Lidl GB has published a list of key areas across Scotland where it is interested in acquiring sites for potential store development or relocation opportunities.

The overall royal travel costs for 2020-21 was £3.2 million, down by £2.1 million on the previous financial year.

IT’S certainly activity, but it would be daring to call it a plan.

IT IS the former Nato spy base known locally as Scotland's giant 'golf ball' that was built to withstand nuclear, biological and chemical attack.

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MINISTERS have been urged to ramp up road tax for car owners to tally up funding to subside public transport as part of a flurry of recommendations to tackle the climate emergency.

CARBON capture specialists have said they plan to develop a pioneering plant in Scotland that will remove emissions from the air around it.

A FIFE company is collaborating with two Danish partners in a €1.1 million project to help detect the build-up of pressure around the brain, which can be lethal if not treated.

AMID booming interest in renewables, regulators in the UK must ensure that all stakeholders are beneficiaries of windfarm developments and the like and not just shareholders in big corporations.

A SCOTTISH medical cannabis entrepreneur has completed the £3 million acquisition of a key Belgian operation.

IMAGINE discovering your child has been born with a genetic abnormality so rare that doctors know of no other confirmed cases.

CAMPAIGNERS fighting for libraries to be reopened in their communities said they were baffled those in the more affluent areas of Glasgow had opened ahead of those in needier areas of

Most Scottish businesses “don’t want to have the conversation” about independence

RAB Douglas reckons Vasilis Barkas’ time at Celtic may be drawing to a close – but the former Parkhead shot-stopper admits that with so much up in the air at his old employers, he wouldn’t be surprised to see the 27-year-old regain his spot as ...

Fraud teams are currently requesting information from firms who participated in the scheme to ensure claims were correct and all conditions met, says Brian Robb, payroll manager at Anderson Anderson & Brown

A FAVOUR to ask. I know you are busy, so apologies, but the request is a matter of national importance. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to get over to BBC iPlayer pronto and watch Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy before it is returned to th...

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YOU probably noticed the scandal this week about the “destruction zone” at Amazon’s plant in Dunfermline: a place where millions of unsold items are destroyed every year. The scale of the waste is staggering, but there is another environmental ...

I LOOK forward to the review of Scotland’s education bodies in the light of the OECD report. Neil McLennan ("Teachers should be at the heart of decisions", The Herald, June 22) makes the excellent point that teachers should be at the heart of decis...

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A FUND backed by Britain’s five biggest banks has invested £7 million in a specialist Scotch whisky retailer as part of its £78m float earlier this month.

FLOATING on a sea of oil, Iraq should by now have rebuilt its war-shattered infrastructure and restored its economy. But construction sites remain idle. Baghdad’s skyline is dotted with the sight of rusting cranes. Roads and bridges are cratered, p...

IT’S impossible to pin down "British values’. How can anyone truly nail what defines the collective soul of four distinct nations with a long, painful history of war, rivalry, distrust and animosity currently existing in an uneasy, creaking union...

MORE than half of employees think businesses are not doing enough to tackle climate change, a new survey reveals.

THE Right Honourable Ian Blackford MP: “This morning, The Herald newspaper revealed that, in the middle of a pandemic, Tory ministers secretly directed funds from an emergency Covid contract to carry out polling on the Union.

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JONI Mitchell’s fourth album, the much-lauded Blue, celebrated its 50th anniversary this week. It comes amidst a move to elevate 1971, the year it was released, as the greatest year in popular music. It’s a claim advanced in Asif Kapadia’s rece...

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GERMANY scraped through to the last 16 to set up a mouth-watering clash with England at Wembley after twice coming from behind to salvage a 2-2 draw with Hungary.

SWEDEN survived a late scare against Poland to become the latest country to book their place in the knockout rounds of Euro 2020 after coming out on top of a thrilling encounter in Russia.

SLOVAKIA goalkeeper Martin Dubravka had a night to forget as Spain cemented their spot in the knockout stages of Euro 2020.

ONE of the Isle of Skye’s main tourism, hospitality and cultural centres is up for sale.

THE SNP has been urged to accelerate plans to double the Scottish Child Payment amid fears that statutory child poverty targets will not be achieved.

ALLY MCCOIST is full of optimism despite Scotland exiting Euro 2020.

NICOLA Sturgeon initially believed a campaign to celebrate British values in schools “was a spoof”- labelling the One Britain One Nation (OBON) plans “ludicrous”.

TWO dentists who met at university and went on to partner in three dental practices in Scotland are set to develop their business further following a seven-figure funding deal.

HAMISH WATSON has been forced to drop out of the Lions team for Saturday’s pre-tour clash against Japan at Murrayfield after suffering a concussion during training on Tuesday.

The First Minister said that the vaccination programme was breaking the link between those getting the disease and those becoming seriously ill

CAMPAIGNERS have warned it would be “completely indefensible” for the UK Government to approve a new oil field near Shetland.

There have been 2,969 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Scotland in the past 24 hours.

THE PRIME Minister shrugged of calls for an inquiry into the use of a £560,000 pandemic research contract to carry out attitudes to the union in Scotland.

Nicola Sturgeon has said the “sneering, arrogant condescension” of Michael Gove’s comments about another referendum are strengthening support for Scottish independence.

The Russian defence ministry said HMS Defender entered Russian territorial waters in the Black Sea

Weekly Covid-19 deaths in Scotland have hit the highest number in almost two months, the latest data shows.

SNP ministers want to offer tax and custom relief to businesses who contribute to Scotland’s just energy transition to net zero – after being left “frustrated at the lack of cooperation from the UK Government” over free port plans.

Black rice the most nutritious rice, with highest protein, high levels of anti-inflammatory anthocyanin and vitamins while having the lowest carbs and calories. Originally from China it is now widely grown in India and Asia. In the North of Italy, th...

People will have to guard against coronavirus for the “foreseeable future”, the Deputy First Minister warned – despite plans to lift all remaining legal restrictions on August 9.

Without my morning coffee, I’m just like a dried-up piece of roast goat, Johann Sebastian Bach once said. Many of us would agree. That’s why, when research into its health benefits turns up, it’s greeted with fanfare.

The travel sector is calling for answers from the Scottish Government over why it feels it has been “sacrificed” amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Greens are being urged to make a trial project to reintroduce lynx to Scotland, as well as the widespread reintroduction of beavers, a key part of any future co-operation agreement with the SNP government.