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Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake are behind the business hoping to transform the historic New Picture House cinema in St Andrews into a sports bar. Picture: Ethan Miller/ Patrick Smith/Getty Images

Tiger Woods, Justin Timberlake push on with St Andrews sports gastro pub plan
Plans by champion golfer Tiger Woods and superstar Justin Timberlake to open an upmarket sports and entertainment gastro pub in St Andrews are forging ahead despite a community backlash.

Game of Thrones was tame in comparison to some episodes in Scottish medieval history (Picture: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Scotland's real-life Game of Thrones: Alexander II was a 'psychopathic maniac'

During the recent wintry spell the council used around 4,000 tonnes of salt on 2,500 miles of road per day.

Aberdeenshire Council budget: “Everything is on the table” to plug the gap

A 5 per cent increase for council rents has been recommended

‘Warm and comfortable homes’ a priority as increases proposed for council rents

Sturgeon's central defence over WhatsApp scandal hasn't even lasted a week Scotsman comment

Deprived Hackney can help Scotland break link between poverty and exam results Sarah Atkin

Who is calling me from this number? How to see who’s calling you

The plaque outside Bute House in Edinburgh. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

More than £850k spent on repairing First Minister's residence Bute House

Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race to defeat Trump? Scotsman comment

Latest news

Candles lit to mark Baby Awareness Day. Picture: Scott Louden

Parents urged to follow advice on safe sleeping as co-sleeping deaths revealed

Jason Leitch

Jason Leitch called MSP a 'smarta*se' in private messages with Humza Yousaf

Demonstrators outside the UK Covid-19 Inquiry hearing at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Calls for Covid recovery committee to be reconvened after WhatsApp revelations

Temporary residents should not be allowed to stand for public office in Scotland, says reader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Clear thinking needed from Holyrood

SSE’s Ecology Manager Emily Nelson. Picture - supplied

Ad Feature Scotland’s offshore wind potential

Charlie Allan tossing the caber, watched by judge Bob Shaw

Scotsman Obituaries: Charlie Allan

Helen Corden, Partner and UK Head of Employment & Reward at Pinsent Masons

Still a way to go to close university gender pay gap - Helen Corden

More top stories

Demonstrators outside the UK Covid-19 Inquiry hearing at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Calls for Covid recovery committee to be reconvened after WhatsApp revelations

Jurgen Klopp still has a chance of winning four pieces of silverware at Liverpool.

Klopp reign could end in trophies - duo most likely to be next Liverpool manager

The show follows a group of contestants in which some become Traitors and the remaining Faithful must work together to eliminate them from the game and collect the prize money

Research may shed light on difficulty in identifying The Traitors

Game of Thrones was tame in comparison to some episodes in Scottish medieval history (Picture: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Scotland's real-life Game of Thrones: Alexander II was a 'psychopathic maniac'

Transport

Empty platforms at Edinburgh Waverley after ScotRail services were suspended (Picture: Lauren Gilmour/PA)

Routine shutdowns of railways as extreme weather worsens would be unacceptable

A small community in Easter Ross is looking into the potential of having its first rail stop since 1960.

Edderton community work on reopening train stop that closed in 1960

An empty Glasgow Queen Street as all trains are cancelled throughout Scotland's rail network due to Storm Jocelyn.

Increased rail disruption warning amid ‘more rain and wind than ever before’

I’m shocked by the state of the roads Alastair Dalton

Future Scotland

The tech boss wants to help create 'happy, confident, comfortable, and good engineers'. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Interview: Rose Ulldemolins on fostering a diverse tech talent pipeline
Tech boss aiming to foster diverse pipeline of talent with Dundee skills hub.

An IBioIC scientist monitoring and sampling a photobioreactor of cyanobacteria. Picture: contributed.

Biotechnology innovation centre nets funding that 'secures' its long-term future

Once complete, Kirk Hill wind farm, near Kirkoswald in Ayrshire, will be the largest consumer-owned wind farm in the UK – with a total generating capacity of 18.8MW, it will supply enough green electricity to power around 20,000 homes and businesses and earn around £2.8m for community projects over its 30-year lifespan. Picture: Ripple Energy

Community-owned turbines to generate green power and cash for local projects

MSP Richard Lochhead says: 'Through the delivery of the Inward Investment Plan, the Scottish Government will continue to help ensure we make the most of our competitive advantages and strengths to maintain our position as a leading destination for inward investment.' Picture: contributed.

