27 h. ago Scotland's emerging culinary talent crowned in Knorr Scottish Student of the Year competition

Nahui Keiss from Forth Valley College has been announced as the winner of Knorr Professional’s Scottish Student of the Year Competition 2025.

Politics

46 h. ago British activist in solitary confinement in India despite acquittal, family say

Brother of Jagtar Singh Johal says he is ‘being mentally tortured’ through unwarranted detentionThe British Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal, detained for seven years in an Indian jail, has been placed into solitary confinement and under 24-hour surveillance despite being acquitted of all terrorism charges against him by a Punjab court on 4 March, his family have claimed. Johal is still facing the exact same charges in a parallel case in a clear example of double jeopardy, his brother Gurpreet said when giving testimony at Westminster to an all party committee on arbitrary detention. He said the Indian courts have not granted his brother bail, despite the prosecutor’s failure to produce any credible evidence or witnesses in the Punjab court.Gurpreet said UK consular staff met his brother in jail on Tuesday and were told he had been put into solitary confinement with a 24-hour guard, adding no explanation had been given. Gurpreet said: “I fear for his physical and mental welfare sinc...

Politics

49 h. ago Government not acting ‘urgently’ on Briton detained in India, say family

Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, near Glasgow, was detained in Punjab in 2017.

Politics

3 d. ago Friends launch fundraiser for rescue team who battled to save tragic student at Scots beauty spot

Emily Russell and Eleanor Blake will take on the West Highland Way and Three Peaks Challenge in memory of Eilidh McNab who tragically drowned near Bracklinn Falls in Callander.

Events

3 d. ago Student flats ‘shining light’ in Scotland’s property market but uni funding crisis casts a shadow

“The commercial property market remains cautious amid a mixed economic backdrop and geopolitical uncertainty” – Chris Thornton, Lismore

Society

3 d. ago Fundraiser launched to fly body of 'bright and ambitious' former Scots student home to family in India

Abel Tharayil, 24, died after being struck by a train in Stirling earlier this month, with a fundraiser now launched to transport his body home to his family in India.

Society

4 d. ago Cathedral that launched crisis campaign hits £300,000 fundraising target

Church leaders had warned that without raising the funds, the cathedral may no longer be able to open seven days a week.

Events

4 d. ago Young mum diagnosed with brain tumour while pregnant books dream wedding thanks to big

Bethany Wright and Cameron Murphy will tie the knot next year thanks to a generous stranger who launched a fundraiser.

Politics

7 d. ago Pioneering Scottish floating offshore wind farm invests in future of industry with student scholarships

A pioneering Scottish floating offshore wind farm project is investing in the future of the industry by helping two promising students fund their studies.

Politics

9 d. ago Scots student told she 'has to wait years for treatment' despite living in pain

Aoife Brooks suffers from endometriosis and is facing up to five years of a wait for treatment.

Politics

1 week ago Family of Milwaukee mother deported by Trump to Laos launches fundraiser to bring her home

Ma Yang’s partner says Milwaukee is the only home the Hmong-American woman has known since arriving in the US at eight months old

Politics

2 w. ago Annan charity 'devastated' after firebugs destroy part of £500k playpark as fundraiser launched to fix it

A tunnel at Weyroc Park in Annan was set on fire on Saturday night, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage.

Economics

2 w. ago Blind couple stunned after stranger launched fundraiser to buy their home

Cath and John Roche, who have been blind since birth, were issued with an eviction notice from their landlords.

Economics

2 w. ago New details revealed in case of Harshita Brella found murdered in car in east London

A Channel 4 Investigation has spoken to Harshita Brella’s family in India as well as relatives of her husband Pankaj Lamba, the prime suspect in her killing

Events

2 w. ago ‘Something must have gone wrong with us’: David Cronenberg and Howard Shore on four decades of body horror

One is the master of gruesome horror, the other is the composer who scored his most famous films. They sit down to discuss their 46-year collaboration, and the unlikely source of their darkest, most disturbing inspirationWhat would having sex in a car crash sound like, as music? What about a gynaecological exam performed by identical twins, or a man’s transmogrification into a grotesque human-insectoid hybrid? These are just some of the challenges faced, over more than 40 years and upwards of a dozen films, by the composer Howard Shore as part of his long collaboration with the director David Cronenberg. Shore, 78, may have won three Oscars for the magisterial sweep of his Lord of the Rings score, but it is his work on the 81-year-old Cronenberg’s notorious body-horror movies, from The Fly to Dead Ringers and Crash, that is most indelible. Those last two films will be screening this month as part of a wider tribute to Shore’s work at the London Soundtrack fe...

Events

3 w. ago Promising young footballer, 21, killed in horror lorry crash as family in 'unimaginable pain'

Marshall Spelzini, 21, was a passenger in a lorry when it collided with a broken down road sweeper on the A299 near St Nicholas-at-Wade, Kent, as a fundraiser was launched

Events

3 w. ago Labour VAT raid on private school fees forces Scotland's largest private school which charges up to £20,000 a year to launch fundraising appeal

George Watson's College in Edinburgh said 50 pupils had either left or opted not to join at the beginning of the 2024-25 year.

Economics

3 w. ago Bannatyne Health Clubs in Scotland launch fundraising week for Operation Smile

Bannatyne health clubs across Scotland are gearing up for an exciting week of fundraising activities in support of Operation Smile, a global charity that provides life-changing cleft surgery for children in need.

Society

3 w. ago Fundraiser launched for family of schoolboy, 15, stabbed to death on Glasgow street

Amen Teklay, 15, died after he was found seriously injured in the Maryhill area of Glasgow on Wednesday evening.

Events

4 w. ago Albion Rovers launch fundraising campaign with club at 'critical juncture' in its history

The Lowland League club are looking for fans of Rovers and football in general to support them in their time of need

Culture