BOOKIES reckon 2025 could be one of the dullest years for decades — with little due to change in politics or sport. Voters are expected to be spared a return to the polls, with odds of 4/1 that there will be no Scottish or UK election. 3 McBookies say it’s unlikely First Minister John Swinney … Read more
SPORTS presenter Amy Irons will be bring bells and whistles to this New Year’s Eve when she kicks-off her first time in charge of the iconic BBC Hogmanay Show. The telly favourite “grew-up” watching Jackie Bird, who presented the annual festive programme for 20 years. 4 Davie Irons with Amy… Footie reporter will kick-off Hogmanay … Read more
A PAL of a jailed biker gang leader has lifted the lid on the bloody feud that exploded when they set up a crew to rival Scotland’s notorious Blue Angels. The Mad Dogs Motorcycle Club rider told how he recruited former enemy Dan Laponder in a move that infuriated their adversaries. 2 Pipe bomber… Rider … Read more
COST-cutting Nats ministers axed important research into boosting exports to individual US states – despite a price tag of just £75,000. The SNP Government was branded “short-sighted” for shelving the plan amid the threat of new trade barriers being thrown up by incoming president Donald… SNP blasted for ditching US trade plan with incoming Trump … Read more
FAMILIES have been forced to flee their flats after a fire erupted in the shop below. Terrified residents were evacuated from the block while five fire engines fought to control the blaze at the Edinburgh Halal unit just south of the capital’s city centre. Crews peered in windows after being… Blaze engulfs Scots shop as … Read more
TRAUMATISED patients last night claimed they have been ignored by health bosses over horror complications from the Covid vaccine. One sufferer claimed he has been left like a “zombie” while others revealed battles with brain clots, horror allergies and life-changing disabilities since getting… Traumatised Scots ‘gaslit’ by health bosses after horror complications from Covid vaccine … Read more
A BUSY Scots railway line has been closed after a person was hit by a train. National Rail confirmed the tragic incident happened between Glasgow Central and Motherwell station at around 12pm today. 1 ScotRail confirmed services from Uddingston train station are off The rail operator said all lines… Person hit by train on major … Read more
BRITS are bracing for more travel chaos as thick fog sweeps the UK – with hundreds of flights axed and millions on the move after Christmas. Today will be cloudy and murky for much of England and Wales, bringing patchy fog and drizzle. 3 Fog on the M56 near Manchester Airport yesterdayCredit:… Brits brace for … Read more
A BORDER between the UK and the US should be established at Edinburgh Airport, it’s been claimed. The Home Office has been urged to reach an agreement with their American counterparts to introduce preclearance facilities at the airport in Scotland’s capital to help improve connectivity and… Huge change mooted in massive boost for Scots travellers … Read more
A NEW TV documentary about Rikki Fulton reveals how the Scots icon was haunted all his life by “survivor’s guilt” – when more than half his crewmates drowned beside him in the Second World War. The funnyman had volunteered for the war effort by joining the Royal Navy when he was just… Scots comedy icon … Read more