Police Scotland officers are at the scene and confirmed closures from Inchyra Road to Boness Road.

Author and illustrator Raymond Briggs, best known for 1978 classic The Snowman, has died aged 88.

Gas and electricity bosses are to hold crisis talks with Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng on Thursday morning.

Mail deliveries and collections are to grind to a halt as more than 115,000 postal workers walk out in a pay dispute.

SCOTS householders already owe £86m to energy suppliers, two months before bills are set to soar by more than 80%.

By Scott Wright

On paper Paul Higgins isn’t the ideal casting for a theatrical adaptation of This Is Memorial Device, the novel by David Keenan which gathered up awards and influential fans in 2017. To give the book its full title, which might provide the uninitia...

Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust has posted a hefty decline in share price and net asset value as markets in the United States suffered heavy losses.

The world’s largest office furniture company has chosen Tsunami Axis as its sole certified dealer in Scotland.

Like everyone else it seems, the Bank of England is really worried about inflation. There is no denying its seriousness, especially for low-income households, which the UK has generated an abundance of over the last 40 years.

£10 million allocated to speed up cancer services.

A SCOTS chartered surveyor and a construction services firm are investing £1 million in a new fleet of electric vehicles and office charging infrastructure.

HOUSEBUILDER Bellway has reported a record year in house completions, selling price and revenue amid strong demand “against the backdrop of a challenging operating environment and macroeconomic uncertainty”.

REAL estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield has expanded its Scottish operation with 11 new appointments.

A Glasgow nurse who told colleagues she had “a lot of experience” failed to recognise that a man had suffered a cardiac arrest.

Troon town centre and world famous golf courses including Turnberry could be under water in less than 20 years, according to stark new climate change projections.

FOR her birthday, a friend was given a ticket for an open-top bus tour of Edinburgh. A busman’s holiday, you might think, since she has lived there all her life, and yet she had a great time, enjoying being a tourist in her own city.

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on exam results August 10 2022

AS the politicians bicker and point fingers, there is a pretty obvious solution to the energy crisis about to hit Scotland especially hard this winter because of our climate. It’s fair, understandable, tried and tested. It is one of Rishi Sunak’s...

I HAVE a great deal of sympathy with Liz Truss’ exasperated outburst last week that we should all simply ignore Nicola Sturgeon. Like all unionists, I too wish that Ms Sturgeon and her party would just go away and be quiet. Truss was cheered to the...

Trousers of glory

GLASGOW was recently voted Time Out’s fourth best place to visit in the world 2022. Casual kindness and good humour were cited as top qualities for people while the city’s vibrant dining scene, vast amount of green space and good value for money ...

SCOTTISH ministers are to pay more than £200,000 to a Dutch consultancy firm to tell them how they can finally make a success of their scandal-hit shipyard - three years after they nationalised it.

What is today's Framed? Some hints to help you guess the movie. Plus the answer for when you've given up!

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Move over Wordle, you can now shake things up with its music spin-off Heardle.

Weaver is the newest word game on the block - if you are struggling with today's brainteaser here are some hints to get you to the end. And the solution if you give up!

If you have tried and loved Wordle, Quordle should be your next go-to brain teaser.

THE Conservative party will be “hammered” by voters at the next general election if they fail to support the vulnerable with the cost of living this winter and focus on “massive tax cuts for very wealthy people” instead, Rishi Sunak has warne...

SCOTLAND has seen a huge drop in the number of pupils taking modern languages, sciences and maths at Higher level, figures published by the Scottish Qualifications Authority show.

SCOTTISH Gas owner Centrica has reached a 15-year deal to ship liquid natural gas from the US.

BORIS Johnson is an “attention seeker” who should “p*** off and do something else” when he leaves Downing Street, Anas Sarwar has said.

LOW-paid staff at a five star Scots hotel and resort have raised a collective grievance claiming they are missing out on hundreds of pounds in tips paid out through customer's credit and debit cards.

DEMONSTRATORS stormed the ScottishPower headquarters in Glasgow city centre in a protest over rising energy prices.

THE poverty related attainment gap between pupils living in the most and least deprived areas of Scotland has grown wider since last year, exam result figures published today show.

A SCOTS comedian decided that the show much go on despite selling just one ticket to his gig at the Edinburgh Fringe.

SHARES in abrdn plunged by more than four per cent this morning after the Edinburgh-based asset management giant fell short of profit expectations and reported a rise in outflows from its investment funds in the first half of the year.

LIZ Truss’s tax-cutting plans are “bad politics” and risk being an “electoral suicide note” for the Tories if she becomes Prime Minister, the current deputy PM has warned.

ANALYSTS have warned that the cost of gas and electricity for a typical household will rise to £4200 a year - £650 pounds more than they previously estimated.

This year's exam pass rates have increased compared to the latest pre-pandemic year as Scotland returns to formal exams for the first time since 2019.

A HOSPITALITY technology company has announced plans for rapid business growth and a host of innovations and product advancements.

The FBI has searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into whether he took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence, sources have said.

It’s almost as if there is an omerta amongst parts of the UK Conservative party including leadership hopefuls Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, on the use of the term net zero.

A major blaze has taken hold at a 138-year-old Dumfries landmark in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

NATIONALISED ScotRail faces many train services grinding to a halt again if an improved offer is not made to the majority of its 5500 staff in crunch talks planned for today.

POLICE had to be called to deal with "aggressive behaviour" in a weekend of ferry disruption hitting one of the busiest days on Arran.

A NEW music festival stage featuring acoustic performances by some of Scotland's most talked about bands and artists will help boost a charity formed in memory of tragic Frightened Rabbit front man Scott Hutchison.

AN airline has backed plans for a green freeport in the Scottish Highlands, which it believes can provide a “key building block” in the drive to decarbonise the country’s air transport system.

There will be joy for some and disappointment for others.

THE LABOUR leader of Edinburgh Council has been urged not to use new anti-trade union laws to bring in agency staff to cover striking refuse workers.