Nick Nairn has described the dramatic 60-second escape from his Stirlingshire restaurant before it “exploded”.

DEMAND for workers is increasing in Scotland amid a growing labour shortage, new figures show.

NORTH Sea-focused EnQuest has seen its shares plunge around six per cent as the oil and gas firm warned its production would be at the lower end of expectations after facing challenges on a field acquired from BP.

NURSERY graduations have always seemed the ultimate swizz. What are these tiny people earning certificates in? Having parents able to drop them off and pick them up on time?

By Mark Smith

AGAINST a backdrop of packed summer music festivals, football stadiums, and nightclubs, onerous international travel rules for UK citizens look bizarrely incongruous.

“TYPICAL Michael,” said a senior Downing Street insider with a wry smile. He was referring to the dancefloor sensation that is Michael Gove, Boris’s Cabinet Office gofer and point-man on Scotland, following his emollient remark that Indyref2 wo...

The future of a Scottish Highland cottage once owned by sex beast Jimmy Savile is set to be decided by an online forum of locals set up by its new owner.

A COUPLE who denied their 65ft trees made their neighbours' lives a misery have lost their fight to stop them being chopped down.

By Kristy Dorsey

CBI Scotland has written to the SNP calling on it to “make good” on its election promise to "put the economy first".

By Kristy Dorsey

As Scotland prepares to make vaccine passports mandatory, do they really work?

It is a world-renowned venue which became part of the drive for Glasgow to reinvent itself in the 1980s through culture and was a springboard which helped to transform the city following the demise of heavy industry.

The new 2,000 square metre Si! Spa offers a collection of more than 50 personalised treatments

BARRATT has hailed soaring annual profits but said there had been a recent dip in buyer demand as beneficial elements such as the stamp duty holiday drew to a close.

DIAGEO has hailed the launch of its new eight-floor Johnnie Walker Princes Street visitor experience in Edinburgh as a “proud day”.

VERTICAL farming specialist Intelligent Growth Solutions has won the Company of the Year prize in the latest Scottish Engineering awards after achieving what the trade body described as ‘astonishing growth’.

THE Green Party has endlessly clamoured for the UK to give up its nuclear weapons unilaterally and for Trident to be scrapped.

DOMINIC Raab’s performance before the foreign affairs select committee and a second independence referendum were debated by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

IT remains one of the most successful and well known advertising rebrands in history, but as it nears its 40th anniversary, a corrupted version of the “Glasgow’s Miles Better” slogan has been trending online.

Labouring… or lazing?

THIS summer a "spy ship” was spotted 170 nautical miles off the south coast of Ireland. The mystery vessel had switched off its geolocation beacons and was – effectively – invisible to civilian shipping authorities.

THERE was an Edinburgh nightclub I was particularly fond of at one time.

When Hurricane Irma passed through Florida in 2017 it blew a story our way that is now worth remembering.

Soccer Aid 2021 is set for this weekend, with the likes of Wayne Rooney, Usain Bolt, Mo Farah and Roberto Carlos taking to the pitch.

The savoury range includes a brand new addition to Costa’s classic toastie range for 2021.

By Scott Wright

By Scott Wright

Less than a quarter of the public think Boris Johnson and the UK Government have handled the situation in Afghanistan well.

GIRLS as young as ten have been reported missing more than 7000 times in Scotland over the past two years, figures show.

It comes after E.On and Scottish Power told customers standard tariffs will jump by around £139 a year.

Aldi, Lidl and Sainsbury’s are among the supermarkets urging customers not to eat food items.

Nicola Sturgeon will face questions from Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross and other opposition MSPs after the SNP agreed a deal with the Greens and after announcing vaccine passports are to be introduced.

Jason Kerr admits it was a "bittersweet" feeling as he exited St Johnstone for Wigan on transfer deadline day.

A TORY MSP has called on the UK Government to restore its spending on international aid “as soon as practically possible” amid the “depressing and deeply regrettable” situation in Afghanistan.

WHEN was the last time you had a pudding wine? It seems like a description from the days of Downton Abbey doesn't it? This is probably why most vineyards and wine merchants now refer to them as dessert wines. To be honest, though, that still doesn't ...

A MAJORITY of groups support the ability for people to self-declare their gender according to a long-awaited consultation on reforms by the Scottish Government.

NICOLA Sturgeon has been accused of a “humiliation” over soaring NHS waiting times – a word the First Minister used to attack Labour’s performance 18 years ago when just a fraction of the now 600,000 people were forced to wait for treatment.

Politicians have said there would be no place for nuclear weapons in an independent Scotland following revelations about secret UK Government plans to remove Trident from Faslane.

SCOTLAND’S Constitution Secretary has told MSPs that devolution is under “systemic attack” from an “increasingly hostile” UK Government.

A Scottish rape crisis centre is providing a leading example of how to support victims of sexual abuse, a UK government minister has said.

Glasgow and Aberdeen universities are celebrating after securing improved positions in the latest global ranking.

THE UK has to adjust to a “new reality” for Afghanistan following its takeover by the Taliban.

THE Scottish Greens have labelled the UK Government “institutionally racist” amid claims that Tory ministers are attempting to attack refugee rights.

THE SNP lacks “any solid achievement” in power, the party’s former deputy has said.

The leader of the Catholic Church revealed his speech was already being prepared. 

A former punk musician turned botanital sculptor has created a one-off installation to mark the launch of a limited edition whisky created by one of Scotland's most renowned master distillers.