2+ hour, 25+ min ago  (311+ words) A HISTORIC building in central Edinburgh has been gutted in an overnight fire, reigniting calls to reverse cuts to Scotland's fire'services. Firefighters attended the blaze in Princes Street at 2. 52am for several hours'today. The roof and top floors of the iconic…...

4+ day, 15+ min ago  (317+ words) EDINBURGH thrill-seekers have been warned that placing traffic cones on top of statues" heads could "cause injury or present a road safety'hazard." The statue of the Duke of Wellington bestriding his horse on Glasgow"s Royal Exchange Square has long…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (232+ words) River Action demands government reins in the private water firm HATE crime reports in Scotland soared by 17 per cent in a year to the highest level in more than 20years. Rises were seen in all offences linked to a victim's race,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (280+ words) BRITISH sprinter Asha Philip, who won two Olympic bronze medals in the 4100 metres relay, announced her retirement from athletics'today. As well as securing bronze as part of the Great Britain team in Rio and then again at the delayed Toyko…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (148+ words) STRIKE threats at Glasgow airport have been lifted after nearly 400 workers accepted improved above-inflation pay rises from Menzies Aviation and ICTS, Unite has'announced. Some 230 ICTS security and passenger processing staff have backed a two-year pay deal including a 5 per cent…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (284+ words) SCOTTISH Justice Secretary Neil Gray must cut the number of people "stuck on remand" to tackle the prison "overcrowding crisis," Scottish Labour has'urged. The call came from the party's justice spokesperson Pauline Mc Neill, after Peter Murrell was remanded in…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (167+ words) BRITAIN'S Supreme Court is sitting in Glasgow for four days this week, in its first visit to Scotland's largest'city. Court President Lord Reed is joined by Lord Stephens, Lady Rose, Lady Simler and Lord Doherty, as well as former deputy…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (285+ words) THE Morning Star's Scotland reporter has set off on a 500-mile bike ride to Bournemouth in support of the CWU Humanitarian Aid(CWUHA). Tasked with covering CWU conference in Bournemouth from Sunday, former postal worker Matt Kerr will make the…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (175+ words) GMB whisky workers have taken strike action over John Dewar & Sons" efforts to "reduce terms and conditions by'stealth." The company, bought by drinks giant Bacardi for "2 billion in 1998, has imposed changes to how holiday entitlement is calculated, converting each day…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (354+ words) MORE than a third of people in Scotland fear they could lose their home over the next three years as the cost-of-living crisis deepens, according to a new'poll. The survey carried out for Everyone Home collective " a group of more…...