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
Celebrity News

Fringe Society receives keys for permanent home in Edinburgh

The former Southbridge Community Resource Centre on the city’s Infirmary Street is set to become the society’s permanent base.
5 Feb 2025
UK

Ex-Scotland captain Wainwright to take on fresh challenge for Doddie Aid

Doddie’s Grand Tour 2025 will begin at Dublin’s Guinness Storehouse this week, ending at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh at the weekend.
4 Feb 2025
Music

AC/DC to play Edinburgh as final port of call on new European tour

The band will play 11 dates across the continent before concluding the tour at the Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium on August 21.
3 Feb 2025
UK

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society appoints new chief executive

Tony Lankester will take on the role in early April.
30 Jan 2025
Crime

Ex-first minister’s brother-in-law to stand trial on extortion and drug charges

Ramsay El-Nakla, the brother-in-law of Humza Yousaf, is accused of intimidation, extortion and being concerned in the supply of heroin and cocaine.
27 Jan 2025
UK

Boy, 16, arrested outside mosque charged with terrorism offences

The youth will appear at Greenock Sheriff Court on Monday January 27.
24 Jan 2025
Celebrity News

Succession star Brian Cox to return to Scottish stage this summer

The Scottish-born actor will star in Make It Happen at the Edinburgh International Festival.
24 Jan 2025
UK

Death of six-year-old girl being treated as murder

The bodies of Mark Gordon, 36, and his six-year-old daughter Hope were found in West Calder on Monday afternoon.
23 Jan 2025
UK

Second boy, 16, arrested under Terrorism Act after incident at mosque

Police Scotland says there is no risk to the wider public.
23 Jan 2025
Politics

Westminster says it has ‘no plans’ for bespoke migration policy for Scotland

The First Minister wants to see a scheme put in place to allow overseas students to remain in Scotland after graduating.
22 Jan 2025
Crime

Caldwell family to meet Swinney amid concerns over who should lead inquiry

A public inquiry looking at the police investigation into the murder of Emma Caldwell in 2005 was announced by the Scottish Government in March.
20 Jan 2025
Crime

Inquiry to begin into death of man shot by police after multiple stabbings

Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh stabbed six people at the Park Inn Hotel in West George Street, Glasgow, on June 26 2020.
20 Jan 2025
UK

Union to ballot Scottish Water staff on possible strike over latest pay offer

GMB Scotland said an offer it said amounted to 3.4% was ‘overwhelmingly rejected’ by members during an informal consultation.
20 Jan 2025
Politics

UK’s first safer drugs consumption room opening in Glasgow

The facility will allow users to take illegal substances under medical supervision.
13 Jan 2025
UK

Student plans festival to fund delivery of ambulances to conflict zones

Umran Ali Javaid, who studies at Glasgow Caledonian University, has so far taken more than 40 ambulances to countries blighted by war.
13 Jan 2025
UK

Police widen search for two sisters missing in Aberdeen

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both 32, were last seen on CCTV in the city’s Market Street on Tuesday.
11 Jan 2025
Business News

Retail sales saw ‘solid’ growth in final month of 2024, experts say

The Scottish Retail Consortium said 2024 on the whole, however, was a ‘tepid’ year for sales in Scotland.
10 Jan 2025
UK

Scientists probe secrets of Earth’s climate past

A team from the University of St Andrews looked at the role CO2 played in climate conditions.
6 Jan 2025
Crime

Ninth phase of Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry to open next spring

The inquiry started in 2016, tasked with examining historical allegations of the abuse of children in care.
18 Dec 2024
Crime

Rapist jailed after duping woman into unprotected sex in Scottish courts first

Luke Ford, 35, was found guilty of 19 charges involving violence, sexual assault, threats and abuse against women.
18 Dec 2024