The flowers are insect pollinated, and various thistle species are widely known as important food sources for butterflies, as well as bees.

The winners of the west of Scotland regional Scottish Thistle Awards 2024 were last night announced at a ceremony in Glasgow. Group photo of west of Scotland Thistle Award winners 2024. Credit: Connor ...

The royal Family attends services here and, of course, the church was the scene of a dramatic intervention in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum ... followed by estate venison pie, I hear more ...

Lowland League champions East Kilbride and League 1 sides Alloa Athletic and Stenhousemuir caused the shocks of the SPFL Trust Trophy third round as they knocked out Cove Rangers, Partick Thistle ...

Photo Credit: Matt Lavin / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 Bull thistle, known for its spike appearance, carries a legendary status in Scottish folklore ... This grassy weed can often be mistaken for tall ...

Though they've achieved similar heights of political success, some US presidents' and their first ladies' physical heights differ greatly. George Washington was more than a foot taller than his ...

The Scottish government has confirmed spending cuts of up to £500m. Finance Secretary Shona Robison said the "direct savings" were necessary to support the Scottish government's 2024/25 budget.

Weather warnings are being prepared for the south of England while the West Highlands and Glasgow can look forward to blue skies and highs of 26C (79F) by the end of the week. What’s known as th ...

SCOTLAND’s Finance Secretary Shona Robison has announced the Scottish Government will be making £500 million of spending cuts in a bid to fill a budget black hole. After warning the UK is facing a ...

Meanwhile, police say one of the men was around 5ft 9inch tall and was wearing a navy jumper, brown jogging bottoms, and white trainers. The second man is described as being around 5ft 11inch tall and ...

By Leslie Felperin Contributing Film Critic While the Clearances arguably contributed towards jumpstarting the Industrial Revolution in the cities further south and creating a Scottish diaspora ...

The nationalism behind support for Scottish independence has a “rather different” concept of identity to the nationalism underpinning Brexit, research has found. Elections expert Professor Sir John ...