Glasgow, Scotland News

COMMUTERS faced chaos today on their way to work as torrential rain battered Glasgow.

North Lanarkshire, along with 7 other Scottish councils, must thrash out which recommendations to pursue Exclusive: Gerry Braiden Published on 23 Nov 2009 The most radical proposals to shake up Scottish local democracy in a generation are revealed today, including plans to merge health and social care for a third of the countrya s population.

SCOTLAND'S most dangerous drug gang is terrorising the underworld with a series of savage kidnappings.

A Chorley man is one of nine men who have admitted charges in connection with the violence clashes surrounding last year's UEFA Cup final.

MORE than 130 former and current members, leaders and committee members of the 113th Glasgow Scout Group gathered together recently for a reunion dinner at the King's Park Hotel.

Actor Gerard Butler attends the 2009 Whitney Museum Gala at The Whitney Museum of American Art on October 19, 2009 in New York City.

A British man has denied disrupting a transatlantic flight after he was hauled off a plane for refusing to move his injured arm.

THE Catholic Church in Scotland has stepped into the row over plans to remove hundreds of homes from the catchment area of a flagship school.

A U.S. Airways airliner en route from Philadelphia to London made an unscheduled stop in Boston Monday after the pilot deemed a passenger's behavior unruly and decided to have him removed from the plane.

THE cost of staging the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has risen by A 81 million to A 454 million, it was confirmed today.

SHE is one of Scotland's most senior female police officers but now Chief Superintendent Anne McGuire is to retire from Strathclyde Police.

The Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Diocese of Glasgow, Scotland, has denounced a government-funded play that depicts Jesus as a transsexual, claiming it is a "provocative and offensive abuse" of Christian beliefs.

The result hasn't been officially announced yet but it's clear that Labour have won a handsome victory in the Glasgow North-East by-election. That's no surprise.

Labour claimed victory last night in the Glasgow North East by-election which was sparked by the resignation of former Commons Speaker Michael Martin.

Police in Glasgow are preparing for angry confrontations tomorrow between anti-racist campaigners and supporters of the far-right English Defence League as fears grow of a rise in activity by Scottish fascist groups.

Scotland's first minister, Alex Salmond, accompanies David Kerr, the SNP candidate in the Glasgow North East byelection on the final day of campaigning.

Eddie Izzard, the stand-up comedian, has joined the final day of campaigning in the Glasgow North east by-election as Labour sought to build on their lead in the contest.

SCOTLAND fell silent for two minutes today as the nation paid tribute to its war dead.

A NEW college campus in Scotland has come a step closer after it won council backing.

Nick Griffin gets friendly reception from some shoppers in swift tour of constituency, which goes to the polls on Thursday Nick Griffin meets a member of the public on the campaign trail in Glasgow North East on 9 November 2009.