23+ hour, 20+ min ago   (211+ words) A TEENAGE off-road biker is fighting for his life in hospital following a crash with a car in Renfrewshire. Police were called to Foxbar Road at the junction with Glennifer Road in Paisley at around 9.45pm on Saturday following a report…...

1+ day, 13+ min ago   (213+ words) A RYANAIR flight from Edinburgh Airport has been forced to divert just an hour into its four-hour journey following a mid-air medical emergency. The Ryanair flight RK514 that was bound for Marrakesh took off from Edinburgh Airport at 7.22am on Sunday and…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (575+ words) THEY call themselves Patriot Platform, but in truth, there’s nothing very patriotic about the black-clad mobs which invaded Dover and Portsmouth. A patriot, after all, is defined as somebody with an overweening love of their country, not people who seek…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1110+ words) CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a golf course on a protected Scottish beach could generate millions for the Highland economy while helping to combat depopulation problems that have persisted since the Clearances, one of Scotland’s leading economists has said. Speaking to…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (617+ words) JOHN Swinney must go to the people of Scotland to ask whether the country should have a second independence referendum, according to Alex Salmond’s former top aide. Chris McEleny, who was Salmond’s right-hand man during his time as Alba leader,…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (484+ words) REFORM UK’s Holyrood communications boss has been rapped after apparently trying to impersonate a top Scottish Parliament official. Tony McGuire, a former GB News reporter who now works as director of communications for Malcolm Offord’s group of Reform MSPs, seems…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (389+ words) Perth has been named Scotland’s batch cooking capital. The city topped the list with 612 searches per 100,000 people, according to new research by kitchen experts Prestige. Stirling followed closely with 607 searches per 100,000. Dunfermline took third place with 527, Inverness was fourth with…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (371+ words) GLASGOW's largest concert arena is set to benefit from wider expansion plans which could create up to £1 billion a year. The Scottish Event Campus (SEC), which includes the Ovo Hydro and the Armadillo venues, is set to undergo major transformation,…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (906+ words) Scottish employers are being urged to look beyond physical accidents when assessing workplace risks, as figures show stress, depression and anxiety account for half of all work-related ill health cases in the country. The latest Health and Safety Executive (HSE)…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (329+ words) THE bluetongue virus is “not going away any time soon” and will likely spread further among Scotland’s livestock, a minister has warned. The disease, which affects ruminant livestock such as sheep and cows, is now confirmed to be in circulation…...