24-hour surveillance people.
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Scotland is about to greatly expand its use of tags to have more prisoners serve sentences in their homes and communities.
All together now.
Syda Productions
Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘named person’ plan for supporting children is a good idea with a major flaw.
Alexander Nasmyth’s Robert Burns, 1828.
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After the Scottish bard mixed with Edinburgh high society, he started dabbling with Beethoven.
James Edwards
How to shift those stubborn opinion polls?
Nation divided.
Dmitry Kaminsky
To achieve independence, history says you should play a long game.
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We can’t keep blaming the MMR-autism scare – there are other forces at play.
Empty seats.
Fiona Skinner
Welcome to further education – unloved cousin of schools and universities.
Beitar Jerusalem fans in action.
EPA
Celtic and St Etienne are both in the dock with UEFA over fans waving Palestinian flags at Israeli teams.
‘Well do ya punk?’
Ariel Dovas
Scotland’s numbers look far worse than the UK’s.
What’s it all about, wonders Sandy Grierson.
Mihaela Bodlovic
Anything That Gives Off Light explores Scottishness from three very different perspectives.
John’s the don.
Andrew Milligan/PA
The Scots thought their education system was world-beating, until the OECD started publishing rankings.
What’s not to like?
Danny Lawson/PA
Now in its 70th year, the Scottish capital’s arts spectacular is almost as big as the Olympics.
Richard Demarco (left) with Joseph Beuys in the early 1970s.
The Demarco European Art Foundation
Richard Demarco, aka Mr Edinburgh Festival, has been fostering vital UK links with artists around the world for decades.
The majestic, wild red deer.
Shutterstock/Menno Schaefer
Red deer on the Scottish isles have the same DNA as their ancient ancestors – scientists are now uncovering how they got there in the first place.
That’s no Sturgeon .
Andrew Milligan/PA
The two women at the top of UK politics could be heading for a disagreement.
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The Jacobites are regularly cast as ‘primitive’ Scots – yet it is a false narrative suited for political ends.
Aliaksei Yarmolin
The fears about the City don’t look overcooked – here’s why.
Tapa the morning.
Tonello Photography
Madrid may hold the key to Scotland’s future – for several reasons.
Is Britain downsizing?
PA
The United Kingdom is looking pretty divided right now.
Bring it on?
YouTube
You might think those seeking Scottish independence just got exactly what they wanted. It’s not quite that simple.