Scotland

A recruitment campaign has started to find a boss to head up the new Inverness Castle visitor destination. The 19th Century red sandstone property was built as a court and prison. The Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service moved out of the castle in 2020, and Highland Council is leading a …

During the election campaign, Keir Starmer visited Scotland on a number of occasions in an attempt to win over Scottish voters. One of the party’s most notable policies is to set up a nationalised energy company, GB energy, headquartered in Scotland. No location has been announced but there has been …

As an interviewee, Murray has almost always been polite, patient and generous with his time – and very good value. I can count on one hand the number of times he turned me down for an interview, and one of those occasions was after the 2016 Australian Open final against …

Bologna finished third in Serie A to qualify for the Champions League – the first time they will play in Europe’s top club competition since the 1964-65 season. However, that success led to head coach Thiago Motta being poached by Juventus – and to speculation that Ferguson could follow until …

Leanne Crichton, Tom English and Stephen McGinn debate the big pre-season talking points. Source link

Sir Keir Starmer will travel to Scotland on Sunday to discuss ways of improving the working relationship with the Scottish government . The new prime minister said Scotland would be the first stop in a tour of the UK nations, and he would meet First Minister John Swinney. “For the …

Cameron Norrie lost to German fourth seed Alexander Zverev as Britain’s interest in the Wimbledon men’s singles ended for another year. Norrie, 28, was beaten 6-4 6-4 7-6 (17-15) in the third round. Zverev, who has never gone past the last 16 at the All England Club, battled through after …

A post shared on the OVO Hydro’s Facebook page, external, just hours before the gig said the singer needed a “few days of recovery” after having a minor surgical procedure on her leg. The venue operator said rescheduled dates would be announced soon. The American singer joined Fleetwood Mac in …

Andy Murray’s Wimbledon career is over after Emma Raducanu pulled out of their planned appearance in the mixed doubles. Former world number one Murray, 37, was due to play alongside his fellow Briton on Saturday evening at the All England Club. Raducanu, 21, said she has “some stiffness” in her …

Oh, meanwhile, could be leaving 18 months after his arrival from Suwon Samsung Bluewings. “There’s some interest in Oh, so again we’ll assess that as a club and just manage that,” Rodgers said after Friday’s 1-1 friendly draw away to Ayr United. “But you’ll see tonight, his attitude is great …

Mr Swinney described the result, the SNP’s worst since 2010, as “very, very difficult and damaging”. On X, formerly known as Twitter, the official UK Prime Minister account posted that Sir Keir had spoken to the first ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It added: “We are resetting our …

Scotland’s front pages as Sir Keir Starmer enters No.10 and the SNP suffers major election losses. Source link

The story of Evans’ remarkable rise is founded in determination, focus and hard work, as well as bucketloads of natural talent. Mum Ros, who competed at the 1984 Winter Games in Sarajevo, saw early signs that young Neah could have a big sporting future. “We were all quite sporty and …

The party holds both seats in Aberdeen, and also wins seats in two new constituencies. Source link

The Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has for some years sat in both Holyrood and Westminster. He entered the campaign promising not to contest the general election and concentrate on the job of leading his party in the Scottish Parliament. But then he changed his mind, announcing that he would …

British number twos Dart and Norrie caused upsets on Thursday when they knocked out their higher-ranked compatriots on Court One. The in-form Katie Boulter and Jack Draper, both seeded at Wimbledon for the first time, were expected to go deep in the tournament. It is the first time that Dart, …

The Conservatives have retained their three seats across the south of Scotland at the general election. It was a long night at the count in Dumfries with declarations not coming until after 09:30 – among the latest in the whole of the UK. In the end, David Mundell was returned …

The SNP’s Joanna Cherry has blamed former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon for their party’s heavy general election losses. Ms Cherry lost the battle for Edinburgh South West by 6,217 votes to Labour, She said the SNP had lost its reputation for competent government and failed to progress the case for …

Public Health Scotland has returned to publishing its Covid reports weekly “amid rising Covid-19 trends”, having been produced monthly while infection levels were lower. Data for Covid is no longer collected in the way it was during the height of the pandemic as far less testing takes place now. That …

The obvious election headline in Scotland is Labour’s comeback amid an SNP collapse, but if you look more closely at the numbers what do you see? Source link