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Former SNP council leader found guilty of sex assaults against five young men
Former SNP council boss Jordan Linden has been found guilty of sexually assaulting five young men - one as young as 17 - and sexually harassing a 14 year old boy. Once a rising star in the SNP , the 30-year-old from Bellshill was found guilty of 10 charges by a jury at Falkirk Sheriff Court, following a seven-day trial. He will now have to wait until he is sentenced in May to find out if he will be jailed for his crimes, which occurred over a decade, from 2011 to 2021. Linden, a former leader of North Lanarkshire Council, showed no emotion as the panel of seven men and eight women delivered their verdicts.

Energy Minister Michael Shanks said he was blocking Ming Yang's proposed £1.5billion facility at Ardersier Port near Inverness, which would have created up to 1,500 jobs.

The organisation confirmed that eligibility for any female category event at the Olympic Games, including individual and team sports, is now limited to biological females.
There are a series of unlikely stories in the history of Scottish football.
BIG IN JAPAN: The incredible story of how Stirling Albion became the first...
Andy Irving will need no one to tell him that breaking into Scotland's midfield at this point in time is a task which could be compared to splitting the atom.
THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEYMAN: His career has taken him from Berwick to Bavaria...
Regardless of how things pan out in the title race over these next couple of months, Rangers are already well under way with their plans for next season.
Money doesn't guarantee success, just ask Celtic... Rangers look well placed...
Motherwell have questioned the SFA's decision to hit Callum Slattery with a retrospective four-game ban for alleged simulation.
Motherwell hit out at SFA over Slattery's retrospective four-game ban for...
When Nathan Patterson burst on to the scene at Rangers a few years ago, his career path rarely deviated from a positive trajectory.
Forgotten man Nathan Patterson is ready to make up for lost time with club and...
There are a series of unlikely stories in the history of Scottish football.
BIG IN JAPAN: The incredible story of how Stirling Albion became the first...
Andy Irving will need no one to tell him that breaking into Scotland's midfield at this point in time is a task which could be compared to splitting the atom.
THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEYMAN: His career has taken him from Berwick to Bavaria...
Regardless of how things pan out in the title race over these next couple of months, Rangers are already well under way with their plans for next season.
Money doesn't guarantee success, just ask Celtic... Rangers look well placed...
Motherwell have questioned the SFA's decision to hit Callum Slattery with a retrospective four-game ban for alleged simulation.
Motherwell hit out at SFA over Slattery's retrospective four-game ban for...
When Nathan Patterson burst on to the scene at Rangers a few years ago, his career path rarely deviated from a positive trajectory.
Forgotten man Nathan Patterson is ready to make up for lost time with club and...
There are a series of unlikely stories in the history of Scottish football.
BIG IN JAPAN: The incredible story of how Stirling Albion became the first...
Andy Irving will need no one to tell him that breaking into Scotland's midfield at this point in time is a task which could be compared to splitting the atom.
THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEYMAN: His career has taken him from Berwick to Bavaria...
Regardless of how things pan out in the title race over these next couple of months, Rangers are already well under way with their plans for next season.
Money doesn't guarantee success, just ask Celtic... Rangers look well placed...
Motherwell have questioned the SFA's decision to hit Callum Slattery with a retrospective four-game ban for alleged simulation.
Motherwell hit out at SFA over Slattery's retrospective four-game ban for...
When Nathan Patterson burst on to the scene at Rangers a few years ago, his career path rarely deviated from a positive trajectory.
Forgotten man Nathan Patterson is ready to make up for lost time with club and...

A blanket ban on biological males entering female-only spaces should not be introduced, according to the SNP's equalities minister.

Scots families face a new threat to their finances after John Swinney refused to rule out more income tax rises.

Anas Sarwar yesterday asked independence supporters to help make him First Minister.

Russell Findlay has warned Reform UK remain a 'very real threat' to the Union despite the chaos in its Scottish operation this week.

Vic, the Reform candidate no-one knows... including party members

Plans to install traffic lights at Clachan Bridge - known as the 'Bridge over the Atlantic' - across the tidal channel in Argyll have angered islanders.

A prosecutor has told the jury deciding the fate of former SNP council chief Jordan Linden that he 'told lies' and his 12 accusers were victims of sexual offences.

Reform UK suffered another day of chaos as it lost its fourth Holyrood election campaign candidate in just one week.

Scotland's police chiefs have met Rangers bosses to demand a crackdown on football louts following Old Firm disorder.

'Five years of SNP sleaze, incompetence and dishonesty'...Swinney blasted over record on

It might have been the final First Minister's Questions before purdah but Russell Findlay and Anas Sarwar weren't about to waste their time on questions.

His terminal diagnosis shocked Scotland, and since revealing he had stage four prostate cancer he has tirelessly battled to raise awareness about the disease.

Cash for the vetting of potential officers is to be cut as part of a savings drive by Police Scotland.

More than 500 protests have been policed by Scotland's single force since the start of the year, it was revealed yesterday.

