After being launched in 2015 the North Coast 500 was already getting busier– but lockdown sent its popularity stratospheric. With that in mind, why not try out some of Scotland’s other, lesser-known road trips? They’ve got all of the scenery bu...

THE Murray family has reshuffled the senior leadership team at their venerable Scottish wine business.

A coalition of groups have called on the First Minister to scrap proposed cuts to ScotRail ticket offices.

ACTOR ROBERT Carlyle is sitting in the kitchen of his Vancouver home clutching poignant messages gathered during the Covid pandemic.

A SILICON Valley style research and jobs scheme is to be launched in Glasgow.

WINTER rain was hammering on Pompeii the day we visited. Water sluiced down the paved streets, and gurgled in the ancient gutters. What few tourists there were huddled beneath umbrellas, their guidebooks turning to mush.

GLASGOW could bring in £30million from a city-wide workplace levy on car parking spaces as the local authority continues to explore the option of introducing the scheme.

BORIS Johnson should go. There was sufficient in Sue Gray’s update report to confirm this and frankly we don’t need to wait for the Met to do its job. He has behaved in a way most unfitting of a parliamentarian, let alone that standard expected o...

NEARLY half of Scots are not complying with a law change which requires that every home in Scotland should have interlinked smoke alarms.

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Applications for a midwifery course have soared with 1100 people vying for 102 places amid warnings limited training opportunities are resulting in staff shortages in some parts of Scotland.

SCOTLAND'S environmental regulator has suffered increased financial pressures 12 months on from a cyberattack which crippled its network, the public funds scrutineer has warned.

HOW Vladimir Putin must have laughed. He was informed on Monday that the Prime Minister could not after all hold his crucial telephone conversation urging Russia not to invade the Ukraine. Why? Because he had to defend himself in the Commons over a p...

As the ruling Conservatives keep patting themselves on the back, they seem unlikely to listen

EVERY aspect of our political system depends on effective accountability. At the top of government now accountability is ineffective because too many people are getting in each other’s way. But this is not a column about the Met Police’s inept di...

Glasgow-headquartered Virgin Money suffered a dip in mortgage and business lending in the final three months of last year but hailed what it described as an otherwise “robust” performance, adding that it remains optimistic about the pace of econo...

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A spokesman said all staff, around 250 in total, would transfer

GLASGOW fashion brand and chain Quiz has said a link-up with Very will drive exposure for its “trademark occasionwear and dressy casualwear” products across an additional customer base.

A thalassophile is someone who feels connected and magnetically drawn to the sea. Scotland has over six thousand miles of coastline, offering plenty of inspiration for artists and makers up and down the country. Whether it’s creating art from hidde...

The 20-year-old faces further accusations of sexual assault and making threats to kill.

The former world number one split with Jamie Delgado at the end of last year after a lengthy partnership.

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Boris Johnson's visit to Ukraine.

Glasgow-based Talking Medicines has closed a fresh £1.5 million investment round to support expansion plans in its target North American market.

VENTURE capital investment in Scotland’s scale-up businesses more than doubled in 2021 as global investors looked beyond London for deal-making, according to the latest figures from KPMG.

NORTH Sea oil and gas entrepreneur Tom Cross has clinched a multi-million pound windfarm acquisition for the Parkmead business which he is leading on a push into the renewable energy business.

Did The Simpson predict Canada's Freedom Convoy?

THERE is no more corrosive message in politics than “they are all the same”. To a significant section of the population who do not pay much attention, it is a lazy conclusion which rationalises reluctance to be distracted from matters they deem m...

IN the same week that Police Scotland said they had found no evidence of spiking by injection in nightclubs across the whole country, Holyrood lobbyists push for a new law to make spiking a stand-alone offence.

The Ministry of Defence described the operation as a ‘normal response’

Boris Johnson is under renewed pressure over lockdown parties in Downing Street, amid reports he attended more gatherings under investigation by the police.

Mr Johnson made the comments in the House of Commons as he hit back at Labour criticism over the Sue Gray report.

Figure Skating is often one of the more popular events at the Winter Olympics

The forthcoming sixth and final series of Peaky Blinders is reportedly set to be released this month.

Covid is causing less disruption to education than it was at the start of last year, when school closures forced pupils and teachers to work remotely. Nevertheless, times remain tough.

THE PRIME Minister's former senior adviser has claimed that photographs exist showing Mr Johnson at parties during lockdown.

BORIS Johnson has warned Vladimir Putin against making a “massive strategic mistake” in Ukraine on a visit to the country today.

EDINBURGH beer firm Innis & Gunn has bolstered its board of directors.

NICOLA Sturgeon has defended the SNP Government’s plans to make some emergency Covid laws permanent after being accused of a “dangerous power grab”.

MPS and the public will be told if Boris Johnson receives a Covid fine.

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It is the only fresh water beach in Scotland popular for watersports, sitting at the foot of the dramatic snow-capped Cairngorms near Aviemore in the Highlands.

SCOTLAND “may be close to the time” when school pupils no longer need to wear face coverings but “we have not yet reached that stage”, Nicola Sturgeon has insisted.

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Examiners say they are preparing to be “generous” when grading candidates this year as part of a package of measures aimed at supporting Covid-hit learners.

NICOLA Sturgeon has suggested she is confident Scotland is “entering a calmer phase of the pandemic” but has warned “case levels are likely to remain high for some time.

ST JOHNSTONE have announced the signing of Jahmal Hector-Ingram until the end of the season.

BORIS Johnson has been urged to retract a “disgusting slur” against the Labour leader.

THE number of police officers in Scotland has fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade, prompting Tory claims the Government is putting public safety at risk.