The works will impact travel into the city centre

Scotland's notional deficit fell to £25.3 billion in 2025-26, with revenue rising 6.9%, but the gap between Scotland's finances and the UK's widened as Westminster's deficit improved at a faster pace.

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Taxi drivers in Glasgow are set to be able to add a surcharge to hires for three months due to high fuel costs.

Populations of the distinctive upland bird have seen a series of sharp declines over the last 10 years in Scotland and England

Police in Aberdeenshire are appealing for information following a serious crash. The crash happened around 9pm on Tuesday on an unclassified road between Balthangie and North Balthangie.

Drivers travelling on a busy motorway north of Glasgow being warned to expect delays after a crash.

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GERS sets out Scotland’s taxes and spending as part of the UK. Here is what the figures cover, what they do not, and why they fuel the constitutional debate.

ABC, Kelvingrove Bandstand, Glasgow, August 11 2026. The style, pizzazz and panache are still very much present and correct.

The 81-year-old singer will take four weeks off to recover

Scots ministers have been found to have failed in their legal duties to protect the nation's precious seas - after a statutory target for the condition of the nation's seabed to reach the required environmental standard by 2020 was missed and remains...

Scottish ministers have refused to investigate claims that a single Glasgow detective is handling around 200 rape cases simultaneously prompting fury from the Scottish Greens and the Police Federation.

The Scottish Government has stopped publishing how often core civil servants attend the office amid scrutiny of hybrid policy.

More than 150 youth groups and young people in Scotland urge Andy Burnham to rethink an under-16 social media ban, warning it could drive teens to riskier spaces

A Scottish privacy lawyer says complaints over covert 'spy glasses' filming will rise and urges Holyrood to consider a standalone right to privacy.

Software being rolled out to all Scottish GPs to manage electronic patient records and appointment scheduling keep crashing and causing problems for practices.

A freight transport operator employing 20 staff has been placed into administration.

The race for the 2026 Glasgow Business Awards has begun

Researchers believe they have tracked down the source of whisky’s “mango-like” tropical taste.

Campaigners calling for a moratorium on new hyperscale data centres are pressing for a meeting with the First Minister amid concerns over the “disastrous effects” of such developments on both communities and the environment.

The venues would reopen as value-oriented pubs if they are sold by Whitbread, the owner of the Beefeater and Brewers Fayre chains.

Police are looking to trace a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run in the Scottish Borders that left a cyclist with “life-threatening” injuries.

A performance by Edinburgh International Festival director Nicola Benedetti was held up by heckling from a pro-Palestine protester.

A warning has been issued for the public after a harmful "red tide" algae bloom is feared to have appeared in a Scottish loch.

Logistics teams are working behind the scenes to keep Edinburgh’s festivals running, from transporting equipment to supplying venues across the city.

A new exhibition at Maryhill Burgh Halls explores the history and future of the Forth & Clyde Canal, from 18th-century engineering to modern regeneration.

Bridge pillar murals painted by local, national and international artists in Glasgow have been covered up as part of the film set for the new Batman film.

A year-long Edinburgh exhibition features deaf artists exploring identity, culture and historical figures through mixed media, glass and installation art.

Mr Grainger, 61, is speaking out about the importance of timely stroke care as part of a campaign by Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS).

A man has been arrested following an alleged stabbing incident in Glasgow city centre.

The UK Government has rejected a Sauchie man’s call for an inquiry into “UFO activity” over Scotland.

Bellway calls on ministers to support market as it reports demand has 'moderated' since April

Ferry campaigners have branded a £14.4million package of support as "nowhere near enough" when compared with the £21.3m in fines and penalties racked up by CalMac over ferry failures.

New Greenock town centre plans could increase parking by 45 per cent, shorten stay limits and add bollards to tackle illegal parking.

The theatre group which runs Edinburgh Playhouse, Glasgow's King's Theatre and Theatre Royal, as well as 70 theatres globally, is to be bought.

An off-duty RNLI volunteer has been praised for his vital role in rescuing three people from a capsized boat.

M&S is urging the public to get behind plans for its major new foodhall in Kilmarnock.

Scotland's thrombectomy rate has dropped to 1.9%, leaving the country six years behind the rest of the UK, as campaigners and opposition politicians demand urgent government action to deliver round-the-clock access to the life-saving procedure.

St Vincent Studios, a new 321-bed student accommodation scheme, has opened in Glasgow city centre.

An Instagram account which was "hacked" before "bomb threats" were posted to its 140,000 followers, threatening that "Scotland will be dead", has spoken out.

Crime in Scotland rose 10% in 2025/26 while custody arrests fell by more than 15,000, sparking a public row between senior officers over whether the justice system itself has quietly dismantled policing's power to arrest.

Council officers have refused part-retrospective planning permission for standing stones at a castle near Oban.

Pupils are returning to classes during the first week of the annual cultural gathering.

Greyfriars Bobby will be honoured with a theatrical funeral procession in Edinburgh on August 14.

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A single case of bluetongue has been detected in an animal on a farm outside Creetown, Kirkmabreck, in South West Scotland.

UK charity The International Network of Street Papers (INSP) is to host the Global Street Paper Summit at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) this September.

A new industry-led skills academy is set to open in Dundee, aiming to train 100 people in its first year.

Q Manivannan’s rape comments show the danger of turning sexual violence into an abstract intellectual exercise when the moral reality is clear.