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The new leader of Glasgow City Council has said he is supportive of banning balaclavas in public

GLASGOW’S hi-fi and home cinema specialists Loud & Clear will celebrate their 30th anniversary next month with a series of special events.

An online post by a former University of St Andrews student gained more than 200,000 views online after she accused the university of having a 'culture of anti-Scottish classism'

AN SNP MSP has written to King Charles “seeking clarity” on whether he will be paying higher rates of council tax on royal properties in Scotland.

SCOTTISH Greens MSP Maggie Chapman is set to join striking Dundee University staff on the picket line as five weeks of industrial action begins.

THE SNP will launch a £100,000 campaign to win "hearts and minds" over to Scottish independence, The National can reveal.

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IN search of inspiration and a change of scenery, Teenage Fanclub packed their bags and set up camp at the Black Bay Studio on Great Bernera in the Outer Hebrides for two weeks.

Drivers have been warned to avoid an area of Glasgow as fire crews tackle a building fire.

ANDY Burnham has congratulated Denmark and the US on a deal to “strengthen security in the Arctic” after the two countries reached an agreement over Greenland.

A NEW nationwide week celebrating the Scots language has been announced as the winners of the 2026 Scots Language Awards were revealed.

FIREFIGHTERS are battling a bus on fire near Celtic Park in Glasgow.

SCOTTISH Labour have been urged to distance themselves from Palantir after Lord Watson joined the controversial firm as its new vice-president.

POLICE have launched an appeal to trace a missing teenager after his car was found crashed into a telegraph pole in Ayrshire.

TOM Watson should be permanently expelled from the House of Lords after being appointed “vice president” of Palantir, the Green members of the Chamber have said.

THE SNP'S ruling committee has voted down a bid for debate on how to advance independence at the forthcoming party conference.

POLICE Scotland’s investigation into SNP finances “stepped up dramatically” after an intervention from former prime minister Gordon Brown, it has been claimed.

SCOTLAND’S leading Gaelic theatre company is going “boldly Gaelic” for a special touring production celebrating its 10th anniversary.

IT’S amazing what Scottish produce you can source around the world if you have an eye for it.

NEWLY elected Scottish Labour leader Michael Marra refused to say whether he believed Scotland has a right to "decide its own future" during a BBC interview on Sunday ...

HAVING recently been seen on TV in Richard Gadd’s Half Man, Julie Cullen is looking forward to treading the boards again in a one-woman play.

CARIBBEAN nations are reportedly considering taking the UK to an international court in a bid to secure reparations for slavery.

ED SHEERAN has apologised for making “mistakes” amid a row over Macklemore being dropped from his tour following pro-Palestine comments.

A 90-year-old Cumbernauld runner has stunned the athletics world after recording what is believed to be the fastest 10k ever run by someone his age ...

EasyJet has spoken out after police were called to remove a passenger from a flight before it departed from Glasgow Airport.

EDUCATION experts have stressed that debates over the state of education in Scotland must account for the impact of poverty on children’s learning.

JOHN Swinney will call on every MSP at Holyrood to back Scotland’s “right to decide” its own future as he faces growing pressure from within the SNP over the party’s independence strategy.

THE idea of a September reset is all in vogue, and to be honest, September seems like a better time of year than January for a rethink and a fresh start.

I DON’T always find holidays relaxing.

THE UK Government has insisted Anas Sarwar has followed the ministerial code after he launched into an angry tirade against a director of his family’s wholesale company.

PROUD Scot Martin Compston is well known for appearing in some of the biggest shows ever made in Scotland.

‘WHEN I came to Scotland, people supported us – me and my children – so much.

POLICE Scotland is facing calls to “come clean” after arresting members of the public for displaying a lawful pro-Palestine slogan.

THE Cardiff summit was a political moment “we should pay attention to”, according to one of Scotland’s leading political thinkers.

FOR children in Gaza, going to school has become a struggle shaped by displacement, destroyed buildings and shortages of even the most basic supplies.

AS is now patently clear, drones are ubiquitous to both sides in the Russia-Ukraine war.

MARTIN Compston might just be the only man in the world who heads to Las Vegas for the quiet life.

CAN a crumbling world order bring Scottish independence closer to reality?

A plane at Glasgow Airport was forced to return to its gate earlier where it was met by a police crew who removed a man from the flight.

NEW Glasgow City Council leader Ricky Bell has been confronted over the lack of night buses in the city, as he committed to meet with campaigners to discuss the issue.

A MAJOR Scottish road has been closed following a crash involving a motorbike and a deer.

Police Scotland investigate alleged sexual assault of schoolgirl on number 46 bus in Glasgow’s Gallowgate on September 18, with enquiries still ongoing.

A man has been arrested after two people were hospitalised by an alleged hit and run in Paisley this morning.

MICHAEL Marra has faced immediate challenges from the SNP and Scottish Greens after being elected the new leader of Scottish Labour.

A former Police Scotland officer convicted of multiple sexual offences, including rape, was first reported to the police 17 years ago

A diverse group of Jewish individuals and organisations in Scotland have backed comprehensive sanctions against Israel in an open letter to the Foreign Secretary ...

A KEY social enterprise that has spent nearly three decades building affordable homes across the Highlands and Islands has announced it will wind down operations due to severe funding pressures and inflation

QUESTIONS have been raised around the future of an Edinburgh-based games studio, launched by one of the main producers of the Grand Theft Auto series, as more employees have been made redundant ...

Aldi has thrown support behind calls for the Scottish morning roll to receive UNESCO cultural heritage status, declaring it a “national treasure”