Scotland news

• Catholic Church considering proposals to cut number of dioceses in Scotland

  23-09-2026 19:43 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Catholic Church in Scotland could reduce its number of dioceses by merging two or more, under new plans
  
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• Teacher guilty of abusing teenage boys at school in Paisley

  23-09-2026 18:47 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A former teacher has been found guilty of abusing children over a period of nine years
  
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• Tourist tax cash to fund drive to give everyone in Edinburgh 'easy access' to culture

  23-09-2026 18:36 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A new £2.66m visitor fund will support efforts to ensure all Edinburgh residents can have 'meaningful' cultural experiences in their neighbourhood.
  
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• Uber getting ready to start working in Fife after bid for licence progressed

  23-09-2026 18:31 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Uber say they are getting ready to start working in Fife after a bid for a taxi operating office licence was controversially progressed.
  
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• Sandie Peggie faces loss of wages on January 1 as tribunal against RCN gets under way

  23-09-2026 18:24 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Sandie Peggie, suspended after a changing room confrontation on Christmas Eve 2023, told a Dundee employment tribunal the RCN left her without legal support and she faces losing her income by January 2027.
  
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• 150 homes damaged by Storm Babet flooding to be demolished

  23-09-2026 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Residents in Brechin say they have been living in limbo since floods in 2023.
  
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• Five men jailed over £1.4m cannabis factory in West Lothian

  23-09-2026 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police discovered 850 plants inside the premises at Polbeth Industrial Estate in West Calder.
  
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• Scotcast: Sandie Peggie takes on her trade union

  23-09-2026 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nurse has taken Royal College of Nursing to employment tribunal.
  
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• Covid death probe told of rescue bid to get North Sea worker ashore

  23-09-2026 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Donald Singer died in hospital after falling ill on the Ninian Southern platform in 2020.
  
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• Fewer than half of tech firms founded in 1986 still thriving, Glasgow MD believes

  23-09-2026 17:30 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Less than half of technology firms started in 1986 will still be "thriving in a very different world”, estimates the boss of Glasgow life sciences business R-Biopharm Rhône as it marks its 40th anniversary
  
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• Multi-billion German firm acquires family-run Scottish distribution company

  23-09-2026 17:22 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A family-run Scottish distribution firm has been taken over by a multi-billion German company
  
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• Sandie Peggie says union did not take her case seriously

  23-09-2026 17:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The nurse claims the Royal College of Nursing failed to properly support and advise her after she was suspended.
  
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• Award-winning museum to publish definitive new guide to ancient Argyll site

  23-09-2026 17:07 via heraldscotland.com
  
  An award-winning museum is to publish a definitive new guide to one of Scotland's most remarkable prehistoric landscapes.
  
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• Orkney's main post office shuts 'without warning'

  23-09-2026 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Post Office says it is due to staffing issues and has apologised for any inconvenience caused.
  
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• First of its kind military launch takes place off the coast of Scotland

  23-09-2026 17:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The United States and the United Kingdom have successfully fired a heavyweight torpedo from an underwater drone off the coast of Scotland in a proof-of-concept test
  
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• Pensioners hoping for £14,500 State Pension get major DWP response

  23-09-2026 16:49 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Pensioners are calling for a £14,500 State Pension after a petition passed 23,000 signatures. The Government has rejected the proposal.
  
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• Drug deaths rise sharply in Scotland as figures remain worst in Europe

  23-09-2026 16:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The figure rose by 11% lastyear, bringing the total deaths in a decade to more than 11,000.
  
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• Sauchiehall Street nightclub site with permission for flats on the market

  23-09-2026 16:38 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A former nightclub site on Sauchiehall Street with permission for more than 70 flats is on the market.
  
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• Royal Mail trying to fill 12 vacancies at Inverness office

  23-09-2026 16:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The company says agency workers are providing cover while it seeks to fill the positions.
  
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• Ryanair launches new winter route from Glasgow

  23-09-2026 16:06 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Budget airline Ryanair has launched its Winter 2026 schedule from London and the UK, under which it will offer 435 routes.
  
