Scotland news

• Photo call or 'pivotal moment' - How significant is leaders summit?

  14-09-2026 07:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The first minister will meet the leaders of Plaid Cymru and Sinn Fein in Cardiff on Monday.
  
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• CCTV appeal following serious assault in Edinburgh

  25-09-2026 21:51 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Police have released images of six males officers believe can assist with ongoing enquiries into a serious assault in Edinburgh.
  
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• 'Genuinely heartbroken': Irish Franciscans to leave Glasgow parish after 160 years

  25-09-2026 21:22 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A “special” Gorbals church is undergoing a major “difficult” change as a much loved Catholic order is withdrawing from the parish.
  
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• 'We want London from Prestwick': Airport calls on airlines to reinstate connection

  25-09-2026 20:37 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Prestwick Airport revealed it has received more than 4,200 comments in support of reinstating the route, last operated by Ryanair in 2011
  
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• Men who posed as bank staff to defraud pensioners to be sentenced in November

  25-09-2026 20:23 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A court was today told of the massive £600,000 fraud plot of the brother of race-hate killer Imran 'Baldy' Shahid.
  
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• Residents evacuated from city street due to 'disturbance'

  25-09-2026 19:46 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Several homes have been evacuated due to a "disturbance" in Govan.
  
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• Glasgow City Council pauses fire-and-rehire after crunch talks with government

  25-09-2026 18:45 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Glasgow City Council has stepped back from the brink after Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth chaired emergency talks, halting dismissal letters to 23,000 staff.
  
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• Scottish businesses report efficiency gains from AI, NatWest research finds

  25-09-2026 18:39 via heraldscotland.com
  
  NatWest research finds 82% of Scottish businesses using AI report improved efficiency, while 60% have seen higher revenue.
  
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• Housing association pledges to provide 8,000 homeless people with property by 2032

  25-09-2026 18:36 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A housing association has pledged to provide 8,000 homeless people and families with a property to live in by 2032.
  
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• Andy Burnham declares himself a unionist and rules out indyref2

  25-09-2026 18:26 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Andy Burnham flatly ruled out another independence referendum, saying there is "no clear consensus" in Scotland for a fresh vote.
  
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• Sandie Peggie’s beliefs had ‘no bearing’ on RCN decision to refuse support – tribunal

  25-09-2026 18:12 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Sandie Peggie’s sex and gender beliefs “had no bearing” on the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union’s decision to refuse her request for legal support, a tribunal has heard.
  
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• Councillor claims revamped council HQ is 'not fit for purpose'

  25-09-2026 18:03 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Frustrated Kilwinning councillor Donald Reid has hit out at North Ayrshire Council, claiming their revamped Cunninghame House headquarters are “not fit for purpose”.
  
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• Why the word 'golf' may be putting women off careers in the industry

  25-09-2026 18:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A former DP World Tour commercial manager says golf must make its career opportunities more visible to women who have not followed an elite playing pathway
  
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• Watt Institution to reopen after accessibility upgrades and months-long closure

  25-09-2026 17:45 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Watt Institution in Inverclyde reopens on September 30 after accessibility upgrades, with new exhibitions, Watt Library and galleries returning to the public.
  
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• Over 25,000 sign petition calling on MSPs to support historic Skye ferry

  25-09-2026 17:45 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A petition calling on politicians to support a community run, not-for-profit, ferry company has received huge support from near and far.
  
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• Century-old Glasgow graffiti discovered on summit of Giza pyramid

  25-09-2026 17:29 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Pyramids of Giza on the outskirts of Cairo in Egypt stand as some of the most iconic and enduring monuments in human history.
  
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• Scottish Government £10m heating oil fund extended — after paying out barely a fifth

  25-09-2026 17:15 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Scotland's emergency heating oil scheme has paid out just £2m of a £10m fund in six months, prompting sharp criticism from MSPs and MPs who warn that island communities most affected by fuel poverty are still being shut out by eligibility rules.
  
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• Historic Edinburgh poets’ pub Milnes Bar to close for major refurbishment

  25-09-2026 16:49 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Edinburgh’s historic Milnes Bar will close on September 28 for refurbishment, preserving its literary heritage before reopening with a new look in October.
  
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• Dunblane Centre wins major UK energy award for solar project

  25-09-2026 16:34 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Dunblane Centre wins UK energy award for GreenPower-funded solar panels, expected to save £9,000 a year and support the Scottish community.
  
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• Man who hid camera inside can of deodorant to spy on child jailed for 18 months

  25-09-2026 16:29 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A man who hid a camera inside a can of deodorant to spy on a child was jailed today for 18 months.
  
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• Three men jailed for 'violent and disturbing' child abuse images haul

  25-09-2026 16:15 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Three perverts who committed what experienced police officers described as among the most "violent and disturbing" child abuse images they had seen have been jailed for a total of seven years.
  
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• Kilmarnock Pie wins Meat Product of the Year at national Scottish food awards

  25-09-2026 15:55 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Kilmarnock bakery Brownings the Bakers wins national Meat Product of the Year at the 2026 Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards for its Kilmarnock Pie.
  
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• Dundee City Council facing near-£13 million budget shortfall

  25-09-2026 15:48 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Dundee City Council is facing a budget shortfall of nearly £13 million next year.
  
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• Empty pub set to be high end restaurant after decade of closure

  25-09-2026 15:36 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A former pub which has lain empty for more than a decade is set to reopen as a high end restaurant after being bought by its neighbours.
  
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• Newton Stewart butcher crowned Scotland’s black pudding champion

  25-09-2026 15:33 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Newton Stewart butcher Steven Cronnie has won Scotland’s Black Pudding Championship 2026, with his family shop praised for its award-winning recipe.
  
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• Community lobbies MPs and MSPs over ‘ludicrous' law endangering historic ferry route

  25-09-2026 15:33 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Campaigners have called on politicians to step in to help a tiny West Coast community which has to pay thousands of pounds each year to an "absentee landowner" to operate a historic ferry route.
  
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• Kirsty Wark honoured with inaugural Royal Scottish Geographical Society medal

  25-09-2026 15:18 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Broadcaster Kirsty Wark has received the first Kirsty Wark Medal from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society at a ceremony in Perth.
  
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• Glasgow council chief insists there is 'absolutely time to reverse' fire and rehire

  25-09-2026 15:14 via heraldscotland.com
  
  GMB Scotland has written to every Glasgow MP and MSP urging them to press the SNP-run council to reverse its decision to dismiss and rehire up to 25,000 non-teaching staff.
  
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• Parents with sick children 'left outside' Glasgow A&E as doors closed

  25-09-2026 15:05 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Parents with sick children were reportedly left waiting outside a Glasgow A&E after the doors were closed and a member of staff was positioned outside the department.
  
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• My seven favourite musicals coming to Scotland this autumn

  25-09-2026 15:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  This autumn and winter, Scottish stages will welcome everything from Tudor queens and Dickensian ghosts to dancing cats and childhood favourites.
  
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