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Deadly Glasgow hospital still unsafe, relatives of patients say
4+ hour, 46+ min ago (587+ words) Families of patients who died or caught infections at Scotland's biggest hospital have said that it still is not safe. A letter sent to John Swinney, signed by relatives of 27 patients, said that more assurances on standards were needed about…...
Graeme Macrae Burnet: Glasgow was a young writer’s idea of heaven
1+ week, 5+ day ago (707+ words) Born in Kilmarnock and based in Glasgow, Graeme Macrae Burnet was shortlisted for the Booker prize for his 20215 novel His Bloody Project. Me and my sister being put in the boot of my dad's Hillman Hunter and told to go…...
Best places to eat and drink in Scotland this week
2+ week, 2+ day ago (530+ words) " Norah restaurant review " a harbour caf" with a cult following " The Palmerston review " I've fallen in love: why can't more places be this simple, and good? In Glasgow's West End, Five March has launched a new Wednesday-Friday lunch set menu…...
Scottish Events Campus ‘is looking to expand’ after bumper year
2+ week, 3+ day ago (687+ words) The boss of the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) is eyeing expansion options as he said the Hydro and surrounding venues were beginning to "burst at the seams. Dominic McKay, the SEC chief executive, was speaking on the back of bumper…...
Sarwar is right — behind Glasgow hospital deaths lies a scandal
2+ week, 5+ day ago (616+ words) We are used to political hyperbole but on this, at least, Anas Sarwar may be right. The Scottish Labour leader has labelled the deaths of at least six people, including ten-year-old Milly Main, at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH),…...
Swinney and Sturgeon ‘should be investigated’ over deadly hospital
3+ week, 5+ day ago (685+ words) Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney should face a criminal investigation over failures at a Glasgow super-hospital linked to the deaths of child cancer patients, Anas Sarwar has said. The Scottish Labour leader said that infection issues at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth…...
Celtic Connections 2026: The must-see shows and opening night review
4+ week, 2+ day ago (332+ words) One of the few consolations of a freezing Scottish winter is that the Celtic Connections festival takes over the second half of January. This heel-kicking celebration of Scottish culture in a global context is a blast of daylight at the…...
Braveheart actor Peter Mullan headbutted by stranger outside Glasgow venue
4+ week, 2+ day ago (523+ words) Peter Mullan, the Hollywood hardman, has told how he stared down a man who had just headbutted him and was trying to strangle a woman. The 66-year-old Braveheart actor, who did not resort to violence, said he reduced the attacker…...
Gunman who fired live rounds into window jailed for nine years
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (897+ words) A gunman who was seen on video firing live rounds into a home in the midst of a gangland war has been jailed for nine years. Nicky Robertson, 39, discharged three shots from a Glock handgun into the window of a…...
Glasgow Warriors hold on for win after brilliant first-half blitz
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1021+ words) In a ground that bears the name of this city's great tyre brand, Glasgow's increasingly intriguing European adventure delivered another milestone moment rather than hitting the skids. A brilliant first-half performance laid the platform, and if Clermont " plus their famously…...