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Halifax puts mortgages back on the market with higher interest rates after deals pulled in wake of mini-budget

Scotland 12 hours ago

Biggest mortgage lender increases rates on deals for new borrowers

The Halifax will put up interest rates on a range of deals for new borrowers to well over 5%.

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Latest in Scotland

Rail union bosses ask Nicola Sturgeon to decide ‘whose side you’re on’ amid ongoing disputes over pay and conditions

Rail union bosses urge Sturgeon to decide 'whose side you're on'

11 hours ago

‘Vile’ racist abuse aimed at Glasgow primary school pupils reported to police as hate crime

'Vile' racist abuse aimed at Scots primary pupils reported to police

13 hours ago

How the Stone of Destiny was ‘liberated’ from Westminster Abbey

How the Stone of Destiny was 'liberated' from Westminster Abbey

14 hours ago

Patrick Harvie: ‘Rent freeze can be introduced responsibly’

Patrick Harvie: 'Rent freeze can be introduced responsibly'

16 hours ago

Alex Ferguson’s ‘Squeaky bum time’ among new words and phrases added to Oxford Dictionary

'Squeaky bum time' among words and phrases added to Oxford Dictionary

17 hours ago

Disruption to Scottish cross-border railways as ASLEF train drivers set to strike across UK

Rail services to be disrupted as train drivers set to strike across UK

17 hours ago

Weather warning as rain and strong winds expected across UK

Weather warning as rain and strong winds expected across UK

20 hours ago

More than 3,000 people waited over eight hours for ambulance last year, Scottish Lib Dems reveal

More than 3,000 Scots 'waited over eight hours for an ambulance'

22 hours ago

Fears over ‘exodus’ of senior officers looming over Police Scotland

Fears over 'exodus' of senior officers looming over Police Scotland

22 hours ago

Latest in Glasgow & West

Lizzo announces Scottish gig at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro as part of highly anticipated tour

Lizzo adds Scottish gig to highly anticipated 'The Special Tour'

9 hours ago

More cases of E. coli confirmed at South Lanarkshire primary school following major nursery outbreak

More E. coli cases confirmed at school following nursery outbreak

10 hours ago

Emergency 999 call handlers in Dundee and Glasgow set to walk out as BT strikes resume

Emergency 999 call handlers set to walk out as BT strikes resume

12 hours ago

Glasgow subway suspended in both directions due to power failure as passengers urged to plan ahead

Glasgow subway suspended in both directions due to power failure

16 hours ago

North Ayrshire loses bid for Ardeer to become site of UK’s first fusion energy plant

North Ayrshire loses bid to become UK's first fusion energy plant

18 hours ago

Empty council land in Glasgow’s West End could be sold to bowling and tennis club

Empty council land could replace 'severely dated' old tennis courts

1 day ago

Van bursts into flames and ‘explodes’ on Great Western Road in Glasgow

Firefighters tackle blaze after van bursts into flames and 'explodes'

1 day ago

Glasgow City Council allocate funding worth £600,000 to firms creating ‘Liveable Neighbourhoods’

Funding worth £600,000 allocated for redesigning Glasgow streets

1 day ago

Concern growing for missing man from Bridge of Weir last seen at Loch Lomond three days ago

Concern grows for missing pensioner last seen wearing kilt near hotel

2 days ago

Latest in Edinburgh & East

Electric scooters on Edinburgh’s streets dubbed ‘wild west situation’

Electric scooters on capital's streets dubbed 'wild west situation'

7 hours ago

Students in Midlothian given extra October holiday following Queen’s funeral

Students given extra October holiday following Queen’s funeral

9 hours ago

Man rushed to hospital after assault near Kirkgate in West Lothian as police launch appeal

Pedestrian rushed to hospital following attack in broad daylight

12 hours ago

Police ‘increasingly concerned’ for woman reported missing from Edinburgh on September 30

Concern grows for missing woman who disappeared from capital

12 hours ago

Free travel for young people under 22 on Edinburgh’s trams could be scrapped in new council plans

Free travel for young people on Edinburgh's trams could be scrapped

14 hours ago

Overlooked Scots female authors honoured for role in shaping Edinburgh’s history

Overlooked Scots female authors honoured for role in shaping history

15 hours ago

Climate activists deflate tyres of 60 SUVs in Edinburgh

Climate activists deflate tyres of 60 SUVs in Edinburgh

20 hours ago

Elderly people more likely to be frail if they live in poorer areas, University of Edinburgh research says

Elderly people 'more likely' to be frail if they live in poorer areas

22 hours ago

Terminal V: Edinburgh music event given go-ahead despite drug concerns

Dance music event given go-ahead despite drug concerns

1 day ago

Latest in North East & Tayside

Schoolboy, 13, seriously injured following attack by ‘group of youths’ in Dundee

Boy, 13, seriously injured following attack by 'gang of youths'

