THIS week’s Icon, the actor Bill Paterson, appears to have appeared in almost everything. He has a guid Scots voice, not “och aye the noo”, nor yet inarticulate footballer; not at all elocuted but ...

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THEN, in 1979, as intimated earlier, he made a booboo, pooh-poohing an invitation to audition for a role in Hollywood blockbuster Alien. “Nobody will watch this,” he thought. He has called it the ...

Nigel Farage has predicted Reform UK will be the official opposition at Holyrood after the May elections - though the party ...

The assisted dying bill is back in the House of Lords on Friday. But it is by now all but certain to fail in this session of ...

After the staggering success of the inaugural LIV Golf South Africa event, organisers confirmed its return and a date change ...

There are valid concerns. Askou's Motherwell have impressed, but results against the league's top sides remain inconsistent.

Campaigners urge action as Scotland's healthy life expectancy drops below 60. Bite Back and Young Scot highlight youth exposure to junk ...

Dolores Keane's 1988 recording of Dougie MacLean's Caledonia was among her most well-known recordings. The singer, who has died at the age of 72, was one of the defining voices of Ireland's folk and ...

The BBC newsreader, who was married for 31 years, was welcomed into homes on television each night and anchored some of the ...