'Black Bitch' pub renaming row sparks rally by furious locals over ‘attack’ on Scots town’s history

Cops have locked down a Scots street with riot vans after they were called to an ongoing incident.

Lawrence Chaney, Ruth Davidson, and Muriel Gray joined fans to celebrate 18 years since Michelle McManus won Pop Idol and released All This Time.

Michelle McManus wowed the nation with her singing skills 18 years ago when she competed on, and won, Pop Idol.The Scottish singer, now 41, was 23 when she was crowned the winner of the second series of Pop Idol in 2003.

A knife thug murdered his friend after an apparently trivial row over cans of lager.

Extinction Rebellion protesters have descended on Glasgow, blocking the entrance to the Home Office building.

More than 200 angry people made their voices heard at a protest against controversial plans to re-name celebrated 17th century Linlithgow pub the Black Bitch, writes Stewart McConnell.

Fire crews are battling a blaze at a Scots train station with peak-time services suspended.

Scottish comedian Paul Black has just announced a new show to take place at Glasgow's SEC Armadillo in the new year.

EXCLUSIVE: Marlon James, the Man Booker Prize-winning author behind A Brief History of Seven Killings, has landed a series order from HBO and the UK’s Channel 4 for a crime drama series set in Jamaica.

An MP has lodged a bid for the controversial renaming of an historic Scots pub called the ‘Black Bitch’ to be debated in Parliament.

Former Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, has waded into the row about renaming the Black Bitch Tavern in his home town of Linlithgow.

A new name from the J League is linked with Celtic as it's reported that Yosuke Ideguchi has an offer to move to Scotland.

Fire crews were called to Paisley's Ferguslie Park last night after vandals torched a derelict property.

Specialist water searches are taking place in the River Clyde for a missing Scots man who may have entered.

Scots comedian Paul Black was left shocked after discovering his picture on a fake dating profile.

A pub bouncer branded "the devil" has been convicted of a campaign of terror against two former lovers.

EXCLUSIVE: Pennywise: The Story of IT distributor Unannounced Films has taken on international sales of Annika producer Black Camel Pictures’ BBC young adult drama Float.

Storm debris littered across Scotland’s railway network has resulted in mass disruption for train travellers.

Police are appealing for help to find a missing Cumbernauld man who vanished in the early hours of Friday morning.

It's officially the Black Friday weekend and flocks of shoppers are expected to descend upon the high street and to their favourite retailers to snap up some huge bargains.