Hereditary Peers are all male, predominantly Tory and rich and privileged. There is no justification for them to sit as of right in the Second Chamber of a democracy. Labour had it clearly spelt out ...

For many, Billy Wilder’s riotous – and, for the time, transgressive – 1959 comedy is one of the best films ever made. Judge for yourself if you’ve never seen it. If you have, revel once more in the ...

Scottish Labour received a sexual harassment complaint about its Edinburgh council leader almost two years before he was suspended.

After a year where the left battled with the centre and the right made headlines and gains, 2025 promises to be another challenging year for ...

Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market’s security processes were reviewed and discussed with a police security adviser after ...

A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a 33-year-old who suffered injuries in a licensed premises in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police were called to the scene on Stirling ...

IT comes back, in the end, to a problem of under-definition. Some political strategists promote the benefits of creative ...

Like every other famous person (thank God for Ricky Gervais), Butler no longer drinks alcohol. He has confessed to having a “deep sense of loneliness”, battling “quandaries, fears and weaknesses”. He ...

Celtic have issued their official matchday advice for today's trip to Dundee United with a warning topping the list ...

The BBC seems to have spared all expenses on the thin gruel of its Christmas television schedules. Fortunately, though, the first two very splendid Die Hard movies are available, leading to the debate ...

New Lanark, the mill village created by social pioneer Robert Owen, was revolutionary for its times, offering its workers free education ...

After 20 years of working on Christmas Day, Glasgow chef Jimmy Lee says more people than ever are turning to Chinese food for dinner.