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Several roads will be closed overnight after debris fell from the Kingston Bridge

'Absolute madness': Overrun roadworks leads to 10-mile tailback

Police are appealing for information following the incident

Police hunt car involved in hit-and-run that left teenager in hospital

The best secondary schools in Scotland have been rated in the new Sunday Times rankings for 2025

Here are the 10 best secondary schools in Scotland

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David J Alexander is CEO of DJ Alexander Scotland Ltd (Picture: Laurence Winram)

The average house price of £200k is about to be reached - David Alexander

The new-build market in Scotland is booming and cannot keep up with demand (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Price spike for newbuilds shows no sign of abating - David Alexander

Reginald D Hunter

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The results in terms of pass rates for Highers by council area can be viewed with our interactive map

Mapped: Every council's higher exams pass rate as 20% gap revealed

Healthy Life Expectancy.

Scottish islands have UK’s longest healthy life expectancy

The latest figures rank Scottish schools by exam results.

The 10 Scottish secondary schools with the best exam results

A standardised way of recording Scottish school violence is long overdue Calum Ross

Scotland’s top performing high schools revealed

Prestige property: Former farmhouse cultivates interest

Figures released via freeform of information legislation show that in 2022/23, Scotland’s housing maintenance backlog hit £5,741,501.

Social housing tenants left in "substandard housing" with £6m repair backlog

David Alexander is CEO of DJ Alexander Scotland Ltd (Picture: Laurence Winram)

Location is key as prices soar since the pandemic - David Alexander

Aberdeen parents scrambling to get their children into Lord Byron's old school

David Alexander is CEO of DJ Alexander Scotland Ltd (Picture: Laurence Winram Photography)

Inheritance tax punishes thrift. A review is long overdue - David Alexander

Staff will strike in schools in four council areas, including Glasgow, on November 1. Picture: John Devlin

School staff to strike in four council areas on November 1

Humza Yousaf, at Bute House in Edinburgh. Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Humza Yousaf says Israel is going 'too far' in Gaza

Humza Yousaf, speaking at a service of solidarity at Giffnock Newton Mearns Synagogue. Photo: Eloise Bishop/PA Wire

‘Your grief is my grief’, Yousaf tells family of Scot who died in Israel

The rankings are based on the latest Higher exam results published by the Scottish Government.

The 13 best performing secondary schools in Glasgow

When it comes to schools in Aberdeen City, Cults Academy has the best exam results. 74 per cent gain at least five Highers.

The top performing schools in all 32 of Scotland's local authority areas

East Renfrewshire Council tops the list of local authorities when it comes to high-performing schools - 86 per cent of them are in the top 50. St Ninian's High School in Giffnock is their top performer.

The 10 council areas with the best exam results in Scotland

The former leader of the SNP at Westminster has appealed for the party to “come together” now it has selected Humza Yousaf.

Tactical voting comments show “Better Together is alive and well” - Blackford

Edinburgh rooftops looking over the Forth in to Fife on a clear day. Council taxes are rising by as much as 10 per cent in local authorities across Scotland

How much is council tax rising in your part of Scotland?

Michele Lennox braved all weathers to complete the challenge

Scots ovarian cancer survivor becomes world’s first ‘turbine bagger’

Lawyers defending a former SNP MP jailed for embezzling thousands of pounds from two Scottish independence groups have appealed against her conviction, claiming “a tsunami of tweets” were prejudicial and prevented her from receiving a fair trial.

Ex-MP Natalie McGarry’s lawyers contest conviction over ‘prejudicial tweets’

Hundreds of homes in East Renfrewshire remain without water after “operational issues” cut off supplies on Christmas Day – but work has been carried out to resolve the problem with supplies set to return this afternoon.

