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Outlander star Sam Heughan named as official DJ at Commonwealth Games
4+ hour, 41+ min ago (520+ words) OUTLANDER star Sam Heughan will be an official DJ at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games this summer, organisers have announced. The actor will entertain crowds at the SEC Armadillo at the 1pm para powerlifting session on July 24 where the first medal ceremony…...
Cruise worker dies after falling from ship near Oban
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (196+ words) A CRUISE worker has died after falling from a ship near Oban. The male worker fell from the Hebridean Princess in the Sound of Mull on Tuesday evening. The Oban Coastguard Rescue Team were called to the water at around…...
Iran striker says political tension has undermined World Cup joy
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (429+ words) IRAN striker Mehdi Taremi has said political tension because of the conflict with the US has "undermined the joy" of the World Cup. The US and Iran have now agreed a peace deal due to be signed on Friday in…...
Men armed with 'weapons' ram into car in targeted attack on Glasgow motorway
1+ week, 1+ day ago (195+ words) A car was deliberately rammed by another vehicle in a targeted attack by men armed with 'weapons' in Glasgow. The incident occurred at around 12. 10am on Saturday, June 13, on the eastbound M74 off-slip at the Polmadie Road junction. Police said a dark…...
Swinney contrasts "swift action" in Scotland to "constant crisis" at Westminster
1+ week, 3+ day ago (755+ words) John Swinney has hit out at the "constant crisis" within the Labour Government at Westminster, as he pledged he would take'swift and early action" to help Scots through the cost-of-living crisis. Speaking after being formally sworn in again as an…...
John Swinney issues warning to Scottish Labour after 'cynical stunt boomerangs"
1+ week, 4+ day ago (681+ words) THE SNP have "nothing to fear" from a full independent review of all Scottish party finances, the First Minister has said, as he warned Labour to be "careful what you wish for". It comes after Scottish Labour attempted to force…...
Scotland 'could have "1 trillion wealth fund if not for Westminster', analysis finds
1+ week, 5+ day ago (747+ words) SCOTLAND would be "sitting on a "1 trillion pot" if Westminster had handled the country's North Sea oil wealth differently, according to new analysis. The SNP used figures dating back thirty years to work out how much could have been in…...
Miriam Margolyes says she 'cannot accept idea of a Jewish state"
1+ week, 6+ day ago (573+ words) ACTOR and comedian Miriam Margolyes has said she does not "believe in a Jewish state. Speaking on a roundtable with fellow British Jewish cultural figures Michael Rosen and Alexei Sayle, organised by Double Down News, Margolyes said she would not…...
Body found in Dundee as police search for missing 35-year-old man
2+ week, 10+ hour ago (95+ words) THE body of a man has been found in Dundee amid the search for a missing 35-year-old man. Kyle Cormack was last seen in the Main Street area of the city around 7. 25am on Saturday. On the afternoon of Sunday, a…...
We could use some of Thomas Johnston's vision right now
2+ week, 2+ day ago (102+ words) HOW appropriate, in the week Holyrood demanded Scottish control of energy, that the First Minister sat for an interview for The National in the lounge of Bute House beneath the portrait of Thomas Johnston MP. As the Wartime Secretary of…...