Major delays for £10m Scottish fire service IT system spark 999 safety fears

Legislation that would temporarily freeze rents and ban evictions in Scotland has passed its first stage in the Scottish Parliament. MSPs backed the general principles of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill by 88 votes to 29 on Tuesday evening.

Shamed MP Margaret Ferrier has spent thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money on eye- wateringly expensive flights to London in just six months. She took 15 trips costing from £450 to £533 a time between June 2021 and January 2022, totalling £7074.22, the Sunday Mail can reveal.

The Scottish Government has asked for an urgent meeting with the Chancellor to discuss "reversing the damaging effects of the UK Government's tax proposals".

Angry protestors have thrown red paint over the entrance of the Scottish Power headquarters in Glasgow during a demo against rising fuel bill prices. Activists targeted the St Vincent Street building on Friday - just hours before a separate peaceful demonstration by campaigners and trade unionists.

Hibs striker Kevin Nisbet and defender Rocky Bushiri have both been spotted in training ahead of their respective injury comebacks.

This week was Great British Bake Off’s ‘bread week’, which saw the remaining contestants make their own pizza before tackling a technical pastry. Many of us watch the much loved Channel 4 show and think we could get ourselves a Hollywood handshake in the tent, and Aldi are selling a ‘fantastic’ Specialbuy that could lend a hand in your rise to Star Baker.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent The life of global porn icon Rocco Siffredi is the subject of a new Netflix original series titled “Supersex,” which has started shooting in Rome. The seven-episode drama is freely inspired by the real life of Siffredi, who has more than 1,500 hardcore films to his name. But, in an interesting career twist, Siffredi has also shot two arthouse pics, Catherine Breillat’s “Romance” and “Anatomy of Hell.” His Budapest-based Rocco Siffredi Prods. is a porn industry powerhouse. Siffredi was also the subject of the documentary “Rocco,” directed by French duo Thierry Demaiziere and Alban Teurlai, which screened at the 2016 Venice Film Festival. 

Former New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning might have retired back in 2020, but he still has a huge presence at the team’s facility. The Giants play the Cowboys tonight in Monday Night Football!

Two escaped cows have sparked an emergency closure of a major Scots motorway after being spotted running along the hard shoulder. Police have been called to the scene on the southbound carriageway of the M73 near the Gartcosh Interchange at J2A.

Two former Scottish Labour leaders have warned their party against a continued focus on more powers for Holyrood.

The number of sanctions issued against Universal Credit claimants in Scotland has almost doubled in the last three years.

A massive carbon capture plan for the north east of Scotland is among the green schemes that will be boosted by an £8 billion investment to clean up the environment under a Labour government.

Well known DJ and producer Jamie Roy has tragically passed away.

Emiliano De Pablos “The Silence of the Ants,” by documentary filmmaker Francisco Montoro, snagged top prizes at the 18th Lau Haizetara Documentary Co-Production Forum, part of the San Sebastián Festival. The documentary took the Ibaia–Elkargi Award for best project at the pitching session, plus the Distribution and Festival Consultancy Treeline Award and the Fipadoc Biarritz Award. Produced by Apnea Films, “The Silence of the Ants” follows a Spanish couple who traveled to the Ukraine in 2015 to find the seven-year-old girl they hosted for temporary foster care. Federation Spain’s “Carapirú: El Superviviente,” by Aner Etxebarria and Pablo Vidal, took The Ibaia – Bilibin Circular Prize for its environmental values with a title suggesting a combination of “Cast Away” and “Apocalypto” translated to real life in Brazil’s Amazon jungle.

King Charles III has headed to Scotland alongside the Queen Consort, following his late mother Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral on 19 September.The new monarch, 73, and his wife, 74, flew from London's RAF Northolt to Aberdeen earlier this week to see out the remainder of the Royal period of mourning. The couple will no doubt be returning to the Balmoral Estate but rather than stay in Balmoral Castle, which King Charles has now inherited, it's more than likely that they've headed to their private home, Birkhall. Dad-of-two Charles has previously described Birkhall as "a unique haven of cosiness and character", and he and Camilla even spent some of their honeymoon at the peaceful abode.

A former restaurant supervisor who torched and destroyed his lover's home has been jailed for almost six years. Dean MacTaggart sparked the blaze forcing Amanda Richards, 43, and a young child to leap from a first floor window to safety.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Christophe Honoré’s “Winter Boy,” which is having its international world premiere in competition at the San Sebastian Film Festival on Sept. 19, has been sold to major territories by Pyramide. “Winter Boy” had its North American premiere at Toronto. Described as Honoré’s most autobiographical film to date, “Winter Boy” stars rising French actor Paul Kircher as a teenager struggling to cope with the death of his father. The movie also stars Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lacoste. Pyramide International, whose sales team is headed by Agathe Mauruc, has closed deals for the film with Palace (Australia, New Zealand), Axia (Canada), Brazil (Pandora), Vercine (Spain), Salzgeber (Germany, Austria), Adok (Switzerland), Athena (Benelux) and Taiwan (Hooray Films). Several other deals are in negotiations.

Passengers have been left stranded on a Greek island for two full days after a flight back to Manchester was delayed by 48 hours.