📢 แจ้งเตือน: News Update - Kapook Update 2025

Sat, 26th September 2026

Glasgow City Council has said the vast majority of workers will see their pay rise or remain the same (PA)

Glasgow City Council halts fire and rehire plans
Social work unions had raised the alarm on pay scheme and now say the ‘posturing’ must end

Andy Burnham at No10North

'I support the union': Andy Burnham rules out 'divisive' indyref2

Royal Dornoch is regarded as one of the finest golf courses in Scotland. Picture: Raymond Davies/Getty

Exclusive World-famous Scottish golf club details plans for new course

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Militaria specialist Jessica Tarver with the D-Day log of Leslie Valentine, right

Scots D-Day hero who survived fire from both sides in daring mission

Mackintosh at the Willow tearoom in Glasgow, which was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret Macdonald (Jane Barlow/PA)

Mackintosh experts 'disturbed' by vape shop next to historic tearoom

Claire Dowling officially became the first woman to serve as captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews at the traditional driving-in ceremony on the 1st tee of the Old Course on Friday morning

First woman captain of The R&A drives in at St Andrews

HM Naval Base Clyde (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Ministry of Defence spending in Scotland hits record £2.5bn in year

Sky's docu-drama The Wargame sees former government ministers, including Michael Gove and Nicola Sturgeon, try to deal with a possible Russian attack (Picture: Justin Downing)

Warning signs of Russia-Nato war are multiplying. Britain must rearm Scotsman comment

An 1807 painting of Thomas Cochrane by Peter Edward Stroehling

Why Scotland's real-life Jack Aubrey deserves a statue in Edinburgh Peter Moore

A handwritten note in the window of Orkney's main post office, on Junction Road in Kirkwall, informed customers that it had closed

Orkney Post Office closure shows no lessons learnt from Horizon affair Alistair Carmichael

Following the closure of the Grangemouth Refinery with the loss of 400 jobs, more needs to be done to help the town recover (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Despite talk of major investment, Grangemouth risks being forgotten Barrie Cunning

Lloyd Morse, Rosie Healey, James Ferguson and Pam Brunton.

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‘We want to end on a high’ - Chef Pam Brunton on selling Inver

Sport

Scotland manager Sebastien Pocognoli during a press conference at the Stozice Stadium in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Pocognoli facing his own World Cup to win over the Tartan Army

Four games in 11 days for new head coach and new-look squad

Smith explains why Glasgow's URC title challenge can't be written off

Scotstoun outfit travel to Munster for 2026/27 United Rugby Championship season opener

James Grayson impressed on his first competitive start for Edinburgh in the victory at Ulster.

Edinburgh get URC off to stunning start with new brand of rugby

Sean Everitt’s men let big lead slip but show battling qualities for opening-day victory

Why Royal Dornoch's new course shouldn't break 1457 law banning golf Scotsman comment

Scotsman comment

Second Scotland international ruled out of Autumn Test matches

Glasgow Warriors head coach confirms lock not expected to return to action until after Nations Champ...

Edinburgh Rugby reaction: new boy hailed amid nervy ending in Belfast

Everitt’s side win with 10 players under age of 22

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Meet Scotland's youngest lighthouse keeper in her 'whole new world'

Company Chordelia in Revel

The Scotsman Sessions #445: Company Chordelia

Crovie, nestled in the north-east cliffs in Aberdeenshire

I've walked round Scotland for over a year - this is my favourite spot

Sebastien Pocognoli could select, from left, John McGinn, Stephen Welsh, Robbie Ure and Andy Robertson in his Scotland squad on Tuesday.

Analysis Pocognoli's first Scotland squad and players we think might make it

Food and drink

Yotam Ottolenghi and food and drink editor Rosalind Erskine at the Woven lab in Leith

Scran season 10: Yotam Ottolenghi on his new Edinburgh restaurant

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‘We want to end on a high’ - Chef Pam Brunton on selling Inver

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'I love chips' - Meet the chef at Edinburgh's loveliest restaurant

Glenmorangie 50 year old whisky

Glenmorangie release 50 year old single malt in unique ceramic artwork

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The soulful and mysterious restaurant that's opened in Edinburgh

Business

Eight in ten Scottish firms see productivity boost from AI but human touch vital

Business briefings to focus on growth of Scottish film and television industry

Graeme Miller of S&W

Scotland has hundreds of innovative firms stuck in second gear

GroGreen

Five Scottish companies tipped for scale up growth

The GRID coverage area

How GRID is tackling Scotland’s scaling problem, one cluster at a time

Highlands & Islands Apprenticeship Awards winners

Nominations for Highlands & Islands Apprenticeship Awards still open

Arts news

Julie Wilson Nimmo in the new series of Balamory.

Traitors winner, Balamory star and Dr Who up for BAFTA Scotland award

The award is selected by the audience

Play to 'point spotlight' at county lines drug operations in Scotland

The play will be performed next year

St Cuthbert's Way.

Pilgrimage through Scottish Borders named one of the best travel trips

The route - which begins in Melrose, where St Cuthbert started his religious life in 650AD and ends on Holy Island, his eventual resting place and his original pilgrimage shrine - is 62 miles long

Scottish Album of the Year nominees 'antidote to AI'Jane Bradley

Jane Bradley

Coronation Street producer gifts art collection to Scottish nation

The collection is at Modern One

Sale of CCA building 'preferred' as Creative Scotland opens bids

The CCA fell into liquidation in February

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Scotsman Sessions

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Dave Hook and Kimberly Mandindo

The Scotsman Sessions #446: Dave Hook and Kimberly Mandindo

Company Chordelia in Revel

The Scotsman Sessions #445: Company Chordelia

The Yummy Fur

The Scotsman Sessions #444: The Yummy Fur

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A lovely view of the Wallace Monument

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Beautiful North Berwick

July 2026:A selection of beautiful pictures from Scotland taken by our readers

Politics

Ming Yang planned to build a factory in the Highlands

Exclusive UKGov has 'no detailed assessment' of China battery storage ownership
Energy minister Michael Shanks admitted the UK government has no information on how much of the UK’s battery cell capacity is owned or financed by China

Scottish Labour leader Michael Marra at First Minister's Qustions

Analysis Michael Marra's punchy and grown-up brand of Labour at first FMQs test

John Swinney

Swinney backs decriminalisation as drug deaths branded 'indefensible'

Sandie Peggie at the tribunal on Wednesday

Sandie Peggie tribunal day two RECAP: Nurse's witnesses give evidence

Synthetic opioids have contributed to Scotland's increased number of annual drug deaths

Exclusive Why so many men are being killed by Scotland's drug deaths crisis

Sandie Peggie returns to court for an employment tribunal involving the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on September 23, 2026, in Dundee, Scotland

Sandie Peggie: 'RCN union sided with trans doctor rather than back me'

Sandie Peggie takes a break at lunchtime with her husband Darren Peggie, they leave to greet her daughter Nicole

Exclusive Nurse Sandie Peggie has just 'weeks before NHS Fife stops her pay'

Prime Minister Andy Burnham, right, and Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey during a visit to a pub in Harlow, Essex

Is Britain heading for a 1970s-style debt crisis? Paul Wilson

Heritage and Retro

17 places to visit during Doors Open Days Edinburgh 2026

£26m funding deal will help transform iconic 150-year-old Scottish hydro hotel

George Square in May 1954.

20 pictures of Glasgow George Square in the 1950s and 1960s

People at work unearthing the lost hamlet under Burdiehouse Burn Valley Park

Search for 'lost' hamlet of Edinburgh underneath city park

Unlike some Victorians, Robert the Bruce doesn't appear to have insisted that women were 'civilly dead' in relation to property matters (Picture: Culture Club)

Medieval Scots less sexist than Victorians? Old document suggests so Scotsman comment

Clava Cairns is a well-preserved Bronze Age cemetery complex features ring cairns, passage graves and standing stones.

Investigation into Clava Cairns vandalism as fire lit at ancient site

One of Edinburgh’s most iconic Art Deco buildings sold in £2.9 million deal

Arts and Culture

Siobhán Redmond and Forbes Masson in Happy Days

Theatre reviews: Happy Days | Antigone

Scottish books publishing in October

Insider's Choice: New Scottish books to look out for in October

Viola soloist Timothy Ridout, Maxim Emelyanychev and the SCO

SCO & Timothy Ridout, Edinburgh review: 'action-packed'

Victor Starsky as Calaf in rehearsals for Scottish Opera's Turandot

Victor Starsky on tackling Nessun dorma in Scottish Opera's Turandot

James Belmont (Brad Pitt) and Odin (Uber) in Heart of the Beast

Film reviews: Heart of the Beast | Resident Evil

BBC SSO and Ryan Wigglesworth, Glasgow review: 'emotionally absorbing'

Jimmy Reid, convenor of shop stewards during the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders dispute in 1971

Walking with History by Jimmy Reid review: 'a remarkable life'

Education

Lecturers and other staff attend a rally in Glasgow during strike action by the University and College Union in September 2023

Financial outlook of Scotland's college funding leaves future unknown

Auditor General paints bleak picture of bosses forced to take tough decisions over staffing and course provision

Catriona Stewart

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A business and management degree can be a great route to a top job, but not all courses are equal according to a new report.

Top 11 Best UK Universities For Business and Management 2026

Protestors take part in the Let Women Speak rally following the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act coming into force, outside The Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh on Saturday, April 6, 2024. (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Police Scotland 'risks alienating women' with stance on sex and gender

Best Universities for Economics 2026: Top 11 degrees in the UK David Hepburn

Hay's Way

Residents of Orkney and Shetland saw internet and other services disrupted after a cable linking the islands to the UK mainland was damaged (Picture: Adrian Dennis)

Sudden closure of Orkney's main post office 'deeply concerning'

Sphagnum moss is a primary building block of northern peatlands and is unusual in that it has no roots or stomata - the tiny openings that help most plants regulate water loss.

The tiny moss that could help save peatlands from drought

Helicopter used during a wildfire to douse flames

Exclusive Single helicopter to be on standby in Scotland to tackle wildfires

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Autumn is a great time for a getaway - and holidays could be a bargain if you snap up one of these deals

Parkdean’s £99 beach holidays could work out at just £4.13pp per night

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Anker Soundcore AeroClip 2 review: record-breaking open-ear earbuds

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The Yoto Mini starter bundle is my go to recommendation for families

Sport Opinion

Bob MacIntyre discusses a club selection with caddie Mike Burrow during the final round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth on Sunday

'Volatile' MacIntyre deserves break heading into Dunhill Links defence
Some of the comments aimed at Scottish No 1 this year are simply unfair
Martin Dempster

Danny McGrain seen with John Barnes during a Celtic vs Liverpool legends charity match in 2006 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Danny McGrain deserves all our best wishes after Alzheimer's diagnosis Scotsman comment

Team Europe’s Nastasia Nadaud celebrates her Solheim Cup singles victory on Sunday with Scottish caddie Michele Thomson at Bernardus Golf in Cromvoirt, Netherlands

Scottish golf needs new Solheim Cup poster girl like Hull or Woad

France's Antoine Dupont carries the trophy surrounded by the other captains at this year's Six Nations launch at Edinburgh Castle.

Abominable idea: why Six Nations USA plan needs nipped in the bud Graham Bean