A SCOTTISH man detained in India for five years will go on trial next month to face conspiracy to murder and terrorism charges.

An £800m scheme to create a Clyde shipbuilding revolution and solve Scotland's ferry crisis with a fleet of 50 catamarans has been revealed by a group led by a leading shipbuilding expert and entrepreneur.

THE costs of fixing crumbling hospitals in Scotland’s NHS has nearly doubled to over £1.5bn in the space of just five years leaving some of Scotland's busiest hospitals in a 'high-risk' state, it can be revealed.

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New album Return of the Dream Canteen was released on Friday.

Whether it’s beside the sea, in the shadow of a mountain, looking down a misty glen there’s something for just about every taste.

About one in three calls to the NHS 24 mental health hub went unanswered over the course of a year, figures show.

ALEX Salmond will today tell the Alba Party’s second annual conference that an Independence Referendum Bill should be tabled right now in the Scottish Parliament.

Nicola Sturgeon has said no country has been “better prepared to become independent” than her country will be ahead of the publication on plans for the economy and currency.

For the walkers anxious to escape the pandemic, Ben Lomond’s slopes offered space and unspoiled scenery.

The death of a young women has ignited a tinderbox of anger and frustration. Foreign Editor David Pratt examines the course of Iran’s protests and what, if anything, will be their likely outcome

John Crawley was at the heart of IRA operations. He’s now breaking his silence about his role, and pointing the finger at republican leaders who spied for Britain. Our Writer at Large Neil Mackay talks to one of the IRA’s most dangerous men

The slender thread by which Liz Truss’s humiliation of a premiership hangs is getting thinner by the day.

THOUSANDS of people are "still living under lockdown" nearly three years on amid growing questions over the UK's decision not to buy a Covid drug shown to protect the most vulnerable.

A grassy mound overlooks the Rule Water, a tributary of the River Teviot, and a perfect spot to take in the rolling landscape and thick woodlands that make up the surrounding valley.

IT sits in glorious Grampian scenery, a picture postcard farm with sheep, cattle and red deer grazing its extensive pastures and with a patchwork of moorland, woodland and peatland.

I NOTE Michael Settle's article on stagnation in the support for independence ("Why isn’t indy support now surging ahead?", October 9). I can’t remember a time when the UK had such an ongoing bunch of inept numpties.Such a gift to any opposition,...

HE is a renowned Scottish artist who has exhibited his work around the world.

Kanye West has created perhaps the 21st century's most discography, but his creative genius has been overshadowed by his hateful comments.

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Whether you've aced the music spin-off Heardle or you've got the film version Framed beat, it might be time to raise the stakes. 

At least 41 people have died in a coal explosion in northern Turkey.

WHAT does frozen sound like? Not the kind of question most of us face over the course of a shift, but all part of just another day in the office for Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel (BBC2, Sunday 16, 9pm).

MIRIAM Margolyes has told how she wanted to swear at new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt when she met him in a BBC radio studio just a day after he took up his latest role in Government.

As head of the STUC, Roz Foyer is at the forefront of demanding – and getting – the nation’s workers a pay increase.

Liz Truss’s new Chancellor signalled on Saturday his plan to up-end the Prime Minister’s entire economic strategy, in an extraordinary rebuke of the pledges that brought her into office.

The Elon Musk Show (BBC2, Wednesday) sounded like a jazzy new quiz (win a rocket instead of a speedboat) rather than a three-part documentary about the billionaire tech entrepreneur.

THANK god for Liz Truss is all I can say. If she hadn’t thrown Kwasi under the bus I’m sure I’d have been the subject of even more headlines this week.

ISLANDERS were hit with further services 'mayhem' as CalMac scrambled to find a resolution to a a suspension of services to and from South Uist which have lasted almost a week.

A MILLION. That, very roughly, is how many Russians have left their country since Vladimir Putin stepped up his war on Ukraine earlier this year. It is a staggering number, but an overlooked one. We have – understandably – focused on the even big...

WHEN you read the phrase “self-care” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Maybe it’s the luxurious image of someone sinking into a bubble bath after fastidiously ticking off every item on their to-do list, or finally spending a few minu...

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SCOTLAND'S Children's Commissioner has waded into a row with the Home Office over the housing of pregnant asylum seekers in "dehumanising" conditions in Glasgow.

SCOTTISH Green members have pressed two of the party's MSPs if they can sufficiently challenge the Scottish Government on policies since the signing of the Bute House Agreement.

A torchlight procession has marked the return of a nine-day festival celebrating Gaelic music and culture in Perth.

Anas Sarwar has described Liz Truss as a "lame duck" prime minister as claimed that Scottish Labout is prepared for a general election.

The Scottish Government will offer “no support” for coal extraction, Green minister Lorna Slater has announced.

Ian Blackford has called for a general election as he claimed that the financial competence of the UK Government has been "put to bed" after Kwasi Kwarteng was fired as chancellor.

Two women are due to appear in court charged with criminal damage to the frame of a famous Vincent Van Gogh painting at a London art gallery.

A SCOTTISH hospitality operator is inviting potential future employees on a “boat party” as it seeks to fill 45 new jobs.

THERE are thatched roofs and whitewashed walls of quaint cottages, misty scenes of children at play and the weathered features of the “auld yins” striving to stay warm in the chill.

IF there was a time for Liz Truss to rid herself of her reputation as a wooden and uninspiring speaker, to rally her mutinous Conservative troops behind her and – most importantly – to convince the British people that she is a serious politician,...

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FEW things spread faster on the internet than apparent proof that Covid vaccines are doing more harm than good.

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Diageo has moved to increase its stake in East African Breweries, maker of the Tusker beer brand, to up to 65 per cent.

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As the award nominations and the accolades pile up, jazz pianist Fergus McCreadie is on roll

A LOT of heat has been generated in the last few days over Nicola Sturgeon's use of the word "detest". I am therefore quite happy to put it on record that I also detest the Tory Party, at least in its current incarnation. I also will put on record th...