Usually only limited areas of the castle can be seen and only between April and July.

PICTURE this. You are on holiday, chilling on the balcony, the family is downstairs at the pool. Suddenly, "Crack!" The sound of gunfire followed by screaming as panic sets in and people flee. What would you do?

IT is probably safe to say that Margaret Thatcher and the urban youth of the times did not get on. See music, graffiti, and riots for more details. Yet as a new documentary series shows, the two camps were more alike than they might appear, and each ...

STATE-OWNED Calmac's ageing ferry fleet is being hit by an average of 17 faults leading to service disruption every month as the number of vessel issues has doubled in four years.

A SEVENTH-generation Scottish iron foundry facing unaffordable bills amid a cost of doing business crisis has rubbished this week’s UK Government energy proposals.

PREGNANT women and mothers with newborns are being housed in “dehumanising” accommodation without adequate food or facilities, a charity has claimed.

The “new approach for a new era” unveiled yesterday by Kwasi Kwarteng has drawn a mixed reaction as business leaders and economists questioned whether the Chancellor’s mini-Budget measures amount to a viable policy or a reckless roll of the dic...

More than 10% of Scotland's public spaces are now heavily polluted with rubbish, according to the latest comprehensive and gold-standard environmental survey.

It was no surprise the pound plunged to fresh 37-year lows after Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget.

GORDON Goudie couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw a meteor from the balcony of his 21st-floor tower block.

IT has been officially recognised as the first ever international football match, with just 4,000 people coming out to watch a 0-0 draw between Scotland and England in Partick, Glasgow.

By Jason Hollands  

In 1893 Scotland's first dedicated cancer hospital was established in the Garnethill area of Glasgow.

By Ian McConnell

THANK goodness that here in Scotland we have a progressive taxation system in place, one that recognises the need for a just society, something this cost of living crisis will unfortunately demonstrate in time. The new Chancellor brought forth his fi...

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on  Vladimir Putin’s referendums on Saturday, September 24.

Theory of fun

THERE was a wee guessing game Scottish politics nerds used to play. Who, they would whisper over pints or coffees, were the secret “nats" inside Labour?

IT IS a truth universally acknowledged that a politician delivering a policy statement will want a clear run, with no messy, external entanglement.

PROFESSOR Sir Tom Devine seems to have taken his lectern out of the lecture theatre and set it up in front of the Scottish nation. At the age of 77, and several years retired from teaching at Edinburgh University, Scotland’s foremost public intelle...

IT is a satirical comic strip that has entertained readers across America and beyond for more than 30 years, but Dilbert has been cancelled by dozens of newspapers amid a “woke" row.

I’D like to introduce you to the incredibly frustrating, dystopian concept of in-work poverty. This is what happens when you have a job, yet are still unable to financially support yourself, or your family.

In a volatile financial era, Spectrum Wealth's clients  appreciate how the entire Glasgow-based team shares a passion for going the extra mile – trusting their professionalism and experience to achieve their aspirations and goals. By Anthony Harr...

Ricky Ross, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, tomorrow

HERE’S what I need: butler, cook, cleaner, gardener, philosopher. And my dream could take a step closer next weekend. I use the word “could” in its ancient Etruscan sense of “won’t”.

DO GREEK people own this place, I ask the cheery serving person by way of idle chit-chat as I look around at the slick neon decor and wait for Joe to rock up. No, comes the reply. So, is it a chain? No again, is the answer. But, I am told, the owners...

Curriculum Oh Aye? A DISMAL week for Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross as key aides quit and a new hire was unhired for embellishing his CV. Tory MSPs were livid after Mr Ross named Craig Paterson as head of research, then had to ditch him again almo...

If you're not a fan of the hit games Wordle or Heardle then maybe try the movie spin-off Framed.

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

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng will set out tax cuts in a mini budget

THE SCOTTISH Government has some big decisions to make that could define a different path from Westminster.

CHANCELLOR Kwasi Kwarteng has been accused of being “willing to gamble with fiscal sustainability” amid fears over his £45bn tax-cutting vision.

John Winton McNab, 86, died after a car was discovered having been involved in a crash on the A887 at Invermoriston. 

JOHN Swinney has said the Scottish Government is willing to work with the Treasury on the new low tax, low regulation “investment zones” proposed by Kwasi Kwarteng.

CALMAC's winter timetables have been finalised, five months late, but users will not be able to start booking services for at least another 11 days.

The number of suspected drug deaths in Scotland in the first six months of 2022 was 562, compared to 722 for the same period last year.

EDINBURGH Airport has announced its transatlantic connectivity will grow further next year as Delta Air Lines connects the Scottish capital to the US city of Atlanta.

ScotRail has confirmed members of the RMT trade union will take part in strike action on Monday, October 10.

YOU simply can't understand what it's like inside the hall, one of the successful participants told me.

NICOLA Sturgeon has warned the super-rich will be “laughing all the way to the actual bank” – suggesting that her Government will not follow Westminster and abolish the top rate of income tax.

SIX passengers injured when a Pentland Ferries ferry ran aground on an uninhabited island off the north coast of Scotland are seeking compensation.

BUSINESS leaders have said Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's "plethora" of announcements will have "only a limited impact" on Scottish consumers and businesses.

FINALLY, we had an admission from Liz Truss this week that a free trade deal with the US is not expected in the “short to medium term”.

More than 200,000 Scot homeowners will have seen their mortgage payments rise by more than £1000 a year in the space of nine months after the latest interest rate rise.

By Scott Wright

SCOTGOLD Resources' shares dipped as it revised down production guidance after a short-term equipment set-up delay.

THE administration of an historic paper company has been described as  "immensely troubling" for Scottish manufacturing.

LABOUR is toying with offering devolved government’s three-year funding deals and overhauling parliamentary standards, according to leaked draft plans drawn up by Gordon Brown.

2022 is Scotland’s Year of Stories – a celebration of stories inspired by, written, or created in Scotland.