WITH women’s football making strides, it seems opportune to have this week’s Icon concern the story of a young female taking up the game.

McCabe looks back on how a dare, a heart attack and life on building sites have helped shape her comedy career.

The Ridge follows Scottish anaesthetist Mia Beaton to New Zealand for sister Cassy’s wedding, only to find Cassy has ...

One Irn Bru advert is often said to be Scotland’s most memorable Christmas ad. Adverts on Scottish TV have always been clever ...

"Coming to Celtic — a team of this calibre, a historic club — the mindset is only, only winning. If you don’t win 3–0 or 5–0 ...

THE response to Sir Keir Starmer’s plan for digital ID cards has been hysterical — though not in the funny sense. It may well be true that Labour’s policy is part of their panicked attempts to win ...

ASTANA – Kazakhstan became the 116th country for Ross Jennings, a Scottish traveler and musician on a mission to play the bagpipes in every nation. Dressed in a traditional kilt, he performed the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Scottish schools must provide separate toilets for boys and girls, the government has said. New guidance issued by Holyrood ministers says that facilities must be made available on the basis of ...

The guidance says councils should consider providing gender neutral toilets for transgender pupils Scottish schools must provide separate toilets for boys and girls, the government has said. New ...

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On Sept. 28, 1928, Alexander Fleming woke up to check on his experiments investigating bacterial growth — and accidentally discovered the world's first antibiotic. The Scottish physicist and ...