Scotland

Emergency services have been dealing with a house fire in Kinlochleven in Lochaber. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said six appliances and two high-reach vehicles had been sent to Leven Road at about 10:52. Police Scotland said properties neighbouring the two-storey mid-terrace house had been evacuated. The Scottish Ambulance …

Colin McHendry is among the residents affected. He has lived in his home for seven years. “I bought it purely for the view, the view is stunning,” he told BBC Scotland News. “This is a brilliant building, I mean the neighbours are fantastic.” Most tenants have already been rehoused and …

Colin McHendry is among the residents affected. He has lived in his home for seven years. “I bought it purely for the view, the view is stunning,” he told BBC Scotland News. “This is a brilliant building, I mean the neighbours are fantastic.” Most tenants have already been rehoused and …

What is a quango? Well it’s a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation. In other words a public body that’s funded by the taxpayer and helps provide services, but it’s not directly under government control. For a long time, opposition parties have insisted that Scotland has too many. Swinney now seems to agree …

Maloney was asked about the possibility of Celtic signing 18-year-old Chelsea forward Shim Mheuka on loan and said “it’s pretty difficult to talk about” prospective signings and “nothing’s confirmed with anyone”. “Any signing in that striker area, it’ll either transpire in the next 24, 48 hours, or we’ll just go …

The victory was the party’s first by-election win in Scotland since 1973. Flynn, who is now secretary for economy, tourism and transport, missed Scotland’s first World Cup match in 28 years when Steve Clarke’s side defeated Haiti in Boston on 14 June. But he travelled to the US in time …

Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin has been released from hospital after a health scare but it remains unclear when he will resume his duties. Goodwin, 44, missed United’s 4-0 Scottish Premiership win at Kilmarnock on Saturday after taking ill and being admitted to hospital last Thursday. Assistant Lee Sharp took …

Smith recorded on a spreadsheet the number of devices allocated to various groups including Restart Mental Health Services, children services and parenting services. However, police were called in after an investigation by NHS counter fraud officers identified that 301 iPads and 129 laptops were missing from the data and could …

A similar move in Edinburgh was overturned in 2023, after a group of club owners and performers launched a legal challenge against the move. Cochrane, who runs two strip clubs in Aberdeen, said the move came “out of the blue” and the industry was not spoken to prior to the …

Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay is to undergo a minor heart procedure after the discovery of “a mild benign arrhythmia”, Napoli have announced. The 29-year-old was replaced during Sunday’s 2-1 Serie A defeat by Como and will have corrective treatment “in the coming days”. Napoli expect him to be available again …

The southern section of the line, connecting the city centre and the hospital, is estimated to cost about £1.7bn, according to the committee report. That is proposed to go along Princes Street and connect with North Bridge, which recently reopened following an eight-year restoration project. It would then head towards …

Eyemouth was one of three Borders towns to receive a new high school under controversial Private Finance Initiative (PFI) funding in 2009. Attention in the town soon switched to a replacement primary school with the project being included in SBC’s 2015 budget. Inspections at the time revealed the Coldingham Road …

Macleod said the comhairle took “no pleasure” in raising council tax. “But we as a local authority are seeing the difficulties people have in trying to buy properties throughout the Western Isles,” he said. The number of second and empty properties have fallen from 896 to 834 over the last …

Speaking after the outcome of the court case last week, chief executive Laura Skaife-Knight said she wanted to apologise “unreservedly” on behalf of NHS Grampian. “While I deeply regret that I cannot change what happened in this case, I am committed to maximising our learning from our shortcomings and to …

Fortis Homes said the development would provide a financially-viable way to save the historic building. Managing director Doug Innes said: “We have engaged openly and positively with the community and elected members throughout the last nine months, and we have changed the proposals, where possible, in response to what we …

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

The second of four ordered ships will be handed over in October, about 20 months later than originally planned. BBC News

Parma midfielder Oliver Sorensen, 24, has completed a medical in London before a loan move to Celtic. (Anthony Joseph, external) And PSV Eindhoven midfielder Joel van den Berg, 19, is in Glasgow to complete a move to Celtic worth £3.4m. (Anthony Joseph, external) Celtic are in talks with Wolves over …

An SFRS spokesperson said: “There are no reported casualties at this time and crews remain in attendance.” There have been a number of major fires in the area in recent years. The Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed Glasgow School of Art was devastated by fires in 2014 and 2018. The second of …

The first minister said he had been “appalled” by the number of cases involving violence against women and girls over the summer months. “This has been a long-running issue within Scottish society,” he said. “The government has taken many measures to tackle this, but I think events over the summer …