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Nick Forbes

Nick Forbes is leader of LGA Labour and Newcastle City Council

Retailers have written to the Scottish Government (Isabel Infantes/PA)
Business

Scotland could ‘lose our high streets as we know them’, retailers warn

<p>Sandringham curtains have been turned into Christmas stockings</p>
Home News

Curtains from King’s country estate transformed into festive stockings

<p>Aberdeen’s Jack MacKenzie was treated on the pitch after being hit by part of a chair (Ronnie Esplin/PA)</p>
Football

Man who left footballer ‘permanently disfigured’ warned he faces jail

<p>Hundreds of workers were on the picket line at Leonardo’s Edinburgh site on Wednesday morning</p>
News

Aerospace workers kick off UK-wide strike action

<p>Many of the striking workers outside Leonardo’s Edinburgh site waved red Unite banners</p>
Business

Thousands of Leonardo staff strike over pay dispute

Dozens of people joined the rally in Edinburgh (Nick Forbes/PA)
Business

Dozens join rally calling for Rockstar Games to reinstate sacked workers

The homes will initially be used to house workers involved in constructing new electricity infrastructure in the region (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Business

Power company signs agreement for first of 1,000 homes in northern Scotland

<p>A commonly-prescribed antibiotic could help reduce the risk of some young people developing schizophrenia, researchers have found. </p>
News

Common acne drug could lower schizophrenia risk

<p>Doxycycline could help reduce the risk of some young people developing schizophrenia</p>
Health

The commonly prescribed drug that could reduce schizophrenia risk

Resident doctors are set to be balloted on strike action (Lynne Cameron/PA)
Business

Resident doctors to vote on strike action in pay row with Scottish Government

The UK needs a ‘supportive’ investment environment if it is to realise the economic benefits of innovative new technologies, the governor of the Bank of England has said (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
UK Politics

Bank governor says UK innovation needs ‘supportive’ investment environment

Royal Bank of Scotland said the new loans had the potential to boost Scotland’s gaming industry, along with a range of other high-growth sectors (Joe Giddens/PA)
Business

Ministers welcome new loans that will ‘kickstart’ business innovation

<p>Keatings was sentenced at Falkirk Sheriff Court on Friday </p>
News

Former Celtic and Hibs footballer jailed over criminal cash scheme

News

Former Celtic and Hibs footballer jailed over criminal cash scheme

<p>Keatings was sentenced at Falkirk Sheriff Court on Friday </p>
<p>James Keatings attempted to launder nearly £400,000 in criminal cash</p>
Crime

Former professional footballer jailed over criminal cash handover

<p>Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza by foot and in vehicles, carrying their belongings along the coastal road toward southern Gaza, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)</p>
News

First children from Gaza arrive in Scotland

<p>From left: Asnat (Kaura Taylor), Queen Nandi (Jean Gasho) and King Atehene (Kofi Offeh) near their Jedburgh campsite</p>
Home News

Sheriff orders removal of ‘lost tribe’ living in Scottish woods

<p>Thousands of starfish washed up on Kirkcaldy beach in Fife on Monday</p>
News

Expert reveals why thousands of dead starfish ended up on UK beach

<p>Thousands of starfish washed up on Kirkcaldy beach in Fife on Monday</p>
News

Expert reveals why thousands of dead starfish ended up on UK beach

Staff and students at the University of Edinburgh have walked out on the first of five days of industrial action over plans to cut £140 million from the university’s budget (Jane Barlow/PA)
Business

Edinburgh Uni lecturers walk out on first of five days of industrial action

<p>Lecturers at the University of Edinburgh are walking out this week</p>
Home News

University lecturers stage five-day walkout during freshers week

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Archaeology

Rare Bronze Age spearhead among ‘remarkable’ items to go on display

Construction has begun on a ‘landmark’ Scottish windfarm that will power 335,000 homes (CWP Energy/PA)
Business

Construction begins on ‘landmark’ windfarm that will power 335,000 homes

Analysists have blamed economic uncertainty for ‘lacklustre’ retail sales in July (Aaron Chown/PA)
Business

Economic uncertainty blamed for ‘lacklustre’ retail performance last month

<p>A groundbreaking artificial intelligence tool aims to revolutionise skin cancer diagnosis</p>
News

