Glasgow City Council will hold a public consultation over introducing a 5% visitor levy on overnight stays in the city.The tourist tax would apply to hotels, hostels, guest houses, B&Bs and self-catering accommodation.

Motorists in Glasgow who park even slightly on the pavement will face a hefty fine as the ban came into force on Wednesday, January 29.

NEW figures which reveal assaults on Scottish Ambulance staff are at a five-year-high are “completely unacceptable”, says the service.

Glasgow's Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) has announced it will reopen in April after receiving multi-year funding from Creative Scotland. The centre, which is home to a number of cultural tenants, partially closed in December due to significant financial concerns.

Members of one of Scotland's largest paedophile gangs - who ran a "monstrous" child sex abuse ring in a Glasgow drugs den - have each been sentenced to an order for lifelong restriction.

Scotland's Stafford McDowall will earn a ninth cap at inside centre in place of injured captain Sione Tuipulotu in an otherwise experienced backline to face Italy in their Six Nations opener at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Scotland have added five players to their Six Nations squad ahead of their opening fixture against Italy at Murrayfield on Saturday, including Australia-born back row Alexander Masibaka after number eight Josh Bayliss dropped out with a groin injury.

Dave Cherry, 34, has been named as Scotland's starting hooker. Cherry last played for Scotland in the 2023 Rugby World Cup opener against eventual winners South Africa in Marseille but was withdrawn from the squad shortly after suffering a concussion in a fall at the team hotel.

Survival thriller 'Tornado' from John Maclean will open the fest on Feb. 26, while Martyn Robertson’s documentary 'Make It to Munich' will close it on March 9.

Theatres securing significant boosts include Dundee Rep, which will see its funding rise from £1.9m to £2.6m then £2.8m and the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh, which will see an increase from £1.2m to £1.5m to £1.7m.

Images from the scene showed a large police presence as barriers were placed on the busy motorway, which had been shut for over six hours.

Full Contact focused on certain players - Russell, Wales' Louis Rees-Zammit, England's Owen Farrell and Ellis Genge, and Ireland's Johnny Sexton and Andrew Porter - but as with many documentary of that type, it only told part of the story.