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- Police patrol national park to help protect endangered capercaillies April 16, 2025Police officers are carrying out early morning patrols in a national park to help protect a rare bird species at risk of extinction.
- Driver taken to hospital after car collides with tree on A83 April 16, 2025Road policing officers in Argyll are appealing for information following a crash on the A83.
- Supreme Court to issue ruling in dispute over definition of a woman April 16, 2025The UK Supreme Court is set to rule on the legal definition of a woman, following a challenge brought by women’s rights campaigners.
- FWS vs Scottish Ministers: The judgement on the definition of a woman April 16, 2025The Supreme Court is delivering its judgement on the definition of a woman, the legal challenge from For Women Scotland against Scottish ministers.
- Scotland must learn from ‘shocking’ flu season, says charity April 16, 2025Scotland must learn from the this year’s “shocking” flu season as figures show the number of deaths in the first 14 weeks of this year almost doubled.
- One of the highest rates of Huntington’s disease found in Scotland - study April 16, 2025The number of people living in the area who have the gene that causes the condition has been accurately counted for the first time in 35 years in research by the University of Aberdeen.
- Sewage may have been dumped in Scots waterways every 90 seconds in 2024 – study April 16, 2025Sewage may have been discharged into Scotland’s rivers, lochs and seas every 90 seconds last year, according to a report by campaign group Surfers Against Sewage (SAS).
- 'Boils the blood': 30,000 demand women-only Scots homeless refuge as deaths rise April 16, 2025Over 30,000 have backed demands to introduce all-female safe and secure homeless centre in Scotland - as the numbers of vulnerable women who have died since the Covid pandemic have soared.
- Labour MSPs accused of 'failure' for not raising energy bill hikes with UK minister April 16, 2025Correspondence from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said there had been no official meetings with Michael Shanks and Scottish Labour MSPs.
- Swinney warned SNP ministers’ £20k pay rise ‘unjustifiable’ as strike fears grow April 16, 2025John Swinney has been warned a £20,000 pay rise for SNP ministers is 'unjustifiable' by GMB Scotland as local government workers consider strike action.
- Council admits it could have done better as parents left unconvinced by process April 16, 2025Following an emotional debate that lasted almost three hours, parents have been left frustrated with their councillors' decision not to fully pause nursery mothballing proposals for the upcoming year.
- Global upheaval hits Scots commercial property market April 16, 2025Deal activity 'subdued' as investors fret over macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty
- Huge boost for North Sea firm over gas prospect April 16, 2025Shares in Deltic Energy leapt by 25% from a historically low base after disclosing that a key North Sea prospect is estimated to contain significantly greater recoverable gas volumes than previously thought.
- Antiques dealers to sell store in historic Scottish town after 40 years April 16, 2025An antiques business with a 'loyal following' is being marketed for sale
- Bridget Jones generates positive momentum for Everyman Media April 16, 2025Everyman Media was boosted by the release of the latest Bridget Jones movie at the start of the year following a disappointing close to 2024
- Number of flu deaths in Scotland reach new high as levels of vaccines drop April 15, 2025Scotland is set to reach the highest number of flu deaths since 1979 after data released showed a record level of people had died from it in the 14 weeks of 2025.
- Former Glasgow City Council leader arrested and charged in connection with fraud April 15, 2025Frank McAveety served as Glasgow City Council leader from 2015 to 2017
- Beauty salon owners 'devastated' after business set on fire April 15, 2025OWNERS of a beauty salon in Glasgow have been left "devastated" after their business was set on fire.
- Pensioner killed in fatal Paisley road crash as police appeal for information April 15, 2025A woman has died after a single-vehicle crash in Paisley earlier today.
- Glasgow man who pretended to be Greggs manager to con council jailed for four years April 15, 2025A man who pretended to be a property manager for Greggs to con a city council out of £710,000 in Covid business grants has been jailed for four years.