New tool could revolutionise skin cancer diagnosis

<p>Tess Watt, the PhD student at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh who led the project to develop the technology, said it is intended to enable early detection of skin conditions anywhere in the world, and without the need for direct access to dermatologists. </p>
Health & Families

Groundbreaking AI tool could detect skin cancer early in remote areas

<p>Vaccinating pregnant women against RSV will ‘significantly’ reduce the risk their babies being hospitalised</p>
Health & Families

RSV jab in pregnancy can ‘significantly’ cut baby’s infection risk

<p>A groundbreaking artificial intelligence tool aims to revolutionise skin cancer diagnosis</p>
News

New tool could revolutionise skin cancer diagnosis

<p>Tess Watt, the PhD student at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh who led the project to develop the technology, said it is intended to enable early detection of skin conditions anywhere in the world, and without the need for direct access to dermatologists. </p>
Health & Families

Groundbreaking AI tool could detect skin cancer early in remote areas

<p>Vaccinating pregnant women against RSV will ‘significantly’ reduce the risk their babies being hospitalised</p>
Health & Families

RSV jab in pregnancy can ‘significantly’ cut baby’s infection risk

Professor Calum Semple will become the Scottish Government’s chief scientific adviser next month (University of Liverpool/PA)
News

Senior clinician appointed next chief scientific adviser

News

Senior clinician appointed next chief scientific adviser

Professor Calum Semple will become the Scottish Government’s chief scientific adviser next month (University of Liverpool/PA)
<p>A coastguard helicopter was used in the search for the teen</p>
Home News

Body found in search for 15-year-old paddleboarder missing in loch

Glasgow City Council has issued a warning over scam parking messages amid an ongoing cyber security incident (Alamy/PA)
Tech

Glasgow City Council warns of parking scam messages amid ongoing cyber incident

Unite said strike action had been suspended as ‘an act of good faith’ while members were balloted on the new offer (Peter Byrne/PA)
Business

Bus driver walkout to be suspended after new pay offer, says union

<p>The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus in Glasgow</p>
Home News

Armed police called after man walks into hospital with crossbow

<p>The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus in Glasgow</p>
Home News

Armed police called after man walks into hospital with crossbow

<p>Craig Murray and his wife Linda, who died in May 2024</p>
Health & Families

Man loses wife and son to same heart condition: ‘I feel robbed’

<p>The lynx were initially cared for at Edinburgh Zoo before being moved to their new home on Friday</p>
Home News

Lynx illegally released in Highlands find their new home

The richest people in Scotland have been revealed (Jane Barlow/PA)
Business

Fashion tycoon named Scotland’s richest person for fourth year in a row

Unite represents 500 workers at the company (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
Business

Walkout at Scottish Water set to resume in ongoing pay dispute

<p>A “simple” MRI scan can identify people at risk of heart disease 10 years before they have a heart attack or stroke </p>
Health

The new ‘simple’ tool which can spot heart disease risk 10 years early

A phishing attack on Edinburgh schools has seen students locked out of online learning materials (Ben Birchall/PA)
Tech

Phishing attack sees Edinburgh pupils locked out of online learning materials

The chairman of NatWest thanked UK taxpayers for their ‘intervention and support’ (Matt Crossick/PA)
Business

NatWest vows not to forget ‘lessons’ on bankers’ bonuses

Staff at the University are being balloted on industrial action in a dispute over plans to cut £140 million from the institution’s budget (Jane Barlow/PA)
Business

Edinburgh University staff to vote on industrial action in dispute over cuts

<p>An artist rendition of meat eating megalosaurs and plant eating sauropods mingling at a site on Prince Charles's Point on the Isle of Skye</p>
Science

Secrets of dinosaur gathering revealed by newly discovered footprints

Members of the Unison Scotland at a care charity have voted for strike action (Nick Ansell/PA)
Business

Care workers ‘not paid enough to live on’ says union as charity faces walkout

Scientists have used a cutting-edge scientific method to tell the life story of Choppers, who starred in the 1970s PG Tips adverts (Twycross Zoo/PA)
Science

Scientists tell life story of ‘beloved’ tea-drinking celebrity chimp

Science

Scientists tell life story of ‘beloved’ tea-drinking celebrity chimp

Scientists have used a cutting-edge scientific method to tell the life story of Choppers, who starred in the 1970s PG Tips adverts (Twycross Zoo/PA)
<p>There has been a sighting of two more lynx in the area where two of the animals were captured on Thursday (Ben Birchall/PA)</p>
Home News