Firms progressing projects with Scots unis amid bid to grow inward investment

Mike Clarke, partner at YFM Equity Partners: 'We’re expecting this year to be really busy.'

Scotland grabs top spot for entrepreneurship but barriers to growth remain

Crime

Sofia Vergara will star as Griselda in the new Netflix true crime series. Cr. Netflix.

Griselda: The real life story of Netflix's new true crime series

Julie Paterson, chief executive of the Mental Welfare Commission, said Mr E had been "failed by the systems and structures put in place to protect and support him"

Disabled man ‘prisoner at home for five years’

Brenda Page and Christopher Harrisson on their wedding day. Image: Rita Ling/Firecrest Films/BBC

Explainer Brenda Page documentary reveals how her husband finally faced justice

How cost-cutting contributed to wrongful Post Office prosecutions Tom Wood

The man was taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow with serious injuries. Image: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

'Large bulldog-type dog' shot dead after man suffers ‘serious’ injuries

Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has been plagued by stalkers at her homes.

Man arrested for stalking near Taylor Swift's home

Politics

Covid Inquiry uncovers shameful evidence about Sturgeon's inner circle

A picture is emerging of an SNP administration that tried to use Covid to push the cause of independ...
Humza Yousaf will not meet Sir Keir Starmer during London trip
The First Minister is due to make a trip to London – but will not be meeting the UK Labour leader de...
Social Care Minister Maree Todd. Image: Fraser Bremner.

National Care Service will have wider economic benefits, minister says

MSPs on Holyrood’s Finance Committee have said they have ongoing concerns about the plans
Ten years after 'Farmageddon', I see signs of hope about nature-friendly farmingPhilip Lymbery
Philip Lymbery
Analysis From f**king clowns to Covid policy, WhatsApps are giving us a valuable insight
Messages released to the UK Covid Inquiry are providing a key glimpse behind the scenes...
Just two measles case recorded in Scotland amid outbreak
More than 200 children were diagnosed with measles in England and Wales in the last four weeks of 20...

Weather

A car damaged by falling debris in Glasgow in January 1968 after a fierce storm swept in, killing 20. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Remembering Scotland's deadly storm of 1968 which no one knew was coming

Fallen tree on four cars in Linlithgow during Storm Isha. As much of the country is covered by Amber Wind Warning. January 22 2024. Winds up to 100 mph tore through the UK overnight causing widespread damage.

What do the weather warnings in the UK mean?

Coronavirus

Nicola Sturgeon called Boris Johnson "a f***ing clown" during pandemic

First Minister Humza Yousaf is due to appear at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry in Edinburgh today. Image: Steve Welsh/Press Association.

Humza Yousaf to be questioned at UK Covid-19 Inquiry

Scottish Government Daily Covid Briefing New St. Andrews House - Edinburgh Chief clinical Officer - Prof Jason Leitch First Minister - Nicola Sturgeon

Leitch: 'There was swearing' in Sturgeon chat on postponing Christmas parties

National clinical director Jason Leitch should have told Humza Yousaf to stick to the letter of the Covid rules on masks (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

National clinical director's advice to Yousaf at odds with spirit of mask rule

Opinion

Ceann-suidhe an NFU ann an Alba, Màrtainn Ceannadach

Bu chòir na bùthan mòra a bhith nas taiceile dha àiteachais

Ged a tha a’ mhòr-chuid againn gu math taiceil dhen phrionnsabal gum bu chòirear taic a chumail ri tuathanaich is croitearan às an dùthaich seo fhèin, ‘s e fìrinn na cùise nuair a thig e gu bhith a’ ceannach ar cuid bidhe anns na bùthan mòra, gur e dè as fhasa agus dè as saora a tha a’ cunntadh barrachd.Murray MacLeòid
Brie Larson as Elizabeth Zott in the Apple TV+ show Lessons in Chemistry. Picture: Apple

Passions: Lessons in Chemistry has all the elements of a heartwarming drama

Westminster doesn't seem to think Gaelic TV is as important as Wales' S4C John Morrison

Scotland's Land: How reform can bring transformative change

Hamish Trench

People

Film and TV producer Chris Young will be spearheading the new Sean Connery Talent Lab when it launches in April in Leith Docks.

