RESIDENTS have lodged concern over the "lottery" of getting on and off Scotland's islands as it emerged some routes have little or no space for cars for over three weeks.

PROSECUTORS and police are facing accusations of criminal behaviour and oppression while they are alleged to have attempted an unlawful pursuit of finance executives in the collapsed Rangers fraud case.

No jabs, no school.

France: Pegasus and the president

MINISTERS from more than 50 countries will arrive in London today for “critical” talks to lay the groundwork for a global climate action to be agreed in Glasgow later this year.

I DON’T exactly know how many columns I devoted to Brexit in the run-up to the 2016 referendum and in the wake of the Leave result, but there were many. And I seem to recall that they were less than complimentary about a project I variously describ...

The Scottish Government has announced £5 million to help groups working to support women and girls who have suffered gender-based violence deal with the increased demand they have seen for services during the pandemic.

Andy Murray’s bid for a third straight Olympic singles gold medal ended before it began when he withdrew ahead of his first match with a minor thigh strain.

The deep purple ribbon is as brightly coloured today as it was when it was carefully threaded through the delicate lattice pattern snipped into a notebook page more than a century ago.

KEIR Starmer is a man in a hurry.

UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid has faced criticism after saying people must no longer “cower” from coronavirus as he announced he had made a “full recovery” from Covid-19.

Police Scotland is doubling the number of its officers trained to handle disorder as it gears up for this year’s world climate summit in Glasgow.

I HAVE always felt quite privileged to be British. Our country has an NHS that values every life – we all count, and compassion and equity is a strong currency.

THE jungle drums started to beat late on Monday afternoon, and within a few hours it was unofficially confirmed that Pedro Martinez Losa would be the new Scotland head coach. Once the formalities were completed, the appointment was announced by the S...

THE Nightmare continues for Nathaniel Collins. The Bearsden featherweight will again metamorphosise into his boxing alter-ego – complete with mask and outfit – when he returns to the ring alongside trainer Joe Ham after an 18-month absence.

IT’S taken me a while, but finally, this week, I became excited about the Tokyo Olympics.

THE domestic scene appears healthier. And the long-term picture is more optimistic. But Gus Mackay, Cricket Scotland’s beleaguered chief executive, still does not have his troubles to seek.

Using satellite technology to study how bogs "breathe" could help build a better picture of the condition of Scotland's peatland, experts have said.

Careering down the crisp slopes of Ben Lawers in woolly sweaters and bobble hats, Scotland’s pioneering skiers took their first wobbly snowplough towards what was often an epic face-plant.

Here are all the Team GB athletes competing on the first Sunday of the 2021 Olympics, and all the medal hopes...

Standing on the summit of my new local Munro, Ben Wyvis, just a week after moving some 200 miles from the city I’d called home for 25 years, I smile to myself.

Disability campaigners are calling on airlines to make policy changes to allow all assistance and guide dogs to travel on board aircraft.

It is groundbreaking, unusual, and it might change the world – but even with global companies like Nestle now wanting a slice of the non-meaty, lab-grown pie, the question remains: would you eat it?

CALLUM DAVIDSON has expressed his delight after St Johnstone were given special dispensation by the Scottish Government to play their upcoming Europa League tie against Galatasaray as scheduled.

WARREN GATLAND says his Lions players will need to be ready for a furious South African backlash when the two side meet again in round two of this summer’s three match Test series next Saturday.

Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber believes that the British & Irish Lions’ superior kicking and aerial display swung the contest in the visitors’ favour.

The British & Irish Lions produced a powerful and clinical second-half performance to clinch a 22-17 victory against the Springboks in Cape Town on Saturday. The result sees them taking an important 1-0 lead in the three-Test series.

South Africa

AN East Lothian rock pool stretches out in front of me like a long infinity pool. At its edge, a beadlet anemone waves all its arms. When I pick up a rock, a crab scuttles into the darkness. Tiny fish dart this way and that. It has taken a while to n...

What was your favourite childhood read?

Make it a family day out or just enjoy the peace and quiet of some of the most beautiful UK gardens.

Dividing and replanting perennials helps you create an attractive and interesting border and the next few weeks are a good time for many plants.

ST JOHNSTONE have been granted an exemption by the Scottish Government to play their Europa League qualifier against Galatasaray home and away as scheduled.

There have been 1,307 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Scotland in the past 24 hours.

Scotrail has confirmed that Troon station will partially reopen after a fire damaged much of the building and infrastructure in the station .

Tom O’Connor

AS the Edinburgh International Festival looks forward to its 75th anniversary in 2022, planning for what everyone hopes will be a return to surroundings that have become familiar during its history, there is much about this year’s event, running fr...

City Breakz

HAS this guy started here yet? I ask, nodding down to a photo on my phone of chef Miguel Angel Major.

Carolside House

“I AM not a number.” Readers of a certain vintage and waistline will recall that this was the watchword of cult 1960s dystopian TV series The Prisoner.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a Glasgow teenager who tragically died at Loch Lomond yesterday.

THE leader of Inverclyde Council has written to ministers demanding new ferry contracts are handed to the shipyard firm at the centre of the ferry-building fiasco to preserve its future.

WITHOUT wishing to cause a consumer panic on a par with the Great Toilet Roll Rush of 2020, a serious shortage has come to my attention. It has been building for some time and has finally reached crisis point. Brace yourselves, people, for maverick T...

FOOD producers’ representatives have warned the supply chain is on the brink of collapse as shelves empty and firms brace for a future of Covid-closures and produce availability dictated by already decimated staffing levels.

LAST September Peter Krykant parked an old Ford Transit van, kitted out with clean needles, a sharps bin, Naloxone (an antidote to opioid overdose) and a defibrillator, in Parnie Street in Glasgow and opened the doors to the city’s addicts.

WORKING Scots are being let down by cuts to Universal Credit, the SNP has claimed, as it’s revealed almost 40% of claimants north of the border are in work.

Motherwell headed into the knockout stages of the Premier Sports Cup after their 2-0 win over Annan put them through as group leaders.

A young boy has been pronounced dead after being pulled from the water at a park in South Lanarkshire.

Duncan Scott was already plotting a pathway towards history when his Speedos from Rio were still in the wash.