Two more lynx sighted in Highlands as public warned

<p>An illustartion of pterosaurs</p>
Archaeology

Researchers finally solve the mystery of the flying dinosaurs

An energy firm has set out a five-year plan to spend £10.6 billion on electricity infrastructure (Yui Mok/PA)
Business

Energy firm sets out £10.6bn plan to boost electricity infrastructure

Members of the TSSA and RMT unions held a protest outside the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday (Nick Forbes/PA)
Business

RMT to call strike ‘if needs be’ over proposed cuts to rail ticket office hours

Members of the TSSA and RMT unions held a protest outside the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday (Nick Forbes/PA)
Business

RMT to call strike ‘if needs be’ over proposed cuts to rail ticket office hours

Professor Helen Bridle said the technology could help prevent illness and economic losses (Heriot-Watt University/PA)
Science

New system for detecting bugs in water supply is ‘very significant improvement’

<p>The study claimed children who suffer from a ‘fussy eating’ disorder have differences in brain structure</p>
Health

Fussy eaters may have disorder linked to brain structure, study finds

The Scottish Dark Skies Observatory is set to reopen at a new site on the banks of Clatterinshaws Loch in Galloway Forest Park (Daniel Wilcox Photography/PA)
Space

Observatory destroyed by fire to ‘rise from the ashes’ at new site

<p>Astronauts walk in spacesuits during a training mission for planet Mars at a site that simulates an off-site station</p>
Space

Lasers powered by sunlight could be key to traveling to Mars

‘Sun-powered lasers’ that harness bacteria’s ability to convert sunlight into energy could power future missions to Mars, scientists have announced (Alamy/PA)
Science

Lasers ‘powered by sunlight’ could transform space travel, scientists say

<p>Jay Emmanuel-Thomas is accused of attempting to smuggle £600,000 of cannabis through Stansted Airport </p>
Football

Ex Arsenal footballer sacked after £600,000 cannabis charge

<p>A close-up of engineered magnetic nanorobots about 300nm in diameter created to treat bleeds in the brain caused by aneurysms</p>
Tech

Scientists create army of tiny robots that can be injected into humans

The Mitsubishi Electric factory in Livingston opened in 1993 and manufactures air conditioning units and heat pumps (Alamy/PA)
Business

MP ‘deeply concerned’ as 440 jobs at heat pump factory are put at risk

A college lecturers’ union is calling on its members to accept a ‘hard-won’ improved pay offer (Jane Barlow/PA)
Business

Union advises college lecturers to accept ‘hard-won’ improved pay offer

Black Eyed Peas singer Will.i.am has said artists need to rediscover the ‘secret sauce’ that makes them human (Yui Mok/PA)
Tech

Will.i.am calls on artists to rediscover ‘secret sauce’ that makes them human

A further £10 million investment by the Scottish National Investment Bank will see more than 100,000 homes and businesses connected to ultrafast broadband (Highland Broadband/PA)
Tech

£10m invested to roll out ultrafast broadband to more of the Highlands

Tech

£10m invested to roll out ultrafast broadband to more of the Highlands

A further £10 million investment by the Scottish National Investment Bank will see more than 100,000 homes and businesses connected to ultrafast broadband (Highland Broadband/PA)
Digital replicas of transport infrastructure could help make journeys quicker and greener, researchers have said (TransiT Hub/PA)
Tech

Digital replicas of real world could help decarbonise transport, scientists say

Cosla has requested that the planned strike by waste and recycling workers is suspended while an ‘improved’ pay offer is considered by unions (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Business

Hopes that bin strikes could be called off following ‘improved’ pay offer

The RMT union said its members at ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper have backed strike action (Jane Barlow/PA)
Business

ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper staff back strike action in pay dispute

A strike by waste and recycling workers in 2022 led to rubbish piling up in the streets of Edinburgh during the festival period (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Business

Scottish Government finds ‘additional funding’ it says could avert strike action

A strike by waste and recycling workers in 2022 led to rubbish piling up in the streets of Edinburgh during the festival period (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Business

Scottish Government finds ‘additional funding’ it says could avert strike action

Members of Unite at ScotRail are being balloted for strike action (Jane Barlow/PA)
Business

