16 h. ago New free rail travel boost for people with a concession card 

A pilot scheme will run until the end of March for people in Scotland.

Transport

47 h. ago War, wildfires and child workers: Visa Pour l’Image highlights – in pictures

A selection of some of the best exhibited work from Visa Pour l’Image, the annual festival of photojournalism in Perpignan in the south of France Continue reading...

Events

4 d. ago Cate Blanchett is all smiles as she makes a chic arrival to her Italian hotel by boat amid Venice Film Festival

Cate Blanchett was the picture of understated glamour this week as she continued to enjoy her stay in Italy amid the Venice Film Festival.

Culture

4 d. ago Time 'running out' to save Scottish country house once home to super rich

"It still has a chance—for now."

Society

5 d. ago Popular Glasgow kebab shop in running to be named UK Restaurant of the Year

Famous for its German-style doner kebabs and peri peri chicken, the restaurant will represent Scotland in the 2025 Uber Eats Restaurant of the Year Awards.

Politics

6 d. ago Tough winter in store for Lanarkshire households after Ofgem confirms energy price cap is due to rise again

Advice Direct Scotland, which runs the national energy advice service energyadvice.scot, said people’s budgets were being stretched “to the limit”.

Economics

6 d. ago Hard winter for West Lothian residents after Ofgem confirms energy price cap rise

Advice Direct Scotland, which runs the national energy advice service energyadvice.scot, said people’s budgets were being stretched “to the limit”.

Economics

7 d. ago Toy air fryer will be a Christmas bestseller, John Lewis predicts

Fries and chicken drumsticks are included – or young cooks might prefer a mini-me Ooni pizza ovenThe air fryer has rapidly become a must-have kitchen appliance, so it was only a matter of time before the craze reached toy town, with a chic wooden version tipped as a Christmas bestseller.If you are thinking it’s too soon to mention Christmas, it’s hard to disagree. But with the school summer holidays almost over (or already over for some) and the UK weather forecast signalling a “band of heavy rain”, retailers are starting festive campaigns. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago Powerful dust storm sweeps through Burning Man campsite – video

Festivalgoers battled winds of 45mph in Black Rock City, Nevada, over the weekend. Festival organisers said the grounds reopened on Monday but more adverse weather conditions are expected. At least four people were reportedly injured‘Wall of blowing dust’ sweeps through Burning Man festival and upends camps Continue reading...

Events

8 d. ago ‘Wall of blowing dust’ sweeps through Burning Man festival upending camps

Wing gusts with speeds in excess of 45mph tore through Black Rock City, temporarily halting all activityBurning Man festival temporarily ground to a halt over the weekend due to dust storms and high winds that sent tents flying and plunged visibility to near zero.On Monday, organizers of the Nevada festival said the Black Rock City airport and the festival gates had reopened as the festival officially got underway. Continue reading...

Events

8 d. ago ‘Wall of blowing dust’ sweeps through Burning Man festival and upends camps

Wind gusts with speeds in excess of 45mph tore through Black Rock City, temporarily halting all activityBurning Man festival temporarily ground to a halt over the weekend due to dust storms and high winds that sent tents flying and plunged visibility to near zero.On Monday, organizers of the Nevada festival said the Black Rock City airport and the festival gates had reopened as the festival officially got under way. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Scotland Victorian pub featured in popular Netflix drama Dept Q in running for best in UK

The bar in Musselburgh has been named Scotland’s only contender for CAMRA’s UK Pub of the Year award

Events

2 w. ago Scotland’s longest running greenfield music festival to continue in 2026

Organisers have confirmed the festival will take place following a fundraising campaign.

Culture

2 w. ago Flash floods sweep away campers while falling debris kills two at beer festival as deadly storms continue to wreak havoc in China

The banks of a river running through the grasslands of Inner Mongolia burst at around 10pm on Saturday, washing away 13 campers on the outskirts of Bayannur.

Events

2 w. ago Creeps, legends, witches and wonders: Edinburgh fringe 2025 – in pictures

From a Polish prince of Denmark to pickled vegetables and tributes to Billy Connolly and Marilyn Monroe, our photographer explores the many worlds of the festival Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Leeds Festival: 15 acts who we still think could perform a secret set at this year's event

Let the speculation continue as Leeds Festival is a mere fortnight away.

Politics

4 w. ago Dekmantel Festival 2025 review: still showing others how it's done

11 years in, this legendary music festival in Amsterdam continues to draw in a heady mix of rising talent and big hitters

Culture

4 w. ago Moment herd of cows go on the run in a Scotland housing estate after 124mph winds from Storm Floris blows down fence

Footage posted on Facebook by a resident shows neighbours watching on in shock as around 20 cattle gathered on a street in the village of Carfin in North Lanarkshire this afternoon.

Events

4 w. ago Consumed review – mothers and daughters clash in Women’s prize for playwriting winner

Traverse theatre, EdinburghBuried trauma surfaces at a family reunion in Karis Kelly’s darkly funny Northern Irish drama that attempts to capture a broader history of violenceKaris Kelly’s drama won the Women’s prize for playwriting in 2022 and you can see why. Set amid a family reunion dinner in Northern Ireland, only the women are present here. And in the way of many such theatrical reunions, it leads to an almighty blow-up, yet there is no hint of cliche. Kelly is a talented playwright navigating between black humour and pain.At the head of the table is Eileen (Julia Dearden), a foul-mouthed matriarch whose 90th birthday they are celebrating. Gilly (Andrea Irvine) is her daughter and the mother of Jenny (Caoimhe Farren), who left long ago for a life in London. Muireann (Muireann Ní Fhaogáin), the youngest, is Jenny’s London-born-and-raised daughter.At the Traverse theatre, Edinburgh, until 24 August. Then touring from 3 September.All our Edinburgh festival reviews Continue readin...

Politics

4 w. ago Lanarkshire locals warned by leading charity over scam text messages

Advice Direct Scotland, which runs the national consumer advice service consumeradvice.scot, said anyone receiving such a message should delete it and report it to them.

Events