A former SNP councillor has been convicted of sex attacks against three women. Lewis Ritchie had denied the charges but was found guilty at Edinburgh sheriff court following a two day trial. The court heard that the former Edinburgh Council
Asda is to remove ‘best before’ dates from almost 250 fresh fruit and vegetable products as it joins a movement among supermarkets to help customers cut waste and save money. The supermarket will leave the dates off produce including citrus fruits
EDINBURGH should publicly acknowledge the city’s “past role in sustaining slavery and colonialism” and apologise to “those places and people who suffered,” according to a new action plan. The recommendation drawn up by the independent Edinburgh
LIFELINE services on a key island route have been shut down due to a breakdown of one of the the CalMac ferry fleet’s oldest vessels. Services between Oban and Kennacraig on the mainland, and the islands of Colonsay and Islay were cancelled for
A woman who had previously had cancer died after medics misdiagnosed a recurrence as a common bowel condition. The patient, who was from the Highlands, had been successfully treated for breast cancer. When she began suffering abdominal pain
Edinburgh-based Miller Homes has announced plans for its 10th Lanarkshire development of the past five years, underlining the continuing demand for new-build homes in the region. Highstonehall Park follows the success of the builder’s Highstonehall
NICOLA Sturgeon has called out a “nasty, unpleasant fringe” within the independence movement as she spoke out about the abuse and threats she receives on a daily basis. The First Minister stressed that hateful rhetoric exists on both sides of the
A man has died after a lorry overturned on the M8 near Edinburgh. A black DAF HGV crashed west of the Hermiston Gait around 4pm on Tuesday, August 23. The 54-year-old driver was rescued from the vehicle but was sadly pronounced dead on the
BORIS Johnson has made a surprise visit to Kyiv to mark Ukraine’s independence day. The Prime Minister tweeted details of his journey on Wednesday afternoon, sharing a picture of himself standing alongside Volodymyr Zelensky. “What happens
DEPUTY First Minister John Swinney is due to meet unions today in the latest attempt to stop strikes that could shut schools and nurseries and further escalate bin collection stoppages from tomorrow (Friday). Trade unions are due to be joined
NICOLA Sturgeon has insisted she will not “cling onto office” when the time comes for her to quit as she “looks forward” to life after politics. The First Minister raised speculation earlier this month at an Edinburgh Festival Fringe event by admitting
The number of hospital patients testing positive for Covid-19 has dropped in recent weeks, the latest figures show. Public Health Scotland found that in the week ending August 21 there were on average 819 patients with the virus receiving in-patient
A man accused of sending threatening messages to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on social media and of abducting a sheriff should be barred from representing himself in legal proceedings, a court has heard. William Curtis and another man with whom
Bin strikes in North Lanarkshire are not expected to affect school bus routes, despite drivers being taken from waste management to provide transport. The first week of the new school term saw more than 1,000 children left without buses to school
Jim McIntyre has defended Willie Collum ahead of the whistler taking charge of his Cove Rangers side’s match with Queen’s Park. The referee will take charge of the Championship showdown after being in the spotlight last weekend for his officiating
YOU might lately have heard mention of ‘syndicalism’ in the context of the current wave of industrial actions. Although it’s a core concept of the revolutionary left it’s not recently been heard in polite society. Syndicalism is when groups of
Climate activists will stage a ‘die in’ protest on the Royal Mile on Saturday. A group of Extinction Rebellion activists are set to lie on the ground outside St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, posing as ‘casualties of the climate crisis’. The ‘
NICOLA Sturgeon has been branded “beyond a joke” for appearing on the Edinburgh Fringe to talk about herself while rubbish piles in the capital’s streets. The Scottish Tories said the First Minister had “abandoned her post” to take part in an “
RUSSIA’S consul general in Edinburgh should be “banished” from Scotland, the Scottish Greens have said. The party has attacked Andrey Yakovlev and his staff for spreading “falsehoods and pro-Russian military dogma” about the invasion of Ukraine
JOHN Swinney has blamed divisions in the SNP-led umbrella body for local government for the bin strikes sweeping the country as he prepares to hold a summit on the problem. The acting Finance Secretary said it was “frustrating” that non-SNP council
Tyson Fury has set a seven-day deadline to arrange a unification fight with Oleksandr Usyk. Usyk retained his WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO belts after winning his rematch with Anthony Joshua on Saturday while Fury, who retired after beating Dillian
