HER new role as a young woman who runs away to join a travelling fair is one which reverberates to Ava Hickey’s very roots.

The new director-general of the National Galleries of Scotland has suggested that it is only fair that Glasgow has access to its government-funded collection.

The Local Government map of Scotland needs to be redrawn to give Glasgow a fair deal, according to the man who has to balance the city's budget. Councils have had their funding reduced hugely ...