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Two critical vulnerabilities with the PHP programming language are said to have been found

From Traitors puppetmaster Claudia Winkleman to Mr Worldwide, here are 7 easy Halloween costume ideas for 2026.

It follows months of controversy and scandals at the organisation

Development would cause ‘significant harm’ to environmental assets

The Scottish Secretary said he was ‘saddened but unsurprised’

The BBC must adapt to the dizzying rate of change in the modern media world – and seize the enormous opportunities it is creating

Targeting property may seem an easy Budget option, but it would have serious repercussions, writes David J Alexander

The Jackdaw project will not cut energy bills and will create 27 new jobs.

Scotland’s next big economic success stories are worth talking about, writes Nick Freer

Sam Fender has confirmed he will headline Murrayfield Stadium in 2027 - here’s everything you need to know about tickets, presales and more.

Here’s the baker who left the Bake Off tent during Dessert Week - and who was named Star Baker.

The Jackdaw approval will be seen as the first step in a reset of relationship between the North Sea industry and the UK Labour government.

The UK Energy Secretary concluded that approving the fossil fuel development would not derail the UK’s net zero target.

Calls for centralised national reponse to similar threats

Floating windfarms represent a major opportunity for Aberdeen and Scotland but only two out of six plans being considered by the UK government properly support the industry and provide the necessary grid connections

The chief executive of Scottish Care describes the Covid Inquiry’s latest report as a ‘sobering and at times deeply painful read’

The RNLI is facing a sustained campaign of abuse and intimidation over small boats crossings, yet Nigel Farage continues to slur the charity as a ‘taxi service for illegal migrants’

Scotland needs to learn from the success of Andy Burnham’s ‘Manchesterism’ project

Politics that’s not all about ‘identity’ or ‘culture wars’?!

The James Plays began as a trilogy in 2014

The North Sea project, 150 miles east of Aberdeen, could be connected to the UK network within months.

Was John Swinney’s announcement the Scottish government will take bus services in hand just the ticket for readers?

It has been described as one of Scotland’s most overlooked regions.

The Scottish Greens said the channel being exclusively shown on BBC iPlayer from Spring 2027 - with 10 job losses - was “a backwards step” which “reflects a wider cultural crisis”.

Baroness Hallett has warned that the adult social care system “appeared to be something of an afterthought” to protect the NHS.

In addition, around 100 jobs will be cut at BBC News, as the corporation faces pressure to make savings of £500 million by 2028.

Swinney proposed regulating the country’s network, allowing local partnerships to determine routes, fares and timetables.

According to Downdetector, the Google Cloud outage is impacting sites including Bank of Scotland, Revolut and the video system used in courts across England and Wales.

It is alleged that Fraser Kilpatrick assaulted Shona Stevens, 31, in Bourtreehill Park, Irvine, on November 10 1994.

The Tory leader showed the Chancellor has different options, but few are taking her party seriously.

Reform UK is no longer the joint second place party at Holyrood - a situation John Swinney argued was “an issue of deep concern”.

It is Dessert Week in the Bake Off tent, with bakers attempting to impress the judges with treats from self-saucing puddings to nostalgic classics.

Sam Fender has all but confirmed a massive stadium tour - including Edinburgh - next year.

Apps and the good old fashioned printer are ways to preserve the past and family memories, writes Rosalind Erskine.

MPs win Commons debate against import and sale of illegal vehicles

Inventor James Dyson warns the UK is not producing enough engineers and needs more ‘New Model Institutes’

Labour MP Torcuil Crichton has called for UK and Scottish governments to “raise the Mack out of the ashes”.

Shops, cafés and restaurants in the Jock’s Lodge area said they were already noticing a fall in customers

The assets include extensive farmland, hill ground, forestry, lochs, a wind farm lease, two hydro scheme leases, residential properties, farm buildings and bothies

Officials from the Port of Aberdeen have met with the mayor of Múlaþing, a region in the east of Iceland, to discuss the proposals.

The Scottish government will likely not formalise a new position on oil and gas for at least another 12 months.

Karyn McCluskey plots the lives of people she knows, at seven yearly intervals, as they descend into drug addiction and crime

The man was likely to have been in his early 50s when he died at Inveresk, near Edinburgh, sometime between AD 140–165.

Scotland: A Unionist History by Professor Alan Sked demonstrates how Scotland has done well out of its British adventure

More councillors need to ride their own cycle networks to see the damage at first hand

Fair Isle is the most remote inhabited island in the UK

The code will apply in Scotland - as well as England and Wales - and will give drivers the right to have charges cancelled on appeal for honest mistakes and for issues they cannot control.

For Katy Phenix, partner Josh Moore and their two young children, a new life is just beginning on Fair Isle after they left the rat race behind.

One holidaymaker says this LOVEVOOK cabin backpack looked better than other bags at the airport.

Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth fails to convince readers of SNP plans