Scotland

With captain Andy Robertson a certainty to win his 98th cap at left wing-back, and Aaron Hickey surely in prime position to start on the other side, where does that leave Scotland’s wide attacking options? Ben Gannon-Doak was so key for Scotland under Clarke due to his speed and ability …

A review of the front page stories from the daily newspapers in Scotland. BBC News

A review of the front page stories from the daily newspapers in Scotland. BBC News

June Bunyan’s mother says she has been left in legal limbo over her daughter’s death and custody of her granddaughter. BBC News

Visitors who remember Pollok House from before will find it completely transformed, given the sheer amount of art installations. However it is still uncertain when the building will be seen in a more traditional way. It shut in November 2023 to allow for roof and general building repairs and was …

The site, a few miles from Lockerbie, opened as a distillery and visitor centre in 2017 with a hut licensed for drinking parties. Visitor numbers are said to have reached up to 20,000 a year, but it closed in 2023 and was put up for sale for offers over £280,000. …

Smith and the entire cast of the most recent series are following in the footsteps of Still Game and Gary Tank Commander and making the move to a stage show at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro arena. The play recreates 14 Latimer Crescent – home to Beth and Eric Baird, played by …

Commonwealth Games bowler Mary Stevenson has died just a couple of months after winning a gold medal for Scotland at Glasgow 2026, where her winning throw earned her the moniker Mary Queen of Shots. Competing just a few weeks before her 74th birthday, Stevenson became the oldest member of Team …

A second carer, Oluwabunmi Salami, admitted allegations that she raised and lowered the resident’s bed without warning, causing him distress earlier in the hearing. The SSSC’s lawyer, Gary Burton, asked the panel to make a finding of impairment in both cases. In Sani’s case, he said her comments were “threatening …

A motorcyclist has died seconds after failing to stop for police in Edinburgh. Two officers on routine patrol signalled to the biker to stop in the Seafield Road area of Leith at about 18:36 on Wednesday. But a minute later the 40-year-old, who was travelling on a Yamaha YZF R6 …

Available for over a year If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like: ‘Can Michael Marra stick to his indyref2 position?’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0031ss7 Natalie, Phil and former the Scottish Labour MSP Paul O’Kane talk about John Swinney’s (pictured) Holyrood motion on independence and how the new Scottish Labour leader …

The court heard that the pair were on Buchanan Street when the argument broke out. Prosecutor Lauren Aitchison said: “This argument was over money and Miss McCluskey felt insulted by the comments Dempster was making and asked her to go away. “Dempster told her ‘I don’t want a scabby fiver, …

In a statement, the council’s director of communications and corporate governance Colin Edgar claimed Unison had betrayed its own members by not balloting them. He said talks breaking down meant there was now “no agreed way forward between the council and the joint trade unions”. “The council has gone as …

At First Minister’s Questions, Swinney expressed his “deepest sympathies” to all those who had lost a loved one as he cited “intergenerational poverty and trauma” and an “upsurge in grossly harmful synthetics” as reasons for the rise in deaths. Afterwards, he told BBC Scotland News that his government was in …

The telecommunications infrastructure operator said antennas were a “familiar” feature of the four storey building, and the new technology was needed as part of a national mobile communications network. It said its plans aligned with “longstanding” planning policy. Cellnex UK has been approached for comment. 5G is the fifth generation …

The prosecutor said a number of packages containing either drugs or cash were intercepted in the postal system and could be linked back to the accused. Following the discoveries, police were granted warrants to search the properties in Mosstodloch and Garmouth, in Moray, as well as a unit in Elgin. …

The council currently runs ferry services to nine islands, carrying about 750,000 passengers each year on 12 vessels at a cost of £23m per year. There hasn’t been a new vessel in the fleet since 2004. Shetland council leader Emma Macdonald said the funding was “a major step forward”. She …

Scotland’s record try-scorer Darcy Graham is to miss the autumn internationals with a bicep injury. The 29-year-old Edinburgh winger has 38 tries from his 57 caps but will not have the chance to add to that tally in home Tests against New Zealand, Australia and Japan. Edinburgh head coach Sean …

A man has been arrested after a six-hour stand-off with emergency services in Perth. Police were called to the corner of Atholl Street and North Methven Street at about 17:30 on Wednesday to reports of items being thrown from the window of an upper-floor flat. Riot officers entered a flat …

McGrail added: “The thing that we really ought to be measured on… is about the impact that our investments make. “We’ve been given a budget to invest in the energy transition and to give a stake to the public in the energy transition. “We’ve set a target to create 10,000 …