THERE is one clear winner this week in the competition to see which show can make the biggest publicity splash. By order of their legions of devoted fans, the return of Peaky Blinders (BBC1, 9pm, Sunday) is one of this year’s genuine television eve...

HALF of Scots pensioners are worried about running out of money in retirement as over a quarter of a million admit they have never sought any financial help over pensions.

SCOTTISH exports, imports and wider business links with Russia could be affected to a greater degree as deepening Nato sanctions look set to bring reciprocation from Moscow.

I could not decide whether #CancelKarenDunbar (BBC Scotland, Thursday), a documentary exploring comedy and offensiveness, had come along just at the right time, or had missed its stop.

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A TOP European diplomat has said he is hopeful a closer relationship will result "as soon a possible" from ongoing post Brexit talks between the EU and the UK.

HENRY McLeish has called for ministers to put a second independence referendum on the "back seat" while they tackle reducing the prison population.

ONE of the SNP's most senior parliamentarians has called for Scotland to "maximise" North Sea gas production in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and fears over global shortages.

By Iain Macdonald

There are currently 14 banana trees in David Buchanan-Cook’s bathroom, sprouting up to seven feet tall in their pots and with broad glossy leaves springing from their skinny trunks.

IF France get beyond Scotland at BT Murrayfield this afternoon and go on to clinch their first Six Nations championship for 12 years, then they will owe a debt of thanks to JIFF.

THERE have been many classic encounters between Scotland and France over the decades and everyone will have a favourite. Looking back over the history of matches played in Edinburgh there have been some games which have been more important than other...

Pierre Schoeman v Uini Atonio

ROB Beckett addressed the elephant in the room almost straight away. One record into his first show on Radio 2 he did a shout-out to his predecessor in the Sunday teatime slot.

By Scott Wright

WHAT is sporting success and how should we measure it?

BY the time Scotland went into lockdown in March 2020, John McCallum had been on the waiting list for a new hip for almost six months.

"'‘Concept’ stocks (mostly in the technology sector) with little or no cashflows have been particularly affected'

By Steven Cameron

THIS week saw governments either side of the border unveil their visions for what "living with Covid" should look like.

MORE than 5000 patients on NHS waiting lists in Scotland for an inpatient or day case procedure have been waiting for more than two years, amid cuts to elective surgery triggered by the pandemic.

AN Irvine-based energy efficiency specialist plans to radically expand its workforce after being appointed to an £800 million procurement framework, writes Scott Wright.

WITH the Russian President having slipped loose the dogs of war, making him guilty of the crime of aggression under Article 8(2) of the International Criminal Court Statute, and while Russian soldiers are killing Ukrainians, it may seem not the time ...

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

2021 has seen a sharp rise in the value of many crypto assets, and their bull cycle is expected to continue in 2022 and beyond. One such crypto is Dogecoin.

“WHAT is to be done?”, the question Lenin asked 120 years ago, arguing for a political movement that would reshape Russia and Europe for almost a century, is now the one to be answered by every country after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine...

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine offensive, on February 26, 2022.

WE are not, thank God, at war. But nor are we at peace. Not any more. For the first time in most of our lives, one European nation state has launched a full-scale onslaught against another.

ROLEXES are regarded as a hallmark of luxury and wealth and set buyers back a small fortune. But if the latest research is anything to go by, the timepieces are apparently a better investment than housing and gold.

THIS is a throw-back. This is no “modern” conflict for oil or material resources. This is searing tyranny, engulfing a neighbour with brutal, unprovoked power.

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SEEING Justin Trudeau in action feels like watching a petulant brat having a tantrum. You try not to stare while thanking your lucky stars that he’s not your child, so you can’t be blamed for his actions.

OF all the big questions about Ukraine currently being avoided by the UK’s political savants perhaps the most intriguing one is this: why, eight years after the first Russian incursions, is this country still not in NATO? The answer is also one the...

The new archbishop of Glasgow will be installed as leader of Scotland’s largest Catholic community at a mass in the city.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has survived a night of Russian assaults on Kyiv and instructed people not to believe “fake news”.

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The Highway Code warns pedestrians have priority over vehicles when they cross the road.

Images and videos from the conflict have caused outrage across the globe as world leaders pledge their support to Ukraine.

THIS afternoon’s match sees the two sides who have kicked the ball for the most metres in this Six Nations campaign so far lock horns.

SCOTLAND’S hopes of making it three Six Nations wins on the bounce over France suffered a major setback last night when flanker Hamish Watson – one of their most experienced, consistent and influential performers – returned a positive Covid tes...

BORIS Johnson will issue sanctions against Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister, it had been confirmed.

CONSTRUCTION on a huge new Lidl supermarket in Lanarkshire is under way after planning permission was granted.

DUMFRIES’ Doonhame Festival is full steam ahead this year at The Crichton Estate, with headliners The Waterboys and Alabama 3 joining the lineup.

DOUGLAS Ross has avoided sanctions after failing to declare thousands in outside earnings with Parliamentary officials.

THE RUSSIAN foreign minister has gone on a lengthy tirade about the UK media and Boris Johnson’s government during a press conference this afternoon.

BORIS Johnson should resign if he is fined by the police over the partygate scandal despite the crisis in Ukraine, Sir Ed Davey has said.

THIS is the moment that Jack Catterall grabbed Josh Taylor by the throat during the pair's heated weigh-in ahead of tomorrow's showdown fight at the Hydro in Glasgow.

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The latest Scottish Government Covid statistics recorded more than 5,000 cases and 11 deaths in the last 24 hours