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People don’t follow algorithms: Why AI must make leadership more human Rakesh Shaunak

Marti Pellow is celebrating 40 years at the top with his current tour, featuring the hits of Wet Wet Wet.

'Everything stems from that tenement block': Marti Pellow Glasgow gig

Good conservation has never been about preventing change, says Gill Ogilvie

It’s a new stage in the life of the venerable King's Theatre

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation report said a 'shocking' 21 per cent of children are growing up in poverty (Picture: John Devlin)

Readers' letters: Scotland must keep its child poverty promises

Five-year plans are making a comeback (Picture: Adobe)

Business is learning to think long term again

Briar Homes is exploring new home configurations, says Ainslie McCrone

The importance of place in finding the home for you

Edinburgh firm’s modular GPS sports watch to take on might of Apple and Garmin

Cost-of-living squeeze: Two-thirds of Scots using savings to meet daily needs

90-year-old runner Ian Winship

Scottish runner, 90, finishes 10k in ‘world best’ time for his age

Colin Nicholson

Chef patron of award-winning Scottish castle restaurant steps down

Ally Van Tillo was open about his HIV status to challenge the association with shame (Picture: Joe Magowan 2025)

Scotsman Obituaries: Ally Van Tillo, founder of the UK Aids Memorial Quilt

The Proclaimers performing

The Proclaimers claim Britain 'freer and more tolerant' a decade ago

Rory Bremner and Fred MacAulay.

The comedy festival exhibition capturing comedians passing on a joke

Around 400 competitors are due to compete in the World Stone Skimming Championships on Easdale Island this weekend. PIC: Jeff J Mitchell

World Stone Skimming Championships: 400 people arrive on tiny island

A demonstrator shouts whilst Reform UK leader Nigel Farage delivers a keynote speech during the Reform UK National Conference, at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham

How I was nearly ejected from Reform UK's chaotic party conference Andrew J Quinn

Scotland’s farming firms seize momentum with strong profit growth

Jane Haining, the Scottish missionary who was murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz after caring for Jewish schoolgirls in Budapest

Name of Scottish missionary added to memorial wall at Auschwitz

Mollie King explores London street style

Street style inspires Brits more than celebrities, poll finds

Banjo Beale, Rohan Christopher and their dog Grampa star in Banjo and Ro's Grand Island Hotel on BBC iPlayer from Monday, 5 January and on the BBC Scotland channel on Mondays at 10pm.
With thanks to The Spiritualist, 62 Miller Street, Glasgow G1 1DT, www.thespiritualistglasgow.com

Banjo & Ro’s Grand Island Hotel brings new life to a Hebridean island

Hugh McMillan: when many struggle to get by, what’s the point of poetry?

More than 2,000 victims of rape could be waiting for support services by 2028 if current funding does not increase, a charity has warned.

Scotland's 'badge of shame' as rape victims wait 170 days for support

The dining room set up at Hampden Park hospitality

I experienced 'most luxurious' Hampden hospitality this summer

A previous incarnation of Locker Room Talk.

Chance meeting with actor Blythe Duff revives play 10 years on

Cabinet secretary for Education, culture and Gaelic Mairi McAllan visits Broughton High School

McAllan: 'School welcome bag uncosted but will be value for money'

Ben Macpherson (Lesley Martin/PA)

SNP minister resigns from Scottish Government

Sam Baxendale and James Grant

‘Five-star dive bar’ to open in historic Edinburgh vaults

Buchanan Street in Glasgow's city centre. PIC: John Linton/PA Wire

Exclusive Half of Scots cut back on spending and leisure activities

Arts correspondent Jane Bradley played the part of a cow in Betsy and Patty Find Out

I made my Fringe debut as an extra cow in a show at the Bedlam Theatre

Mingulay in the Outer Hebrides is owned by NTS property PIC: Julian Paren/geograph.org.

Mapping the future of uninhabited islands in the Outer Hebrides

The Isle of Gigha, just west of the Kintyre peninsula

Hay's Way: Gigha's fine milk, fresh hotel rooms and landscape changes

Otter Ferry Seafish is on the banks of Loch Fyne

Scotland's first onshore fish farm and the rise of home-raised halibut

Simon Neil, lead singer of Biffy Clyro

Biffy Clyro, Edinburgh review: 'rich in emotional textures'

SNP MP Lara Bird

Attacks on new SNP MP 'outrageous', says her predecessor

The three barriers to growth - by a Scottish scale-up success story

Five Scottish Tech 50 companies breaking new ground

How Simple Online Healthcare rapidly scaled from its Glasgow base

World Porridge Making Championships 2025

Record number of competitors for World Porridge Making Championship

Olympic gymnast Max Whitlock says: "Understanding when your body needs rest is just as important as knowing when to push"

Brits ditch exercising after 33 days - here's the REAL reason why

EcoFlow STREAM 5000

Ad Feature The new home gadget that could help you save more on energy bills

Could Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, benefit from more parking spaces?

Readers Letters: It's time to make more parking spaces at our hospitals

Duncan Findlater, Amy Findlater, Ben Reade and Hollie Love Reid

New £170k East Lothian mill to connect Scottish farmers and bakers

First Minister John Swinney has promises Scotland's classrooms will become phone-free (Picture: Jane Barlow - Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: What happened to Swinney 'first 100 days' promises?

Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and the Legacy Museum.

The US lawyer bringing slavery museum to Scotland

Credit Rabbie's

Five Scottish mid market companies backed by private equity

Joe Fagan speaking at his campaign launch in Glasgow city centre (pic: John Devlin)

Fagan will lift Scots Labour council coalitions ban if elected leader

Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander (Yui Mok/PA)

Exclusive MPs to meet Scots Secretary to discuss 'Highland premium'

Mr Jonathan Hannay, consultant surgeon at NHS Golden Jubilee, took the Global Citizenship Award at Scotland’s Health Awards in 2025.

Scotland's Health Awards 2026 - search for medics with a global touch

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries