A FORMER First Minister has urged Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond to “stop knocking hell out of each other in public” for the sake of the country.

THE head of Seafood Scotland has this week warned that the reputation of the UK, when it comes to fish exports to the European Union, is being lost “day by day” in the wake of Brexit.

AGGREKO has agreed to be taken over by private equity players TDR Equity Capital and 1 Squared Capital in a cash deal worth £2.32 billion.

With fewer than 100 days to go before the delayed tournament kicks off, governing body UEFA has asked each host city – there are 12 in total – to submit their plans by April 7. 

Follow along with the latest coronavirus news in Scotland and further afield.

THERE’S consternation in suburbia. “It’s shocking what they’re doing to Nicola Sturgeon!” declared a friend of mine yesterday, full of righteous fury. “The opposition just believe everything Alex Salmond says.”

Mr Blackford explained the “key” would be putting in place circumstances which would allow for an independence vote to be held.

WHEREVER has that nice new Nicola Sturgeon gone?

IN its 700-plus years it has seen Vikings, sieges, royalty, and assassinations – and now a 13th-century castle is about to embark on a new adventure.

LEGAL advice released by the Scottish Government appears to debunk Alex Salmond’s central claim about a high-level plot against him.

NHS bosses have been told that all vaccinators “should be given the opportunity to volunteer for shifts on the same basis” amid a row over pay and claims that dentists, optometrists and pharmacists were snapping up the £66-an-hour shifts.

THE rollout of the Covid vaccination programme should rightly be seen as one the biggest success stories of the pandemic, for both Scotland and the UK.

NEARLY six years ago, after downing too many of those awful stewed coffees you get at big conferences, I stood up and asked a stupid question.

They will have been raising a glass of Talisker in Tallahassee and Macallan in Maryland last night, as the US announced they were suspending the tariffs imposed on British businesses in the Boeing-Airbus dispute.

IT is five years since BBC Three bid farewell to the traditional airwaves as part of multi-million-pound budget cuts across the public service broadcaster.

JOE Biden's move to suspend crippling whisky tariffs on imports to the US has created a "window of opportunity" for a wider trade deal across the Atlantic, according to a senior Conservative.

ALL publicity is good publicity, right?

By Scott Wright

ARE we not overlooking something important in the middle of the Salmond/Sturgeon stushie? What other country would subject its First Minister, former First Minister and other key figures to the sort of Parliamentary grilling that Alex Salmond and Nic...

Tourists would be required to have had their second dose at the latest seven days before travel.

AS one of the largest industry sectors in Scotland, food and drink has long been a leader across a raft of disciplines, from advances in new product innovation and packaging to marketing and establishing export markets. It’s a dynamic industry, ...

A Scottish holiday park is completing a multi-million pound expansion amid expectations the coronavirus crisis will trigger a boom in staycations and increased interest in country pursuits.

A CHARITY worker who was awarded £75,000 by an employment tribunal but never received a penny has launched a landmark legal challenge at the UK’s highest court calling for better enforcement of payouts.

THE investigation into the Duchess of Sussex’s alleged bullying and a year in isolation were the topics debated by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

Death becomes her

Nicola Sturgeon will update MSPs on the latest Covid-19 statistics before taking question on her evidence to the committee investigating the handling of complaints against Alex Salmond and the Scottish Goverment's response to the pandemic

Award-winning Scots comedian Janey Godley has joined our exclusive online platform, Herald Voices Live.

A Scots priest has joined legal action launched by other Christian leaders against the Scottish Government.

The variant, which is understood to have originated in the UK, was designated a ‘variant under investigation’ on February 24.

One of Scotland's biggest cycling events could go ahead this year - but without spectators.

SHARES in Aggreko, the Glasgow-headquartered power generator, closed up eight per cent tonight amid reports a new suitor had entered the takeover fray.

Luxury designer brand Hermès has announced it is to pull out of House of Fraser in Glasgow, its only Scottish store.

The United Kingdom “is over” and a new union should be crafted to reflect a “voluntary association of four nations”, Wales’ First Minister has said.

Secondary schools should be able to turn away pupils who refuse to wear masks, a teaching union has said.

Sir Philip Rutnam is reported to have accepted a six-figure sum.

A mobile testing unit is to be deployed to a Scots town and nearby village in a bid to limit the number of cases and curb the spread of Covid-19 in the communities.

NICOLA Sturgeon has promised to release the report into whether she lied to parliament and broke the ministerial code on the same day she gets it.

Business leaders have welcomed the temporary suspension of US tariffs on Scottish products such as whisky and cheese.

KATE Forbes has confirmed an extended cut to stamp duty for house-buyers in England will not be matched north of the border.

NICOLA Sturgeon has been accused of “lashing out” in a bid to distract from her Government’s secrecy and failings over the Alex Salmond affair.

Scotland is “firmly heading in the right direction” in the fight against coronavirus, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

Proposing a Scottish independence referendum as the UK seeks to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic is “reckless”, Jacob Rees-Mogg has claimed.

NICOLA Sturgeon has been urged to comply with the will of Holyrood and release a report into Scotland's secondary education system.

The hashtag #Istandwithnicola began trending on Twitter

A SCOTTISH Government minister has lashed out an an MP after he asked about the Salmond saga at a Westminster Committeee.

HAVING once required six stitches after falling off a stationary mountain bike, I can attest to how dangerous the pursuit can be.

Savanta ComRes carried out polling across the UK for ITV’s Tonight show.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 since the pandemic began now stands at 204,055.

Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser said that he believes that statements made by Ms Sturgeon during her lengthy evidence session on Wednesday were "untrue"

JOE BIDEN’s administration has agreed to drop the crippling tariffs on whisky for four months.