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5 days ago | 
thescottishsun.co.uk | Paul Rodger
ONE of the funnest parts of road trips is discovering places you've never been before and sampling new experiences. Two Scottish cities have been named among the best places to get lost in by car. A list of cities and towns across the UK has been created following a study of detour destinations. Edinburgh has been named the best place for road trippers due to its abundance of things to do.
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1 week ago | 
thescottishsun.co.uk | Paul Rodger
ONE of Scotland’s top tourist attractions is set to axe workers as it aims to plug a huge financial blackhole. Glasgow Science Centre staff have been warned their roles are at risk after operating losses of £773,000 were revealed - 75 per cent worse than bosses expected. And chiefs at the Pacific Quay site said they are bracing for a deficit of more than £1million over the next three years.
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1 week ago | 
thescottishsun.co.uk | Paul Rodger
THIS is the horrific moment armed thugs attacked each other with a machete and golf club in a Glasgow housing estate. The broad daylight rammy took place in Elliston Avenue in Priesthill, Glasgow, last week. Cops have launched a probe after the frightening confrontation broke out just yards from residents' front doors around 6.45pm on April 11. Footage emerged of five thugs chasing and flailing weapons at each other.
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1 week ago | 
thescottishsun.co.uk | Paul Rodger
THE Scottish Government has been urged to act after alleged stabbings in Edinburgh. Three teenage boys were rushed to hospital after an alleged attack near Portobello beach on Saturday. And a 47-year-old man was hurt in an alleged blade assault in the city's Abbeyhill area on Monday. Chris Murray, Labour MP for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, has voiced concerns over the incidents and hit out over "inadequate and insufficient" police resources.
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1 week ago | 
thescottishsun.co.uk | Paul Rodger
BreakingCops were alerted to the alarming discovery earlier today before the area was locked downA POPULAR coastal spot has been closed as emergency services tackle an ongoing incident. The alarming incident was sparked at Portobello beach in Edinburgh this morning. Cops were alerted around 9.50am to a report of a suspicious item on the sand. Bomb disposal experts were called in and it was later confirmed to be an unexploded wartime bomb.
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1 week ago | 
thescottishsun.co.uk | Paul Rodger
HEARTLESS thieves stole "thousands of pounds worth of stock" from a foodbank during a sickening raid. Police are investigating the incident at Glasgow South West Foodbank's Cardonald Centre at Hillington Park Parish Church on Berryknowes Road last week. The storage area was broken into, with staff estimating £2,000 worth of food was stolen and between £500 and £600 worth of damage was caused to the unit. The break-in took place overnight between last Thursday evening and Friday morning.
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1 week ago | 
thescottishsun.co.uk | Paul Rodger
JOHN Swinney has awarded Nats MSPs a pay rise of nearly £20,000 after lifting a salary freeze. The First Minister was also set to benefit from the increase but it is understood he turned down the bonus for himself. Former SNP leader Alex Salmond introduced the pay freeze in 2009 amid the global financial crisis. But as it has been scrapped the party's ministers will receive £19,126 extra from this month.
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1 week ago | 
thescottishsun.co.uk | Paul Rodger
THE ex-leader of Edinburgh council has accused the SNP of an "orchestrated political campaign" against him after being cleared over claims he bombarded refugees with sexual messages. Cammy Day was suspended last December after cops launched an investigation into complaints made against him. The then Labour council chief stepped down from his role the following day over allegations that he sent inappropriate messages to two Ukrainians fleeing the war.
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1 week ago | 
thescottishsun.co.uk | Paul Rodger
EDUCATION chiefs launched an anti-absence drive — then shut thousands of kids out of schools for by-elections. Bosses used eight primaries in Glasgow as polling stations. And this affected learning for around 2,500 pupils. It came after the council launched an Attendance Matters Every Day initiative. The scheme was set up to tackle rising no-shows “primarily in the primary sector”. Professor of education policy at Edinburgh University, Lindsay Paterson, blasted the closures.
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1 week ago | 
thescottishsun.co.uk | Paul Rodger
Critics warned the SNP’s big state "shows no sign of stopping"SCOTTISH Government spending has “spiralled” as costs for civil servants have nearly doubled in eight years, new stats show. Staff salaries spiked to nearly £500million between 2016 and last year, a 91 per cent rise in real terms. Workforce costs surged to more than £600m over the same period, an increase of more than 100 per cent.
