Review of The Starmer Symptom, edited by Mark Perryman, Pluto Press, £16.99. Jim Sillars The 2024 election was a strange electoral beast. A Tory government despised and held in contempt by many was routed, but its main opponent, Labour, could not generate enthusiasm for what it had on offer, giving us the perplexing result of […] Source

A budget airline has gone into administration after axing all of its flights from a Scottish airport … Source

AN extra 100 oil and gas workers will be given access to tailored support to help them transition into the green energy sector. Source

THE former CEO of BAE Systems, the British Airways executive who oversees its lobbying team, the chairman of the Petrochemical giant Ineos and senior figures from the banking and privatisation industries are among the corporate bosses who’ve been put in charge of setting strategy for British government departments … Source

Police have recovered human remains during an investigation into a house fire in Gardenstown. …

Alaa Abd El-Fattah Is Free: Family Celebrates Political Prisoner’s Release in Egypt Egypt’s best-known political prisoner, Alaa Abd El-Fattah, was granted a presidential pardon on Monday and has reunited with his family after spending most of the last 12 years in prison. The writer and political dissident was a leading voice in the 2011 Arab […] Source

A 31-year-old who was “art and part” in a robbery and assault has been jailed. …

The memory of a stalwart Highland League volunteer has been commemorated in a very special way. …

A HISTORIC building in the heart of Glasgow city centre has been put on the market for over £11.47 million … Source

GLASGOW’s Ho Lee Fook, a bit of a hole in the wall street-food outlet opposite the iconic Barras market, has developed quite the cult following … Source

HIGH street chain Bodycare will disappear from UK high streets after administrators announced the closure of its remaining stores … Source