18 h. ago Oasis star Liam Gallagher had 'every right' to be angry as fans branded 'fat and drunk'

Liam Gallagher hit out after reports council leaders said their supporters were "drunk", "fat" and "old" ahead of their Scottish shows this week. But Edinburgh’s Council leader Jane Meagher said “at no point” did council leaders “use any of the language quoted”.

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22 h. ago Report finds top 2% of households have 18% of wealth in Scotland

Campaigners at Tax Justice Scotland said the study highlighted the ‘vast scale of unfairness in Scotland’.

Politics

42 h. ago Edinburgh Council leader 'frustrated' by Liam Gallagher discussion after comments at final gig

Liam Gallagher slammed council chiefs after Oasis fans were labelled as "drunk", "fat" and "old" in secret safety briefings.

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48 h. ago Formula 1 champion Jackie Stewart built care home to look after wife with dementia

‘It’s a terrible illness and there’s no cure,’ sportsman said

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50 h. ago Gaza’s sick children wait in torturous limbo for medical evacuations

For some the only hope is treatment abroad, but not all survive the long, desperate wait for Israel’s approvalAbdel Karim Wahdan no longer has the energy to speak. When visitors arrive, the eight-year-old pretends to be sleeping so that no one looks at him. Between his frequent dialysis sessions, he cries. His bones hurt, he says.Abdel Karim is dying. His death should be preventable but because he lives in Gaza he cannot access the treatment that would save his life. What started as acute kidney failure is now chronic: his small body has begun to swell and he spends his days between hospital beds and injections that he hates. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Liam Gallagher attacks Edinburgh Council chiefs during Oasis final Murrayfield gig

Oasis rocker Liam Gallagher has branded Edinburgh Council chiefs as "ugly" during the band's final Murrayfield show.

Sport

65 h. ago 'Hyperbolic word salad': Row breaks out as Reform UK politician urges Scots council to rule out low emission zone

Councillor Jamie McGuire labelled the schemes in four Scottish cities as "little more than cash cows" in a blistering statement.

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3 d. ago Sign up for Alzheimer Scotland’s Memory Walk 2025 fundraiser

Event takes place on Sunday, September 7, and will raise vital funds to support dementia care, research and improvements in brain health.

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6 d. ago Oasis blast Edinburgh Council chiefs at Murrayfield after 'fat drunk' fan jibes

Liam Gallagher launched an attack on Edinburgh City Council after documents were leaked with derogatory comments about the band's fans.

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6 d. ago Fort Stewart shooting suspect was relentlessly mocked for stutter, soldiers say

Friend says Quornelius Radford, man accused of shooting five fellow soldiers at an army base, was ‘bullied a lot’US politics live – latest updatesA friend of the man accused of gunning down five fellow soldiers at the Fort Stewart army base in Georgia earlier this week recounted how the suspect had been repeatedly bullied for having a serious stutter, according to a news report.Meanwhile, soldiers who acted swiftly to suppress the gunman and prevent the possibility of a much higher death toll were being hailed as heroes for their bravery in the terrifying moments after shots rang out on the sprawling military base on Wednesday morning. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Harvey Willgoose: Five red flags 'that could have saved stabbed schoolboy'

There were 'at least five red flags' that could have prevented Harvey Willgoose's death at the hands of his classmate, according to the stabbing victim's distraught mother

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6 d. ago Parents believe Harvey Willgoose’s death could have been prevented

Harvey’s mum Caroline Willgoose believes there were ‘flags’ in the days and hours before his death at All Saints Catholic High School, in February.

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7 d. ago Call from suicidal mum, 27, who died two days after alleged rape 'should have been escalated', inquest finds

The coroner ruled that doing so 'would not have prevented' Jessica Smithson's death

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7 d. ago Oasis fan comments 'snobby' as council chiefs blasted ahead of Murrayfield gigs

Ian Murray MP has hit back at City of Edinburgh Council.

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7 d. ago Edinburgh Council remarks about Oasis fans ‘snobby’, Scottish Secretary says

Ian Murray also described the ban on drinking alcohol at stadiums as ‘classist’.

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7 d. ago Scots council fined £80k over 'preventable' death of dementia care home patient

Allan MacLeod, 69, died after disappeared from his bedroom at St Brendan's Care Home in Castlebay on the Isle of Barra on March 9 last year.

Economics

7 d. ago Council fined after ‘preventable’ death of care home dementia patient

Allan MacLeod disappeared from his bedroom at St Brendan’s Care Home in Castlebay, Barra, and was found injured about four hours later.

Events

7 d. ago When do Scottish schools go back after the summer holidays? Full list by council area

We've listed every Scottish council and when pupils go back to school at each one.

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7 d. ago Western Isles Council fined £80k after care home failures led to 'preventable' death of vulnerable patient

The council was fined £80,000 at Lochmaddy Sheriff Court on Wednesday.

Events

9 d. ago North Lanarkshire named the best place to buy a cottage in Britain

Another Scottish council area was among the most expensive places to buy

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