WAY back in the day, when teachers still wore mortar boards and gowns, a funny thing happened in a silent exam hall.

THE owner of Clydesdale Bank is making further cuts to its branch network.

THE INCLUSION OF transgender people in competitive sport “cannot co-exist” with fairness and safety, a major review has concluded.

The arrival of the guillemots took many users of the east coast shoreline by surprise this year. These are relatively unfamiliar visitors, wary of coming too close to humans, yet here they were, far from their normal feeding grounds, some of them eve...

I ADMIT it. I liked it. The delivery wasn’t great. He started stiffly and he barely relaxed until close to the end.

LEADING Scots health experts have called to end an end to the lucrative sports marketing of alcohol as new research found nearly all industry ads appearing in Scottish rugby matches came without a 'drink responsibly' warning.

By Scott Wright

In what is arguably the most entangled employment market in a good many decades, progress in tackling UK labour shortages and the paradoxical threat of rising job losses is less a high wire balancing act and more of a flying trapeze performance with ...

By Kristy Dorsey

A letter arrives from Douglas Ross. Would I consider standing for the Scottish Tories? I am apparently just the kind of person the party is looking for and, although I realise their leader isn’t making a personal plea to me – he’s sending out h...

Britney Spears’s father has been suspended from his role overseeing the pop superstar’s estate and the conservatorship controlling her life could be terminated by the end of the year, a US court heard.

The number of times people in Scotland have been detained for mental health treatment has risen by 10.5% in the last year.

In the age of Twitter a leader’s party conference speech can seem like a throwback to times long gone. For some, the only reason the thing still exists is so it can be chopped into sound-bites and sent out on social media. Munchies for the masses.

AUTUMN officially began in many Scottish homes this week with the ancient ceremony of Switching On the Heating. I had hoped to make it to October but gave in to a 10-minute blast on Tuesday. Oh, the decadence.

A CONSORTIUM comprising TotalEnergies, Macquarie’s Green Investment Group and Scottish developer RIDG has announced a bid for an offshore wind project in an area west of the Orkney Islands.

SCOTLAND’S schools assessment and exams system looks set for a digital overhaul as pressure grows for reform to ensure it is fit for the 21st-century.

“When I worked out which film the order was for, I was overjoyed"

By Scott Wright

FASHION brand Quiz said its sales were improving and it remained confident in the group’s future as it reported widening losses and confirmed a 66 per cent drop in full-year revenues to £39.7 million.

By Ian McConnell

HURRICANE Energy has seen a sharp fall in its share price after it warned that production could be reduced or ceased altogether at the Lancaster well, amid uncertainty around the reservoir's “bubble point”.

A report from Audit Scotland has shown that vaccine uptake is low among young people, ethnic minorities, and people who live in deprived areas.

The Yougov survey, carried out on Wednesday, asked people across the UK to rate the progress Brexit on a scale of going "very well" to "very badly"

IF this SNP Government can plumb the depths of ineptitude and ineffectiveness any further, then perhaps we should not actually be surprised.

FARMING

THE fuel crisis, its political implications and a call for public ownership of energy companies were the issues raised by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

ASCENSOS has made a significant investment into Cape Town-based technology business Digital Tribe after its recent expansion into South Africa.

By Theresa Shearer

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UNTIL very recently, I’d only ever really had one nasty experience in Scotland because I’m Irish.

THE WORLD MUST NEVER FORGET BABI YAR Exactly 80 years ago today, on 30th September 1941, around 34,000 mostly Jewish men, women and children were shot to death by the Nazis, in the Babi Yar ravine, near Kiev in Ukraine. Some were buried alive. It was...

We carefully examined and listed the best UK regulated new casino sites for 2021, Each of the casinos on our list is tested and tried by our review experts.

Tony Selby, actor best known for playing Cockney wide boys

SNP Drugs Policy Minister Angela Constance has criticised the “hysterical reaction” by the Conservatives over the lord advocate’s decision to allow police to divert prosecution for “simple possession offences”.

NICOLA Sturgeon has insisted that the HGV driver and fuel shortage crisis is a result of Boris Johnson’s “reckless” Brexit policy – and has called for the UK Government to “urgently revisit their entire post-Brexit immigration policy”.

Community Safety Minister Ash Denham says that 'significant challenges' lie ahead for Scotland.

RANGERS have issued a further update on this Sunday's vaccine passport 'test event' ahead of the Hibs match.

SCOTLAND’S Finance and Economy Secretary is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19.

KEIR Starmer has praised Anas Sarwar and set out his vision for the future of the union in his keynote address.

Police are doubling the reward for information leading to the confirmed identity of the killer from £10,000 to £20,000.

The incident occured on Tuesday evening as emergency services rushed to the scene.

The Scottish Rugby Union’s AGM at the weekend was surprising in that the result of every vote was not entirely predictable. Sure, it turned out that the votes were in line with expectations, but at least there were debates and though I could not be...

It is one of Scotland's most historic entertainment venues having played host to a host of top entertainers from Andy Stewart, a young Lena Zavaroni and an up-and-coming young comedian by the name of Billy Connolly.

By Scott Wright

ONE of the things which was most striking during a visit to London last week was the contrast with the current feel of Glasgow.

London markets bounced back as inflation fears and the energy crisis noticeably calmed.

Investment can take many forms, including bringing in the sort of the external talent that can transform the performance of a business, says Lyn Calder.

SCOTLAND'S health service is to remain on an emergency footing for at least another six months.