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• RAF flight from Scotland carries out surveillance near Russian border

  23-09-2026 16:02 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A British surveillance plane which took off from Scotland spent several hours flying close to the Russian and Belarusian borders, as Poland accused the former of violating its airspace
  
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• CCTV image appeal following rare crime on remote Scottish island

  23-09-2026 15:36 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Police probing a rare crime on a remote Scottish island have released a CCTV image.
  
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• ‘Lives are lost’ warning as Glasgow backs £2m service cuts amid drug deaths surge

  23-09-2026 15:32 via heraldscotland.com
  
  UNISON warns lives could be lost after Glasgow health chiefs back £2m cuts to specialist addiction and complex needs services as drug deaths rise 11%.
  
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• Shetland approves route map for £747m plan to build two island tunnels

  23-09-2026 15:19 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Undersea tunnels linking Scottish islands could soon no longer be a pipe dream
  
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• Orkney island welcomes first baby in more than three decades

  23-09-2026 15:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Residents on North Ronaldsay toasted the birth of Duncan Wilder Thorstein Traill Suarez Ford with a dram of whisky last week.
  
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• Pilgrimage walking route through Scottish Borders receives global recognition

  23-09-2026 14:48 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A much-loved pilgrimage walking route through the Scottish Borders has received global recognition after it was included in a 'travel Bible' for the first time.
  
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• Airport's ambitious £500m expansion tarred as 'climate vandalism' in green travel row

  23-09-2026 14:40 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Edinburgh and Lothians East MSP Kayleigh Kinross-O’Neill said the plans were “out of touch” following a summer of wildfires and heatwaves.
  
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• Scots recall 'versatile' Kerr & Thomas for World Cup play-offs

  23-09-2026 14:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sam Kerr and Martha Thomas are named in their first Scotland squad in almost a year for next month's World Cup round one play-offs against the Czech Republic.
  
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• Pocognoli has 'positive nervousness' for Scotland debut

  23-09-2026 13:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scotland head coach Sebastien Pocognoli admits to feeling a "positive nervousness" before his first game in charge of the country, a Nations League tie against Slovenia in Ljubljana on Saturday.
  
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• Home of Golf builds £52m war chest and hires Hollywood giant to drive growth

  23-09-2026 12:57 via heraldscotland.com
  
  St Andrews Links Trust ended 2025 with £52.4m in cash, appointed global agency CAA to grow its brands, and is preparing for major new investment projects
  
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• 'What’s being proposed is on a scale vastly bigger than anything seen before'

  23-09-2026 12:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  It’s a very familiar pattern for big firms to make big promises to local communities, but end up causing big problems instead, Scottish Green MSP Patrick Harvie writes.
  
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• Herald Business LIVE: Today's top stories - September 23

  23-09-2026 11:19 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Welcome to The Herald's Business live blog, where we’ll be bringing you the latest developments from across Scotland’s business industry.
  
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• Fourth man, 20, charged over Armadale shooting

  23-09-2026 10:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Billy Watson, 35, was shot dead at a property on Harestanes Road, Armadale, at about 11:50 on Saturday 12 September.
  
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• Teenager arrested after girl, 15, sexually assaulted in Aberdeen

  23-09-2026 10:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police say an 18-year-old is expected to appear in court at a later date.
  
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• From leaving Rangers to La Liga - Scotland is next step for Ure

  23-09-2026 08:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Robbie Ure has made it all the way to Sevilla since failing to break through at Rangers and now a first Scotland cap awaits the striker, writes Tom English.
  
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• 'I had cancer as a child, now I'm a beauty pageant queen'

  23-09-2026 00:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nicola Anderson's parents were told there was only a 50/50 chance she would survive surgery.
  
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• How a teacake tycoon helped to save a village's lifeboat station

  23-09-2026 00:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A donation from Sir Boyd Tunnock worth "a lot of caramel wafers" saved the St Abbs service 10 years ago.
  
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• Council leaders wary of radical plan to redraw Scotland's local government map

  23-09-2026 00:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Local politicians across Scotland are digesting plans for the biggest shake-up of the council system in 30 years.
  
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