93 m. ago Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited islands and a US military base

President announces levies on Heard and McDonald Islands in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean

Events

3 h. ago Britain's asylum capital: We can't take any more, say locals in city where huge influx is 'damaging social cohesion' and putting 'unprecedented pressure' on public services

Scotland's second city is the largest dispersal area for asylum seekers in the UK after London - with some 3,953 sent to the city by the Home Office while their applications are being considered.

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4 h. ago 'Mastermind' terrorist linked to 7/7 bombings who was jailed after plotting to start an al

Haroon Aswat, 50, is expected to return to his family home in Yorkshire with a High Court judge saying he can be released in the 'relatively near future'.

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6 h. ago Muse cancel show in Istanbul after call for boycott of concert promoter

Large-scale anti-government protests began last month after the jailing of the Turkish city’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu.

Culture

6 h. ago Mum shot dead outside son's nursery by kid's dad as horrified children watch on

Orlando Mitchell, 35, opened fire and shot dead his former girlfriend Krystal Walton, 32, outside Charity Child Care, in Indianapolis, where she had been dropping off their son

Events

6 h. ago Erin Cuthbert makes it an SFWA award double as Chelsea star named top Scot yet again

Cuthbert's had a brilliant season for her country and has been recognised in style

Events

6 h. ago Scotch Whisky Association ‘disappointed’ with Donald Trump’s tariff announcement

The SWA said it would continue to support efforts by the UK Government to reach a compromise agreement with Mr Trump’s administration.

Politics

7 h. ago Neil Lennon secures major first Dunfermline win thanks to ex

Lennon off the mark at the Pars with vital three points

Politics

7 h. ago Glasgow locals fear rat invasion as 'putrid' bins not emptied in a month

They fear the area will soon by taken over by rats and other vermin after telling how they hadn't been emptied by city binmen since the beginning of March.

Events

7 h. ago Why Glasgow Warriors are backing themselves in bid for Champions Cup first

McDowall cites URC success as evidence of big game nous

Events

9 h. ago Trump sends another aircraft carrier to the Middle East after massing stealth bombers at island air base amid mounting fears he is ready to strike Iran

US president Donald Trump has moved another aircraft carrier to the Middle East after amassing stealth bombers to the nearby Chagos Islands

Events

9 h. ago 'My parents wanted me to be a Springbok, I wanted to be an All Black, now I could play for Scotland'

Full-back reflects on new contract, an international lifeline and taking inspiration from Tom Jordan

Politics

9 h. ago SPFL owner shows off his Premiership reconstruction plan that goes bigger and bolder than ever before

Talk of reconstruction is back on the agenda in Scotland and what a new top flight should look and be structured like

Politics

9 h. ago Julie Goodyear and husband Scott Brand's love story 29 years after meeting

Julie Goodyear is best known as Coronation Street's Bet Lynch, but now lives a quieter life with her husband Scott Brand after a wild proposal and difficult health diagnosis

Politics

10 h. ago Bill Maher teases conversation with Trump as Kid Rock says dinner ‘could not have been better’

TV host and political commentator, who’s been a longtime critic of Trump, met with the president at the White House for a private dinner organized by Kid Rock

Politics

10 h. ago St Andrews scholars pull off historic double in R&A Student Tour Series

Judy Joo and Judd Sundelson underline ever-improving programme under Ian Muir

Society

10 h. ago Dinosaur tracks uncovered at site of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s refuge

Jacobite leader was unknowingly ‘following the footprints’ of megalosaurs after escaping to the Isle of Skye in 1746When Bonnie Prince Charlie fled the Scottish Highlands after defeat at the Battle of Culloden, his route may have crossed the fossilised footsteps of massive meat-eating dinosaurs, researchers say.Newly discovered impressions at Prince Charles’s Point on the Isle of Skye, where the Young Pretender is said to have hunkered down in 1746, reveal that megalosaurs, the carnivorous ancestors of the T rex, and enormous plant-eating sauropods gathered at the site when it was a shallow freshwater lagoon. Continue reading...

Politics

10 h. ago Caroline Weir: ‘I am not the loudest but I’d like to think I lead by example’

Midfielder wants to win silverware with Real Madrid and inspire girls and boys in Scotland as the SFA launches Galáctica, a documentary about herIn a Dunfermline back garden, a young girl doing keepy-uppies in her No 5 Zidane Real Madrid kit turns, shoots and scores in the bottom corner of a green, handbuilt, wooden board, painted by her dad to mark the outlines of a goal. Her family’s video footage is a reminder that the one club Caroline Weir always wanted to play for was Real Madrid.Fast forward two decades and that same all-white shirt – this time with Weir on the back – hangs on the walls of an Edinburgh cinema as the 29-year-old greets guests attending the premiere of a documentary the Scottish Football Association have made to honour their 108-times-capped midfielder. It feels fitting the film is being released within a fortnight of Weir scoring two decisive late goals in the women’s team’s first el clásico victory over Barcelona. Continue reading...

Politics

10 h. ago Dinosaur predator and prey drank together from lagoons on Isle of Skye – study

Prince Charles’s Point on Skye’s Trotternish Peninsula is one of the most extensive dinosaur track sites in Scotland.

Politics

10 h. ago Greg Taylor sees Celtic free agent suitors go to incredible lengths to sign him as Scotland star set to cash in

The Hoops full-back is set to become a free agent in the summer with options in the MLS also still live

Politics