Parliament’s standards watchdog is said to believe that Boris Johnson’s holiday to Mustique was worth more than double the £15,000 he declared in the Commons register.

THE deceit that lies at the heart of the UK Government’s hostile environment for immigrants is as insidious as it’s transparent. It includes a falsehood that Conservatives and their acolytes persistently propagate when people of other races an...

DENTAL leaders in Scotland have demanded a full investigation amid claims pharmacists rigged NHS booking systems to monopolise lucrative Covid vaccination shifts.

MICHAEL Gove, I would surmise, is an admirer of Gilbert and Sullivan. At the very least, he frequently divines a source of innocent merriment from partisan combat in the Commons.

THE UK Government can’t say it wasn’t warned.

The latest weekly coronavirus figures have been released, highlighting hotspots of Covid-19 per 100,000 of the population and the risk in each neighbourhood.

She stood behind me for maybe three-quarters of an hour, tapping my upper arms. A tall Scandinavian-type blonde in shades of beige, she informed me it was a relaxation technique.

A Scottish university has linked up with a North Sea-focused oil and gas firm in a bid to help accelerate the drive to decarbonise the industry amid pressure from environmentalists for curbs to be imposed on the sector.

UNSPUN sends its thanks to Holyrood’s media office for releasing high quality footage of new MSPs getting their induction in the chamber on Monday and Tuesday.

OOH, a Radio 4 comedy that made me snort tea down my nose with laughter. You don't get many of those to the pound of Darjeeling. But Alex Edelman's Peer Group on Tuesday night at 6.30pm did just that.

Llamas Black and White, Gray Malin

NOT everyone across the Scottish tourism and hospitality sectors is feeling confident as the country further eases restrictions and starts to reopen for business.

WELL done the residents of Kenmure Street, Pollokshields, for coming out in numbers to resist the UK Border Force raid on two asylum seekers on, of all days, Eid al-Fitr, the day of celebration to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan ("Police...

SCOTTISH fund management heavyweight Martin Gilbert has returned to the acquisition trail by clinching a deal to buy an Edinburgh-based investments boutique.

HE was the dashing – if a little bruised

WHAT it means to be ‘posh’ was debated by columnists after a survey showed the top 40 indicators - and getting to grips with life post pandemic.

A VIDEO showing a tiger prowling around a suburban neighbourhood in the US went viral this week as viewers expressed their shock, but it is thought there are more pet tigers in the US alone than there are tigers in the wild.

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RANGERS fans have gathered along the Clydeside this evening to celebrate title victory.

NHS workers in Scotland will be getting an 4% payrise with "immeadiate" effect, the Scottish Government has announced.

Hospitality leaders in Glasgow have said "it's an absolute disgrace" that it was announced the city will remain in Level 3 Covid restrictions at such short notice.

THE huge challenges facing Scotland’s households, businesses and economy have been underlined this week in an analysis of official furlough statistics by the Federation of Small Businesses.

SCOTLAND'S lifeline ferry network faces at least another two weeks of disruption after plans to have its largest vessel back in service were put off for a fifth time in a month.

GLASGOW will remain in Level Three for a further week amid fears that the Indian variant is driving a major outbreak in the city.

John Swinney has been told the growing alternative assessment controversy is "fast becoming the first scandal of the new parliament".

Latest figures published on Friday showed there were 80.4 cases per 100,000 people in Glasgow

Schools face “chaos” after the summer holidays due to the Scottish Qualifications Authority’s decision to introduce an extended results deadline, according to criticisms that are fuelling demands for an overhaul of alternative assessment.

A new Johnnie Walker Terrace Garden with views towards Edinburgh Castle has launched at The Huxley on Edinburgh’s Rutland Street ahead of "one of the biggest celebrations of Scotland’s national drink" this weekend.

A campaigner who joined in a mass protest against the detention of two men in Glasgow has said its success sends a message that the Home Office “shouldn’t act like the mafia”.

ALEX Salmond has said his new Alba party will contest next year’s council elections, breaking a pledge to let its members decide whether to do so.

Democracy, Winston Churchill famously said, was the worst form of government; except, that is, for all the others.

THE SNP’s Annabelle Ewing has been elected by MSPs to serve as one of Holyrood’s deputy presiding officers despite a possible conflict of interest over her brother.

HAPPY Monday? Magic Monday? Well, it certainly will be for the vast majority of Scots, who from this Monday will be “allowed” to hug and embrace their loved ones, family and friends, after our First Minister Nicola Sturgeon decided to lift som...

Yesterday, the people of Glasgow made a tremendous show of solidarity with their neighbours.

Plans to converrt a former farm steading into a new golfing destination in St Andrews are being put forward for consultation with the public.

SNP ministers are under pressure to provide urgent answers after it emerged the business empire of Liberty Steel owner Sanjeev Gupta is facing an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.

ONE sign that we are emerging from the worst phase of the Covid-19 pandemic is that plans are finally being made for an independent public inquiry. The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has said that one will be launched next Spring.

Dr Deepti Gurdasani said action must be taken to prevent the situation worsening

SHAMED SCOTS actor Kevin Guthrie who sexually assaulted a vulnerable actress has been jailed for three years.

More then 200 new cases of coronavirus have been identified in Scotland in the past 24 hours - but an IT glitch means those numbers are likely to be low.

The first minister will provide an update on the Covid restrictions in Glasgow will face as Scotland prepares to move to level two

MINISTERS are 'considering' new publicly funded rescue bid for the closure-threatened McVitie's biscuit factory in Glasgow which has already received nearly £1m in taxpayer funds till three years ago.

SOMETHING very significant happened on the streets of Glasgow yesterday: the UK government learned that its laws on the deportation of immigrants have no force in Scotland.

ON June 15, 2010, the new Prime Minister David Cameron stood up in the House of Commons to make a statement on the day of the publication of the Saville Inquiry report into Bloody Sunday. Sandwiched between George Osborne and Nick Clegg (those wer...

John McAleer

COVID security measures are being explored to ensure the Cop26 climate conference can take place in-person, the president of the Glasgow summit has said.

Humza Yousaf has reached out to Labour MSPs in a bid to create an alliance with the SNP and Greens against the UK Government's "draconian" immigration policies.

It’s World Whisky Day tomorrow or, as I like to call it, copy a Scotch day because as we all know the spiritual home of the dram is Bonnie Scotland. Not the Emerald Isle, the wilds of Kentucky, Japan or any of the other ‘new’ homes of whisky...

Portugal will reopen its borders to UK tourists from Monday, although they will only be permitted to enter if they have had a negative PCR coronavirus test.