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Glasgow councillor Catherine Vallis has resigned as parliamentary aide to Scottish Labour MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy after the MSP refused to end her decades-long friendship with Sean Morton, a twice-convicted paedophile. Sources close to the office say Vallis could no longer work for Duncan-Glancy while the MSP continued contact with the serial offender. The breaking point came just weeks after Morton was jailed again for possessing indecent images of children. Who is Catherine Vallis and Why She Walked Away Catherine Vallis, a popular Labour councillor for Victoria Park ward in Glasgow, had worked as Duncan-Glancy's senior parliamentary assistant since the MSP…

England's Six Nations title hopes took a heavy blow on Saturday as Scotland ran out convincing winners at a raucous Murrayfield. But World Cup winner Matt Dawson believes the scars from this defeat will toughen Steve Borthwick's side for the battles ahead, especially with Ireland looming this weekend. The Defeat That Still Stings Scotland 38 England 19. The scoreboard does not lie. Duhan van der Merwe scored twice, Finn Russell pulled the strings, and a red card to Henry Arundell in the 52nd minute turned a competitive contest into a rout. England shipped 31 points after the sending-off and left…

The mighty Titan Crane at Clydebank, once the pride of the Clyde and a top tourist draw, has stood silent and closed to the public for six years. Now fresh council documents reveal no money and no plan to bring it back. These four surviving giants, Finnieston, Stobcross, Clydebank Titan and the huge Inchgreen crane at Greenock, are the last witnesses to the days when Scotland built a third of the world's ships. Today every one of them is either mothballed, decaying or under threat. Why the Titan Closed in the First Place West Dunbartonshire Council shut the 150-ft tall…

A multi-award-winning Scottish fashion designer has publicly accused NBCUniversal of copying one of her original creations worn by Alan Cumming on The Traitors US and selling it as official merchandise without her permission. Siobhan Mackenzie says the US network has "exploited" her intellectual property after near-identical tartan tank tops appeared on the official Traitors online store just weeks after Cumming wore her custom kilt on screen. What Exactly Happened? On February 13, 2025, Siobhan Mackenzie posted a strongly worded statement on Instagram that has already been viewed more than 300,000 times. The Highland-based designer made it clear she has never…

The Scottish Premiership is serving up pure box-office drama right now, and Chris Sutton is absolutely buzzing about it. In his explosive Daily Record column on Valentine’s Day 2026, the Parkhead legend delivered a passionate love letter to the title race while dropping a brutal truth bomb: there is one current Celtic player Martin O’Neill would have booted out the door faster than you can say “last-minute winner” after his latest public strop. Chris Sutton played under Martin O’Neill and knows exactly the level of commitment the Irishman demanded – and this player fell way short. Title Race Hits Boiling…

England stand on the edge of elimination at the T20 World Cup 2026 after a shocking defeat to West Indies left them needing victory over Scotland in Kolkata on Saturday night. Phil Salt delivered a defiant message on Friday: play with “chests out” or go home. The opening batter insisted the champions still believe they are unbeatable when they find their true selves, despite two shaky displays so far in India. “When we’re at our best, nobody can live with us,” Salt said. “We have had two games where we haven’t been at our best. That’s it. Two. Not ten.…

Brad Currie is preparing to bowl against England at the T20 World Cup this weekend, but the 27-year-old Scotland paceman spends as much time analyzing football transfers as he does studying cricket opposition. Behind the professional cricketer is 'FPL Schofield', a Fantasy Premier League guru with thousands of followers seeking his tactical advice. From Cricket Pitch to Fantasy Football Stardom The left-arm seamer's social media presence reveals an unexpected obsession. His X biography proudly displays Fantasy Premier League rankings rather than cricket statistics, showing overall ranks of 1,000 in the 2021-22 season and 1,800 the following year. Currie once ranked…

A quiet Thursday morning in East Kilbride turned to chaos when a grey Vauxhall Corsa crashed into another car and then ploughed straight through a metal fence into a ground-floor tenement garden. The female driver was taken to hospital, leaving residents stunned and police appealingily investigating. The crash happened just after 8.10am on Westwood Road, right opposite Westwood Square Shopping Precinct, on 12 February 2026. Eyewitnesses described hearing an enormous bang before seeing the grey car mounted on the crumpled fence with debris scattered across the garden and pavement. Emergency services arrived within minutes. Police Scotland, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service,…

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has performed a dramatic reversal, declaring Prime Minister Keir Starmer is now free to campaign in Scotland just 48 hours after demanding he quit. The sudden shift has stunned Westminster and Holyrood, exposing deep fractures inside Labour as the party fights for its political life ahead of the crucial May 2026 Holyrood election. Sarwar's climb-down came during a tense media grilling at the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday. The man who wants to be Scotland's next first minister insisted Starmer and cabinet ministers can visit, provided they show how the UK government is "delivering for Scotland".…