accommodation costs could price some out of Edinburgh International Book Festival trib.al/9rF4wfy

Soaring accommodation costs could price some out of Edinburgh book festival

The Edinburgh International Book Festival has unveiled a new corporate partnership with LNER

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Grant Stott on getting his 'radio mojo back' after River City amid backlash over BBC shake up trib.al/4B8m71E

Grant Stott on getting his 'radio mojo back' after River City amid BBC shake up

Grant Stott was in River City for five years

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Daniel Wyatt: Being a digital native should not come at the expense of being a child trib.al/Vx8O2uF

Daniel Wyatt: Being a digital native should not come at the expense of being a child

Ban will not solve every problem, but it is important acknowledgement that childhood deserves protection, says Daniel Wyatt, rector at Kelvinside Academy

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Badenoch claims Tories ousting SNP in Aberdeen South by-election would give oil industry 'kiss of life' trib.al/ibpaQUx

Tories winning Aberdeen South would give oil industry 'kiss of life'

The Aberdeen South by-election has become a de facto vote on the future of the North Sea oil and gas sector.

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