Inbetweeners producer to lead new talent school backed by Sean Connery's family
Chris Young says project will be a ‘game-changer for Scotland’

Actor Jack Lowden at Leith Theatre. Picture: Andy O'Brien

Slow Horses star Jack Lowden returns to the stage in Scotland

The scene in Tinto View where police shot a large bulldog type of dog after it attacked a man on January 24 (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Dog shot dead after attacking owner ‘was previously abandoned’

Tam o’ Shanter read by poet Jolyn Crawford for Burns Night

Watch: Tam o’ Shanter read by poet Jolyn Crawford for Burns Night

​Bruce Irvine, the Banff and Buchan Monitor Farmer.

Find out how small changes make big impacts at latest Banff and Buchan Monitor F...

Obituaries

In his later years Ian King shifted from academia to journalism and social activism

Scotsman Obituaries: Ian King, German scholar and social activist

Arthur Midwinter, pictured at Holyrood, was not afraid to challenge assumed opinion (Picture: Lewis Houghton)

Obituaries: Arthur Midwinter, academic and public servant

Christian Shaw, pictured in 2007, was an expert restorer and a talented designer (Picture: Bill Henry)

Scotsman Obituaries: Christian Shaw, respected Scottish stained glass artist

Annie Nightingale pictured in a 1964 publicity shot for her TV show That's For Me (Picture: John Pratt/Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Scotsman Obituaries: Annie Nightingale, legendary DJ and TV presenter

Environment

The prominent peak of Clachnaben stands over Glen Dye in Aberdeenshire where four million trees will soon be planted and 1,800 hectares of peatland restored on the moorland which was long used for grouse shooting. PIC: Contributed.

Ex PM's shooting estate to become Scotland's largest carbon-offsetting scheme
More than four million trees will be planted in Glen Dye in Aberdeenshire as corporate investors move in

Cost-of-living support for Scots in remote communities must be tailored to account for ‘rural premium’ on bills, according to new report from Westminster's Scottish Affairs Committee

Why cost-of-living support for rural Scots is not enough

Choughs, which are members of the crow family, have been disappearing from Scotland and are now only found in the western islands of Colonsay, Islay and Jura

Chough love: Action to save acrobatic bird from extinction must be stepped up

Field says its batteries are able to provide ‘firm’, back-up power during periods of lower renewable generation. Picture: contributed.

Renewables-focused firm boosts battery storage capability with acquisitions

Port Talbot job cuts a sign we can no longer fail to count greenhouse gases cost Anthony Seaton

UK News

Killing of Gaza civilians may or may not be genocide but it must stop Kenny MacAskill

Lloyds Banking Group has said it is cutting about 1,600 jobs across its branch network. Picture: Michael Gillen.

Lloyds Bank to cut 1,600 jobs across branches in shift to online banking

After Sunak leads Tories to defeat, party looks set to embrace Trumpian politics Euan McColm

The amount of education people receive can have a dramatic effect on their health (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Staggering health benefits of education highlight the folly of populist politics

Modern audiences are becoming as stroppy as in Shakespeare’s day Aidan Smith

Offshore wind energy could help turn Scotland into a clean energy superpower (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Oil licensing law won't cut bills but will damage clean energy superpower hopes

World

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump celebrates in Nashua, New Hampshire, after winning the party's primary contest (Picture: Timothy A Clary/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's graceless New Hampshire victory speech is just what some US voters like

Death penalty protesters demonstrate outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, in June.

What is nitrogen gas execution? Which countries still have the death penalty?

Iranian 'justice' is a medieval horror-show that should shock the world Struan Stevenson

Lawmakers attend a session before voting on a Bill regarding Sweden's accession to Nato, on Tuesday at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) in Ankara. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Sweden one step closer to Nato membership after Turkish vote

The European Parliament elections are in June. Picture: Nicolas Maeterlinck/AFP via Getty Images

European Parliament set for far-right swing in June elections, report claims

The plane which is believed to have crashed is a Ilyushin-76 aircraft, similar to this one pictured here.

Mystery surrounds Russian military plane crash near Ukraine border

UK Trending

Giles Dalby has been convicted in court after crashing a drone at a live music concert.

Drone crashes into stage at beach concert

American professor Michelle Francl has claimed that we should be putting salt into our tea.

American professor claims a pinch of SALT makes the perfect cup of tea

ASDA petrol forecourts will be going fully cashless by the summer.

Asda to make petrol forecourts cashless - the full list of locations

22 people entered The Traitors castle, but who will leave with the cash?

The Traitors series 2: What to expect from the final

Shaun Tookey cleans graves as a side hustle but hopes one day to make it a full time job. Picture: SWNS

Grave cleaning a "peaceful" & "satisfying" side hustle

An adult’s confidence to ask for help starts at 27