8+ hour, 8+ min ago  (690+ words) A Commonwealth Mile installation inviting people to cover the distance on the banks of the River Clyde has been launched to mark a week until Glasgow 2026. The route has been created to mark the return of the one mile athletics…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (363+ words) Edinburgh’s Princes Street will remain closed into festival season following a major fire at the former Debenhams store, the council has confirmed. Fire crews were called to the blaze in the disused B-listed structure in the early hours of last…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (760+ words) Sir Chris Hoy and Louise Minchin have joined the ranks of famous faces paying tribute to “first class journalist” and former Sky News anchor Dermot Murnaghan. The veteran broadcaster died “peacefully” on Saturday aged 68 “following a period of illness with…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (410+ words) Hip-hop group Kneecap are to headline a charity gig at Falls Park in Belfast in August. The trio, who perform in the Irish language, have been announced as part of the line-up for community arts festival Féile an Phobail. The…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (291+ words) Edinburgh is facing a second day of disruption after a fire gutted a historic building. The building at the site of the old Debenhams department store suffered “significant damage” in the fire, which broke out in the early hours of…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (495+ words) A historic building on Princes Street in Edinburgh has been gutted in a fire which broke out in the early hours of the morning. Emergency services were called to the old Debenhams building in the city centre at 2.52am on Thursday....

1+ week, 13+ hour ago  (274+ words) Firefighters are tackling a blaze at a historic building on Princes Street in Edinburgh. Emergency services were called to the blaze at the old Debenhams building in the city centre at 2.52am on Thursday. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (938+ words) Thousands of motorists have been fined for driving through just one bus gate in the past 12 months, leading to calls for the restriction to be changed. A shocking 8,527 vehicles were penalised for going through the enforcement in Thorpe Road between…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1013+ words) Three shoplifters have been jailed for a total of 26 years after they were convicted of killing a homeless man who died in his tent four days after they attacked him. John McDonnell, 44, Daniel Carroll, 29, and Jonathan Bristow, 46, set upon Matthew…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (285+ words) A jury is continuing its deliberations in the trial of a man accused of the attempted murder of three children on a street in Dublin city centre three years ago. The jury was sent home after an hour of deliberating…...