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Mum's the Word - When in Berlin... a spa day ends in naked fear
Sweating it out in the sauna

The One Where Ross Gets Married: Friends scripts from bin fetch £28k

Glasgow-born author and artist Alasdair Gray.

Last Alasdair Gray archive joins 'Poor Things' manuscript in national collection

Around 100 Post Office workers in Scotland were caught up in the scandal. Photo: PA

Subpostmaster ‘ashamed’ at embezzlement conviction died before name cleared

Analysis SNP ministers must have known XL bully ban in Scotland was inevitable

Two sunken boats are in the canal at the Kelpies. Pic: Michael Gillen

Boats sink at The Kelpies

​There is a generational divide in the use of generative AI in the workplace (Picture: stock/adobe.com)

Effective employee engagement can help harness power of AI - Dave McCallum

SNP Leader Humza Yousaf launches the party's general election campaign. Picture: John Devlin

Humza Yousaf: ‘If you believe in independence, you must vote SNP’

Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson perform during the Ice Dance rhythm dance event of the ISU European Figure Skating Championship in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Close gold medal battle for Scottish ice dancer at European Championships

Latest news

Yemen strikes sent ‘strong signal’ to Houthis, Sunak says

Ben Nevis looms over the wreck of the Golden Harvest fishing boat on the banks of Loch Linnhe near Fort William in the western Highlands. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Yellow weather warnings issued for snow and ice for parts of Scotland

Annie Nightingale pictured in 2016. Photo: PA

Annie Nightingale, BBC Radio 1’s first female DJ, dies at 83

Post Office Horizon: What is the IT scandal all about?

Rab Thomson at Edinburgh High Court for a continued procedural hearing. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Date set for three Post Office sub-postmasters convicted in Scotland to appeal

Wind power should help Scotland's drive towards net zero (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

New deal brings winds of change to nation - David Craig

Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, has apologised to one of the families involved.

Why the bodies of US citizens reported missing were dumped in unmarked graves

More top stories

Analysis SNP ministers must have known XL bully ban in Scotland was inevitable

Glasgow-born author and artist Alasdair Gray.

Last Alasdair Gray archive joins 'Poor Things' manuscript in national collection

Rab Thomson at Edinburgh High Court for a continued procedural hearing. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Date set for three Post Office sub-postmasters convicted in Scotland to appeal

Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, has apologised to one of the families involved.

Why the bodies of US citizens reported missing were dumped in unmarked graves

Transport

Turkish-built ferry to launch days after Ferguson Marine ferry ordered years ago

How a hyperloop might look (Photo by HyperloopTT)

Edinburgh University hyperloop group to test superfast pod

Several Scottish rail lines are included in the UK Department for Transport's map of "priority routes" where it wants some trains to run during strikes. (Photo by DfT)

Conservative and SNP governments must bury rail differences – Alastair Dalton

The River Spey in flood at Kingussie near Aviemore. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Rain and 'Arctic' blast forecast to hit Scotland this weekend

Future Scotland

Nicola Anderson, chief executive of FinTech Scotland, said the country was beginning to realise its fintech potential.

Scotland sees fintech job numbers jump by quarter in two years with more to come
Industry leaders highlight the benefits of collaboration between start-ups and major financial institutions.

Ujamaa Spice was set up in 2022 by Jawahir Al-Mauly and Rist Van de Weyer to tackle issues such as low-quality spices. Picture: contributed.

In depth: Scotland again stars in major ranking of disruptive new UK start-ups

Phillip Chambers, CEO, Orbex and Miguel Belló Mora, executive chair, Orbex. Picture by Abermedia

Sutherland Spaceport firm makes heavyweight hires ahead of 'incredible journey'

Paul Callaghan of the Scottish National Investment Bank, Clare Wareing of Cumulus Oncology and Andrew McNeill, Eos Advisory.

Cumulus gets £9m boost in mission to develop next generation of cancer therapies

Tom O’Hara, CEO of Kick ICT.

BGF exits Scottish IT firm Kick ICT as Lloyds offshoot comes on board

Crime

Could Yousaf have acted sooner over Post Office scandal? Jackie Baillie

Sunak's law striking down Horizon convictions may have unintended consequences Scotsman comment

Israel’s offensive following the 7 October Hamas attacks has killed more than 23,200 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza.

South Africa tells the UN top court Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

The death of Alison McLaughlin, 53, is being treated as murder while the death of her 57-year-old husband Neil was not suspicious

Death of couple treated as murder-suicide

Chief constable Jo Farrell. Photo Credit: Allan Bovill

Grievance lodged against new Police Scotland chief constable Jo Farrell

Lady Dorrian is the Lord Justice Clerk, one of Scotland's most senior judges

Pilot of juryless rape trials worth doing, senior judge tells MSPs

Politics

Liberal fightback against populism starts with defence of elites and immigration

Populism can be a direct threat to democracy but also an insidious one that undermines faith in elec...
Threatened swimming pool closures poses challenge to idea of universal benefits
Faced with a choice between the loss of public services or means-testing, the choice should be a sim...

Live animal export ban is a resolution the UK Government must keep

Thirty years after protests against live animal exports, the UK is on the cusp of making a historic change
As West betrays its values, others take cause of freedom more seriouslyJoyce McMillan
Joyce McMillan
Humza Yousaf says UK Parliament must be recalled over Houthi strikes in Yemen
The RAF took part in military action on Houthi facilities in Yemen after Rishi Sunak held a cabinet ...
Humza Yousaf: The SNP will never give up on independence
The SNP is set to officially launch its 2024 election campaign in Glasgow...

Weather

Will we see snowy scenes next week?

Will it snow in Scotland next week?

Planet Earth - ecology concept, global warming concept, the effect of environment climate change. Elements of this image furnished by NASA. Picture: Getty Images

Scientists confirm 2023 hottest year on record for world

Coronavirus

A person receiving a Covid-19 jab. Picture: PA

Covid infection levels rising, as one in 24 people in Scotland test positive

Michelle Mone during her interview on BBC Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Picture: BBC Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Rishi Sunak says he is taking the Michelle Mone scandal ‘incredibly seriously’

Michelle Mone during her interview on BBC Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Picture: BBC Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

SNP demands full disclosure over 'botched' PPE contracts after Mone interview

Secretary of State for Levelling Up Michael Gove speaking to the media outside BBC Broadcasting House in London. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Gove defends 'robust' Rwanda Bill as Sunak dealt blow from Tory right

Opinion

A mid-market rent development in Western Harbour, Leith

The human consequences of rent control in Scotland – Gillian McLees

The escalating cost of housing is a pressing issue as the demand for rental properties continues to outpace supply. Rent control is argued by some to be a necessary response to rising rents but, as shown from case studies worldwide, it usually damages supply and impacts availability and affordability.Gillian McLees
The Post Office Horizon scandal has dominated the news agenda this week (Picture: James Manning/PA Wire)

Readers Letters: Post Office compensation to sub-postmasters is not enough

​Scotland better in the UK? I don’t think so - Christine Grahame

How a US naval hero met his match in the redoubtable Helen, Countess of SelkirkSusan Morrison
Susan Morrison

People

A series of talks will take place in libraries across the region.

Explore the countryside and coast from the comfort of a warm library
Live Life Aberdeenshire is helping locals learn more about their countryside this winter through a series of talks taking place in the comfort and warmth of their local library.

Tinashe Warikandwa, Jo Freer and Suzanne Magowan starred in a recent production of Dundee Rep at The Steamie. Picture: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

Creative Scotland warns of risk of widespread ‘collapse’ over funding crisis

Houthi rebels have seen military facilities in Yemen bombed by UK and Us forces after the countries promised 'retaliation' for attack in the Red Sea. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Who are the Houthi rebels behind attacks on ships in Red Sea?

