Audiences can expect more pipes and drums, as well as “banjos and bluegrass”, as organisers give an insight into this year’s extravaganza.

After the health shocks that defined 2024, this year saw the Royal family return to business with renewed vigour. With the King and Princess of Wales back in action, the monarchy navigated a packed ...

A Scots soldier who was injured in Afghanistan has told of his pride in his role as keeper of his regiment’s beloved mascot, the well-known Shetland pony Cruachan. Ahead of a busy year of public ...

It was a spectacular year of news in Scotland with Donald Trump hogging the headlines as he made a visit to the country in July. The US President met Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and First Minister ...

Twenty Scots soldiers have been booted out of the Army after they were caught taking drugs - as a further TEN squaddies are under investigation. An astonishing 30 soldiers in the Royal Regiment of ...

4th Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland, are spending the festive period deployed in Cyprus. The soldiers from 4th Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland, are currently based in Cyprus (PA) ...

The Joy FM Party in the Park 2025 has begun at the scenic Aburi Botanical Gardens, with patrons trooping into the venue in their numbers as excitement steadily builds across the park. The atmosphere ...

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 ...