A TOURIST was locked in a public toilet in Largs for hours before emergency services were called to the scene to free him.

THE owner of Royal Bank of Scotland has declared its hope that the UK economy will experience “more rapid recovery” from the pandemic than previously thought.

The latest statistics from the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) are startling and certainly make for worrying reading.

By Scott Wright

A BUSY road in Glasgow has been locked down by police amid an ongoing incident.

A REPLACEMENT bus has had to be brought in to take passengers on a 50-mile detour after a CalMac ferry remained out of action for a second day yesterday after a starter motor broke down.

The dignity of work is founded on the assumption that a fair day’s labour is exchanged for a fair day’s pay, yet mounting evidence shows that for a growing number of people, that contract has been broken.

Culture and leisure services and the access to them are key drivers which offer healthier lifestyles, according to a leading academic who believes lockdown weight gain is one of the biggest health issues coming out of the pandemic.

The number of teachers quitting the professional register has surged by nearly one-quarter to reach a five-year high, fuelling fears of an exodus driven by the widespread use of temporary contracts.

ROYAL Dutch Shell boss Ben van Beurden has mounted a vigorous defence of the production of oil and gas in the North Sea insisting calls to ban it on environmental grounds are misguided.

CELTIC weren't ready to compete for a spot in the Champions League, claims Neil Lennon.

CHAIN gangs in high-vis jackets certainly appeal to a base desire to publicly humiliate wrongdoers, if nothing else.

Shetland Islands Council has formed a dedicated team to coordinate its efforts to tackle climate change and is looking to add a specialist consultant to develop its route maps to net-zero, writes Anthony Harrington.

URGENT talks are being held by the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority after a “devastating” weekend of drowning deaths.

HAILSTONES the size of golf balls. A month’s rain in a day. Tropical nights for a week. These are some of the severe weather conditions affecting the UK.

Alex Salmond’s Alba Party has welcomed its 6,000th member, as registration opens for its party conference in September.

By Kristy Dorsey

By Kristy Dorsey

NEIL LENNON reckons there is still a 'void' needing filled at Celtic from when Nick Hammond left the club.

EILISH McColgan, who is now a three-time Olympian, will be in the heats of the 5000m from 3am tomorrow morning while the heats of the first-ever 4x400m mixed relay at the Olympics will begin at 4am and could include Scots Zoey Clark and Nicole Yeargi...

A SURVIVOR of breaks, bumps and batterings, Eilish McColgan would have settled merely for the nirvana of a single Olympic appearance at London 2012.

ENERGY giant Drax has hailed a strong performance by its Scottish operations and underlined its willingness to invest in expanding the “Hollow Mountain” hydro development in the Argyll hills with the right support.

A COUNCIL-RUN charity tasked with the upkeep of a historic property in Edinburgh has come under scrutiny from watchdogs.

Developers have unveiled plans for a 'high end' £10million residential development with a roof garden and penthouse apartments in the south side of Glasgow.

The Anachronism of the Month award this month can only have one winner, and what a worthy winner it is. Step forward the European Handball Federation, which has emerged from deep in the 1980s to clinch the honour.

With less than 100 days to go before Glasgow hosts the Cop26 UN Climate Change Conference, many business leaders, heads of commerce, and politicians are getting hot under the collar that our Covid-blighted city is nowhere near ready. The city will fa...

AN electric vehicle charging network owner and operator has received £2 million from the Scottish National Investment Bank to help tackle the lack of charging infrastructure in Scotland.

Something slightly surprising has been happening across Scotland in recent weeks. At the same time as public health measures are eased, as set out in the Scottish government’s strategic framework, the number of people testing positive for Covid-19 ...

More than three years ago a worried Conservative made a plea on these very pages. Donald Cameron, then a freshman MSP, begged online hotheads to dial down their rhetoric on Gaelic.

ADAM Tompkins lapses into lists of unionist rhetoric on the challenges of Scottish nationhood in support of his thesis that the current absence of active campaigning indicates the constitutional question is going into cold storage ("The signs of summ...

KATHLEEN Dawson plans to seize her shot at redemption with both hands after leading the Brits to an Olympic record in the heats of the 4x100m mixed medley.

THE return of Super6 has been boosted by news yesterday that all 10 Friday night matches of the 2021 season will be shown live on the BBC Sport website and iPlayer, starting with tonight’s campaign curtain-raiser between Boroughmuir Bears and Herio...

By Karen Peattie

By Karen Peattie

PANDEMIC politics, lifting travel restrictions and a crime crackdown were the issues raised by columnists in the newspapers.

THE number of elderly people dying with Covid in care homes has reached its highest level since March, new figures show.

SCOTTISH sailor Anna Burnet hopes the Enoshima conditions won’t blow her medal shot away after surging up to second at the midway point of the Nacra 17 event.

MADDIE Hinch laid on a goalkeeping masterclass but couldn’t prevent Melrose's Sarah Robertson and Great Britain slipping to a 1-0 defeat to Netherlands in Tokyo.

IT remains one of the most iconic films of its genre that terrified viewers able to see it amid raging controversy that saw it banned from some cinema screens, accused of causing viewers to vomit and suffer heart attacks. Now, nearly 50 years on, The...

Leisurely reminder

SCOTLAND have added a fourth Test to their Autumn schedule with Tonga now set to take on Gregor Townsend’s side at Murrayfield on Saturday 30th October.

AFTER St Johnstone’s successes in recent years some may view the Perth club as an undoubted top six club - but for manager Callum Davidson, that is not the case.

JACK ROSS admitted he was delighted to get the job done as Hibernian booked their place in third round qualifying of the Uefa Conference League with victory over Santa Coloma.

THE CHANCELLOR has pointed to Scotland’s important role in rebuilding the UK economy through a green recovery from the pandemic as he insisted the Government is “not done helping people” stay afloat.

A DAUGHTER stuck in a quarantine hotel while her dad is dying has said the experience is so traumatic she fears being left with PTSD.

THE former home Robertson’s furniture store in Dundee city centre, a B-listed building dating from 1935, has been put on the market.

MODA Living and main contractor Robertson have today marked the topping out of the final block in the first phase of its development at Springside in Edinburgh, the brand’s first urban village in the Scottish capital.

The SNP is “failing to take the drastic action necessary” to turn around Scotland’s drug death crisis, the Conservatives have claimed.

TARGETS are the bane of everyone’s life, particularly in a professional capacity.

Scotland's higher education minister has said there are "no plans" for mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations north of the Border following suggestions that university students wishing to enter English halls of residence may be required to receive the...