Scottish city secures bid after Victoria pulls out due to concerns over spiralling costs
Despite the hills and cobbled streets, the Scottish capital is surprisingly cycle-friendly, with routes leading to landmarks along canal paths, old railway lines and a seaside esplanade
‘Project Willow’ draws up alternatives for refinery ahead of planned 2025 closure
Revenues can help make mass travel more sustainable
Government in talks with investors in clean energy to fill gap left by declining North Sea oil sector
Decision will mean a net loss of 400 jobs and a threat to thousands more
Unison warns funding shortfalls could lead to ‘widespread collapse of local government’ across country
Food, views and tweed galore make for a braw adventure
Nationalist party blames Westminster for need to slash budgets
Scottish government agenda to focus on ‘people’s priorities’ as party fears its independence campaign is losing momentum
Thanks to a new generation of local chefs shining the spotlight on Scotland’s world-class produce, some of the UK’s best gourmet restaurants are to be found north of the border
Michelin-starred chef Sam Yorke is a poster boy for modern Scottish cuisine — and a master of the elevated potato
This tiny 12-seat establishment is putting a plucky chef-sommelier duo on the city’s culinary map
Chef Roberta Hall-McCarron has a thing for pies — but her pasta and panna cotta also hit the spot
At his fourth restaurant in the Scottish capital, superchef Stuart Ralston is ambitiously rethinking local fare — from fish and chips to Cullen skink — to stunning effect
Chef Scott Smith’s playful, constantly imaginative take on modern Scottish cuisine is nothing short of dazzling
Scotland’s first minister defends party’s record in power as he criticises ‘damaging austerity’ from Labour
Scotland’s first minister to lead review at party conference while trying to shift focus on to Labour ahead of 2026 polls
Questions over carbon credits and delays to forestry and peatland schemes have stalled investor interest
Also reviewed: anxious monologue ‘Weather Girl’ and food-bank clown-show ‘Stuffed’
Ava Glass stakes out a city that more than lends itself to tales of espionage
Discovery of Altar Stone’s origin is latest twist in creation story of fabled 5,000-year-old neolithic site
Increase to 10.4% of GDP highlights vulnerability of country’s finances to moves in global oil market
Regulations over moor burning and killing birds of prey tightened as legislation comes into force
The in-demand dance-maker brings the colossal and the contemporary into genre-crossing work
