13+ hour ago   (1126+ words) Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell could be ordered to repay around 34% more than the £400,000 he embezzled. Murrell was sentenced to more than five years in prison in June after he admitted misappropriating a total of £400,310.65 from the SNP between…...

13+ hour, 52+ min ago   (1263+ words) It's a "community asset and social enterprise at heart" that attracted 145,500 visitors in the last year. The managing director of the Scottish "heritage wonderland" helps tell the story of a crucial area in the country's history. Jen Howard Coombes said:…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (449+ words) Perth has been selected as the host location for the launch of the Scottish People's Meeting, a major new democracy festival inspired by the highly successful Danish Folkemødet. The Scottish People's Meeting aims to bring together politicians, businesses, public bodies,…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1067+ words) There seemed to be hundreds of them in front of the main stage at City Park in Stirling, more than I have ever witnessed at a festival. It was perhaps indicative of the older age range of the thousands of…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1722+ words) With right-wing extremists dominating the news, our Writer at Large talks to the ordinary men and women standing up to racists and defending their communities against hatred Like Glasgow women for generations, there came a point when Bryony Small simply…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1604+ words) Magic, says Scottish actor and writer Forbes Masson, is real. “It’s in our theatres, in our stories, in our bones - it gives me goosebumps to think about it,” he says, animatedly. “It’s what I felt as a kid, acting in…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (319+ words) Former council leader Susan Aitken has criticised a BBC documentary on Glasgow city centre for an “enormous misjudgement” in “platforming the far-right”. A recent Disclosure programme investigated claims that areas of the city have become a no-go zone due to…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (315+ words) Edinburgh’s Lost Shore Surf Resort has been named Norwegian Surfing’s new National Performance Centre. The partnership will give Norway’s national team access to Lost Shore’s wave pool, high-performance training facilities and Surf Lab as athletes prepare for international competitions and…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (943+ words) Developers working on Grand Theft Auto VI were fired after developer Rockstar uncovered a “disparaging” private chat room where employees swore about their managers and complained about the company, a tribunal has been told. The company said it accessed a…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1096+ words) Edinburgh's proposed tram extension to Granton has been shelved after councillors voted to prioritise plans for a southern route on Thursday afternoon. Councillors from the SNP, Labour, and Scottish Greens joined forces to approve a report recommending that the city’s…...