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Scottish rail timetable revised as strikes force services to be slashed in lead up to Christmas

Scotland 19 hours ago

Rail strikes to disrupt services before Christmas in revised timetable

Rail services across the country are set to be thrown into turmoil on some of the busiest days before Christmas.

Postal workers take further day of strike action in increasingly bitter dispute

Scotland

Postal workers take further day of strike action in bitter dispute

23 hours ago

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DHL driver James McShane who reversed over and dragged 80-year-old to her death in Glasgow banned from driving

DHL driver admits reversing over and dragging great-gran to her death

20 hours ago

Aberdeenshire man stuck in Thailand with £16,000 medical bill after breaking leg in scooter fall

North East & Tayside

'I'm stuck in hospital across the world with a broken leg and huge bill'

24 hours ago

High school teachers set for further strike action in dispute over pay, announce SSTA

Scotland

High school teachers set for further strike action in dispute over pay

Updated 16 hours ago

Rare NASA images of Neil Armstrong on moon and Apollo missions go on display at Glasgow Science Centre

Rare images of Neil Armstrong on moon and Apollo missions go on display

17 hours ago

Three SNP MPs resign from Commons frontbench following Stephen Flynn leadership appointment

Politics

Three SNP MPs resign from frontbench following leadership change

20 hours ago

Ice and snow warning extended as freezing temperatures to continue

Scotland

Ice and snow warning extended as freezing temperatures to continue

24 hours ago

NHS UNDER PRESSURE

NHS under pressure: ‘Emergency buzzers get pushed in Scotland’s hospitals and no one comes to help’

Scotland

'Emergency buzzers get pushed and nobody comes to help'

2 days ago

Health under pressure: Social care services ‘will come to a halt this Christmas’

Politics

Social care services 'will come to a halt this Christmas'

2 days ago

Laura Alderman: A day with ‘burnt out, overworked and undervalued’ ambulance crews in Edinburgh

Insight

'Burnt out, overworked and undervalued' - ambulance crews on frontline

Two-thirds of people feel standard of NHS care in Scotland declining, ScotPulse poll for STV finds

Scotland

Two-thirds feel NHS standards are getting worse - STV poll

3 days ago

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Postal workers take further day of strike action in increasingly bitter dispute

Scotland

Postal workers take further day of strike action in bitter dispute

23 hours ago

Jeremy Hunt insists ‘Edinburgh reforms’ of financial rules ‘not sowing seeds of next crash’

Politics

Hunt: 'Financial services reforms will not sow seeds of next crash'

14 hours ago

Rare NASA images of Neil Armstrong on moon and Apollo missions go on display at Glasgow Science Centre

Rare images of Neil Armstrong on moon and Apollo missions go on display

17 hours ago

The Killers set to play in Edinburgh at Royal Highland Centre for the first time

Entertainment

The Killers set to play in Edinburgh for the first time

21 hours ago

Edinburgh exhibition exploring Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder opens at National Museum of Scotland

Edinburgh & East

Museum exhibition exploring Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder opens

24 hours ago

NHS under pressure: ‘Emergency buzzers get pushed in Scotland’s hospitals and no one comes to help’

Scotland

'Emergency buzzers get pushed and nobody comes to help'

2 days ago

Health secretary Humza Yousaf says he retains the confidence of NHS staff

Politics

Humza Yousaf: 'I still have the confidence of NHS staff'

2 days ago

Meghan Markle says ‘media wanted to destroy her’ and Harry apologises for ‘unconscious bias’ in Netflix documentary

Entertainment

Harry and Meghan Netflix show released with series of revelations

2 days ago

Latest in Scotland

Scottish man jailed in Bradford, England for raping teenager 26 years ago

Scottish man jailed in England for raping teenager 26 years ago

15 hours ago

Scottish gender recognition reform could create UK ‘divergence’ over certificates

Gender recognition reform could see UK 'divergence' over certificates

17 hours ago

TSB bank offers £500 ’emergency flee fund’ for domestic abuse victims amid cost of living crisis

TSB bank offers £500 'emergency flee fund' for domestic abuse victims

24 hours ago

Nicola Sturgeon set to face MSPs as junior doctors announce ballot for strike action

Sturgeon to face MSPs as junior doctors announce strike ballot

2 days ago

Scottish junior doctors balloted for strike action amid row over pay and conditions

Junior doctors announce strike ballot amid row over pay and conditions

Updated 2 days ago

Humza Yousaf insists Scotland’s Strep A case numbers ‘not unusual’ and ‘no shortage’ of antibiotic supply

Yousaf: Strep A cases 'not unusual' and no shortage of antibiotics

2 days ago

Snow falls as freezing temperatures grip Scotland amid Met Office extended weather warning

Extreme weather warning extended as freezing temperatures grip Scotland

Updated 2 days ago

Teachers in east of Scotland walk out of classrooms in second day of strikes over pay row

Teachers walk out of classrooms in second day of strikes amid pay row

2 days ago

House prices continued to rise across Scotland but experts predict a downward trend

House prices continued to rise but experts predict a downward trend

2 days ago

Latest in Glasgow & West

Painting of Glasgow street children by Joan Eardley sells for over £200k at ‘record-breaking’ auction

Joan Eardley painting of Glasgow street children sells for over £200k

13 hours ago

Police launch hunt for two men after theft of cigarettes and cash in shop armed robbery in Renton

Hunt for men who stole cigarettes and cash during armed robbery

14 hours ago

Glasgow City Council back calls for free and safe transport for late night workers lodged by Unite

Council backs calls for free and safe transport for late night workers

14 hours ago

Pair left children starving in ‘dump’ of a house piled with rubbish in Glasgow

Pair left children starving in 'dump' of a house piled with rubbish

21 hours ago

Police launch hunt after boat stolen from Loch Lomond, at Cameron House marina

Police launch hunt after boat stolen from Loch Lomond marina

1 day ago

Pedestrian killed in three-vehicle crash on A726 in East Kilbride named by police

Pedestrian killed in three-vehicle crash named by police

1 day ago

Police launch manhunt ‘targeted attack’ near Albert railway bridge in Glasgow

Manhunt launched after 'targeted attack' near railway bridge

2 days ago

Uddingston man left frail elderly relative ‘living in squalor’ after taking £62,000 from bank account

Man left frail relative 'in squalor' after embezzling £62,000

2 days ago

Pedestrian killed in crash involving three vehicles on A726 in East Kilbride

Pedestrian killed in crash involving three vehicles on major road

2 days ago

Latest in Edinburgh & East

Heated ‘warm banks’ for those struggling with soaring energy costs open across Edinburgh

'Warm banks' for those struggling with energy costs open across Edinburgh

10 hours ago

Midlothian couple’s home extension bid thrown out after ‘porch ruled to be a conservatory’

Couple's extension bid thrown out after porch 'ruled a conservatory'

17 hours ago

Pedestrian dies following crash with car carrying four-month-old baby in St Andrews

Pedestrian dies following crash with car carrying four-month-old baby

19 hours ago

Dog in Christmas jumper beaten and abandoned in West Lothian by man in white van

Dog in Christmas jumper beaten and abandoned by man in white van

19 hours ago

Changes made to £55m music venue plan to restore Edinburgh’s Old Royal High School

Changes made to £55m plan to restore Edinburgh's Old Royal High School

1 day ago

Dispute raised after claims West Lothian school Armadale Academy closed toilets ‘due to pupils vaping’

Dispute raised after claims school closed toilets 'due to vaping'

2 days ago

French holocaust denier detained in Fife under false identity rejects extradition

French holocaust denier arrested under false name rejects extradition

2 days ago

Shop staff ‘badly shaken’ after being threatened with knife in Pumpherston robbery in West Lothian

Shop staff 'badly shaken' after being threatened with knife in robbery

2 days ago

CCTV released after Edinburgh man sent to hospital following serious assault in Cowgate

CCTV released after man sent to hospital following serious assault

2 days ago

Latest in North East & Tayside

Man left in hospital after collision during rush hour on Kingsway East, Dundee

Man left in hospital after collision during rush hour

11 hours ago

Teen arrested and charged after collision with police car at Kingsway Retail Park in Dundee

Teen charged after collision with police car in supermarket car park

16 hours ago

Dundee man left taxi driver with ‘severe’ brain injury in attack over cigarette row

Man left taxi driver with 'severe' brain injury in attack over cigarette

18 hours ago

Man appears at Dundee Sheriff Court after 90-year-old doctor found dead in Forfar home

Man appears in court after 90-year-old doctor found dead in home

1 day ago

Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm near Angus coast to create hundreds of jobs

Scotland's largest offshore wind farm to create hundreds of jobs

2 days ago

Man charged after 90-year-old doctor William Yule found dead at home in Forfar

Man charged after 90-year-old doctor found dead in home

2 days ago

School bus driver charged after allegedly using mobile phone at the wheel in Aberdeen

School bus driver charged after allegedly using phone at the wheel

3 days ago

Arrest made after 90-year-old elderly man found dead in house in Forfar, Angus

Man arrested after 90-year-old found dead in his home

Updated 2 days ago

Police officer rushed to Dundee Ninewells hospital after crash between marked vehicle and car

Police officer in hospital after crash between marked vehicle and car

3 days ago

Latest in Highlands & Islands

Three teenagers charged after bins at Orkney museum deliberately set on fire

Three teens charged after museum bins 'deliberately set on fire'

14 hours ago

Skye teenager completes 900-mile bike ride from Edinburgh to London as part of Save Soil campaign

Teenager completes 900-mile bike ride across UK to 'save our soil'

3 days ago

HebCelt 2023 bill unveiled with a line-up of Scottish talent to perform on Isle of Lewis

The Proclaimers set to headline HebCelt festival as line up unveiled

3 days ago

Man taken to hospital after falling down manhole near Porterfield prison in Inverness

Prison staff member taken to hospital after falling down manhole

3 days ago

Three Guinea pigs found abandoned in bag on street corner in Lerwick

Three Guinea pigs dumped on street corner in bag lined with hay

4 days ago

Around 700 litres of fuel stolen from Lochaline Hotel oil tank in Highlands

Around 700 litres of fuel stolen from hotel oil tank

4 days ago

Workers at 11 Scottish airports in Highlands to strike over Christmas period

Workers at 11 Scottish airports to strike over Christmas period

4 days ago

Met Office issue yellow weather warning for snow for parts of Scotland

Wintry weather expected as blizzards to hit parts of Scotland

7 days ago

Corran Ferry: Communities call for bridge or tunnel to save lifeline crossing

Locals call for bridge or tunnel to replace lifeline ferry crossing

7 days ago

From our Journalists

Bernard Ponsonby: NHS is under pressure – this is what a grown up debate on its future looks like

Insight

Our NHS is collapsing - any chance of a grown-up debate?

Bernard PonsonbySpecial Correspondent

Sean Batty: 6,000 miles away, La Nina drives coldest December for years across Scotland

Insight

La Nina and the coldest December across Scotland for years

Sean Batty

Laura Alderman: A day with ‘burnt out, overworked and undervalued’ ambulance crews in Edinburgh

Insight

'Burnt out, overworked and undervalued' - ambulance crews on frontline

Laura AldermanPolitical Reporter

Ex-Celtic boss Martin O’Neill: ‘It wasn’t possible to have dinner with Rangers manager Dick Advocaat’

Sport

'Wasn't possible for Celtic and Rangers managers to eat together'

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Hamza Yassin and Molly Rainford added to line-up for Strictly Come Dancing UK arena tour

More Strictly Come Dancing stars added to line-up for UK arena tour

14 hours ago

Lewis Capaldi to make headline debut at Reading and Leeds 2023 alongside Billie Eilish and The Killers

Lewis Capaldi to make headline debut at Reading and Leeds 2023

22 hours ago

Lorraine Kelly, Jean Johannson, Grado and Judy Murray on STV’s Hogmanay show

Jean Johansson and Grado among stars on STV's Hogmanay show

24 hours ago

More dates added after huge demand for Peter Kay’s first tour in years

More dates added for Peter Kay comeback tour after huge demand

1 day ago

Stephen Bear tells court he deleted sex video of himself and ex Georgia Harrison

Stephen Bear tells court he deleted sex video of himself and ex

2 days ago

Celine Dion postpones Scottish gigs at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro after stiff person syndrome diagnosis

Celine Dion postpones concerts after diagnosis of incurable condition

2 days ago

How and when can I watch Harry and Meghan’s Netflix documentary?

How and when can I watch Harry and Meghan's documentary?

2 days ago

Kanye West told Scotland ‘most woke country in the world’ by Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes

Kanye West told Scotland 'most woke' in the world by Proud Boys founder

3 days ago

Stars walk the blue carpet at world premiere of Avatar sequel

3 days ago

Latest in Sport

Argentina reach World Cup semi-finals after winning classic against Netherlands

Argentina reach World Cup semi-finals after winning against Netherlands

8 hours ago

Michael Beale demands Rangers players ‘show me they want to be here’ in friendly against Bayer Leverkusen

Beale demands Rangers players ‘show they want to be here’ in friendly

11 hours ago

World Cup favourites Brazil stunned by Croatia in quarter-final shootout

World Cup favourites Brazil stunned by Croatia in quarter-final shootout

12 hours ago

World Cup returns after two-day break as quarter-finals get under way in Qatar

World Cup returns after two-day break as quarter-finals kick-off

18 hours ago

Former St Johnstone chairman Geoff Brown to sell shareholding

Former St Johnstone chairman Geoff Brown to sell shareholding

20 hours ago

Footballers’ brains more likely to deteriorate after age of 65, new research finds

Footballers' brains 'more likely to deteriorate after age of 65'

24 hours ago

Zander Fagerson to see specialist over hamstring injury just two months from Six Nations

Zander Fagerson to see specialist over hamstring injury

2 days ago

Qatar World Cup executive says ‘death is a natural part of life’ after migrant worker dies

World Cup chief says 'death is a natural part of life' after worker dies

2 days ago

Luis Enrique leaves Spain post after disappointing World Cup as Under-21s boss Luis De La Fuente steps up

Spain manager leaves post after disappointing World Cup

2 days ago

Latest in Politics

Scottish Government ‘considering very carefully’ Supreme Court ruling on buffer zones at abortion clinics

Sturgeon 'considering carefully' ruling on abortion clinic buffer zones

Updated 2 days ago

Bernard Ponsonby: NHS is under pressure – this is what a grown up debate on its future looks like

Insight

Insight
Our NHS is collapsing - any chance of a grown-up debate?

Bernard PonsonbySpecial Correspondent

Nicola Sturgeon defends Scottish A&E performance as ‘best in UK’ during FMQs

Nicola Sturgeon defends Scottish A&E performance as 'best in UK'

Updated 2 days ago

Michael Gove grants planning permission for new coal mine

Planning permission granted for first new coal mine in decades

3 days ago

Breaking News

Matt Hancock says he is standing down days after return to Parliament after appearing on I’m a Celebrity

Matt Hancock to quit Commons days after return from I'm A Celeb

3 days ago

Rishi Sunak ‘absolutely shocked’ at Michelle Mone PPE link allegations after peer has Tory whip withdrawn

Sunak 'absolutely shocked' at Mone PPE link allegations

3 days ago

Support for Scottish independence rises to 56% after Supreme Court ruling – STV poll

Support for Scottish independence rises to 56% - STV poll

3 days ago

Rishi Sunak faces new SNP Commons leader Stephen Flynn at Prime Minister’s Questions at Westminster

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Rishi Sunak faces new SNP Commons leader at Prime Minister's Questions

Updated 3 days ago

Stephen Flynn: What do you know about the SNP’s new Westminster leader?

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Latest in UK & International

Serving Metropolitan Police officer due in court after being charged with two counts of rape in Lambeth

Serving Metropolitan Police officer charged with two counts of rape

20 hours ago

Santander fined £107.8m by finance watchdog over money laundering failings

Santander UK fined £107.8m over 'serious' money laundering failings

23 hours ago

US woman Anne Sacoolas avoids jail over death of Harry Dunn in crash between motorbike and car

US woman avoids jail over death of teenager Harry Dunn in crash

2 days ago

Campaign launched to raise £150,000 for statue in tribute to Justin Fashanu

Campaign to raise £150,000 for statue in tribute to Justin Fashanu

3 days ago

Man charged after ‘egg thrown’ at King Charles during Luton walkabout

Man charged after 'egg thrown' at King Charles during walkabout

3 days ago

Fundamentalist Mormon polygamous group leader had 20 wives, most of them under-age, FBI says

Polygamous group leader had 20 wives, most of them under-age, FBI says

3 days ago

San Francisco pauses on ‘killer police robots’ amid outcry

San Francisco pauses on ‘killer police robots’ amid outcry

3 days ago

Police investigate possible links between arrests and Raheem Sterling burglary

Police investigate possible links between arrests and Sterling burglary

3 days ago

UK Supreme Court rules in favour of buffer zones outside abortion facilities in Northern Ireland

Supreme Court rules in favour of buffer zones outside abortion clinics

3 days ago

Today's Top Stories

Scottish rail timetable revised as strikes force services to be slashed in lead up to Christmas

Scotland

Rail strikes to disrupt services before Christmas in revised timetable

Postal workers take further day of strike action in increasingly bitter dispute

Scotland

Postal workers take further day of strike action in bitter dispute

DHL driver James McShane who reversed over and dragged 80-year-old to her death in Glasgow banned from driving

DHL driver admits reversing over and dragging great-gran to her death

Aberdeenshire man stuck in Thailand with £16,000 medical bill after breaking leg in scooter fall

North East & Tayside

'I'm stuck in hospital across the world with a broken leg and huge bill'

High school teachers set for further strike action in dispute over pay, announce SSTA

Scotland

High school teachers set for further strike action in dispute over pay

Rare NASA images of Neil Armstrong on moon and Apollo missions go on display at Glasgow Science Centre

Rare images of Neil Armstrong on moon and Apollo missions go on display

Three SNP MPs resign from Commons frontbench following Stephen Flynn leadership appointment

Politics

Three SNP MPs resign from frontbench following leadership change

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Jeremy Hunt insists ‘Edinburgh reforms’ of financial rules ‘not sowing seeds of next crash’

Politics

Hunt: 'Financial services reforms will not sow seeds of next crash'

The Killers set to play in Edinburgh at Royal Highland Centre for the first time

Entertainment

The Killers set to play in Edinburgh for the first time

Edinburgh exhibition exploring Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder opens at National Museum of Scotland

Edinburgh & East

Museum exhibition exploring Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder opens

NHS under pressure: ‘Emergency buzzers get pushed in Scotland’s hospitals and no one comes to help’

Scotland

'Emergency buzzers get pushed and nobody comes to help'

Health secretary Humza Yousaf says he retains the confidence of NHS staff

Politics

Humza Yousaf: 'I still have the confidence of NHS staff'

Meghan Markle says ‘media wanted to destroy her’ and Harry apologises for ‘unconscious bias’ in Netflix documentary

Entertainment

Harry and Meghan Netflix show released with series of revelations

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Ex-Celtic boss Martin O’Neill: ‘It wasn’t possible to have dinner with Rangers manager Dick Advocaat’

Sport

'Wasn't possible for Celtic and Rangers managers to eat together'

Scotland faces Santa shortage as training school gets just one new candidate ahead of Christmas

Scotland

Christmas threat as Scotland faces 'dire shortage' of Santas

Patient left waiting for five hours in ambulance outside Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow

'I waited five hours in queue of 17 ambulances - people could die'