AUGUST is such a significant time for so many of our young people. On August 9, more than 130,000 received their Scottish Qualifications Authority National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher results. This year was particularly significant as it was the
Construction work to replace copes and parapets by the Kingston Bridge will see major road closures for ten week from September. Motorists are being told to expect diversions on most nights between 10pm and 6am from September 5. Balfour Beatty
UNIONS have warned of a “winter of discontent” if ministers fail to resolve a councils pay dispute that threatens to shut schools across Scotland. Wendy Dunsmore of Unite warned unions were “here for the long haul” after local government pay negotiations
THE media find it difficult to focus properly on more than one thing. Right now that thing is what is loosely being called the cost of living crisis. What has been swept from the front pages, along with the war in Ukraine, is climate change. This
THE appalling state of Edinburgh’s streets after the bin men and women have been on strike for less than a week is testament to the excellent work they normally do, unnoticed and unsung. It took a strike for everyone to notice (“Ministers urged to
A UK Government minister has dismissed a proposals by ScottishPower chief executive Keith Anderson to freeze energy bills for two years through a taxpayer-supported £100bn fund. Armed Forces Minister James Heappey said that the £100bn loan scheme
Morgan Stanley is looking to hire more than 200 university graduates, graduate apprentices and summer interns in a record-breaking recruitment drive out of its Glasgow office. Applications to fill 75 university graduate and 104 university summer
FREEZING the energy price cap would require a “risky” amount of borrowing, Rishi Sunak has said. The Tory leadership candidate said he was “nervous” that it could make inflation worse. Energy regulator Ofgem is set to announce the price cap
A Scottish mountain biker has died just days after taking the gold in the Scottish MTB XC Championships. Tributes have been paid to Rab Wardell after he died at the age of 37. Scottish Cycling confirmed the death on Tuesday evening. His
After a Foundation Apprenticeship won him a place on Scotland’s prestigious CodeClan Summer Youth Academy, ex-Musselburgh Grammar pupil Milo Mitchell gained vital work experience within the competitive technology sector PUPILS across Scotland
Born: October 27, 1927; Died: August 11, 2022. BARELY months from the 100th anniversary of the launch of its first station, BBC Scotland has lost a unique link to its earliest days with the death of David Paterson Walker at the age of 94.
JUDY MURRAY hopes that next year’s UCI World Cycling Championships, to be held primarily in Glasgow, can be a transformative moment for Scots and encourage a new generation to get on their bike and keep fit. The tennis coach has been a long-time
SCOTLAND has recorded a double-digit deficit for the second year in a row despite a sharp rebound in tax receipts as the economy emerged from lockdown. The annual Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) report showed the difference
WE were told, by director Miguel Sapochnik that House of the Dragon was moving away from the kind of scenes of rape and sexualised violence that characterised Game of Thrones, and for which it has been slated. But the big outrage following the much-anticipated
Time was running out for a high-profile writer to reach the book festival where he was due to speak. His London train was late, but the volunteer sent to collect him was waiting when he arrived. He was the biggest name in that day’s programme, and
By Aleem Farooqi CORNER stores can’t usually afford security guards and at some times in the day they may be the only person in the shop. Moreover retailers sometimes live with their families above the shop. It means there’s a particular resonance
Scottish mountain biker Rab Wardell has died just days after winning the Scottish MTB XC Championships. Scottish Cycling confirmed on Tuesday evening that Wardell died in his sleep, aged 37. It said in a statement on Twitter: “We are devastated
IT WAS watching the latest edition of cricket’s The Hundred on the BBC that led me to think about what is wrong with the FOSROC Super 6. The Hundred is a hoot with all those flashy uniforms, fake names, disc jockeys filling in any kind of silence
THE Commonwealth Games may have been more glamorous and higher profile but it is this week’s EuroHockey qualifier that will define this year for the Scottish men’s team. Fresh off the back of a Birmingham 2022 tournament that delivered high-scoring
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called for action from the Government to set about increasing the minimum wage to £15 an hour “as soon as possible”. It comes amid of a summer of significant industrial action as leading unions have raised frustrations
RANGERS are 90 minutes away from the Champions League group stages, but the Ibrox side still have it all to do. Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s team are currently drawing 2-2 on aggregate against PSV after the first leg of their play-off round.
