FROM October 22-31 the Tower of London will be holding special Halloween nights. “Watched over by the ravens, you’ll follow in the footsteps of our infamous prisoners as you wander the Tower grounds at the spookiest time of the year,” the websi...

YOUR opening question is bit harsh I think; ‘How does it feel to be labelled a fanciful flibbertigibbet, an attention-seeking political desperate with as much hold on reality as Alice had on dropping down the rabbit hole?’

Laughs can be found in the funniest places. Take, for example, The Larkins (STV, Sunday), back for a second series.

It is the kind of neighbourhood that cheesy guidebooks – if they give it any thought at all – might call boho, hipster even. Montreal’s once firmly working-class La Petite-Patrie really is gentrifying, internationalising.

AS someone who grew up with the internet, I’m no stranger to online discourse, and being a massive linguistics nerd, the way in which some people judge others for how they choose to express themselves will never not fascinate me.

AND thus did the fighter quit. And so did Liz Truss find the contemporary Conservative Party to be all but ungovernable in government.

THE fall of the pound, pension funds under threat, mortgage costs soaring, spiralling inflation.

By Scott Wright

Maggie Lennon runs a programme that helps refugees and migrants acquire the skills and training to settle in Scotland

A senior academic has resigned from his post at one of Scotland's oldest universities after 35 years claiming "a culture of misogyny is flourishing' within the medical school.

SERIOUS damage has been inflicted. Soaring bills have been exacerbated by recklessness in government.

In hindsight, the Brahan Seer – whose amazing predictive powers had an uncanny knack of coming true – should have seen it coming.

HE has not even officially declared – yet – but Boris Johnson has already become the focal point of the race to succeed Liz Truss as Conservative leader and Prime Minister.

IT is said that when fighting broke out on Easter Monday 1916 between republican and British forces on St Stephen's Green opposite the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, the only thing that got between some upper class ladies and their afternoon tea was a s...

UK retail sales fell by far more than expected in September as consumers cut back on all categories of spending, with food sales hit particularly hard.

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By David Clark

ANOTHER week, another set of statistics painting a dismal picture of A&E in meltdown.

By Scott Wright

A RECRUITMENT drive is underway to find a specialist doctor from outside of Scotland to join an independent review into neonatal deaths.

IT is astonishing that with his journalistic and City backgrounds, Kwasi Kwarteng did not foresee the domestic and global markets’ reactions to his uncosted Budget proposals rushed through in 25 minutes; likewise Liz Truss, whose accountant husband...

Palme d'Or winner Ruben Östlund turns his lens on the super-rich in blackly comic ship-borne satire Triangle Of Sadness

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AS the 10th anniversary of its final day falls this weekend, fans of Ceefax are becoming nostalgic for simpler times when, in a pre-internet, pre-rolling news existence, the world’s first teletext information service proved a vital tool for househo...

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ALONE in the world I worry about the decline of civilisation. In recent influential and arguably explosive columns, I adduced the ned as one horseman of the apocalypse.

There’s our market menu, says the waitress, a nice lady who takes my dead phone off to charge it, and there’s the evening menu.

Described as a game for 'cinephiles and casual movie watchers alike' it is inspired by the worldwide popular guessing games. 

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Whether you've aced the music spin-off Heardle or you've got the film version Framed beat, it might be time to raise the stakes. 

SEISMIC times bring seismic changes. We’re now getting to a stage in British political history where it seems the chaotic present will mimic the chaotic past. In 1922, the Liberal Party began its century long decline - a diminishment the LibDems st...

MACKLIN Motors Toyota Hamilton has opened following a £1 million investment and the creation of seven additional jobs.

Rugby fans are being urged to avoid using the train if they are heading to Scotland's first autumn international as further strikes will cause "significant disruption".

The site was used by NATO as a monitoring station during the Cold War.

A ten-time increase in visitors at a Skye landmark over the past decade has led to a “critical” loss of habitat beyond the main path.

A MAJOR landfill reclamation project on the edge of Winchburgh in West Lothian has been hailed in a prestigious awards ceremony.

A YOUNG man accused of a sexual assault. No criminal charges, no admission of guilt. A talented sportsman, he continues with his career until a fan revolt and, in the face of increasing public pressure, he is ousted. Heads roll in his wake.

A collective action to be filed before the end of this month could lead to up to £900m in compensation being paid out.

SCOTGOLD has hailed “substantial progress” towards mining at a rate of over 20,000 ounces of gold a year.

By Victoria Masterson

The number Scottish businesses planning to increase prices in the coming three months has hit a record high according to one of the country’s longest-running economic surveys.

Casting directors in Spain are on the hunt for red-headed men to star in a new sci-fi drama series.

There will be a “wave of revulsion” across Scotland if Boris Johnson is returned to No 10, the SNP’s Westminster leader has said.

Liz Truss resigned yesterday in less time than it takes to boil an egg.

People who paid a harsh price for doing what they thought was right and lighting the way.

IT has become the norm that all premierships end in failure but Liz Truss decided to save time and began hers with failure. And yesterday, inevitably, after just 44 days, it ended in exactly the same way, making her the shortest-serving Prime Ministe...

Scottish hotel group Crerar has launched an apprenticeship programme in a bid to tackle recruitment challenges that have been particularly acute across the hospitality and leisure sectors.

By Scott Wright

By Victoria Masterson

SCIENTISTS have for the first time pinpointed a large number of genes that are reliably associated with dyslexia.