3 d. ago New stores open in busy Glasgow shopping centre including one for Still Game fans

The exciting new openings are perfect for Christmas shopping.

Economics

3 d. ago Report takes aim at Fifa and IOC over policies for athletes convicted of sexual assault

The collaborative report said a lack of clear standards across borders creates confusion for big events like the World Cup and OlympicsWith the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup set to take place on Friday, a report examining the participation of athletes convicted of sexual offences at major sporting events has highlighted significant distrust of international sports governing bodies in how they deal with these situations.The report, titled No One Wants to Talk About It, is the result of interviews with elite athletes directly affected by sexual abuse and is intended to gauge attitudes around the eligibility and accreditation criteria for athletes with prior criminal sexual convictions and their participation at mega sporting events. Continue reading...

Events

4 d. ago The Sarah Everard report part two: a catalogue of repeated and preventable failures | Joan Smith

So many reviews, so much hand-wringing, yet misogyny in England and Wales’s police forces and impunity for offenders remains the normHow do we get sexual predators out of the country’s police forces? It was one of the most urgent questions asked in 2021 when a serving police officer, PC Wayne Couzens, was charged with the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard. In the first report of Elish Angiolini’s inquiry into this dreadful sequence of events, published in February last year, she made the eminently sensible recommendation that any individual with a caution or conviction for a sexual offence should be rejected during police vetting.It seemed the very least that should happen, yet we’ve learned from Lady Angiolini’s second report this week that the recommendation has yet to be implemented. She reveals that it took 18 months after publication for police chiefs to agree a blanket ban on recruits who have convictions, and even then it wasn’t included in draft Home Office regulat...

Events

5 d. ago Russia claims its blanket ban on competing at the Winter Olympics has been overturned

Russia claimed the ban had been overturned on Tuesday

Politics

6 d. ago Callum McGregor fires Wilfried Nancy a Celtic warning as new boss told it'll be baptism of fire

The incoming Hoops boss is set to be handed the toughest of starts to life in Glasgow with crunch games on the horizon

Events

8 d. ago Organizers admit ‘no plan B’ if hockey arena not ready for 2026 Olympics

New 16,000-seat venue running behind scheduleTest events pushed to January with no backup optionFirst Olympic hockey game still set for 5 FebruaryThere is no backup stadium if the main ice hockey arena for the Milan Cortina Winter Games is not ready on time.Construction on the arena that is set to welcome NHL players back to the Olympics for the first time in more than a decade is behind schedule and its completion is going right down to the wire. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Moment Adam Peaty's relationship with mum 'turned sour' caught on camera

Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty is set to marry Holly Ramsay next month but his mum Caroline has been uninvited from the wedding after a confrontation at the engagement party

Events

2 w. ago Olympic legend named as first Scotland swimmer for home Commonwealths

The Stirling University swimmer earned his first global medal at the 2014 Glasgow Games - and he'll return to the same pool 12 years later as Scotland's most decorated Olympian.

Politics

2 w. ago Duncan Scott bids for more Scotland glory as record man selected for Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games

Swimmer keen to leave a legacy in front of home fans

Politics

2 w. ago London's iconic Olympia set for huge overhaul with plans for new music arena as part of £1.3bn redevelopment

The booking diary is now open for a new 3,800-capacity music venue which is set to open at London's iconic Olympia as part of a £1.3billion redevelopment.

Economics

2 w. ago Scotland players still celebrating 24 hours after World Cup qualification game in Glasgow pub

The national team were out in the city-centre following their victory against Denmark.

Sport

2 w. ago Olympic icon urges IOC to follow through with transgender ban: 'We should not accept insanity'

Olympic gymnast and Silver medalist MyKayla Skinner is publicly endorsing a ban on transgender athletes at the Olympic Games.

Politics

3 w. ago Adam Peaty's mum says 'it's the end' claiming son is 'in Gordon Ramsay's clutches'

The Olympic swimmer is set to marry daughter of fiery chef Gordon Ramsay however his mother Caroline was allegedly not invited to the hen do sparking a fiery feud

Politics

3 w. ago Outlander's Sam Heughan stars in Glasgow's 2026 Commonwealth Games advert in 'full circle' moment

Sam Heughan is the first celebrity ambassador to team up with the Commonwealth Games 2026 which will take place in Glasgow next summer

Politics

3 w. ago Sam Heughan: Watch as Outlander actor Sam Heughan stars in TV advert for Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games

Glasgow 2026 tickets are available now.

Culture

3 w. ago Olympics gender row boxer Imane Khelif breaks silence to announce plan to return to the Games and defend title

Imane Khelif has declared a plan to defend her Olympic gold medal, saying she has 'surprises' despite the IOC's sex testing and an incoming ban on transgender athletes. 

Sport

3 w. ago Adam Peaty's 'dark tirade' against heartbroken mum as she sets record straight

Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty is set to marry glamorous influencer Holly Ramsay in just weeks, but a recent family fallout has reportedly seen his heartbroken mum banned from the wedding

Politics

3 w. ago Transgender athletes won't face blanket ban from 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow despite Olympics being set to exclude them

The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next year will not adopt a blanket ban of transgender athletes - despite the Olympic Games looking likely to do so.

Sport

3 w. ago Adam Peaty's 'heartbroken' mum breaks silence over brutal wedding ban

Adam Peaty and Holly Ramsay are set to tie the knot in the coming weeks but the Olympian's mother Caroline is reportedly not on the guest list

Politics

3 w. ago Paralympics 'well behind the curve' on banning transgender athletes

Daily Mail Sport reported on Monday that the International Olympic Committee, under new president Kirsty Coventry, is set to trigger a dramatic policy shift that would impose a blanket ban.

Events