BUSINESSES and residents of Arran have collaborated in an emotional video plea for government action to end the 'ferry fiasco' which is "threatening the very sustainability of our island".

PPE stocks ran so low at the height of the first wave of Covid in Scotland that there was less than a day’s supply of protective gowns and only 24 hours’ worth of hospital-grade masks left, according to the public spending watchdog.

Campaigners encouraged people to leave their cars at home to improve air quality and accused councils of not doing enough to tackle the problem

IMAGINE a time when you could meet friends for a drink without worrying about household limits.

NOBODY wants to be a Cassandra. Hence why some of us self-quarantined this week rather than join in with the build-up to a certain football match. There is no vaccine against being a supporter of the Scotland football team.

UK ministers have been put under new pressure to protect access to cash as increasing numbers of Scots turned to contactless while there was a dramatic slump in use of banknotes and coins.

WHY was anyone shocked when a baying anti-lockdown mob surrounded and hounded a BBC journalist in the middle of London? This is Britain 2021, after all. The word ‘mob’ isn’t used rhetorically – there was a sense of real violence in their air....

A VISIT to Glasgow city centre last Saturday afternoon provided a snapshot of life as we knew it before the pandemic struck, only things were not completely the same.

IT was around September 2020 when Matt Hancock appeared on TV to say that the UK was in an excellent position in terms of PPE ahead of the expected second wave of Covid-19 and that 90 per cent was being produced in the UK. This was in contrast to the...

HEART attacks have fallen by 74% in Scotland as a direct result of smoking rates more than halving and improvements in blood pressure and cholesterol levels, a landmark study found.

By Ian McConnell

By Ian McConnell

By Ian McConnell

STRUGGLING Shetland oil pioneer Hurricane Energy is facing a multi-million dollar bill to plug an unsuccessful exploration well although it has overcome a production setback.

A SCOTTISH plantscaping firm, which counts the Balmoral Hotel, JP Morgan and The Royal Yacht Britannia among its clients, is projecting further growth on the back of a focus on “workplace wellbeing”.

By Mark Williamson

The amount of alcohol sold per person in Scotland fell to the lowest level for 26 years last year – but was still higher than it was in England and Wales.

THE intestines of sheep came up, as they are wont to do, in the House of Commons yesterday. They were part of a meal being made by SNP MPs at Prime Minister’s Questions about the Australia trade deal.

WORK has started on a major zero-emission electric vehicles push at depots owned by McGill’s Buses.

By Scott Wright

By Kristy Dorsey

FARMING

COULD the North Coast 500 have reached the end of the road? According to reports, residents of Applecross in Wester Ross are considering "withdrawing" their village (and the peninsula which shares the same name) from the route of the popular tourist ...

The gap trap

FEW governments retain their popularity for four successive straight terms. The SNP’s 64 seat victory in May is unlikely to buck that trend. The fact that Nicola Sturgeon was re-elected as First Minister was more courtesy of almost a year of solid ...

COMPARISONS between the Prime Minister and Captain Kirk, art in lockdown and office working were the issues raised by columnists and contributors.

A MEDICAL student from Glasgow has become the first Scot and the youngest contestant to win The Great British Sewing Bee.

Competitive domestic rugby will return in Scotland after a 16-month Covid-enforced hiatus when the second season of Super6 kicks-off on the last weekend in July. That part-time professional competition occupied a curious no-man’s-land between the c...

BORIS Johnson has full confidence in Matt Hancock, No 10 has insisted. But after the bombshell blog by Dominic Cummings, the question has to be: why?

BORIS Johnson must explain how Scotland is able to have a vote on the constitution and not continue to bat away requests, according to former leading civil servants

Ronaldo’s gonzo rebuke to the biggest beast in the advertising universe saw billions wiped off the company’s market value.

XPO Logistics is aiming to deliver a new £40 million industrial development at a site bounded by Edinburgh Road and Legbrannock Road, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire.

The latest data show four people died due to adverse effects of Covid vaccines

Downing Street has remained tight-lipped on the bombshell evidence published by Dominic Cummings.

By Stephen Good

NICOLA Sturgeon has apologised to Scottish businesses that have faced Covid rules changing at short notice – acknowledging a feeling that “communication has not met your needs”.

SCOTS embattled cruise and tourism institutions have joined forces to protest over the Scottish Government's decision to ban passenger vessels from calling into the country's ports.

The FTSE 100 pushed to another 16-month high on Wednesday, despite dampened conditions in the US as traders awaited a decision on interest rates which were widely tipped to remain unchanged.

A fatal accident inquiry is to be held into a hotel fire which claimed the lives of two guests after an earlier Crown Office decision against one was overturned.

The coronavirus figures for the past 24 hours have been released

Andy Murray has been confirmed as one of the initial recipients of a Wimbledon wild card.

BORIS Johnson has been hounded by Scottish MPs about the Australian trade deal and its impact on Scottish farmers.

Aberdeen have been drawn against BK Häcken of Sweden in second round qualifying of the Europa Conference League.

Hibernian will face either Mons Calpe or FC Santa Coloma in the second qualifying round of the Uefa Europa Conference League.

A series of surveys undertaken by leading Scottish tourism organisations has revealed the extent to which many are struggling as they head towards another winter following a second summer of restricted trading.

Ange Postecoglou will kick-off his Celtic reign with a Champions League visit of Danish outfit Midtjylland.

BORIS Johnson described his health minster as "f*****g hopeless" over the lack of testing for coronavirus at the start of the pandemic, according to text messages released today.

USE OF cash slumped to less than one in five of all spending transactions, leading to fresh concerns over the future of coins and banknotes.

SCOTTISH MPs may once again be able to vote on laws affecting England amid reports of plans to revamp Westminster rules.

GB News has pleaded for patience from viewers saying it is a "small" channel which was still building as it sought to excuse a series of technical blunders which have marred its launch.