The attacks on black academics are well-funded and relentless, writes DIANE ABBOTT, and they need to be fearlessly resisted by all concerned
Christmas is a time to remember there is such thing as society
CONRAD LANDIN hopes for the safe return of 90-year-old William Scott who went missing 12 days ago
A view through the Croft-an-Righ in Holyrood, Edinburgh
Extreme hot weather resulting from environmental change needs to be tackled through greater firefighting investment instead of fewer jobs and less resources, writes COLIN BROWN
There are many intricate details about the new Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani alliance we do not yet know, suggests ROGER McKENZIE, but its impact could be considerable
Holyrood incompetence has cost jobs and put the future of Clydeside’s Ferguson Marine shipyard into jeopardy. Its future should have been assured, argues KENNY MACASKILL
Hot and dry conditions are threatening British species unequipped for drought, explains PAUL ASHTON
The Baltic state is set to reverse its constitutional prohibition on nuclear weapons and foreign bases as part of accelerated Nato war preparations, warns TOM UNTERRAINER
NIGHTTIME temperatures will near freezing levels in Edinburgh on Sunday.
Last-minute Christmas shoppers will hurry home from Princes Street for parental present-wrapping sessions.
The concourse at Waverley will be rammed with families awaiting the arrival home of loved ones.
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KIM CULLEN enjoys the survey of social work and working-class lives to be found in the superb work of British-Jamaican photographer Sandra George
SCOTT ALSWORTH searches for something – anything – worth recommending from the year’s releases
SYMON HILL looks at Tommy Robinson’s bid to use Christmas to spread division and hate — and reminds us that’s the opposite of Jesus’s message