Hundreds more ScotRail workers to ballot on strike action in pay row

Researchers say 3D printed blood vessels could transform the treatment of cardiovascular diseases (Norbert Radasci/University of Edinburgh/PA)
Health

3D-printed blood vessels could improve heart bypass outcomes, research suggests

Fossils found on the Isle of Skye show that small mammals living in the Jurassic period lived longer and matured more slowly than mammals living today (Duncan McGlynn/National Museums Scotland/PA)
Science

Skye fossils show Jurassic mammals lived longer and grew more slowly than today

First Minister John Swinney said public finances were under ‘significant pressure’ (Jane Barlow/PA)
Business

Swinney warns finances under ‘significant pressure’ as bin strike threat looms

Research has found that about half of entrepreneurs in Scotland last year were female (Philip Toscano/PA)
Business

‘Landmark moment’ as study shows about half of 2023 entrepreneurs were female

Communication helps chimpanzees avoid conflict and co-ordinate (Adrian Soldati/PA)
Science

‘Amazing’ similarities between chimpanzee and human conversations – study

<p>Two chimpanzees interacting as a new study found that when gesturing to each other in the wild chimpanzees left similar gaps before responding </p>
Science

Scientists find similarities between chimpanzee and human conversation

The GMB union has threatened a repeat of the 2022 bin strikes (Andrew Milligan/PA).
Business

Rubbish will pile up without improved pay offer, union warns

The GMB said industrial action now could affect whisky supplies over Christmas (PA)
Business

Distillery workers to walk out within days after rejecting latest pay offer

A new AI system could be used to predict fruit harvests, researchers say (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Tech

AI tool could use photographs to predict harvests, researchers say

The GMB members will now consider the new offer (Alamy/PA)
Business

Whisky maker in ‘revised offer’ to staff ahead of planned strikes over pay

<p>GMB members at three Whyte & Mackay distilleries have voted to strike (Alamy/PA)</p>
Business

Whisky at risk as distilleries threaten strike action

The SaxaVord spaceport is due to host the UK’s first ever orbital rocket launch this summer (PA)
Space

Shetland spaceport counting down to first launch after official opening

A new non-invasive treatment for spinal injuries could have a ‘profound benefit’ for patients, a study has shown (Andrew Matthews/PA)
Health

New treatment for spinal cord injuries could have ‘profound benefit’, medics say

Researchers have found that a common hormone might be able to be used to treat early stage Alzheimer’s disease (Peter Byrne/PA)
Health

Alzheimer’s breakthrough as common hormone could become dementia drug

Fashion tycoon Anders Holch Povlsen has been named the richest person in Scotland for the third year in a row (Jane Barlow/PA)
Business

Fashion tycoon named richest person in Scotland for third year running

A new non-invasive treatment for spinal injuries could have a ‘profound benefit’ for patients, a study has shown (Andrew Matthews/PA)
Health

New treatment for spinal cord injuries could have ‘profound benefit’, medics say

Researchers have found that a common hormone might be able to be used to treat early stage Alzheimer’s disease (Peter Byrne/PA)
Health

Alzheimer’s breakthrough as common hormone could become dementia drug

Fashion tycoon Anders Holch Povlsen has been named the richest person in Scotland for the third year in a row (Jane Barlow/PA)
Business

Fashion tycoon named richest person in Scotland for third year running

Council workers could strike over pay after a union described the two sides as ‘miles’ apart (Chris Radburn/PA)
Business

Council workers could strike as union says sides are ‘miles’ apart in pay talks

<p>The material can absorb carbon dioxide more quickly than planting trees </p>
Tech

Scientists discover material that stores gases faster than trees

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Health

Top mountain biker welcomes device to monitor concussion

GMB Scotland members have voted for potential strike action (Alamy/PA)
Business

Council workers back vote on strike action if pay offer not ‘credible’

Scotland’s first genomics medicine policy has been announced (Andrew Milligan/PA archive)
News

Genomics medicine strategy launched to improve outcomes for patients

A fault with a new online portal meant residents were able to view each other’s information (PA)
Tech

Housing association reprimanded after residents’ data compromised

Boris Johnson visits a hospital canteen in Reading to promote a new report on hospital food
Voices

Why Tory claims about council funding solving child hunger are false

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