Crews are currently tackling the blaze.

To many of us cats are icons of cuteness, but, increasingly, nature defenders are calling for us to limit their liberty on account of the wildlife they kill.

AS an idea for a comedy sketch it would have been dismissed as laughably implausible. Some BBC reporter doing his polite best to engage a protester in conversation, while others in the mob scream “scumbag”, “rat”, and “traitor” at him. Do...

The thing about University Challenge is that Jeremy Paxman will ask a question and before you’ve had time to screw up your face and go “eh?” some Swotty McSwot has buzzed in and answered it. Questions like this one for example: which number is ...

UNDER-PRESSURE households faced a worse-than-expected hit in July as food prices spiked and pushed inflation to another 40-year high.

EXECUTIVES have warned that the the impact on Scots businesses and jobs of the cost of living crisis will be “worse than Covid” with many firms going bust as inflation jumped to a fresh 40-year high of 10.1% in July.

SCOTLAND has recorded the biggest UK rise in house prices, with property values soaring by 11.6% in a year with Argyll and Bute revealed as the country's hotspot.

LOOKING back on its performance in the first half of the year, it might have been anticipated that Scotland’s commercial property market was on course for a bumper 12 months.

Shares in Calnex Solutions closed 3 per cent lower yesterday after the telecoms testing specialist said it was optimistic about meeting expectations in the coming year despite fluctuating revenues.

AN A-listed Glasgow icon is set to be removed for restoration under proposals lodged with city planners.

ONE of Scotland’s oldest independent food and drink wholesalers has acquired another Scottish business.

A Glasgow company specialising in satellite communications is looking to raise further funding following the launch of its flagship product to provide digital connectivity to remote and rural locations.

CHILDREN and teenagers who have had Covid are at increased risk of developing seizures or psychotic illnesses up to two years after recovering from the infection.

Edinburgh-based technology start-up Smplicare has raised £750,000 to fund research into the use of artificial technology (AI) to help older people live independently for longer.

THE poison, bile and vitriol of Scottish nationalism was in full view in Perth as the Tory candidates and Tory members arrived for their hustings to be greeted by disgusting and repulsive behaviour (spitting and egg throwing) and insulting use of lan...

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The stone ruins whisper the stories of the hardy islanders who relied on the land and sea to survive.

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IF there’s one document you read today make it ‘Surviving 2023' by the acclaimed British economist Richard Murphy. He lays out in stark, almost apocalyptic, language why we’re entering an economic ice age and how our paralysed government and po...

Cleansing workers at the City of Edinburgh Council will begin eleven days of strike action from Thursday.

Blair Jenkins, who headed up Yes Scotland, said the abuse directed towards James Cook on Tuesday evening is ‘atypical’ in Scotland.

ENVIRONMENTAL charities have warned that new levelling up legislation could effectively give UK Government ministers powers to “weaken protections for nature” in Scotland.

CLEARING the NHS backlog is "completely unrealistic" without solving issues around pay and pension taxes which are driving doctors to quit the health service early, the newly-elected chair of the BMA in Scotland has said.

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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.

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A MINKE whale has made its way back out to sea after washing up on a beach in Shetland thanks to the efforts of the community in Levenwick.

Farmers have been banned from taking water from parts of the Scottish Borders area after it fell to a critical levels.

PLANS for a £33.8 million leisure-led development at West Kinfauns, Perthshire, have been given the green light at a full meeting of Perth and Kinross Council today.

A woman fleeing a burning hotel feared for her life as she crawled through thick, black smoke, an inquiry has heard.

ALEX Salmond’s Alba party has said it is “here to stay” after ending its first year with a financial surplus and a six-figure grant from election watchdogs.

UNION leaders have earned that "waste will pile up" during the Edinburgh Festival as strikes over pay start tomorrow.

THE FRONTRUNNER to become the next prime minister has insisted she will safeguard the “precious United Kingdom” as she pledged to continue Boris Johnson’s strategy.

AN SNP minister has been told to apologise after being accused of using “debunked” figures for the level of cost-of-living support put forward by the Scottish Government.

Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with two separate serious sexual assaults in Orkney.

Payments of £100,000 for the victims of the infected blood scandal are a "pivotal step" but there is still "a lot of work to be done" to ensure their suffering is compensated, a Scottish charity has warned.

THE SCOTTISH Greens have insisted a “big brother style unit to salvage the broken union” will be resisted.

By Ian McConnell

A LANDMARK Glasgow office property that straddles the M8 motorway at Charing Cross is poised for a £3 million refurbishment and rebrand.

ARMADILLA, a manufacturer of eco-friendly outdoor living and working spaces, is supplying luxury holiday units to Wavegarden Scotland, the country’s first inland surfing destination, in a deal worth around £1.75 million.

THE rate of inflation has surged to a fresh 40-year high putting new pressure on ministers to act as the cost of living crisis deepens.

NICOLA Sturgeon has condemned the “disgraceful” abuse suffered by a BBC reporter at the hands of independence supporters last night.

THE cost of living crisis has led to a wave of "retirement anxiety" amongst Scots over 40, with some seeking medical advice.

TAXPAYERS face the loss of £20m from a controversial Scottish Government power-purchase guarantee scheme related to financially troubled aluminium plant in the Scottish Highlands owned by commodities tycoon Sanjeep Gupta.

A SCOTTISH housing business that retrofits homes for carbon reduction has been acquired by a major industry player in a move that is set to pave the way for further growth

It has been excruciatingly frustrating for a very long time now to watch the Conservative Government’s ineptitude in the face of the UK energy price catastrophe.

Summer retail sales in Scotland have flatlined as the value of workers’ real pay has continued to decline at record pace.