10 hours ago

International award for art shining light on gender-based violence by Dundee graduate Dana Leslie

International award for art shining light on gender-based violence

22 hours ago

Plans to build 119 new homes in Aberdeen given go-ahead despite ‘major concerns’

Plans to build 119 new homes given go-ahead despite 'major concerns'

1 day ago

Missing Peterhead teenage girls seen in Glasgow and Edinburgh found ‘safe and well’ by police

Missing teenage girls found 'safe and well' by police

2 days ago

Tayside Mountain Rescue call-outs double as more people take to the hills on bikes

Rescue call-outs double as more people take to mountains on bikes

3 days ago

Enchanted Forest back in Pitlochry for the first time since the Covid pandemic

Enchanted Forest returns to 'create magic' after two-year Covid hiatus

3 days ago

Scotland’s first female bishop Rt Rev Anne Dyer fails to have suspension over bullying allegations overturned

Scotland's first female bishop fails to have suspension overturned

3 days ago

Only attend A&E ‘if condition is life-threatening’ public told as Aberdeen hospital faces ‘extreme pressures’

Public urged to only attend A&E 'if condition is life-threatening'

4 days ago

Biker left seriously injured after motorcycle car crash on A96 in Aberdeen

Biker left seriously injured after motorcycle car crash on A96

4 days ago

Latest in Highlands & Islands

Registration system put in place to ensure Ben Nevis charity climbers act ‘responsibly and sustainably’

New system launched to ensure charity climbers act 'responsibly'

11 hours ago

Search continues for Harry Macdonald last seen two weeks ago on Skye after leaving dog with family

Search continues for man who disappeared after leaving dog with family

14 hours ago

Alcohol licences granted for new Co-op stores in Shetland despite concerns raised by NHS

Alcohol licences granted for new village shops despite NHS concern

1 day ago

Council approves plans for new slipway for Tolstachaolais in Isle of Lewis in Outer Hebrides

Plans for new slipway for village in Outer Hebrides gets go-ahead

2 days ago

Cat stows away in engineer’s van for 100-mile sea trip from Oban to the Inner Hebrides

Cat stows away in van for 100-mile sea trip to Inner Hebrides

2 days ago

Rare single malt Macallan whisky up for auction at £110,000

Rare single malt Macallan whisky up for auction at £110,000

2 days ago

Man airlifted to hospital after crash between two motorcycles on A82 in Rannoch Moor

Man airlifted to hospital after crash between two motorcycles

3 days ago

Airport confirms cancellation of Palma Mallorca holiday flight from Inverness over contract row

Airport confirms cancellation of Palma holiday flight over contract row

4 days ago

Driver of heavy goods vehicle dies following crash on major road near Carrbridge in Highlands

Driver of heavy goods vehicle dies following crash on major road

4 days ago

From our Journalists

Colin Mackay: I’ve never seen a U-turn like Kwasi Kwarteng’s at Conservative conference

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U-turn like no other - but Chancellor convinced he's on right road

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Renee and Andrew MacRae: The murders that shocked the Highlands

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Renee and Andrew MacRae: The murders that shocked the Highlands

Kevin Scott

What’s On Scotland: That time Jack Dee offered me career advice – ‘go to Hollywood!’

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'Go to Hollywood!' - that time Jack Dee offered me career advice

Laura Boyd

What’s on Scotland: The Proclaimers on 500 Miles, turning 60 and their latest album Dentures Out

The Proclaimers on 500 Miles, turning 60 and writing a lockdown album

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Latest in Entertainment

Tributes paid to country music icon Loretta Lynn following death aged 90

Tributes paid to country music icon Loretta Lynn after death aged 90

8 hours ago

Rebekah Vardy to pay around £1.5m of Coleen Rooney’s legal costs after ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial loss

Vardy ordered to pay out £1.5m after 'Wagatha Christie' trial loss

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Motsi Mabuse reflects on ‘traumatising’ experience growing up in South Africa

Motsi Mabuse reflects on ‘traumatising’ experience growing up in South Africa

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Boris Johnson was a character right for satire, says Simpsons’ producer

Boris Johnson was character right for satire, says Simpsons’ producer

3 days ago

Lewis Capaldi in line up of British talent appearing on US festive Jingle Ball tour

Lewis Capaldi in line up of British talent appearing on US festive tour

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What’s on Scotland: The Proclaimers on 500 Miles, turning 60 and their latest album Dentures Out

The Proclaimers on 500 Miles, turning 60 and writing a lockdown album

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Ed Sheeran’s request for US copyright lawsuit to be dismissed is denied

Ed Sheeran’s request for US copyright lawsuit to be dismissed is denied

4 days ago

Long-awaited Hocus Pocus sequel hits Disney+ with stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy

Hocus Pocus returns as long-awaited sequel hits Disney+

5 days ago

Edinburgh theatre to be named in honour of Sir Ian McKellen after record-breaking Hamlet run

Scots theatre named in honour of Sir Ian McKellen after Hamlet run

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Latest in Sport

Giovanni van Bronckhorst: Rangers weren’t at a level to take anything from Liverpool

Van Bronckhorst: Rangers weren't at a level to take anything from Liverpool

5 hours ago

Kevin van Veen hits hat-trick as Motherwell thump Ross County

Kevin van Veen hits hat-trick as Motherwell thump Ross County

6 hours ago

Glasgow Clan announce management reshuffle after U-turn on signing alleged rapist Lasse Uusivirta

Glasgow Clan announce reshuffle after U-turn on signing alleged rapist

8 hours ago

Cameron Carter-Vickers ruled out of Celtic’s Champions League match against RB Leipzig

Cameron Carter-Vickers to miss Celtic's match against RB Leipzig

8 hours ago

Alfredo Morelos starts for Rangers in Champions League clash with Liverpool

Morelos starts for Rangers in Champions League clash with Liverpool

9 hours ago

Claire Emslie: From pre-dawn runs to rubbing shoulders with Hollywood’ elite

Claire Emslie: From pre-dawn runs to mixing with Hollywood' elite

10 hours ago

St Johnstone will not run a risk with David Wotherspoon at Kilmarnock

St Johnstone will not run a risk with David Wotherspoon at Kilmarnock

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Liverpool v Rangers: Latest instalment in football’s Battle of Britain clashes

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Liverpool v Rangers: Latest instalment in the Battle of Britain

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Ross County manager Malky Mackay could reshuffle team ahead of Motherwell match

Malky Mackay could reshuffle team as Ross County host Motherwell

16 hours ago

Latest in Politics

Liz Truss says she has ‘absolutely no shame’ over tax U-turn

Liz Truss says she has 'absolutely no shame' over tax U-turn

13 hours ago

Prime Minister Liz Truss faces another rebellion from Conservative MPs over squeeze on benefits

Liz Truss faces another rebellion from MPs over squeeze on benefits

21 hours ago

Colin Mackay: I’ve never seen a U-turn like Kwasi Kwarteng’s at Conservative conference

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U-turn like no other - but Chancellor convinced he's on right road

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Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng to speak at Conservative Party conference after tax U-turn

Chancellor speaking at Conservative Party conference after tax U-turn

1 day ago

Prime Minister Liz Truss: ‘I’m proud to have lived in Paisley and I hope they’re proud of me’

Truss: 'I'm proud to have lived in Paisley, I hope they're proud of me'

Updated 2 days ago

Kwasi Kwarteng announces major U-turn on 45p tax rate plans

Kwasi Kwarteng announces major U-turn on 45p tax rate plans

Updated 2 days ago

Liz Truss’s personal phone number ‘for sale on the internet’

Liz Truss’s personal phone number ‘for sale on the internet’

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Nadine Dorries lashes out at Liz Truss for ‘throwing chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng under bus’

Truss 'throws Kwasi Kwarteng under a bus' over tax cut for richest

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Prime Minister Liz Truss admits mistakes over mini-budget but stands by tax-cutting plan

Truss admits mistakes over mini-budget but stands by tax-cutting plan

3 days ago

Latest in UK & International

Elon Musk willing to buy Twitter again to end legal battle

Elon Musk willing to buy Twitter again to end legal battle

7 hours ago

EU makes common charging cable for phones mandatory from 2024

EU makes common charging cable for phones mandatory from 2024

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Elon Musk rebuked by Volodymyr Zelensky after posting Twitter poll suggesting how to end war in Ukraine

Elon Musk rebuked by Zelensky over poll on Ukraine-Russia peace

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Woman accused of pouring faeces over Sir Captain Tom memorial in London to appear in court

Woman accused of pouring faeces on Captain Tom memorial to appear in court

18 hours ago

‘Set for life’: National lottery player wins £10,000 a month for 30 years

'Set for life': Lottery player wins £10,000 a month for 30 years

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Woman pronounced dead following dog attack at Liverpool home

Woman pronounced dead at property following dog attack

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MoD: Royal Navy frigate in North Sea ‘to protect cables’ after Nord Stream attacks

Navy ship in North Sea 'to protect cables' after Nord Stream attacks

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Young Tory chairman steps down after calling Birmingham ‘a dump’ as investigation launched

Young Tory chairman steps down after calling Birmingham 'a dump'

1 day ago

Kwasi Kwarteng acknowledges ‘tough’ day after U-turn over 45p tax rate plans

Kwarteng acknowledges ‘tough’ day after U-turn over 45p tax rate plans

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