35 m. ago Three people rushed to hospital after horror motorbike crash on Highland road

Emergency services raced to the A832, near Dundonnell, after the alarm was raised at around 11am on Thursday.

Events

48 m. ago A $2.8 billion settlement will change college sports forever. Here’s how

A federal judge has approved terms of a sprawling $2.8 billion antitrust settlement that will upend the way college sports have been run for more than a century

Economics

73 m. ago City centre road closed in Scottish city amid reports of 'disturbance'

The disturbance is believed to have happened in the early hours of Saturday morning

Politics

94 m. ago When will weather change as Scots set for soaring 25C temperatures

A 'Spanish plume' is set to engulf the UK and bring about a 'mini heatwave', following this current period of showers.

Politics

2 h. ago Huge fire breaks out at Edinburgh 'Banana Flats' as flames pour from balcony

Local MP Tracy Gilbert shared shocking footage of the inferno last night and advised residents to get in touch if they need assistance.

Events

2 h. ago ‘No smartphones before 14; no social media until 16’: The Anxious Generation author on how to fight back against big tech

One year on, Jonathan Haidt talks about the way his book changed the global conversation around children and digital devices – and explains how he handles his own teenagersJonathan Haidt is a man with a mission. You’ll have to forgive the cliche, because it’s literally true. The author of The Anxious Generation, an urgent warning about the effect of digital tech on young minds, is based at New York University’s business school: “I’m around all these corporate types and we’re always talking about companies and their mission statements,” he tells me. So, he decided to make one for himself. “It was very simple: ‘My mission is to use my research in moral psychology and that of others to help people better understand each other, and to help important social institutions work well.’”This is characteristic of Haidt: there’s the risk that writing your own brand manifesto might seem a bit, well, pompous. What comes across instead is the nerd’s desire to be as effective as possible, combined ...

Culture

2 h. ago Antarctica ‘too wild for humans to rule’, says Shackleton medal winner

Environmental lawyer Cormac Cullinan lauded for his work to establish continent’s legal status to protect its interestsCormac Cullinan has a dream. A dream, he says, that will “change how humanity sees, understands and relates to Antarctica”. The vast frozen continent – home to emperor and Adélie penguins, leopard and Ross seals, and feeding grounds for orcas, beaked whales and albatrosses – should be recognised as an autonomous legal entity “at least equivalent to a country”, says the environmental lawyer.And this week that dream became one step closer to reality as judges awarded Cullinan the Shackleton medal for the protection of the polar regions. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago Major traffic changes planned for London borough to make streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists

Richmond Council is pressing ahead with schemes to improve pedestrian and cyclist routes across the borough

Politics

3 h. ago UK supermarkets exploit tax loophole to produce cider at ‘pocket

Campaigners say ‘super-strength subsidy’ puts pressure on the NHS, as some ciders cost same as apple juiceSupermarkets such as Tesco, Aldi and Lidl are exploiting a tax loophole to produce and sell cheap cider that harms health and causes social problems, alcohol campaigners have claimed.Over recent years, ciders – sometimes containing as much as 7.5% alcohol – have become cheaper or barely risen in price, despite the cost of beer, wine and spirits soaring, according to research by Alcohol Change UK. Continue reading...

Economics

3 h. ago The major change Daniel Dubois has made to ensure ‘the greatest victory in boxing history’ against Oleksandr Usyk

Round two of this heavyweight clash is on the horizon, and Dubois’ team is leaving nothing to chance in his bid to be crowned undisputed heavyweight champion of the world

Politics

4 h. ago Sky Sports bloodbath as eight stars join 16 iconic names in brutal shake

Sky Sports has seen a bit of a shake-up over the last five years, with a number of presenters, pundits and journalists alike leaving the broadcaster - from household names to behind the scenes staff

Events

4 h. ago One in four senior bank staff say closing branches 'isn't a concern'

Meanwhile, the majority of customers say banks are now less focused on serving and looking after their customers than they were five years ago.

Politics

4 h. ago The Works closing popular branch for good this weekend in blow to high street

The Works branch in question employs six staff members, and it has not been confirmed what will happen to these workers when the site closes

Politics

4 h. ago Scotsman Obituaries: Professor Allan Langlands, Scottish oncologist who made a big impact in Australia

Professor Allan Ogilvie Langlands AM, cancer treatment pioneer. Born: 1 August, 1931 in Edinburgh. Died: 28 March 2025 in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, aged 93

Politics

4 h. ago Liverpool transfer news: Florian Wirtz's move threatened by legal battle as Slot given 'green light'

Liverpool have been one of the busiest teams in the transfer window so far this summer and Daily Star Sport has a look at the latest dealings on Merseyside

Events

5 h. ago Little Simz on breakthroughs, betrayal and becoming one of the UK’s best

Critics’ favourite and curator of this month’s Meltdown festival, the British artist is flying high. But a nasty legal battle with her closest collaborator and a crisis of confidence left her close to calling it quits. Instead, she put it all on the new albumIt’s an unseasonably warm spring afternoon and sunlight is beaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows of a north London photo studio. When I arrive, Little Simz is out on the balcony. Wearing chunky sunglasses, a skirt and comfy cardigan, she sits on a chair with her back to the sun, eyes on the horizon, and pulls her legs up, wrapping her arms around her knees in a defensive position that’s verging on foetal.It’s curious body language for an artist at the top of her game. At 31, Simz is looking out at a city she can justifiably claim to have conquered since emerging as a teenage rapper more than a decade ago. But that’s not where she’s at right now. “I genuinely felt like I could disappoint everyone,” Simz says when I ask abo...

Politics

5 h. ago Electric Spark by Frances Wilson review: Muriel is as intriguing as her novels

What is so fascinating about Muriel Spark? In the last decade before she died aged 88 in 2006, any interview with the Scottish author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie became an event. The excitement was firstly because she was an artist of the old school, famous not only for her brilliant and complex novels, but also for her unconventional life in Italy, where she lived up a hill with her friend Penelope Jardine, who was also her assistant (and now, in her nineties, her literary executor).

Politics

5 h. ago Voices: What can Reform do to shift the idea it is the ‘Nigel Party’?

The loss of a Scottish parliament by-election that Farage had hoped to win, coupled with the resignation of his chairman amid a row about banning the burqa, could reshape the electoral fortunes of all parties, says Andrew Grice

Politics

5 h. ago Sainsbury's change could mark beginning of the end of an era for shoppers

A pilot is being trialled at a small number of stores as Sainsbury's begins using a system Asda, Co-op, Morrisons and Waitrose are also employing

Politics

6 h. ago Next's 'flattering' £10 dress is a 'game changer' for anyone who struggles in summer heat

With a fitted, strapless silhouette and midi length, these dresses offer the ultimate balance between minimalism and ease

Economics