Thumbs up for McCartney's Highland home?
Stella McCartney is set for a massive win after planners recommended her bid to build a £5million luxury Highland mansion be given the green light. McCartney, 54, and her husband, Alasdhair Willis, hope to build a secluded house at Commando Rock, in Glenuig, on the Moidart peninsula. The application, which is in her 54-year-old husband's name, will go before Highland councillors next week for a final decision. But a council document said: 'It is considered the proposal accords with the principles and policies contained within the development plan and is acceptable in terms of all other applicable material considerations.' The plans have attracted scores of objections from locals and environmental experts. An otter survey requested by the couple confirmed the presence of holts near the site.

Soon after our move to Glasgow, when I was a small boy, I became uneasily aware I was a bit different. From another culture, with a funny (and, as it proved, incorrigible) accent.

Footballer Graham Carey has told of his 'heartbreak' after the tragic death of his partner and mother of their two young children.

IT is a quiet seaside town known for its stunning beaches and world- famous golf courses.

Fire chiefs have urged vape users not to bin their used devices following the blaze which paralysed Scotland's busiest rail station.

Jesy Nelson marks an 'emotional day' as she visits newborn screening lab in Scotland after

A musical version of iconic 90s film Trainspotting will open in London's West End this summer its writer Irvine Welsh has announced - 30 years after the movie's release.

MSPs are to be banned from billing taxpayers for alcohol and sharing accommodation overnight with their staff amid concerns about sexual harassment.

John Swinney has been told to apologise to patients for his 'shameful' broken promise to end year-long waits in the NHS .

Anas Sarwar spoke about his relationship with Sir Keir Starmer (Andrew Milligan/PA) The Scottish Labour leader said he found the personal aspect of calling for the Prime Minister to resign harder than the political.

More than a quarter of a million households are living under some of the worst aircraft noise in Britain - and experts warn the misery may only just be beginning.

Climate Secretary Gillian Martin said the funding will allow communities to come together (Andrew Milligan/PA) Scotland´s national network of climate action hubs will receive £6 million of the funding.
   

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NEW There are a series of unlikely stories in the history of Scottish football. Raith Rovers being shipwrecked and then playing a friendly in Gran Canaria, Motherwell winning the Copa Del Rey and Ferenc Puskas playing his last European Cup tie at Rugby Park are jewels in this veritable crown. But Stirling Albion being the first British side to play in Japan is an unlikely gem.

Regardless of how things pan out in the title race over these next couple of months, Rangers are already well under way with their plans for next season.

Rangers will bolster their summer spending power with a share issue worth £16million.

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When Edinburgh handed Sean Everitt a new two-year contract back in January, there was very little evidence to suggest a brighter future lay ahead.

As much as he'd rather expunge it from his memory, Lewis Ferguson recalls every detail of the fateful moments which cost him a place at the last European Championships.

Motherwell have questioned the SFA's decision to hit Callum Slattery with a retrospective four-game ban for alleged simulation.

Forgotten man Nathan Patterson is ready to make up for lost time with club and country

Just when you thought they were running out of superlatives to illustrate Scott McTominay's impact at Napoli, the bar has literally been raised to the heavens.

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After 35 years in the commentary booth, Ewen Murray looks set to hang up his microphone and call time on an outstanding career as the voice of golf on Sky Sports.

It's been a while. One hundred and sixty-four days for anyone who's counting. For Lennon Miller, life now feels radically different than it did when he last pulled on a Scotland jersey.

Callum McGregor has called for calm heads as Celtic look to dig themselves out of a hole in the title race.

Captain Shankland ready to lead by example as Hearts go for title glory

Jim Goodwin said skipper Ross Graham epitomised Dundee United's performance against Celtic as he bounced back in style from a calamitous end to last weekend's derby.

There comes a point when even the very best of them are powerless to prevent circumstances from determining a team's fate.

One more slip and it's all over, admits Celtic boss Martin O'Neill after damaging

If there is ever a decision - and there really should be - to commission a statue of the traditional Scottish football man, then I have the model.

Rangers boss Danny Rohl insists the club will do everything in their power to renew Mikey Moore's loan deal from Tottenham next season.

Josh Kerr, of Britain, poses after winning the gold medal in the men´s 3000 meters final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) He struck gold in seven minutes and 35.56 seconds, enacting revenge on Cole Hocker.

Marvin Bartley didn't quite admit that his Livingston team are gone, consigned to their second relegation in three years, but he might as well have.
   

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Carter Stevenson wants to follow in the football boots of his famous and far-travelled father.

Can we have a wee rest, please, from this silliness about Steve Clarke being given a new contract as Scotland manager before the World Cup has even started?

As the Aberdeen team bus pulled away from Ibrox last night, the three-hour drive back up the road gave the players plenty of time and scope for reflection.

For long enough now, finding lasting peace in the Middle East has often seemed easier than getting the big nobs of Scottish football to make some proper decisions for the greater good.
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