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🔴 An independent Scottish brewery made the headlines last year when their non-alcoholic beer won a top industry award. Now the team is preparing to move to bigger premises.

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Inside new Burnside Brewery - as family-run business expands and celebrates awards
An independent Scottish brewery made the headlines last year when their non-alcoholic beer won a top industry award. Now the team is preparing to move to bigger premises. Rosalind Erskine chatted to t...
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January 13, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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🔴 The native Scottish conifer supports more then 1,500 species, according to new figures.

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Power of the pine - study shows more than 1,500 species depend on the Scots conifer
The native Scottish conifer supports more then 1,500 species, according to new figures.
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January 13, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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🔴 The ‘Wintering Well’ box includes a therapeutic lamp

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Light box to combat winter blues on loan from Scottish libraries
The ‘Wintering Well’ box includes a therapeutic lamp
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January 13, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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🔴 “They are massive infrastructure projects that require a lot of consenting and planning, and the raising of capital”

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Floating ambition: How Scotland’s Green Volt wind farm is leading a £1 trillion revolution
“They are massive infrastructure projects that require a lot of consenting and planning, and the raising of capital” – Barry MacLeod, Flotation Energy
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January 13, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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🔴 Scotland holds nine out of 10 spots in a league table of UK locations where house price growth is predicted for 2026

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House price growth predicted for nine Scottish town and cities in 2026
Scotland holds nine out of 10 spots in a league table of UK locations where house price growth is predicted for 2026
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January 13, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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🔴 A coalition of business and industry leaders has called on Scotland's politicians to prioritise a "competitive" tax system ahead of the Holyrood election.

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Firms call for 'competitive' tax system ahead of Holyrood election
Claire Mack, the chief executive of Scottish Renewables, said confidence depends on issues such as tax competitiveness
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January 13, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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Higher tax has not delivered better public services, say half of Scots
A poll by Survation found just 27 per cent believe the level of personal tax in Scotland provides value for money
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January 13, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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📰 Good morning. Here is the front page of The Scotsman for Tuesday.
January 13, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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🔴 The adventurous brothers have taken to the hills.

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Maclean brothers climb to top of snowy Munro to perform gig
The adventurous brothers have taken to the hills.
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January 12, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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SNP Government's 'failure to protect women is a political choice'
MSP Ash Regan accused the Scottish Government of a “betrayal” of women and girls after delays to anti-misogyny legislation
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January 12, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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🔴 Teachers from the prestigious Craigclowan prep school - part of the Glenalmond group - are to walk out on strike over pay

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Teachers to strike at prestigious Scottish prep school
Teachers from the prestigious Craigclowan prep school - part of the Glenalmond group - are to walk out on strike over pay
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January 12, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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🔴 Scientists in Glasgow have found a potential way to revive “exhausted” cells and improve their defence against the disease.

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Scots scientists 'supercharge' cancer-fighting cells
Scientists in Glasgow have found a potential way to revive “exhausted” cells and improve their defence against the disease.
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January 12, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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🔴 The much-loved classic was tucked among a pile of old children’s books

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Scots charity shop staff stunned to uncover rare edition of The Hobbit
The much-loved classic was tucked among a pile of old children’s books
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January 12, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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Call for colleges to receive extra 'emergency' £50 million in Scottish budget
The Scottish Tories say colleges should be granted an extra £50 million in the budget to bring them back from a financial cliff edge
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January 12, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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🔴 Scottish Labour freedom of information requests showed that one patient waited 2,049 days for a hip replacement.

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Scots waiting more than five years for hip and knee replacements
Scottish Labour freedom of information requests showed that one patient waited 2,049 days for a hip replacement.
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January 12, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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📰 Good morning. Here is the front page of The Scotsman for Monday.
January 12, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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🔴 "The first part of this year is going to be tricky"

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I couldn't have predicted that 2026 would begin at this Edinburgh hospital
The first part of this year is going to be tricky
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January 9, 2026 at 7:24 AM
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🔴 Eleventh air route to be launched this year - increasing multiple daily services to New York

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Remarkable growth of Edinburgh Airport's US routes as Philadelphia flights extended
Eleventh air route to be launched this year - increasing multiple daily services to New York
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January 9, 2026 at 7:24 AM
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🔴 Analysis:

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Why Scottish businesses must wake up to a new era of geopolitical risk
Businesses can’t afford to treat geopolitics as distant headlines
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January 9, 2026 at 7:24 AM
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Hamnet felt a 'sure thing' says Scottish actor who performed alongside Jessie Buckley
Hamnet will be released on Friday
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January 9, 2026 at 7:23 AM
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🔴 NatureScot staff have already been up the mountain in snow and ice to prepare the ground for planting.

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Hundreds of trees to be planted high on popular Highland Munro
NatureScot staff have already been up the mountain in snow and ice to prepare the ground for planting.
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January 9, 2026 at 7:23 AM
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🔴 Economists have warned the Scottish Government will have to set out cuts to capital projects when it publishes its draft Budget on Tuesday

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SNP warned 'something will have to give' as capital projects face axe over £1bn gap
Economists have warned the Scottish Government will have to set out cuts to capital projects when it publishes its draft Budget on Tuesday
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January 9, 2026 at 7:23 AM
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📰 Good morning. Here is the front page of The Scotsman for Friday.
January 9, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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🔴 Naval activity at the site saw a rich marine habitat driven to local extinction

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'Lungs of the sea' defies odds by making comeback at former US nuclear submarine base
Naval activity at the site saw a rich marine habitat driven to local extinction
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January 8, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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🔴 Control zones aim to limit the number of holiday lets in a certain area - but campaigners say it is scapegoating businesses.

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Scottish council told to halt plans to introduce holiday let control zones
Control zones aim to limit the number of holiday lets in a certain area - but campaigners say it is scapegoating businesses.
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January 8, 2026 at 7:32 AM