On January 1, the country will become the first in the EU to introduce a ban on health and environmental grounds.

Lane blocked due to gas main work on Main Street at Glen Shirva Road. Until 8th January 2025.

Ninety-six people have been confirmed dead after a plane caught fire during a landing at an airport in South Korea. The National Fire Agency confirmed the death toll in the southern city of Maun. The ...

When he first took over in the spring of this year, the task he faced seemed beyond formidable. First, there was the little numerical ­difficulty the party faced. After months of difficult headlines ...

The Scottish Government has been urged to “make good on its promise” to introduce new powers that would bring thousands of empty homes back ...

THE Scottish Government has insisted it will rule on a controversial application to build a fish farm in the waters of a national park “as soon as possible” – after more than 10 months without a ...

Ministers are facing calls to speed up plans to effectively scrap the two-child cap on some benefits in Scotland.

IN the last decade since the 2014 independence referendum, activists across Scotland have been the ones to keep the independence message in the public eye. To mark the 10-year anniversary, we’ve ...

The holidays are always a good time to step back a bit from the day-to-day and reflect on the year just gone, where we are in our lives and the ...

WHILE much of the focus in terms of foreign stories in 2025 will stem from Trump, and the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, other major events should also be on our radar. Among other more ...

ELON Musk has been urged to consider the “strong” case for a Tesla gigafactory in Scotland by Alba. Ash Regan MSP, the party’s Holyrood leader, has written directly to the Tesla chief executive ...

SUPPORT for Scottish independence is four-points stronger than support for the Union – and would increase massively should Nigel Farage ...