Busy Horsley Brae to close for five days in October for Scottish Water works

Bobby Gillespie has spoken about his upbringing in a Glasgow tenement, saying that he constantly felt “like a failure” at school age.The Primal Scream frontman said in a new interview with Scottish Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh that he felt inhibited and disillusioned with the world at an early age thanks to judgements about his socio-economic standing.He told Welsh in an interview published by The Guardian to promote his new memoir, Tenement Kid: “For the first 10 years of my life, I lived

Cops have locked down a road in Dumfries after a horror smash.

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Two cars have been left badly damaged following a road crash in Falkirk this afternoon.

Conservative conference in Manchester. Ross will argue the Scottish Conservatives are the only party to represent the working classes against the “cosy Holyrood consensus” on issues like free speech and fair justice.

stores over the coming weeks. The budget retailer announced it will open new sections across 25 of its UK branches from October due to an ‘exceptional growth’ of Primark Home over the past 18 months.

Glasgow primary school.Emergency services were called to the scene on Govan Road shortly after 9pm on Thursday, September 30.

Scottish singer has revealed she was asked to have sex with a musician in return for his help securing her a gig at a festival.

mum who lost her teenage son has started her own funeral care business in an effort to give added comfort to anyone grieving the loss of a child. Samantha Merrilees, 41, had her world shattered when her son Scott Martin took his own life on New Years' Day this year.

crash on the A77 left three people injured and shut down the busy road.Two cars collided just south of the Bellfield Interchange at Kilmarnock, around 8am this morning.The female driver of a Mini has been rushed to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital by air ambulance.Meanwhile the male driver of a Vauxhall Insignia has been taken to Crosshouse Hospital, along with a female passenger in the Mini.None of the injuries are believed to be life threatening.The road is currently closed while

Perth -based group inspiring and supporting women in business are “delighted” to be a finalist in the 2021 Association of Scottish Businesswomen’s national awards. The hard-working Perthshire Businesswomen’s Network (PBN) is one of only three finalists in the ‘best affiliated group of the year’ category.

bus route have been halted after yobs attacked drivers and passengers. McGill's chiefs have pulled the 752/26A through Love Street in Paisley after a series of incidents in the past week.

EXCLUSIVE: Yesterday producer Matthew James Wilkinson is teaming up with Poldark and Endeavour exec producer Tom Mullens on a TV adaptation of Scottish author Iain Banks’ thriller novel The Business.

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Robert Fyfe, who played Howard in Last of the Summer Wine on the BBC, has died at the age of 90. The actor, from Kirkcaldy, Fife, portrayed the shy and downtrodden husband of battleaxe Pearl Sibshaw on screen from 1985 until the beloved sitcom's cancellation in 2010.

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Fife. Emergency services were called to the collision in Kirkcaldy’s Victoria Road at around 8.45am on Wednesday.