Scottish Water investigating as homes without water in East Renfrewshire

Williamwood has been named as Scotland's secondary school of the year

Scotland's 'Secondary School of the Year' named

An exterior impression of the Ramsay

New homes ranging from one-bed apartments to five-bed family homes unveiled

The showhome’s open-plan kitchen dining area

Showhome of the year now up for sale

The double height window ensure the Spence is filled with light. Image: Nick Callaghan

New builds: Sandringham Gate opens for inspection

The Caledonian Sleeper service due for London remained at Glasgow Central station overnight on Tuesday. Picture: NationalWorld

Man describes waking up in wrong city after boarding overnight Scotland train

The lounge in the Blair style

New builds: Invitation to showhome triple treat

Stone-built homes like this one in Giffnock saw values soar in February

House prices in one Glasgow suburb soared by £2,500 a day in February

Teachers are seeing more violence and disruption in schools, a union chief has warned

Swearing at teachers has become accepted in some schools, union chief warns

A series of changes have been proposed

Is your constituency changing? All the Boundary Commission proposals

The Libertines headlining the first day of the Playground Festival PIC: Calum Buchan

Music review: Playground Festival, Rouken Glen Park, Glasgow

The Erinvale at Storey Grove

New build property: Showhomes launched at Thornliebank

Glasgow weather: city and surrounding area on flood alert amid heavy rainfall (Photo: John Devlin).

Flash flooding across Scottish city due to thunderstorms and lightning

Hazel received both her covid vaccinations at an NHS primary care clinic in Pudsey, West Yorkshire, in January and March after being forced to live with her partner in Leeds due to lockdown restrictions.

Scots gran loses £400 holiday due to cross-border jabs glitch

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (Photo: Andy Buchanan).

'Notes of cautious optimism’ says Sturgeon
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said there are ‘notes of cautious optimism’ and there are signs case numbers in Glasgow are stabilising as Scotland records over ...

A Covid-19 test centre sign at the entrance to the Glasgow Central Mosque in Glasgow. Glasgow remains in Level 3 restrictions despite the rest of mainland Scotland being in Level 2 picture: Andrew Milligan/PA

Coronavirus in Scotland: Here are the latest Covid figures

Nicola Sturgeon held a coronavirus briefing at 12.15pm on Friday.

Glasgow to remain in level three while Moray moves to level two

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will give an update at 12.15pm on Friday, May 21. (Photo by Andy Buchanan - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Here are all the details of Nicola Sturgeon's Friday coronavirus briefing

The First Minister has urged Scots to tune-in to the lunchtime briefing.

Nicola Sturgeon urges Scots to tune-in to country wide covid update

Cases are rising in Glasgow and East Renfrewshire

East Renfrewshire overtakes Glasgow as Covid hotspot

Coronavirus in Scotland: Restrictions update announcement from Nicola Sturgeon, when will she speak, how can you watch?

Restrictions update announcement from Nicola Sturgeon, what will she say?

People queuing in the car park for a vaccination at the Glasgow Central Mosque in Glasgow. Glasgow and Moray remain in level three restrictions despite the rest of mainland Scotland moving to level two on Monday. Picture: PA

Cases rise in Glasgow and East Renfrewshire, but continue to drop in Moray

Staff from the Scottish Ambulance Service carry boxes of test kits from a van at a Covid Mobile Testing Unit in a car park in the Pollokshields area of Glasgow. Glasgow and Moray remain in Level 3 restrictions despite the rest of mainland Scotland moving to Level 2 on Monday. Picture date: Tuesday May 18, 2021.

Covid restrictions to be reviewed in East Renfrewshire, Midlothian this week

The Scottish Government made a decision last week to keep Glasgow in Level 3 restrictions over concerns about the spread of the Indian variant in the city.

Prof Leitch calls on those who missed vaccine appointment

Cases are continuing to rise in Glasgow

Coronavirus case rates on the rise in Glasgow, East Renfrewshire and Midlothian

Capaldi's new home will be renovated to include a media room, home gym and glass-front facing (Picture: McEwan Fraser homes/Getty Images)

Lewis Capaldi to make renovations to Castlehill home - here are all the details

Only five local areas in the UK have recorded a week-on-week increase (Photo: Getty Images)

Only 5 UK areas saw a rise in Covid cases at the end of January - how regions co...

Frank Cooke, 71, was one of the first care home residents to receive the vaccination

Greater Glasgow and Clyde offer all eligible care home vaccinations

Bancon Homes has been granted planning approval for the second phase of new homes at its Lochside of Leys development in Banchory.

Plans for more than 100 family homes in Aberdeenshire given green light

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