The new Scottish Tory leader says mainstream society in Scotland is being “contaminated” by drugs money and official policy on drugs ...

It’s Russell Findlay who suggests we meet in Weatherspoons; it’s £1.50 for a coffee, with free refills, and we both like a bargain so that’s good. He turns up on his bike wearing a tomato-red jacket ...

A chip shop and four-bedroom home have been brought to the market for sale in what is described as a “lifestyle” opportunity. The family is to sell the popular village chip shop and home after 35 ...

We the people do not want war. We seldom do as our graveyards are full of the young boys we sent away and who paid the price and I don’t want ...

Democracy, Churchill satirised, is “the worst form of government” – except, that is, for all the other systems that have been tried. The challenge for elected politicians is that their bosses, the ...

The first thing I did was check whether the windows were real because you’ll remember that when Glen Sannox was “launched” in 2017, ...

As legislation to enact a National Care Service in Scotland is paused, we take a look at the confusion around the plans - and how a major ...

THE Diary was sad to hear of the death of Labour politician John Prescott, a fella from humble roots who thrived during an era when the Labour Party still had a passing acquaintance with the working ...

Aberdeen has posted a record turnover of £23.6m but still made an annual loss of £880k. While the club grew its income by 49 per cent from the previous financial year, a £6.1m fall in player sales ...

Venturing into a department store or supermarket at the moment is, with Jingle Bell Rock blaring out of loudspeakers, aisles stacked to the ceiling with overpriced tubs of Quality Street and checkout ...

It’s not easy pursuing a dream. “There are a lot of people trying to do the same thing,” said Ross Cameron of the elbowing, ...

A “predatory” former vicar faces spending the rest of his life behind bars after he was sentenced for a third time for child ...