2+ hour ago   (434+ words) Simple Minds are set to headline Glasgow's Commonwealth Games closing ceremony. The event will take place at the OVO Hydro on 2 August and officially bring down the curtain on 10 days of sporting action. Scottish performers Cammy Barnes, BEMZ and Sandi…...

5+ hour, 28+ min ago   (327+ words) The police watchdog is investigating after a teenage boy died after falling off a motorbike. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said Logan Stead, 16, was riding along Eastbourne Terrace in Pontefract on 13 July when he came off the bike…...

22+ hour, 34+ min ago   (945+ words) A priest and former school chaplain has been given a two-year community order after admitting the sexual abuse of two schoolboys more than 40 years ago. Edwards Phillips-Smith, 76, pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting an 11-year-old boy and inciting him to commit…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (422+ words) Fire crews have "surrounded" a large-scale wildfire in the Cairngorms after several days of tackling the blaze. Residents were evacuated from the area while more than 100 firefighters battled to contain and extinguish the fire, which started near Ryvoan Bothy, south…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (287+ words) Five plays showcased at a Suffolk festival have been selected for this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The plays were first performed in April at the annual INK Festival in Halesworth and chosen out of a pool of more than 540 submissions…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (294+ words) Singer songwriter Cat Stevens, plumber-turned Green MP Hannah Spencer and Bake Off judge Prue Leith have been announced for this year's Bradford Literature Festival. The event, running across the city from 3 to 12 July, is one of the country's largest literature…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (368+ words) Restoration work on an area of the North York Moors devastated by wildfire last summer could benefit from more than £3m of government funding. The main blaze, which started at Langdale Moor on 11 August, burned for more than 40 days and at…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (987+ words) Scotland's first game in the World Cup finals for almost 30 years takes place in the early hours of Sunday. The match against Haiti kicks off in Boston at 0200 BST, meaning it will probably be almost four in the morning by…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (401+ words) Outlander enthusiasts have raised an impressive £10,115 in just over a month for Scotland’s historic Culloden battlefield, marking actor Sam Heughan’s birthday. The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) site is globally recognised as the location of the pivotal Battle of Culloden…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (501+ words) More heatwaves could arrive in the UK over the next three months as the Met Office has forecasted another scorching summer. In its three-month summer outlook, the Met Office said the chance of a hot summer is higher than normal,…...