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SCOTLAND is a divided place, for sure. But, barring a small if sometimes loud and shouty minority, it is still, by and large, a reasonable place, full of reasonable people. We may disagree with each other profoundly about our nation’s future but, in
NICOLA Sturgeon will miss the launch of the key report on Scotland’s public finances today, shortly before she appears on the Edinburgh Fringe. The First Minister will not be at the traditional media briefing on the Government Expenditure and Revenue
IT has played host to some of the biggest names in music and was created as a flagship venue as Glasgow reinvented itself through culture. Opening its doors more than 30 years ago, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is among the locations which earned
THE professonal governing body for Scottish solicitors has raised concerns about a potential move to get rid of juries for serious sexual offence trials. The Scottish Government is exploring the move to judge-only sexual offence trials in Scottish
STRIKES that could shut schools and nurseries in 21 of Scotland’s 32 local authority areas are expected to go ahead after pay council pay talks broke down yesterday. THE deputy first minister John Swinney is being urged to intervene after local
TORY MSPs and councillors have warned their colleagues in Westminster that rejecting Glasgow’s green freeport bid would represent a lasting economic failure for the country. In a letter to Levelling-Up Secretary Greg Clark, the group said it was
“IT has to be big, has to be bold and done across the UK very quickly,”, said the boss of ScottishPower, Keith Anderson, yesterday, calling for an energy price freeze. It’s not often that the Scottish Government hosts summits where everyone agrees.
The owner of Glasgow’s landmark Met Tower building has announced plans to double the size of its proposed science and technology hub at the former College of Building and Printing. The 14-storey Met Tower, which has been covered with a huge “People
LISTENING to Liz Truss during the hustings increasingly resembles those occasions when you make an insurance claim only to discover that what you thought it said on the policy is not what you are actually covered for. She started off her leadership
Urgent intervention is needed to ensure viable businesses don’t go bust amid spiralling energy costs, a leading business group has warned. New survey data from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) found more than two-thirds of firms expect
THE contrast between the terms of the trade deals struck recently by the UK and European Union with New Zealand, highlighted at the weekend by Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon and trade minister Ivan McKee, is striking indeed. The
By Scott Wright THE chief executive of Crieff Hydro, the Perthshire-based hotel group, has declared there will be “significant closures” across the tourism and hospitality industry as it grapples with a barrage of soaring costs. Stephen Leckie
By Scott Wright THE new chief executive of Wood Group has underlined the need for the engineering services giant to improve its cash generation and deliver greater value for shareholders, as the company reported a dip in first-half revenues.
By Ian McConnell Business Editor SCOTTISH law firm Burness Paull yesterday reported a seven per cent rise in profits to £35.7 million, which it said had triggered an all-staff bonus. Turnover in the year to July 31, at £78.6m, was up 9%
Rearguard action WE’RE discussing a once-ubiquitous toilet paper that was so scritchy-scratchy it turned one’s posterior into a post-mortem. Hang your head in shame if you thought we were referring to the relatively amiable Andrex. If you
McGREGOR – William Vernon of Carluke, peacefully at Wishaw General Hospital on Friday 19th August 2022, Vernon, beloved husband to Marion and much loved dad to Alistair, Aileen, Moira and Lorna. Funeral Service will take place at Daldowie Crematorium
GARDINER – Robert (Bob) Skirling Peacefully at Kello Hospital, Biggar. Beloved husband to late wife, Jan. Loving father to Jacque and Graeme, Proud grandpa to Lindsey, Gemma and Hamish. A popular gentleman who will be greatly missed. Funeral will take
LAURIE – Robert On 12th August 2022, peacefully at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Robert Laurie of Stud Farm, Terregles, beloved husband of Margaret Holmes and much loved dad of Margaret and Heather. Funeral service shall take place at 10am on
WORKMAN – Judith (nee Pagan) Very peacefully, on 2nd August 2022, at 84 years. Judith (Judy) Mary originally of Cupar, Fife, latterly of Binfield, Berkshire, much loved wife of George, sister of Graeme and Bill, and the late John. A celebration of Judy’s
BELL – Brother Philip (Nunraw) Please pray for Br. Philip Bell, a member of our community, who died peacefully on Friday 12th August, 2022. His funeral will take place on Saturday 27th August, here at the Abbey Church at 11am. There will be a buffet in
MILL – Grace Peacefully at home on Friday 19th August 2022. Beloved wife to the late John, dearly loved and loving mother to Lesley, Laurie, Alastair and Wendy, adored Gabbie to 13 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. A service of Thanksgiving will
If you’re not a fan of the hit games Wordle or Heardle then maybe try the movie spin-off Framed. Described as a game for ‘cinephiles and casual movie watchers alike’ it is inspired by the worldwide popular guessing games. The game sees a
Wordle has taken the world by storm, and if you’ve not given in to playing the daily game, we can guarantee you’ve seen the elusive squares all over social media. The aim of the game is to find a 5 letter word in only six attempts. The game
Have your headphones at the ready because it’s time for Spotify’ daily musical teaser Heardle. If you’re anything like us, you’ve been agonising over the New York Times’ Wordle mind-bender for months now. Described as “a respectful homage to
How strong is your Quordle game? Here are some hints to help you smash the daily brainteaser. Whether you’ve aced the music spin-off Heardle or you’ve got the film version Framed beat, it might be time to raise the stakes. Described by some
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