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Edinburgh Airport has come in for criticism in the recent past (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Readers' Letters: New airport boss offers hope for better experience

Glasgow office rents to hit £45 this year and here’s why

Exclusive SNP call on Andy Burnham to consider Scottish visa immigration plans

Scottish office market bucking UK trend as Glasgow take-up hits eight-year high

Scotland’s prison estate has struggled with overcrowding

Deportation of foreign prisoners must be 'urgently explored' amid rise

Wowcher has reduced this 60W 6-Port USB Charging Station to just £8.99

This 6-port charger is now just £8.99

Nuhu Batte, captain of the Ugandan boxing team, is among those athletes reportedly missing. Picture: James Fearn/Getty

Ugandan boxers 'missing' in Scotland after Commonwealth Games

Andy Burnham, arrives at Millbank studios in Westminster, London, earlier this month

Burnham under pressure to drop Starmer's 'reckless migration plans'

The YONISEE ergonomic office chair includes lumbar support, a headrest and flip-up armrests for home workspaces

This ergonomic office chair deal starts at under £50

Lockdown drills are common in US schools

Exclusive Rise of US-style lockdown drills in Scots schools

The Dimplex DXACF Tower Fan offers quiet cooling with oscillation, remote control and multiple airflow settings

Dimplex tower fan drops below £60 in Amazon deal

Pupils atJohn Paul II Primary in Castlemilk select their books. PIC: John Devlin

Inside the Glasgow school ensuring every child learns to read

Students in George Square, Edinburgh

Exclusive Warning to Home Office: 'Serious weaknesses' in student visa scheme

Gordon McKee (back row, second from left), Melanie Ward (back row, second from right) and Zubir Ahmed (from row, centre left) sat around Wes Streeting during his speech

Who are Streeting's allies? The Scots MPs who back ex-health secretary

Q Manivannan MSP

Trans MSP Q Manivannan escorted by security over safety concerns

The last King's Speech was in July 2024

What will be in the King's Speech today?

This screen riser is ideal for keeping desktop clutter stored away

This bargain desk organiser could transform your home office setup

Office Furniture Online has a huge selection of desks - and many of them are ideal for home offices

Home office upgrade? Bargain desks and chairs from under £60

Office Furniture Online has a huge selection of desks - and many of them are ideal for home offices

Desks under £100 and chairs from £57 in big home office sale

Wool has many uses in the garden

'Tens of thousands' of sheep at risk of not being sheared this summer

Everybody to Kenmure Street tells the story of a resistance in Glasgow.

'Vibrant' documentary about Glasgow immigration protest wins award

Plans to make digital ID mandatory have been dropped by the UK Government.

Explainer Digital ID: What does Keir Starmer's U-turn mean for Scots?

Everybody to Kenmure Street is set in Glasgow.

Film telling 'moving' story of community action to open film festival

The Creative Pebble X Plus is one of the more attractive desktop speaker systems out there - and they sound pretty decent too

Review: These stylish PC speakers are the ultimate desk upgrade

Anas Sarwar and Nigel Farage

Anas Sarwar warns 'disturbing' SNP refugees plan would help Reform

My Apple Mac mini M4 set up neatly under the monitor on my home office desk.

Apple Mac mini M4 now £499 in brilliant Black Friday deal

Cameron Barracks in Inverness is to house asylum seekers (Picture: Andrew Milligan)

Exclusive Home Office public meeting call on Cameron Barracks asylum seeker plan

The chairs usually cost well over £100, so this is a big saving

Ergonomic massage office chair with footrest now £54.99 in crazy deal

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Why Labour must walk a particularly fine line on immigration in Scotland

Thousands of migrants have crossed the Channel on small boats this year

SNP accuses Labour of 'pandering' to Reform ahead of asylum shake-up

Edinburgh City Council headquarters

Homeless refugee applications from outside Scotland soar in Edinburgh

Cameron Barracks in Inverness

Asylum seekers 'not mass murderers and rapists', Highlanders told

The Government says net migration to the UK is significantly above historic levels (Picture: Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Be prepared for big changes to immigration regulations

Scotland Secretary Douglas Alexander (right) has spoken on the Cameron Barracks plan.

Alexander 'perplexed' at SNP minister radio asylum seeker claim

Cameron Barracks in Inverness

Cameron Barracks: Ministers' 'unanswered questions' on asylum seekers

Cameron Barracks in Inverness

Swinney criticises 'poor approach' over Inverness asylum barracks plan

More than 350 illegal workers were arrested in Scotland between October 2024 and September 2025

Number of illegal worker arrests in Scotland up by nearly a third

Shoppers on Buchanan Street in Glasgow

SNP accused of 'kettling' asylum seekers into Glasgow's poorest areas

Protesters called for an end to the detention of asylum seekers in hotels after six people were injured in a knife attack at Park Inn Hotel in Glasgow in June 2020.

Exclusive Labour MP says Reform comparisons are an attempt to 'silence' her

Ross Evans during the wedding at Hopetoun House in South Queensferry when Drew Hoffman was livestreamed from LA.

I missed my lavish £35k Edinburgh wedding - but I still gave my speech

Logitech's new Slim Solar+ K980 is pretty good as a keyboard - but it brings a new feature to the table that is likely to change the industry

Logitech Slim Solar+ K980 review: a keyboard that never needs charging

The group's self-proclaimed king was former businessman and opera singer Kofi Offeh.

'King' of tribe living in woodland detained for 'immigration offences'
On Thursday, the three ‘tribe members’ were evicted from the woods they have been living in since May.

Police at the scene near Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue on Friday

Two men killed in Manchester synagogue terror attack named by police

Self-proclaimed King Atehehe, Queen Nandi and handmaiden Asnat set up camp in Jedburgh.

Two people arrested as 'African' tribe evicted from Scottish Borders

Manar al-Houbi's family speak to Laura Kuenssberg and Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy

Glasgow student has bid to evacuate family from Gaza rejected

Protesters take part in a Save Our Future & Our Kids Futures demontration outside the Cladhan Hotel in Falkirk on Saturday, which was met with a counter protest from anti-racism campaigners. PIC: Jane Barlow/PA Wire.

Hundreds protest outside Falkirk ‘asylum hotel’

St Andrews University

University calls for intervention to evacuate its students from Gaza

A High Court challenge has been brought against the government’s plan to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda. Credit: Getty Images

SNP defends 'strong' rights making Glasgow £40m magnet for refugees

A second protest is now planned for Falkirk town centre. Pic: Michael Gillen

Second asylum hotel protest planned for town centre

Standing desks are great for health and wellbeing while working

Electric standing desk drops to just £59 on Amazon

Standing desks are great for circulation, and they're becoming hugely popular in home offices

This electric standing desk is now just £63.99 in a limited-time deal

Ashley Fleming is a partner, Harper Macleod

There's still time to lodge visa applications under the old rules

The Logitech Master 2s has a brilliant ergonomic design

Logitech MX Master 2S drops below £40 in Amazon home office deal

UK announces sweeping immigration reforms: What changes on 16 July 2025 mean for...

‘Like a tattoo on my heart’: Michael’s story of indefinite detention By The Newsroom

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries