SCOTTISH soft drinks giant AG Barr has made a big move into the energy drinks market with the acquisition of Boost Drinks in a deal worth up to £32 million.

An area of Glasgow Airport has been closed due to an ongoing police incident.

PAY no heed to what the calendar says: the start of the season of peace and goodwill has been delayed.

REPORTS of the SNP’s demise are greatly exaggerated. Despite a torrent of gloomy predictions after the Supreme Court ruling, London-based commentators are already contemplating indyref2.

A NEW wealth tax could help the Scottish Government raise an extra £3.3bn to fund public services, according to a new study.

ONE is opinion, two is interesting, three is the beginning of a trend, but when every person you speak to tells you the same thing, it matters – and every person on Arran I spoke to about the ferries told me the same thing. It’s got worse. It nee...

SCOTLAND’S councils face the spectre of thousands of job losses along with cuts to services unless extra cash can be found to meet an up to £1 billion shortfall.

MY favourite World Cup story concerns the improbable cultural connection that continues to exist between Middlesbrough and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. This bond was formed during the 1966 World Cup when the North Korean team played a...

You would have to be my vintage to remember the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. I was still in secondary school but can recall pondering whether it was worth revising for an upcoming exam if we were to be vapourised in an imminent nuclear conflict. Nuclea...

With a global sports audience currently transfixed by the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, two of Scotland’s leading entrepreneurs have sought to examine more closely the business nature of the ‘beautiful game’.

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“Britain is in stagflation – with rocketing inflation, negative growth...Firms see potential growth opportunities but a lack of 'reasons to believe'

Growing mounds of paperwork have seen more than a third of childminders abandon the profession in just six years.

Ruth Hector, 36, from Stirling said: “I had a stroke at the age of 30. I lost the ability to walk and talk in an instant. I was too young to have a stroke and to feel trapped inside my own body, was scary and hard to comprehend.

DOCTORS and charities have urged the Government to reverse cuts in funding for thrombectomy amid fears that it will leave hundreds of stroke patients avoidably disabled.

The man hailed by Sir Tom Hunter as “the best business leader I’ve ever come across”, has revealed one secret of his success: the humble Scots pine tree.

It has been 12 months of upheaval for Scotland’s retailers and their customers, a continuation of the “permacrisis” of recent years which has impacted Scotland’s largest private sector employer.

Simple structures with little in the way of mod cons, bothies have traditionally provided a welcome refuge for many a weather-beaten outdoors type to bunk down on a cold night.

Coffinmakers at the Co-op’s only UK coffin factory will take further strike action from Monday in an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions.

FOR millions of Brits, it was as much a part of Christmas Day festivities as turkey, crackers and the Queen’s speech, but Top of the Pops on December 25 is no more.

A DIARY mention of certain vending machines often found in gents’ lavatories inspires Bert Peattie, from Kirkcaldy, to further delve into this subject.

Madonna and Child, painted in Florence in the 1520s, has been unveiled at Kirkcaldy Galleries in Fife, where it has never been exhibited before.

Currently, in Scotland there are 96,726 donors, but 31,435 of these have not given a donation so far in 2022.

IT is deeply regrettable that Sir Keir Starmer has apparently reneged on his agreement, made in 2020, that a Holyrood majority be justification for a second independence referendum, but this is increasingly his modus operandi—give his word then bre...

Gordon Brown has unveiled plans to “make Britain work for Scotland”, including calls for directly elected provosts, House of Lords reform, and new powers for the Scottish Government to enter into international agreements.

THE launch of Labour’s “New Britain” paper comes amid reports of tensions between Sir Keir Starmer and Gordon Brown over the speed of reform.

Alison Thewliss announced a shock bid for the job on Saturday night

Hints and answer for today's Wordle 535 December 5.

Here are some helpful hints and tips to help you crack December 5's puzzle.

Calling all Harry Potter fans, the Royal Mint has launched the latest coin in its magical series.

SCOTTISH football clubs have bounced back from the pandemic with record results but face a "grave" future under plans to introduce an alcohol advertising ban.

Carolynne Hunter’s 12-year-old daughter Freya, the youngest of four children, has severe complex health problems and disabilities

MINISTERS have refused to intervene over an outstanding debt incurred by the homeless for temporary accommodation in Scotland estimated at more than £33m.

On December 4, 1982, The Jam celebrated their fourth UK number one. Seven days after Beat Surrender topped the chart, they were no more.

SCOTLAND’s heritage agency has been accused of breaking the law by failing to act immediately to shut down some of its crumbling historic buildings identified internally as dangerous to the staff and public.

More than a decade into their marriage, Luca and Thabisile Cirignaco had expected to be settled into a home of their own and perhaps be starting a family.

A ‘world-first’ trial of hydrogen heating systems in Fife is yet to sign up its targeted number of local households despite offering residents a £1,000 ‘bribe’ to take part.

TO Naples last weekend for a short visit I was determined to make after re-reading Norman Lewis’ great wartime memoir, Naples ’44. The Neapolitans don’t seem to be too upset about their beloved national football team “the Azzurri” missing o...

Joining the hospitality scene on Glasgow's Miller Street, Latin American-inspired restaurant El Santo opens its doors to diners on 5 December. The restaurant area leads on to a speakeasy margarita cocktail bar, El Santito, accessed via a mirrored cor...

NHS administrator Anna Gmoch finished chemotherapy for breast cancer on March 12 2020, just as hospitals were beginning to implement Covid restrictions.

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THE writing had been on the SNP wall for quite some time after the summer stramash over MP Patrick Grady and Ian Blackford’s mishandling of it.

Four corners: Foreign Editor David Pratt on stories from across the world

Melanie Sturtevant, Associate Director of Policy Evidence and Influencing at Breast Cancer Now said:

As the influential pro-independence think-tank Common Weal launches a new book outlining its vision for Scotland in the first 10 years after leaving the union, its director Amanda Burgauer sits down with our Writer at Large Neil Mackay for a full and...

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For Victorians hoping to deck their halls with traditional boughs of holly, Christmas in 1876 would be one of deep disappointment and leave James McNab, curator of the botanical gardens in Edinburgh, perplexed.

The tiny coastal island of Eilean dà Mhèinn sits in peaceful Loch Crinan, just 100 metres of crystal-clear water separating it from the village of Crinan and its bustling harbour of little sailing boats.

Insults based on body weight or looks do as much harm as racism, an academic has claimed and we should adopt the same 'zero tolerance' approach.

When she was a young student nurse, Karen Rennie was caring for an elderly dementia patient when he leaned forward, kissed her arm and touched her breast.