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Industry leaders are looking to shatter glass ceilings for women trib.al/SDFmp8F
Industry leaders are looking to shatter glass ceilings for women

Industry leaders are looking to shatter glass ceilings for women

Ahead of their annual awards, Scottish Financial Enterprise CEO Sandy Begbie says more work is needed to help ensure gender equality in the workplace.

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AI skills, unconscious bias and pay gap holding back gender equality trib.al/RY3GJYb
AI skills, unconscious bias and pay gap holding back gender equality

AI skills, unconscious bias and pay gap holding back gender equality

AI skills, unconscious bias and pay gap is threatening to hold back gender equality.

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Readers Letters: Fifty years on, another Healey bungles Budget trib.al/bZaKU03
Readers Letters: It's time to ban nuisance of fireworks once and for all

Readers Letters: It's time to ban nuisance of fireworks once and for all

John Healey’s first Budget as Chancellor didn’t impress reader

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Hydro sector warns £10bn of investment in Scotland 'at risk' in 13-year business rates dispute trib.al/h17uQK6
Hydro sector warns £10bn investment 'at risk' in 13-year rates clash

Hydro sector warns £10bn investment 'at risk' in 13-year rates clash

Scotland’s energy minister Stephen Gethins said pumped storage hydro was ‘absolutely vital to the energy transition’

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Firefighters 'contaminating children's bedrooms' because of a lack of station facilities, MSPs told trib.al/oqRMdTo
Concerns 'huge swathes' of the nation are left without fire service cover

Concerns 'huge swathes' of the nation are left without fire service cover

Colin Brown, executive council member of the FBU, told MSPs that “the justice sector is creaking in every single area”.

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I had a spoiling lunch at this splendid Edinburgh 23-year-old hotel restaurant trib.al/RtVp5C5
I had a spoiling lunch at this splendid Edinburgh 23-year-old hotel restaurant

I had a spoiling lunch at this splendid Edinburgh 23-year-old hotel restaurant

It’s lovely to be back at this plush retreat

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Douglas Stuart, Maggie O'Farrell and David Byrne shortlisted for literary award trib.al/dUqsPUa
The three Scotland-based authors shortlisted for literary award

The three Scotland-based authors shortlisted for literary award

Douglas Stuart’s Booker Prize-nominated novel John Of John is among the books shortlisted for Waterstones Book Of The Year 2026

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More than 70 Scottish doctors back NHS report warning over school ipad use trib.al/ZmdYXlg
More than 70 Scottish doctors back NHS report warning over school ipad use

More than 70 Scottish doctors back NHS report warning over school ipad use

The report warned over the allocation of school iPads to seven year olds

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It is a contradiction but here's why Jackdaw and Rosebank matter to net zero trib.al/KZvpDTt
It is a contradiction but here's why Jackdaw and Rosebank matter to net zero

It is a contradiction but here's why Jackdaw and Rosebank matter to net zero

A smooth transition to net zero cannot have cliff edges nor cliff faces

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UK Budget 2026: Healey’s standstill Budget highlights a debilitating fiscal status quo trib.al/eOSlS5V
Healey’s standstill Budget highlights a debilitating fiscal status quo

Healey’s standstill Budget highlights a debilitating fiscal status quo

Red lights remain burning bright as overall picture on borrowing, taxes and public spending is little changed

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The BBC is worth defending. Scotland has much to lose if we forget it - Stephen Kerr trib.al/VUlHhWZ
The BBC is worth defending. Scotland has much to lose if we forget it

The BBC is worth defending. Scotland has much to lose if we forget it

After more than a century, the BBC remains an asset of enormous value to Scotland

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Eerie cry of seabird decimated by rat infestation to return to Scottish island trib.al/OkRDfjL
Eerie cry of seabird decimated by rat infestation to return to Scottish island

Eerie cry of seabird decimated by rat infestation to return to Scottish island

The return of a species believed to use the stars for navigation to a Scottish island.

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Rangers boss Derek McInnes reacts to Hearts fan flak and meets 'new signings' trib.al/4sb4MfW
Rangers boss Derek McInnes reacts to Hearts fan flak and meets 'new signings' for first time

Rangers boss Derek McInnes reacts to Hearts fan flak and meets 'new signings' for first time

Makhanya hailed again as Ibrox boss praises former club

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Hibs have the quality to make Hearts sweat as Marink Reedijk reveals what he saw in St Mirren draw trib.al/cVFNb0p
Hibs have the quality to make Hearts sweat as Marink Reedijk reveals what he saw in St Mirren draw

Hibs have the quality to make Hearts sweat as Marink Reedijk reveals what he saw in St Mirren draw

Dutchman adamant Hibs have the quality and togetherness to overcome Hearts at Hampden

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Hearts-Rangers handshake incident explained amid injury update and free-kick gripe trib.al/zVSXJFY
Hearts-Rangers handshake incident explained amid injury update and free-kick gripe

Hearts-Rangers handshake incident explained amid injury update and free-kick gripe

Mato latest to pick up injury during draw with Rangers

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Martin O'Neill defends misfiring Celtic striker, gives Hearts-Rangers verdict and reveals when Jota may start trib.al/yg1TehU
O'Neill defends misfiring Celtic striker and reveals when Jota may start

O'Neill defends misfiring Celtic striker and reveals when Jota may start

Celtic boss pleased with reaction in 2-2 draw with Dundee United as he maintains four point lead at the top of the table.

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Hearts and Rangers left with regrets after game of basketball and Derek McInnes baiting trib.al/zH2hFY3
Hearts and Rangers left with regrets after game of basketball and Derek McInnes baiting

Hearts and Rangers left with regrets after game of basketball and Derek McInnes baiting

Makhanya’s late header ensures share of spoils on gripping night at Tynecastle

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Hibs left with familiar frustrations as Hearts and Hampden appear on the horizon trib.al/1ghbAcb
Hibs left with familiar frustrations as Hearts and Hampden appear on the horizon

Hibs left with familiar frustrations as Hearts and Hampden appear on the horizon

St Mirren hit back to deny Marink Reedijk a first Premiership victory

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Martin O'Neill's Celtic mantra stutters as Dundee United threaten to end 34-year cycle trib.al/OERo95t
Martin O'Neill's Celtic mantra stutters as Dundee United threaten to end 34-year cycle

Martin O'Neill's Celtic mantra stutters as Dundee United threaten to end 34-year cycle

Celtic snap Dundee United’s unbeaten run to stay top of the pile.

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Pride and Prejudice 2026 Cast: Here's the full Netflix series cast as new trailer reveals stars in action trib.al/VGvLGmw
Pride and Prejudice Cast 2026: All the stars of new Netflix series - starting with Jack Lowden

Pride and Prejudice Cast 2026: All the stars of new Netflix series - starting with Jack Lowden

Here’s the full cast of Netflix’s new Pride and Prejudice series, including Jack Lowden.

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