From February, all homeowners will be required to have linked alarms under the law change as a result of the Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017

POLICE Scotland have managed to meet just three of ten recommendations from government inspectors over its attempts to tackle online child sexual abuse and exploitation over 18 months.

IT is the lifeboat that over 30 years has been launched to those in need 492 times, rescued 552 people and saved 39 lives.

Markets driven by cheap borrowing, fad-based investing, an abundance of venture capital funding for technology start-ups, and a sheer fear among investors of missing out on the next big thing: it’s pretty much a textbook description of the backdrop...

By Scott Wright

MAYBE a government as corrupt as Afghanistan’s previous one would never have survived without NATO support. But that doesn’t excuse abandoning most of the Afghans in Kabul who now face death at the hands of the Taliban.

SCIENTISTS and medical specialists will hold talks today on the first steps in helping prepare the Scottish Government for future pandemics.

Plans for the regeneration of the Wester Hailes have taken a key step forward with City of Edinburgh Council appointing the consultancy team that will head the project.

SINCE 1948 the House of Commons has been recalled on more than 30 occasions. The last time, in April this year, was to pay posthumous tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh.

By Kristy Dorsey

A PLAN has been lodged for a major redevelopment of the Ocean Terminal shopping centre in Edinburgh that involves mixed use proposals including new homes.

By Ian McConnell

By Ian McConnell

AN ageing campervan with a shadowy, hooded figure at the wheel has been on a whistle-stop tour of British seaside resorts. The driver? Internationally acclaimed street artist Banksy who, in recent days, has released a short video showing off his late...

PERSIMMON has said it is continuing to see increasing demand for new homes across central Scotland as it reported wider forward sales up about nine per cent on pre-pandemic levels and a jump in first-half profits.

Meet the younger me. I’m in my late teens and talking to a friend of mine. The subject of the constitution comes up (and bear in mind, this is the 1980s so the subject doesn’t come up very often). My friend says he thinks Scottish independence is...

By Scott Wright

ANNUAL UK consumer prices index inflation dropped more sharply than expected last month, falling back to the Bank of England’s target of two per cent from 2.5% in June, official figures show.

By Kristy Dorsey

THE unfolding situation in Afghanistan and the predicted influx of refugees continued to dominate the comment sections in the newspapers.

The “chances of the next generation will suffer” if British workers do not return to the office, Sir James Dyson has warned.

I’VE been investigating the Dirty War in Northern Ireland for 25 years. So I was understandably taken aback the other day when I uncovered that the Lord Advocate of Scotland has granted immunity from prosecution to a notorious IRA commander who was...

GREAT casks of French claret and brandy were regularly landed at Leith. The best were taken to Holyroodhouse for the royal court. So, the arrival of two large French vessels and a flotilla of smaller, accompanying boats on 19th August 1561, 460 years...

OVER the last few months there has been a strong narrative and focus from politicians to combat Scotland’s drug problem. This was highlighted when the results came out that showed there had been over 1300 drug-related deaths in Scotland which Humza...

Mark Barrott, from Leeds, will be brought back to West Yorkshire after he was arrested in Elgin on Thursday

Ryanair has warned customers that they could be refused entry to their flights when they get to the airport.

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New parking restrictions have provoked an angry backlash from residents in Glasgow's west end who have questioned why they are facing tougher controls than car owners in other areas.

Martin Boyle insists signing a new deal at Hibernian had nothing to do with Aberdeen’s failed £500,000 bid after admitting that talks had been ongoing for months.

Aberdeen chairman Dave Cormack has criticised UEFA for allowing Qarabag to play their Europa Conference League play-off on their pitch.

Scotland's education workforce is set for a boost after it was announced temporary Covid recovery funding of £80 million would be made permanent.

Pupils face an “assessment overload” due to contingency proposals drawn up ahead of the planned return of formal exams next year, Scotland’s largest teaching union has said.

In the rubble of the west’s failed strategy in Afghanistan there is talk of the need for a global policeman.

MPS have spoken of their rage at American President Joe Biden after he blamed Afghan leaders and soldiers for the fall of the country to the Taliban.

This year’s dramatic GERS fiscal deficit figure of 22.4% of GDP again underscores the importance of the fiscal risk pooling and sharing that occurs in political and monetary unions, such as the UK.

THE UK Government has said the latest figures on the Scottish economy show the country was best-placed to “weather the Covid storm” as part of the Union.

NICOLA Sturgeon's Government will likely lose any court battle over another independence referendum, a former senior civil servant who played a key role in negotiating the terms of the 2014 vote has said.

THOSE in London who think the threat of Scottish independence is receding are living in a "fool's paradise", Scotland's pre-eminent historian has said.

THE sitting MP for East Dunbartonshire is engaged to be married after recovering from a brain haemorrhage recovery.

A LIFELINE ferry is making a return after being out of action since Sunday due to Covid cases amongst two crew members.

A TORY MP has been urged to correct the official parliamentary record after wrongly claiming Glasgow is the only Scottish council to take part in the Syrian resettlement scheme.

DOMINIC RAAB has been accused of having “no dignity or self respect” by the SNP’s Westminster leader.

Having a deficit is not a barrier to Scotland becoming an independent nation, according to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

A biologist and mushroom expert explains the magic of mushrooms and highlights their more unusual properties.

Comedian Sean Lock has died of cancer at the age of 58, his agent has told the PA news agency.

Glasgow-based investment firm N4 Partners has appointed former Tesco Bank chief executive Benny Higgins as its new chairman.

An upmarket island hotel overlooking the historic Highland Park distillery has doubled its capacity in a move that is expected to create new jobs in the local area.

KEIR Starmer has berated the UK government’s planned resettlement scheme for Afghan refugees.

The Irish actress apologised to her fans for being absent from social media, saying she had been 'cooking up this little human'