BBC apologise after song with racial slur played during Cerys Matthews’ 6 Music show

Biffy Clyro but Scottish rock star Simon Neil recently revealed a new ambition - to win the Eurovision Song Contest. Neil, who founded the band with twin brothers Ben and James Johnston, pointed out that he regularly watches the competition and is a huge fan, revealing it led to one of the best nights of his life.He said: "Eighteen years ago a friend and I took some acid and watched Eurovision, and it was one of the greatest nights of my life.

soldier murdered in an IRA honeytrap has revealed how he plans to get justice for his family - nearly 50 years after the atrocity.Fusilier Dougald McCaughey, was executed with fellow squaddies - brothers John and Joseph McCaig - after being lured from a Belfast pub.Now his cousin David McCaughey has raised £10,000 to help fund a legal bid for a new inquest into the triple shooting.The victims are thought to have been convinced to leave the bar by two women.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBBC appoints new Scotland chief BBC Scotland has named program maker, commissioner and award-winning broadcaster Steve Carson (pictured) as its new director, replacing Donalda MacKinnon, who steps down later this year. Carson is currently head of multi-platform commissioning for BBC Scotland and will be elevated to look after 1,100 staff.

internal market between the four UK nations after Brexit. Mike Russell, the Scottish Government's spokesman on the constitution, told MSPs today the plan was not about smoothing trade but removing power from Holyrood and handing it back to Westminster.

15-year-old has been charged after a crash between an off-road motorbike and a car in Glasgow. The teenager was riding the bike when it was involved in a collision with a car in the Possilpark area of the city on Tuesday, July 28, evening.The incident happened at the junction of Saracen Street and Keppochhill Road in the north of the city.

Rutherglen who can’t afford to dine out at all, it strikes me that this package isn’t geared towards supporting those on the lowest incomes, whose livelihoods are most likely to have been lost. We wanted the real deal for Scotland.

BBC film that exposes blunders in the country’s care homes during the pandemic.They have stepped into the shoes of real-life care workers, whose jobs would be on the line if they were identified.The documentary ­Disclosure: The Care Home Scandal calls for a probe into where Scotland went wrong.

This Morning. The doctor was on the ITV show to discuss face masks and coverings which from Friday (July 24) will be mandatory in shops and supermarkets.

building site last week. Shea Ryan, 10, tragically died after falling into a well on the  Scottish Water  site in Glasgow as his friends raised the alarm around 10pm on Thursday July 16.

Glasgow’s Drumchapel housing estate for weeks.Prime Secure has been contracted to guard the area.The firm is run by brothers Robert and Barry Dempster, who have links to Scotland’s criminal underworld. Their dad is notorious crime figure Bobby “The Devil” Dempster.All three men had their licences to work in the industry revoked by watchdogs.