Councillors have voted in favour of allowing the development of a new Starbucks and also a Bayne’s Bakers in Cumbernauld.

Hundreds of objections have poured in over a planned multi-million-pound extension of Park Mains High School in Erskine ahead of a crunch meeting.

AN 'avoid the area' warning has been issued amid an ongoing police incident on a busy Glasgow road.

A massive new development to the west of Edinburgh has asked for more time to settle a legal agreement with the council on contributions for public amenities.

Proposals to develop new student flats in Glasgow’s West End have been recommended for approval despite more than 180 objections from local residents.

With both Apple’s iPhone and Samsung Galaxy launching new models in September, increased mobile phone sales were highlighted as being one reason why overall sales grew in September.

More than 1,000 items are on display, with about the same again in storage

Staff at crisis-hit Historic Environment Scotland are "stressed, upset and angry" according to the head of the main trade union representing employees at the organisation.

A new executive chef has been appointed to the culinary team at Scotland’s newest five-star boutique hotel

A historic Scottish hotel with a separate owner's wing is being marketed for sale

The Scottish Lib Dem deputy leader Wendy Chamberlain is to step up pressure on John Swinney's government to tackle violence against women and girls.

Supporting these Scottish producers means boosting the country’s vibrant food ecosystem, and it is a chance to discover everything from award-winning restaurants and artisan cheesemakers to family-run delis and world-class distilleries.

Today's cartoon is on the story that Prime Minister Keir Starmer is being urged by senior members of his government to reassess his policy toward China and take a tougher stance on the risks it poses to UK national security in the wake of a collapsed...

An all-day gig featuring some of the rising stars of Glasgow's punk scene will beheld next month

Claire Mackie-Brown was reported to Police Scotland after making comments about people who were ‘born and bred’ in the Scottish town. 

The owner of the UK's biggest hotel chain is slimming down its pub and restaurant portfolio in favour of more profitable room rates

A 54-year-old man has been found guilty of multiple sexual and violent offences against women in Fife and Perthshire

The plans, which include the construction of the ‘state of the art’ budget food store, were mooted by West Coast Estates during a public meeting this week.

A teenage sex offender found in possession of indecent images and videos of children has been jailed.

A Dundee-based business has been named 'Scottish Brewery of the Year' at the Scottish Beer Awards.

A body has been found in the search for missing Ayr man John Doherty

The opening of the Skye Bridge in 1995 was supposed to be a landmark moment for the island by connecting it to the mainland.

Strike action affecting Edinburgh and Glasgow Airports will begin at 2.45 on Friday, and continue until Tuesday at 23.59.

The library of Sir Isaac Newton's protégé will go under the hammer in Edinburgh next week

A bus driver is being supported by his employers after he was targeted with racial abuse while working.

NHS Fife have apologised to the family of a Dalgety Bay grandfather who spent seven “horrendous” hours waiting to be seen at Kirkcaldy’s Victoria Hospital.

A rare watercolour painting by the wife of Charles Rennie Mackintosh has been sold for close to £100,000

Six-part Channel 4 series is set in a loch-side location over the course of a single day.

A Scots football manager Jim McIntyre is on trial accused of attacking a Rangers fan.

Arrest made after major police incident in Dalry, with fire and ambulances services also in attendance.

Code Concepts has announced the future opening of The Bindery, a new design-led boutique hotel in the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town.

Damage to an undersea cable which left parts of Shetland and Orkney without internet for close to two weeks was caused by a vessel dredging the seabed with its tracker off

Glasgow’s cycle hire scheme will change operators at the end of October, with nextbike by TIER departing after eleven years of service.

A car sales showroom and vehicles in a Scottish city are being marketed

Atlantic bluefin tuna are highly prized for both big game angling and Japanese cuisine, making them one of the world's most valuable fish.

The Scottish Greens have increased their membership by 10% over the last six months, top bosses say ahead of the party’s autumn conference.

A Scottish baker has agreed a £1million deal with the Co-op to supply three of their most popular products across the country.

Police have seized illegal fireworks worth up to £100,000 in West Lothian.

The test is a key part of the Scottish Government’s £144m East Kilbride Enhancement project, which aims to fully electrify the route. 

Kennedy, who grew up in Glasgow, has served as minister of Craiglockhart Parish Church since 2012. 

Jobs at Nestle’s Girvan factory could be at risk after the company announced plans to cut 16,000 jobs over the course of the next two years.

Claims children have been sharing video footage of American activist Charlie Kirk’s fatal shooting in schools across East Lothian have sparked a call for a mobile phone ban for pupils.

Youngsters are dabbling in the highly-addictive class A drug, which has the region’s drugs support workers on high alert.

Edinburgh social workers have been using an AI programme to help write up reports as part of a trial into the potential benefits of the technology.

The newly-appointed chair of Historic Environment Scotland (HES) Sir Mark Jones acknowledged "significant issues" around “organisational culture, staff wellbeing and racism” at the agency.

Plans to replace CCTV cameras as well as the public address and voice alarm  (PAVA) system at Glasgow’s Central Station have been submitted to Glasgow City Council.

Homeowners selling up in Britain in the past 18 months made an average gain of £72,000 compared with what they paid for the property, according to analysis by Zoopla.

The Peebles Hoard, which was found by a metal detectorist in 2020, comprises more than 500 “unusual” bronze and organic objects, many without archaeological parallel anywhere in the world.

Patricia Robertson - now aged 77 - had denied the accusations during a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

Sophia Smith died at the Royal Hospital for Children (RHC) at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) campus in Glasgow on April 11 2017.