14 h. ago Texas county deflects mounting questions over actions before deadly flood

In the days after the devastating flood that killed dozens in Central Texas, local officials have deflected direct questions about preparations and warnings in advance of the storm that struck July Fourth

Events

27 h. ago Top jazz musician set for music nights at historic Stirling city centre hotel

Dom Pipkin has been signed up for the opening by the new owners of the Golden Lion venue in the city.

Culture

67 h. ago Celtic to get Como Cup surprise as local Italian group prepare hero's welcome for Brendan Rodgers and Co

The Premiership champions will take part in a four-team pre-season tournament in the picturesque Italian city

Politics

6 d. ago Key climate change reports removed from US government websites

The national climate assessments help state and local governments prepare for the impacts of a warming worldLegally mandated US national climate assessments seem to have disappeared from the federal websites built to display them, making it harder for state and local governments and the public to learn what to expect in their back yards from a warming world.Scientists said the peer-reviewed authoritative reports save money and lives. Websites for the national assessments and the US Global Change Research Program were down Monday and Tuesday with no links, notes or referrals elsewhere. The White House, which was responsible for the assessments, said the information will be housed within Nasa to comply with the law, but gave no further details. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago American choir prepares to join young local musicians in Stirling charity concert

Voices from the Heart, from New Hampshire, are singing alongside the community chorus from Big Noise Raploch.

Culture

3 w. ago Scottish city named best prepared to survive a zombie apocalypse

The latest offering from Danny Boyle, 28 Years Later, is due to be released in cinemas towards the end of the month, with TV shows and games like The Last of Us and The Walking Dead also fuelling interest in 'the undead'.

Events

3 w. ago Families arrested in LA Ice raids held in basements with little food or water, lawyers say

Agents confiscated belongings and rushed deportees to California’s high desert or Texas, saying local facilities had not prepared for influxLA protests – live updatesAs federal agents rushed to arrest immigrants across Los Angeles, they confined detainees – including families with small children – in a stuffy office basement for days without sufficient food and water, according to immigration lawyers.One family with three children were held inside a Los Angeles-area administrative building for 48 hours after being arrested on Thursday immediately after an immigration court hearing, according to lawyers from the Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef), which is providing non-profit legal services in the region. Continue reading...

Society

3 w. ago Sunderland 'preparing' £10m Lennon Miller bid as Black Cats 'quietly confident' of landing Motherwell ace

Miller will be a big target for clubs this summer, with Motherwell set to cash in on their star

Economics

4 w. ago Sharon Osbourne dropped band from Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final gig over dispute with manager

It remains a mystery which band are no longer playing the charity concert on July 5 at Birmingham's Villa Park as a result of the fallout with music mogul Sharon

Politics