In this week’s roundup of travel news: visiting the Japanese island of Okinawa 80 years after the World War II battle, the ...

As the warm weather returns, here are the best beer gardens for soaking up the sunshine – all with top-notch food worth ...

So, here are all the Russell Group unis with the most overcrowded lectures in 2025, based on the number of students per one ...

The Penicuik Estate was once a hub for the greatest minds of the Scottish Enlightment—today, it’s a stylish new retreat ...

THIS is the dramatic moment that three major tower blocks in Glasgow were demolished by explosives today, transforming the ...

SEVERAL locations in Scotland have been named among the "Best Places to Live" in the UK by The Sunday Times. North Berwick in East Lothian (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) North Berwick in East ...

Getty Images The National Museum of Scotland, based in Edinburgh, presents nature, history, art, science and technology The total number of visits to 400 Alva sites in 2024 was 157.2 million but ...

Tennessee’s headline-hogging Barkley Marathons is notoriously difficult to complete, but 20 different people have managed it. Gloucestershire’s equally brutal homage to the iconic ultra so far has ...

Having won 10 caps for Scotland out of the West of Scotland club, David McCowan some 50 years later bequeathed Scottish Rugby the famous clock tower, which now sits near the East stand ... with the ...

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 ...

If completed, Goldin Finance 117 would have been the fifth tallest building in the world, behind the Burj Khalifa, Shanghai Tower, Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower, and Ping An Finance Centre.

Plans to transform a former Edinburgh water tower and laundry building into a block of flats are set to be granted. In October 2024 Edinburgh Live reported initial proposals were submitted to the ...