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Edinburgh Airport arrivals experience is an 'insult to nation'
The Scotsman’s Fit to Fly? series will scrutinise the state of the airport and its major expansion plans

Edinburgh Airport

'Flying home to Edinburgh Airport is a deeply depressing experience' Henry McLeish

Sandy Begbie has been chief executive of SFE since October 2020. Picture: Chris Watt Photography

'In airport’s interests to work urgently to address clear problems'

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First Minister John Swinney and Deputy First Minister and Finance Secretary Jenny Gilruth

SNP warned council services 'facing decline' without budget cash boost

A plane takes off from Edinburgh Airport. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Fresh condemnation of Edinburgh Airport must lead to real change Scotsman comment

Andy Burnham sought to reassure people ahead of the Makerfield by-election that he was not another chancer from the Labour/Conservative uniparty who says one thing and does another. Picture: Christopher Furlong

Why Andy Burnham's EU policy fails his own 'Makerfield Test' Brian Monteith

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The figures that show drug-deaths rate really is a national disgrace Tom Wood

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Fit to Fly?

The Scotsman series launches on Tuesday

Fit To Fly? New Scotsman series examines Edinburgh Airport

A plane takes off from Edinburgh Airport. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Fresh condemnation of Edinburgh Airport must lead to real change Scotsman comment

Edinburgh Airport

'Flying home to Edinburgh Airport is a deeply depressing experience' Henry McLeish

Sandy Begbie has been chief executive of SFE since October 2020. Picture: Chris Watt Photography

'In airport’s interests to work urgently to address clear problems'

Time’s up for Tosh: Alison O’Donnell on 'memorable exit' from hit show Shetland

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Sport

Aberdeen have sacked manager Stephen Robinson (Pic: SNS)

Next Aberdeen boss: why Robinson was always wrong and who comes next

Why Dons keep getting appointments wrong and who they should turn to now after Robinson sacking

Arfield lifts lid on East Fife job and Rangers mentors he will lean on

From Europa League final to part-time football for 38-year-old player-boss

It was another frustrating afternoon at Murrayfield for Scotland and Huw Jones as they were well beaten by the All Blacks (Pic: SNS)

'Not enough' - Scotland still short of 'top team status' says centre

New Zealand once again prove too strong for below par Scots at Murrayfield

PGA in Scotland award honour was one of greatest days of my life Martin Dempster

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Why Scottish football must take John McGlynn's talent more seriously

Craig Levein delivers ringing endorsement of Falkirk boss

'Tremendous for Scotland' - Carnoustie to stage 157th Open in 2029

157th edition will follow stagings of Claret Jug event at St Andrews next year then Royal Lytham in ...

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Start of the Tour de France through Edinburgh city centre revealed

All Scotland Championships

Behind the scenes at the All Scotland Irish Dance Championships

Meet Scotland's youngest lighthouse keeper in her 'whole new world'

Food and drink

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Scottish restaurants named among the best in UK by national guide

Bin-bound bread gets umami after life as cocktail base

Comedian and podcast Al Murray

Comedian Al Murray on his WW2 inspired whisky - and his love of Scotch

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The best food and drink advent calendars for Christmas 2026

Head just of the World Shortbread Championships, Jeni Lannetta

Countdown is on for the World Shortbread Championships

Business

Technology is moving faster than any RSL can comfortably keep pace with, says Jackie McIntosh

Cross-sector collaboration will build on our strengths

Scottish housing market facing ‘material’ pressures but affordability strong

Dundee biotech gets £2 million injection from Bill Gates’ foundation

Milestone achieved in Scottish car dealership’s solar drive

LtoR Jamie Burke, Vikki Bruce, Liam Hughes and Mike Hayward

Whisky entrepreneurs launch £16m Scottish spirits group

In full: Which companies have made the inaugural Scotland 250 ranking

Arts news

The collective took part in Inside Out.

The 42 artists who hiked up Cairn Gorm to take part in project

The collective took part in Inside Out

'Powerful' statements from soldiers' fighting for pensions revealed

The records are described as a ‘mine’ of stories of men who served in WWI

Anything but justice - Annie's letter.

