8 d. ago 'Wasted opportunity': Figures confirm Scotland failed to use pandemic as climate turning point

New statistics have confirmed Scotland failed to use the pandemic lockdown as a turning point to tackle climate change.

Events

9 d. ago Melting ice in the Arctic could unleash deadly 'zombie' viruses and trigger a new pandemic, climate scientists warn

Melting ice in the Arctic could unleash deadly 'zombie' viruses, an international panel of scientists has warned.

Events

1 week ago Kae Tempest review – a brave, intimate set where the personal is political

Village Underground, LondonThe laser-focused spoken-word performer returns to the musical stage with new tracks focusing on their identity, but wider concerns are never far away“This has been a performance piece about how technology is going to be the death of us all,” jokes rapper, poet, author and playwright Kae Tempest as a keyboard player and a technician wrestle with malfunctioning equipment. We’re just two tracks in; Tempest assures us that if the electronics are not back up soon, they’ll do the whole show a cappella.They could, too. The teenage Tempest cut their teeth battle-rapping in south London, turning to slam poetry when more direct avenues into hip-hop refused to open easily to a young, blond slip of a thing. You suspect they have never wasted the opportunity when handed a mic. Given Tempest’s extended output over more than a decade of albums, works of fiction, poems, plays and nonfiction, with prizes and accolades for many of them – you can’t imagine them ever being a...

Politics

2 w. ago UK economy eked out growth at the end of 2024, figures confirm

This is unrevised from the ONS’s first estimate, confirming a picture of a sluggish economy over the second half of the year.

Economics

2 w. ago 'Vulnerable' Scots struggling to open bank accounts with 160,000 going without

Citizens Advice Scotland says too many high street banks are failing to offer "readily accessible" no-frills accounts.

Economics

4 w. ago Major update as football fan who vanished without phone found with 'broken bones'

Robert Cadger, 47, was at the centre of a major search effort by Italian police after he failed to board his flight home to Scotland last week - but his relatives say he's been found with 'broken bones'

Sport