5+ hour, 21+ min ago   (119+ words) It’s hard to believe really that Ricky Bell, the new boss of Glasgow Council, is only the second leader of the city to be appointed from the Scottish National Party because it feels like they’ve been in charge far longer…...

5+ hour, 50+ min ago   (1126+ words) Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell could be ordered to repay around 34% more than the £400,000 he embezzled. Murrell was sentenced to more than five years in prison in June after he admitted misappropriating a total of £400,310.65 from the SNP between…...

21+ hour, 52+ min ago   (641+ words) The First Ministers of the UK’s devolved nations will sign a landmark agreement on Monday aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence. SNP leader John Swinney, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and Sinn Féin…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1419+ words) The Scottish Government has thrown its weight behind expansion plans for the home of the Hydro and Armadillo on Glasgow’s waterfront. Economy and tourism secretary Stephen Flynn has hailed the “vital contribution” made by the Scottish Event Campus after it…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (877+ words) Andy Burnham has rejected John Swinney's calls for talks on a second Scottish independence referendum, insisting there is "no consensus" for a new vote. The Prime Minister said the issue remained "off limits". The Labour leader claimed the First Minister…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (356+ words) An Edinburgh property specialist has been appointed to co-chair a Scottish Government review of Scotland’s residential conveyancing process. Jill Andrew, who recently rejoined Edinburgh-based law firm Murray Beith Murray as a partner, will lead the Conveyancing Review Working Group alongside…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (862+ words) As Scots, self-deprecation is our default factory setting. The reaction to the bid for UNESCO recognition of the morning roll was, in that sense, frustratingly predictable. It was the backing of the Scottish Greens which really sparked the sneers, of…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (338+ words) A new director has been appointed to lead economic transformation across the North East of Scotland. Bethan Vasey has taken up the newly created role of Director of North East Transition at Scottish Enterprise, Scotland’s national economic development agency. Scottish…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (945+ words) John Swinney has written to Andy Burnham asking to meet to discuss the process for an “agreed legal mechanism” for holding a Scottish independence referendum. The First Minister's letter comes after the Prime Minister appeared to shift the UK Government's…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (219+ words) Life takes two people by surprise in this debut work by LC Stephens for A Play, a Pie and a Pint’s latest lunchtime theatre season. Stephens’s play focuses on Clare and Barry, habitués of Glasgow’s west end who find themselves…...