'My children are paupers after their Daddy did his bit for country'

Annie Martin took her husband’s case to tribunal

Letter reveals the story of tragic Scottish Titanic passenger Jane Bradley

Jane Bradley

'Masterpiece' novel named as Scottish Book of the Year

John of John has also been shortlisted for the Booker Prize

Aberdeen's 'distinctive musical identity' on display in winning album

The SAY Awards were held in Dundee’s Caird Hall

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Heritage and Retro

Depiction of Sergeant Charles Ewart of the Royal Scots Greys, capturing the French eagle

The heroic story of Ensign Ewart and the Scots Greys Lord Mulholland

Wreaths of poppies are laid during a service of dedication for the Garden of Remembrance at the Scott Monument in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens last month. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell

Poppies do not glorify war yet every year brings more controversy Stephen Jardine

Every iconic cover from John Lewis' Christmas adverts, ranked

Looking down onto the sales floor from the top balcony at Jenners in August 1962.

Jenners in its Heyday: 32 pics of the store in the 50s and 60s

A silver and gilt watch made by David Ramsay for King James VI of Scotland, circa 1613, is to be auctioned with an estimate of £250,000-350,000

17thC Dom Joly's reaction to James VI's new watch not hard to imagine Scotsman comment

Gordonstoun teacher Dan McLean at an excavation site where the remains of what is thought to be a medieval Viking church about 1,000 years old was discovered

30 Scottish surnames with Viking roots

Michael Haughian, Hoseason Gardens, Clermiston Edinburgh, dressed up in cardboard boxes as a Dalek to go guising.

Halloween Heritage Scotland: 21 photos of Scots celebrating Halloween

Arts and Culture

Installation view of Ida Applebroog: Portraits at the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh

Art reviews: Ida Applebroog | France-Lise McGurn

Skerryvore, Edinburgh review: 'if the Tartan Army had a house band...'

Theatre reviews: Zamboni | Harold

RSNO, RSNO Chorus & Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Edinburgh review

From L to R: Steve Buscemi, Sam Rockwell, and John Malkovich in Wild Horse Nine

Wild Horse Nine review: 'Malkovich and Rockwell are a joy to watch'

BMX Bandits

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Molly Geddes as Cinderella

Scottish theatre promising 'visual surprises' in new-look Cinderella

Education

Cargilfield School Edinburgh - Headteacher Colin MacIntosh

Exclusive Prep school goes virtually tech free after concerns about online harms

Head master Colin MacIntosh believes he did pupils a disservice in former schools by introducing EdTech

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Catriona Stewart

Children from Oakgrove Primary School in Glasgow inspect a wee beastie

Nature on our doorsteps can be just as fascinating as a soaring eagle Nick Halfhide

Dr Lucy Hay, Deputy Rector of Kelvinside Academy

Exclusive Private school head: Government phone ban is 'wrong step for pupils'

Scotland's colleges need a 'revolution', says minister Catriona Stewart

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Hay's Way

Port of Ness on the Isle of Lewis

'Shockingly high' number of Lewis people have high cholesterol gene

The Inner Hebrides island of Jura has an area of 36,692 hectares. It's one of the least densely populated islands in Scotland as, although it's the eighth largest, it's 31st in terms of population.

Hay's Way: Hunkering down for winter on a Hebridean island Katharine Hay

The Victorian mill weir stretching across the River Ericht at Blairgowrie can be a hazard for juvenile salmon in low water.

'Traffic light' system helps struggling salmon on Scottish river

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A sizeable crowd watch as a Scottish XI play English side Dick, Kerr Ladies FC in a fundraising match for former servicemen at Tynecastle in Edinburgh in 1921. Picture: Hulton Archive

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Emerging talent can't suffer on DPWT due to LIV players returning

90-year-old runner Ian Winship recorded a world’s best time for the 10K distance in Cumbernauld last month. Picture: Lorna Breakenridge

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Richemont Johann Rupert, second right, pictured with Tommy Fleetwood, Ogden Phipps II and Aldrich Potgieter on the Swilcan Bridge during the final round of last year’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

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