Storm Bert has wreaked havoc on the domestic football calendar with Blackburn’s Championship clash against Portsmouth one of a number of games called off. Bradford’s League Two game against Accrington ...

I like to think I’m a fairly well-balanced person. Usually I can see the bright side of life and very little fazes me. However, I’m going to write now about something that makes me really angry. In ...

The Queensferry Crossing has been closed as a safety precaution as Storm Bert continues to cause issues across the country.

Police Scotland have urged drivers to heed warnings about Storm Bert after a five-car crash near the Scottish and English border.

There are rolling hills and wild scenery, there’s weaving, tartan and tweed, tales of emigration and sites of bloody battle, with glorious beaches, distilleries, stately homes and spectacular wildlife ...

Karin Ptaszek-Kochis from Denmark reached the top 300 in women’s singles during her professional tennis career.  But now at 52, she is topping the rankings in the women’s senior charts in pickleball ...

There is an element in the periodic table called Astatine, which is the rarest naturally occurring material on earth. It is so combustible, that a solid example of it has never actually been seen.

The new Scottish Tory leader says mainstream society in Scotland is being “contaminated” by drugs money and official policy on drugs ...

A chip shop and four-bedroom home have been brought to the market for sale in what is described as a “lifestyle” opportunity. The family is to sell the popular village chip shop and home after 35 ...

It’s Russell Findlay who suggests we meet in Weatherspoons; it’s £1.50 for a coffee, with free refills, and we both like a bargain so that’s good. He turns up on his bike wearing a tomato-red jacket ...

THE Diary was sad to hear of the death of Labour politician John Prescott, a fella from humble roots who thrived during an era when the Labour Party still had a passing acquaintance with the working ...

Venturing into a department store or supermarket at the moment is, with Jingle Bell Rock blaring out of loudspeakers, aisles stacked to the ceiling with overpriced tubs of Quality Street and checkout ...