CONCERNS have been raised that Scots fire chiefs are increasing risk by considering plans to dramatically cut call outs by up to 85% to 'emergencies' including at hospitals, care homes and hotels.

JAMES Bond has successfully completed all kinds of seemingly impossible missions in the decades since his adventures first appeared in film.

TELEVISION viewers in the Middle East and India are using Scottish data technology to help them find content on streaming services like Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video after two major contract wins for a Glasgow-based company.

Well, that’s it then. After all the hype, the hysteria, the hoopla, the syrupy motivational videos and schmaltzy promotional claptrap, Team Europe got absolutely horsed. The Ryder Cup is over for another two years and we can all get on with more pr...

SNP ministers have been warned that they are not using existing powers “to their maximum extent” to reduce “stubbornly high” levels of inequality in Scotland.

Murder, mayhem, madness and lots of blood. It’s amazing just how entertaining our nation’s macabre history is. When it comes to tales of high drama, gory encounters and boundless intrigue, we are world-beaters.

Irn Bru maker AG Barr has revealed it is struggling to make deliveries of its drinks due to the HGV and supply chain issues.

A scheme granting free bus travel to people under 22 is set to clear its final hurdle on Tuesday.

By Kristy Dorsey

By Kristy Dorsey

No Time To Die: as Daniel Craig bows out as Bond, where next for 007?

Smoking highly likely to worsen COVID-19 severity and risk of associated death

I FIND myself deep in cognitive dissonance territory today – hacking through the bracken of emotion versus logic: the emotional half of my brain thinking one thing, while the logical side says "hang on a minute, mate, hold your horses".

Will there be turkey for Christmas?

A SHOPPING mall space marketing company has said it is starting to build back business in its six month results to June 30.

THE stupidity of Brexit has begun to show itself in the different types of shortages we are now experiencing.

By Karen Peattie

By Karen Peattie

By Karen Peattie

THE fuel ‘crisis’ and shortage of HGV drivers dominated the newspaper comment sections.

FARMING

M&S has released its much anticipated Christmas food catalogue today meaning you can order your turkey now to avoid stress in December - find out more here.

Nicola Sturgeon's weekly update on the Covid situation in Scotland will take place in Parliament this afternoon.

Fringe benefits

DESPITE the surprisingly persistent attempts by lots of people, from the French post-structuralists to government ministers, to persuade us otherwise, most of us believe that there is such a thing as the truth, and that there are facts, which we can ...

CABINET reshuffles are great political theatre. The personal drama of political high-flyers suddenly laid low by the indignity of losing their ministerial red box and Toyota Prius hybrid. New faces elevated. Full of promise. The hope of unearthing a ...

Planning a family reunion this year? Vrbo® a global expert in family holiday homes for more than 25 years, has thousands of holiday homes in the UK to choose from for the ultimate family get together.

Children who have been maltreated may develop mental health disorders up to 70 years after the abuse happened, a major study found.

Shafiq Mohammed. An appreciation

Almost 1000 reports of anti-Catholic abuse have been recorded by police over the past two years, new figures show.

PROVIDING support to the national women’s rugby team in their bid to reach next year’s World Cup in New Zealand is going to be a priority for Scottish Rugby.

GLASGOW Warriors will need to be wary of assassins lurking in the Sharks’ back-field when the two sides clash this Saturday.

A LABOUR cabinet minister has resigned from his post, claiming he was asked to argue against minimum wage and statutory sick pay levels.

It's Sunday morning and despite having been on gazillions of Zoom calls over the last 18 months, I begin my conversation with artists Chao-Ying Rao (aka Betty) and Robert McCormack on mute. The story of many lives in the last year…

THE LEADER of Scottish Labour has vowed to build a political campaign of unity rather than take an “us v them” approach.

SNP ministers putting forward £5 million to help eliminate mental health stigma and discrimination has been branded a “half-hearted” effort.

RANGERS have confirmed supporters must bring proof of their Covid vaccination status to gain entry to Ibrox.

A LABOUR government will invest billions in a green transition, Rachel Reeves has announced.

The Scottish Greens have warned that reviving nuclear power as a potential solution to the ongoing energy crisis would be a “backwards step” amid speculation the UK Government is investigating ‘mini’ reactors being established.

The chef talks to Prudence Wade about cooking for his family in lockdown, putting his own spin on traditional dishes and why simple food is best.

Bring it on. Bring on the rich red leaves and the bright yellows of the birch. Bring on the ground covered in bright crimson toadstool. Bring on the berries lighting up the rowan. The leaves are only just starting to turn now, a reminder that autumn ...

ONE of Scotland's leading architects has thrown his hat into the ring to become chairman of the troubled Glasgow School of Art in a bid to seek reform, saying it had "lost respect" in a strong attack over the way it has been run over recent years.

CARBON neutral oil is the oxymoron of the moment. Oil that through some sleight of hand, some magic of credits and offsets, becomes emissions free! Last week, a certificate was issued in China for the first shipment in the country of full life cycle ...

Like many of my generation, I spent my early years in a tenement that was new when Victoria was a girl. From our windows we had an uninterrupted vista of the gasworks and a chemical plant, often shrouded in an evil smelling yellow mist. When I was fo...

By Scott Wright

Don’t panic buy, said Boris Johnson. No question of the lights going out, said Kwasi Kwarteng. No ‘winter of discontent’ ahead, said Small Business Minister Paul Scully. And lo, the prospect of a grim winter with power, food and CO2 shortages w...

Gay history, identity, and tolerance is to become an integral part of the curriculum in Scottish schools and if that idea makes you angry or frustrated, if it makes you reach for phrases like “politically correct” or “woke”, if you think it w...

There must surely come a time when the Scottish Government stops using Covid-19 as its favoured bail-out option.