Family of student who took his own life say university ‘will be held to account’
Ethan Scott Brown died after being wrongly told he would not be eligible to graduate from the University of Glasgow
Scottish film could steal The Jazz Singer’s crown as ‘world’s first talkie’
Scots-written Till the Bells Ring premiered a year before the Hollywood film, which featured spoken words by Al Jolson
Glasgow city council reaches pay deal with union to avert fire-and-rehire plan
Thousands of Glasgow council workers face pay cuts in one of UK’s biggest fire-and-rehire plans
Other lives
Alan Ferguson obituary
September 2026
Fire fears as vape shop prepares to open next to 120-year-old Glasgow tearooms
Residents say shop threatens Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s last surviving tearoom months after vape shop blaze nearby
Two Doors Down review – outrageously sharp, joyously sweary return of the Latimer Crescent favourites
Ahead of the sitcom’s new series in 2027 the full TV cast reunite for a masterclass in comfort comedy, adding musical interludes to the familiar suburban bedlam
Portsmouth experiences second weekend of anti-immigration protests
Man sacked by Grand Theft Auto maker believes employees were put on ‘watch list’
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Burnham says Brexit brought ‘decade of low growth’ in first Commons address as prime minister – as it happened
August 2026
Where are the Ugandan boxers? Four are latest athletes to vanish after UK sports events
Team manager has ‘no idea’ why they disappeared, after reports one of Commonwealth Games athletes said they intended to claim asylum
Commonwealth Games 2026: day 10 – in pictures
We look at the best images from the final day of action in Glasgow, featuring netball, bowls, judo and track cycling
The Saturday read
The final hit: Is Glasgow’s 25-year gruesome gangland feud finally over?
The double murder of two Scots in the Costa del Sol may have ended the war between the Lyons and the Daniels – but the crimes haven’t gone away
July 2026
‘It’s OK to mess around’: how ‘mop man’ stole the show at Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games
‘Future generations will curse us for its loss’: can nothing save Glasgow School of Art, Mackintosh’s masterpiece?
Commonwealth Games: 10 things to look out for at Glasgow 2026
‘People are looking at Scotland for good fun’: Glasgow prepares for Commonwealth Games
Revealed: the top 10 UK cities for first-time buyers
‘I’m not into leather at all!’: John Wood on privately photographing Glasgow’s gay underground, and the comparisons with Robert Mapplethorpe
‘It means love’: Scottish World Cup fans celebrate Boston with orange traffic cone