Yampil the black bear seen during his long journey from a shelled zoo in Ukraine to a new home in Scotland. Picture: SWNS

Bear found in abandoned Ukrainian zoo arrives at new home in Scotland

David Soul at the UK premiere of the Starsky & Hutch film in 2004 (Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Scotsman Obituaries: David Soul, blond half of Starsky & Hutch

Obituaries

George Allan was a man of many accomplishments

Scotsman Obituaries: George Allan, head teacher with a talent for rugby

Len Murray was a natural storyteller (Picture: Steven Scott Taylor/JP Licence)

Scotsman Obituaries: Len Murray, Scottish lawyer and Burns scholar

Eddie in Central Station, Glasgow (Picture: Gerald Mangan)

Scotsman Obituaries: Eddie Linden, poet and poetry magazine editor

Tom Wilkinson attends an event in New York in 2011 (Picture: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

Scotsman Obituaries: Tom Wilkinson, British actor best known for The Full Monty

Environment

Robert Thorburn, Openreach Scotland's partnership director (second from left), and Graeme Macfarlan, First Bus Scotland's commercial director (second from right). Picture: contributed.

Bus and broadband firms bring on board 'milestone' EV charging tie-up
Bus and broadband firms switch on EV charging tie-up to maximise capacity.

Extensive restoration projects are underway on the Kildrummy and Glenkindie estates after three years of surveying and data collection

'Scottish safaris' part of vision for former shooting estates owned by US couple

Forestry and Land Scotland, which has launched a land acquisition strategy that involves buying up ground to plant timber forests and tackle climate change, recently paid out more than £17m to purchase Glen Prosen in Angus in a hot land sales market. Picture: Getty Images

State-owned land should be used to benefit the people of Scotland

This map shows a snapshot of the registered extents of land held by a selection of public bodies within the Land Register. Credit: Registers of Scotland

Why Registers of Scotland can help reveal who owns Scotland's land

Brewster Brothers’ wash plants transform 100% of the excavated soils and rubble they process from the construction industry into high-value aggregates for reuse

Recycling firm opens new Cumbernauld plant amid circular economy drive

UK News

Press-friendly Michelle Mone is now a press-friendly example of Tory cronyism Laura Waddell

Singer Taylor Swift, pictured with actress Blake Lively, wears a dress designed by Perth-based firm Little Lies to a party at a Brooklyn pizza restaurant on Wednesday. The dress has now sold out. Picture: Robert Kamau/GC Images

Scottish fashion firm sells out of £58 dress after Taylor Swift snapped in frock

Taylor Swift's cat Benjamin Button stole the limelight from his owner on the cover of Time

Taylor Swift wows as she is pictured in dress by Scottish designer

Scotland deserves better than Starmer's Tory-lite Blair tribute act Keith Brown

Exclusive Mixed fortunes for Donald Trump's Scottish resorts

Beware! A year of cringe-worthy photo-ops by Sunak and Starmer await the nation Aidan Smith

World

Iran's despots should fear JFK's words about inevitability of violent revolution Struan Stevenson

Library picture of Royal Navy destroyer HMS Diamond (left) alongside the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. Picture SWNS

PM briefs Cabinet amid speculation of strike over Red Sea attacks

TOPSHOT - Handout released by Ecuador's National Police press office showing suspects detained by police officers inside the studio of public television station TC who took hostage several journalists and staff members.

Ecuador declares war on criminal gangs after gunmen storm TV station

Newly-appointed French Prime minister Gabriel Attal on his first official visit in the role on Tuesday. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Who is Gabriel Attal, France's newest - and youngest - prime minister?

Plastic covers the exterior of the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX. A door-sized section near the rear of the Boeing 737-9 MAX plane blew off 10 minutes after the flight 1282 took off from Portland, Oregon on January 5 on its way to Ontario, California.

Boeing 737 Max 9: How will Boeing's latest woes impact troubled firm?

Lord David Cameron speaking at the Foreign Affairs Committee at the Houses of Parliament.

David Cameron 'worried' Israel may have broken international law

UK Trending

New ITV drama After The Flood gets swamped by a tide of exposition

Different ways we have our breakfast

Lorry driver has miracle escape after shocking M6 crash near Birmingham captured on CCTV

Watch: Lorry driver cheats death on M6 near Birmingham as tyre blows

Top 25 pastimes adults want to try out in 2024

Bungling brothers shunted off stolen bike and sent flying through air

Former subpostmaster Vijay Parekh was wrongly accused of stealing £78,000 from his branch

‘I lost 15 years of my life’ says former sub-postmaster