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Glasgow stunned by Bulls fightback in URC semi-final

Glasgow Warriors endure more heartbreak as the Bulls recover from an 18-point deficit to win their URC play-off semi-final.

Mind-melting MC Escher, mesmerising Marilyn and the greatness of Glasgow – the week in art

Escher’s eye-popping visions enter the video dimension, Pan-Africanism pulls in the big names and agent provocateur Julio Le Parc hits the UK – all in your weekly dispatch MC Escher The great Dutch artist of eye-popping, brain-melting visual paradox gets a rich retrospective of his prints, with video, music and installations adding to the fun. • Somerset House, London, until 6 September Continue reading...

Miniature model maker recreates Glasgow landmark destroyed by fire

The recycled cardboard model depicts Union Corner's iconic dome and roof signs.

Influencer, 23, jailed for smuggling £150,000 of cannabis was posting about her lavish lifestyle just days before being put behind bars

Ellie Crampsie, 23, from Glasgow, was jailed for 16 months on April 24 after she was caught with 17.7kg of marijuana in her suitcase at Edinburgh Airport on April 16 2025.

Striking differences in benefit entitlements across UK countries, study finds

Scottish family on low income receives £15,000 more a year than identical household in England The emergence of “welfare nationalism” in the UK has created striking differences in benefit entitlement that result in a Scottish family on a low income receiving £15,000 a year more in state support than an identical household over the border in England. A typical out of work couple with four children would have received £22,000 a year benefit income in York, compared with £32,000 in Belfast and £37,000 in Glasgow, according to new research on the impact of devolved welfare approaches Continue reading...

British mother, 46, dies of heart attack on first day of her Lanzarote holiday as tributes are aid to 'beautiful soul'

Grandmother Mandi Murray, 46 from Glasgow, had travelled to the Canary Islands earlier this week when she suddenly collapsed and died from a heart attack on Thursday.

Nicola Sturgeon could face losing her home as estranged husband Peter Murrell faces having to pay back the £400,000 he embezzled from SNP

Sturgeon and Peter Murrell share the suburban home in Uddingston, Glasgow, which could be sold off to pay back lost funds, a legal expert confirmed.

Jailed for ten years, rapist who attacked girl, 14, while on bail for grooming others

A rapist who attacked a girl aged 14 while on bail for grooming offences has been jailed for ten years. Scott Ijomanta put his victim through a horrific ordeal at his flat in Glasgow.

Doja Cat review – pop superstar or true freak? US iconoclast plays the tension to perfection

OVO Hydro, Glasgow Moving seamlessly through extravagant choreography between bubblegum–rap and darker, rockier material, the singer is always in full command Since her breakout almost a decade ago, singer and rapper Doja Cat has been musically restless: bouncing between the pop-rap of her first album Amala to her darker, toothier 2023 release Scarlet; collaborating with SZA then heel-turning to cover Hole. On last year’s fifth album Vie she negotiated the tension between the pop persona she once denounced as a “cash grab” and her true freak artistic self – a tension she plays to perfection during tonight’s show. After a prelude where Doja hovers above the stage in Klaus Nomi-esque shoulder pads and a 20-metre long train – perhaps elaborate trolling aimed at fans who complained about her lack of outfit changes earlier in the tour – she arrives fully formed as a purple-clad bandleader for a run of 80s inflected tracks from Vie and 2021’s Planet Her. Fronting a 10-person band, she’s an immediately commanding presence, wearing pasties, a high-waisted bodysuit, tights and gloves, her zebra print microphone matching her heels. She has the look of a scene-kid Prince, the blond of recent shows swapped for an acid green wig. Appropriately, the synergy between her and her band is reminiscent of Purple Rain, or a glam-rock Stop Making Sense. She moves seamlessly between modes and poses, from slow jam Make It Up – more muscular live than on record – to the swagger of Ain’t Shit and Paint the Town Red. Continue reading...

Revolution Days review – fearless aid worker bears witness to the Arab spring

Citizens theatre, Glasgow Based on her real observations of the civil uprising, Mariem Omari’s play looks at its humanitarian impact In less volatile times, the memory of the Arab spring would be fresh in our minds. But with the Iran war already stealing attention from Gaza (let alone Ukraine), you may forget the intensity of the revolutionary wave across north Africa and the Middle East 15 years ago. That was when social media came into its own, building solidarity as people took to the streets in pro-democracy protests: in Tunisia where fruit seller Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire; in Libya where the people rose up against Col Gaddafi; and in Egypt where protests across the country and especially in Cairo’s Tahrir Square led to the ousting of President Mubarak. At the time, it felt like things were changing for the better. Continue reading...

Eight people injured in Glasgow bus crash