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Claire Kellerman (l) with her late aunt and adoptive mother, Sally. Picture: Getty Images

Peer demands his name is removed from letter in island cafe dog row

Sally Kellerman (R) with her daughter Claire

Island groups face ruin after US woman raises legal claim over her dog

Hubs, pop-ups and flying bankers: RBS keeps it physical in the digital world

Firefighters in Scotland have warned of the ‘creaking’ service as gaps in staffing lead to soaring overtime bills and rising number of absences. PIC: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Firefighters: 'Everyone should be alarmed' at state of service

Scottish restaurant calls in liquidators after 47 years in business

Explainer How large is CalMac's fleet and what are the firm's main challenges?

Isle of Harris whisky

Harris distillery to release Isle of Harris Whisky

Police officer Cameron Ross who has been jailed for 10 years for the rape of two women

Police Scotland officer jailed for 10 years for two rapes and abuse

Double bass player David Bowden.

Arts diary: Solo jazz success and much-needed funding for arts centre

Scottish Baker of The Year 2026, judging day at Carnegie Conference & Events Centre, Dunfermline

All bakeries shortlisted for 2026 Scottish Baker of the Year Awards

Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis

Stornoway launches bid to become first UK Town of Culture

CalMac's Isle of Islay arrives on the Clyde

CalMac's new Islay ferry weeks away from carrying first passengers

Lews Castle, in Stornoway, will feature on Great British Castle Rescue.

Scottish castle to appear on new TV series after £4.6m makeover

An Lanntair’s funding is set to be cut under council plans.

Arts centre planning £47,500 of cuts after 'disappointing' budget

An Lanntair is among the arts organisations facing a funding cut.

Crown Estate could plug culture funding gap in Western Isles

Eilidh gave birth to her son Seòras after being airlifted to Inverness

Mum and unborn child airlifted off island after pregnancy complication

Islanders on Lewis react after seeing local in tense Traitors final

Stephen takes in the sights at home, including Luskentyre beach

Traitor Stephen returns home to Stornoway ahead of game show finale

Taxpayer-backed investment bank unveils first deal in Outer Hebrides

An Lanntair in Stornoway

Western Isles arts centre warns over future amid looming council cuts

Isle of Barra is set to improve with the new funding

How do you spend £40million on Lewis, Uist and Barra?

Aleksandr Benga

Police launch new appeal one year after teen disappeared on Stornoway

Rescue teams were called out at 3.30am on Saturday

Hillwalker with hypothermia found sheltering behind boulder amid storm

Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis

Two massive workers' camps planned for town on popular island

Royal Caribbean International's Anthem of the Seas cruise ship calls at Greenock port. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

The £58m economic hit blamed on new cruise ship levy plans

The sun rises behind the Calanais Standing Stones on the Isle Of Lewis.

How one couple became obsessed with 5,000-year-old standing stones

The butchers are doing a demo as part of a week-long festival celebrating the area's heritage

Scottish island community share secrets behind famous black pudding

Emergency services were deployed to the Cuillin Mountains.

Man, 79, dies after becoming unwell atop Scots mountain

Donald Trump is set to return to Scotland this weekend.

Donald Trump’s Scots heritage and business ties to Scotland explained

Angus Campbell has been awarded a commercial fishing licence for bluefin tuna

Rare fishing licence given to Scottish boat with eyes on Tokyo market

Castlebay on the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides.

Visitors warned to bring own medication to islands over scarce supply

The Post Office has revealed plans to hand over its remaining directly-owned branches to franchisees by the autumn

The full list of Post Office branches in Scotland to be offloaded

Glen Sannox ferry forced out of service by hull fault

A still from the Cinema Sgìre project which recorded life in the Outer Hebrides in the 1970s. A collection of more than 100 videotapes filmed by residents has now been digitised and preserved by National Library of Scotland.

Fading films of life in the Outer Hebrides in the 1970s revived

Jodie Mitchell was killed in the collision

Young mother killed in road accident on Scottish island

George Massie was a regular, much appreciated writer to The Scotsman's Letters page

Scotsman Obituaries: Les Reid, teacher, Humanist, activist and jazz fan

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for ice

'Risk of injury' as Met Offices issues yellow ice weather alert

A family enjoying a Hebridean Farm Hike at The Fauld

The movement behind changing tourism in the Highlands and Islands

Mark Thomas

Activist and comedian Mark Thomas brings critically acclaimed show to Stornoway.

Cree Mackenzie

Under the Radar: Cree Mackenzie

Heartbreak and hope: The legacy of Operation Babylift

Dolina Morrison (far right) with her Breanish pals, in the late 1930s when the sheiling life she remembered so dearly was drawing to a close. PIC: Comunn Eachdraidh Ùig Collection

Book review: Women of the Hebrides, by Joni Buchanan

Arbroath smokies are prepared using traditional methods. Picture: Getty Images

Stornoway black pudding among Scottish foods set to be protected in Japan

James were formed in Mancheter in 1982. Picture: Lewis Knaggs

Indie-rock favourites James to play Outer Hebrides show for the first time

Oral history expert Carol Stobie is going on tour around Scotland in a bright-yellow campervan, recording the experiences of community land buyouts

Making tracks: Campervan tour to record Scotland's community land stories

The agreement marks the return of a dedicated shipbuilder in Stornoway for the first time in 100 years.

Shipbuilding returns to Stornoway for first time in 100 years

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries