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FM grilled on Salmond

Sturgeon: ‘I’m clear, I did not mislead parliament’

Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon: will answer questions to inquiry First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon today insisted she did not mislead the Scottish parliament over meetings held with Alex Salmond toRead More

Scottish Budget

Forbes pledges ‘targeted’ plan for firms and families

Kate Forbes
Kate Forbes: tackling inequality Finance Secretary Kate Forbes is promising her Scottish Budget this week will provide new measures to help businesses and families recover from the pandemic, and aRead More

New route

SNP unveils indyref plan ‘beyond legal challenge’

Scottish independence march in Edinburgh
SNP supporters will hear about the new plan (pic: Terry Murden) Scottish government constitution spokesman Michael Russell is to set out the route to holding another referendum on independence thatRead More

Project stalled

Pitch@Palace ‘put on pause’ after staff resign

Duke of York
Prince Andrew with former Lord Provost of Edinburgh Donald Wilson at a Pitch@Palace event at Dynamic Earth in 2015 Prince Andrew’s business enterprise Pitch@Palace is understood to have been pausedRead More

Ransomware raid

Cyber criminals publish stolen Sepa files online

About 4,000 files have been stolen The Scottish Environment Protection Agency said the criminals behind the ransomware cyber-attack on Christmas Eve had published some of the data online. About 1.2Read More

Kingsford on ice

Aberdeen may switch stadium plan to city centre

Kingsford Stadium
Kingsford stadium plan may be ditched Aberdeen may abandon a plan to build a new stadium at Kingsford in favour of a site closer to the club’s current Pittodrie home.Read More

Holidays on hold

Skiers and sun seekers shut out as Europe closes resorts

Skiing holidays in many resorts are on hold Skiers and sun seekers have been told to stay away from many of Europe’s popular destinations as further restrictions are imposed onRead More

BiFab report

MSPs demand new subsidy regime to save jobs

BiFab protest 2017
BiFab collapsed last month after a failure to raise funds (pic: Terry Murden) A committee of Scottish MSPs has called for a new post-Brexit subsidy regime to allow British firmsRead More

Collection auctioned

£1m Macallan ready to break whisky world record

Iain Mcclune and Macallan 1926
Iain McClune with the rare whisky One of the world’s rarest whiskies is expected to fetch a record-breaking £1 million when it goes up for auction next month. The MacallanRead More

Gem for sale

Former Royal High likely to be put on open market

Former Royal High School Edinburgh
Former Royal High School: awaiting an occupier (pic: Terry Murden) Edinburgh’s abandoned Royal High School, one of the country’s architectural treasures, is being offered for sale after councillors rejected aRead More