Paul Cargill

Politics

Scotland must be resilient in the face of global shocks, says Swinney

The First Minister has suggested the UK Government should drop the recently announced increase in employers’ national insurance contributions.
13 Apr 2025
Politics

Scottish patients having to rely on decades-old equipment, says Labour

Figures obtained by the party show NHS Grampian is currently using an X-ray machine that is 27 years old.
17 Mar 2025
Tech

Blind and partially sighted risk exclusion from AI revolution, diplomat warns

UN ambassador Walton Aubrey Webson will tell a conference that AI models should have accessibility built into them from the start.
17 Mar 2025
Politics

Starmer should apologise to disabled people over cuts uncertainty, says SNP

Kirsty Blackman MP said any planned cuts to disability payments should be scrapped.
16 Mar 2025
Business News

Second union announces strike at Scottish Water as pay talks break down

Around 500 members of Unite will join GMB members in a walkout later this month.
14 Mar 2025
Environment

Brown trout can pass beaver dams, study finds

The research monitored fish movements in two streams in northern Scotland – one modified by a series of four beaver dams and the other unaltered.
13 Mar 2025
UK

Rembrandt etching valued at up to £300,000 in Edinburgh auction

The Three Trees by Rembrandt is widely considered to be one of the artist’s greatest landscapes.
13 Mar 2025
Celebrity News

Gallery displays rare painting to mark International Women’s Day

Bacchanale by Olive Carleton Smyth (1882-1949) is now on show at the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh.
7 Mar 2025
Politics

Swinney seeks to renew trust in politics and unite Scots against ‘radical right’

He will host his first Bute House press conference as First Minister on Wednesday.
26 Feb 2025
UK

London businessman found dead 'in sack' in Kenyan forest

Campbell Scott was last seen attending a conference at the JW Marriot Hotel in Nairobi on February 16, according to media reports

25 Feb 2025
Celebrity News

Longlist of 12 announced for Walter Scott book prize

They will be narrowed down to a shortlist in May, with the winner announced in June.
18 Feb 2025
Celebrity News

Longlist of 12 announced for Walter Scott book prize

They will be narrowed down to a shortlist in May, with the winner announced in June.
18 Feb 2025
UK

Crew not wearing flotation devices during fatal capsizing, investigators find

The Njord overturned and sank 150 miles north-east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, on March 6, 2022.
13 Feb 2025
UK

Lynx captured after illegal release in Cairngorms ‘doing well’, say experts

All three lynx are believed to be less than a year old.
13 Feb 2025
UK

Archive project aims to protect the legacy of Afghanistan’s female artists

Artistic expression by female artists has been severely restricted by the Taliban since it regained control of the country in 2021.
10 Feb 2025
Business News

UK Government urged to exempt Scottish hospitality from national insurance hike

Scottish Liberal Democrats said the planned increase would hit growth in the sector and put thousands of jobs at risk.
10 Feb 2025
Environment

Rare letter to Elizabeth I from possible love interest sold for £32,700

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, wrote of an unspecified great matter of state said to bear directly on the Queen’s life.
6 Feb 2025
UK

William to visit two groups working to combat loneliness

He will visit a Farm Safety Foundation event and then Carnoustie and Monifieth Men’s Shed in Carnoustie, Angus, on Thursday.
6 Feb 2025
Celebrity News

Comedy festival to stage special tribute show for Janey Godley

Elaine C Smith, Susie McCabe, Scott Agnew, Rosco McClelland and Tom Urie will appear in An Afternoon For Janey next month.
5 Feb 2025
Health

Alcohol-specific deaths in Scotland reach 15-year high

Office for National Statistics data shows there were 1,277 deaths from conditions wholly caused by alcohol in 2023.
5 Feb 2025