Neil Pooran
UK
Fringe programme launches featuring ‘notable increase’ in overseas performers
This year’s event features shows on topics including artificial intelligence, the manosphere, cults and social class.
By Neil Pooran
4 Jun 2026
Business News
Strike action at defence company Leonardo UK suspended as new pay offer tabled
Unite said if the proposed deal is rejected by members, staff will walk out later this month.
By Neil Pooran
4 Nov 2025
Politics
Oil and gas windfall tax must be replaced, say offshore and renewables
Offshore Energies UK and Scottish Renewables have written a joint letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband.
By Neil Pooran
4 Nov 2025
UK
Macallan distillery engineers to go on strike in rota dispute
Union officials say rota changes mean staff will be working more days for less money.
By Neil Pooran
3 Nov 2025
UK
Charity installs solar-powered operating rooms in Ukraine as war disrupts power
Kids Operating Room has completed the fit-out of six new paediatric operating rooms at a hospital in western Ukraine.
By Neil Pooran
3 Nov 2025
UK
Rare bottle of Arctic beer to be opened after 150 years to revive brew
Allsopp’s Arctic Ale was designed to fortify Victorian explorers on arduous journeys to the North Pole.
By Neil Pooran
3 Nov 2025
UK
Scots woman killed in LA remembered as ‘one of a kind’ at Arran funeral
June Bunyan’s body was repatriated to Scotland following a fundraising campaign by family and friends.
By Neil Pooran
31 Oct 2025
Celebrity News
Martin Compston to host musical ‘Hoolie’ in tribute to Sir Billy Connolly
The Line Of Duty star will lead the event at the Hydro in Glasgow in December alongside musician Julie Fowlis.
By Neil Pooran
30 Oct 2025
Tech
Lack of BSL interpreter left me fearing I had HIV, says man as app launched
Richard MacQueen shared his story as an app is launched which aims to connect people with interpreters more easily.
By Neil Pooran
30 Oct 2025
Celebrity News
Kaye Adams says her name has been ‘dragged through mud’ after BBC show decision
Adams was taken off air from her morning radio programme.
By Neil Pooran
26 Oct 2025
Crime
Swinney willing to meet with Sheku Bayoh family after inquiry chairman quits
The First Minister spoke after Lord Bracadale stood down from his position.
By Neil Pooran
25 Oct 2025
Business News
Strike dates set in union’s pay dispute with defence company Leonardo
Unite says more than 3000 workers at Leonardo UK’s facilities in Scotland and England will walk out.
By Neil Pooran
24 Oct 2025
Politics
US sanctions on Russian oil giants ‘really important new step’ – Healey
The Defence Secretary was speaking alongside his German counterpart Boris Pistorius at RAF Lossiemouth in northern Scotland.
By Neil Pooran
23 Oct 2025
Politics
MSP Colin Smyth in court accused of voyeurism and possession of indecent images
No pleas were entered as the South Scotland MSP appeared in private at Dumfries Sheriff Court to face two charges.
By Neil Pooran
22 Oct 2025
Crime
Sheku Bayoh inquiry chairman stands down over private meetings
The Scottish Police Federation (SPF) had earlier asked for Lord Bracadale to recuse himself.
By Neil Pooran
21 Oct 2025
Politics
Chinook crash relatives hand letter to No 10 warning of ‘institutional silence’
Twenty-five intelligence experts and four special forces crew were killed when the helicopter crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994.
By Neil Pooran
21 Oct 2025
UK
Lantern trail at zoo returns for first time in six years with aquatic theme
The display will bring visitors to Edinburgh Zoo face to face with illuminated sea creatures standing up to 20ft.
By Neil Pooran
21 Oct 2025
Celebrity News
Jimmy Fallon tells of drinking ‘Buckie’ at ‘best dinner ever’ with royal guard
The Tonight Show host was given a regimental cap and his own personal kilt from Scottish soldiers.
By Neil Pooran
20 Oct 2025
Crime
Three men consent to extradition to Canada in death of restaurant owner case
Sharif Rahman died in Ontario in August 2023.
By Neil Pooran
20 Oct 2025
Politics
Families of 1994 Chinook crash victims seek answers as 47,000 sign petition
The petition from the Chinook Justice Campaign will be handed in at Downing Street.
By Neil Pooran
20 Oct 2025
Crime
Children in care were ‘stripped of their dignity’, inquiry told
The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry heard closing submissions related to its current phase.
By Neil Pooran
18 Oct 2025