A tourist tax will be rolled out in Glasgow “as fast as we possibly can without tripping ourselves up”, the city treasurer has said. Glasgow City Council has agreed to hold a public consultation on plans for a visitor levy on overnight stays,

Glasgow is the "driest" city across Scotland's central belt, with thousands seeking no or low-alcohol drinks. According to data analysts at Dry Drinker, Glasgow has 12,735 consumers interested in no or low-alcoholic drinks.

Glasgow must listen to accommodation businesses like hotels and B&Bs if it is to avoid rolling out a tourist tax which does “more harm than good”, trade bodies have said. City treasurer Ricky Bell, SNP, will present councillors on Thursday with plans for a 5% visitor levy on accommodation spending in the city.

Experienced forwards Dave Cherry and Jonny Gray will make their first Scotland appearances since 2023 after being selected to start Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations opener at home to Italy.

Parent firm Lloyds is closing 14 Bank of Scotland branches, along with 61 Lloyds banks and 61 Halifax sites — you can use our map to check if the closures affect your branch.

Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts (CAA) has announced that they will be re-opening after being awarded multi-year funding. The centre has said that they will be opened April 1 after closing last December. They have received funding from Creative Scotland, which is Scotland's development body for the arts and creative industries.

Scotland's Stafford McDowall will earn a ninth cap at inside centre in place of injured captain Sione Tuipulotu in an otherwise experienced backline to face Italy in their Six Nations opener at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Theatres, festivals, arts centres and organisations across Scotland have been awarded significant funding boosts in the biggest shake-up of the nation's cultural landscape in modern times. The number of organisations on three-year funding deals has more than doubled by national arts agency Creative Scotland after it was promised an additional £40m from the Scottish Government over the next two years.

Stafford McDowall has been named in Gregor Townsend's 15 for Saturday's game with Italy at Scottish Gas Murrayfield.

Adventure doesn’t stop after dark in Scotland, from twilight kayaking along the River Tay to pitch-black bungee jumps in the Highlands.

Scotland have added five players to their Six Nations squad ahead of their opening fixture against Italy at Murrayfield on Saturday, including Australia-born back row Alexander Masibaka after number eight Josh Bayliss dropped out with a groin injury.

Full Contact focused on certain players - Russell, Wales' Louis Rees-Zammit, England's Owen Farrell and Ellis Genge, and Ireland's Johnny Sexton and Andrew Porter - but as with many documentary of that type, it only told part of the story.