NORTH Sea oil and gas entrepreneur Tom Cross has seen shares in the Parkmead Group business which he runs surge after the firm announced an acquisition and said it has more deals in its sights.

I remember not being able to visit Jim and hold his hand, tell him he was going to be ok for the 35 days he was in hospital and only able to talk to him via video call for the last two weeks of his life.

WHEN the British Heart Foundation was founded sixty years ago by a group of cardiologists, the standard treatment for a heart attack was bed rest.

HERE comes the bride? Here comes Kate Moss, anyway, dressed up in the swishiest tartan fashion designer Vivienne Westwood could devise for her autumn/winter collection of 1993-1994, Anglomania.

DEMANDS have been made for the Scottish Government to step up with extra funding to help Glasgow’s culture and leisure services through a crisis as proposed job cuts are widely condemned.

HEARD the one about the Irish lassie and the Scots woman who tried to smuggle a suitcase full of cocaine out of Peru? The story of Michaella McCollum and Melissa Reid was no joke, though it was hard to tell initially from the five-part documentary Hi...

THE summer of ’96. Was it a good one? I can’t remember. Too busy learning how to change nappies and sterilise bottles as I recall. Daughter number one was born four minutes after England were knocked out of the Euros that year. Every time I see t...

PAEDIATRIC emergency departments could face a “perfect storm” of a surge in respiratory viruses in young children and more severe illness when schools return, medics have warned.

People across Scotland are being urged to 'choose local' to take advantage of wonderful local produce and build stronger futures for their communities.

Climate change and nature loss are the greatest global threats we face – we’ve already lost nearly 25% of our wildlife in Scotland. But there is hope. Looking after nature is good for us, the planet and wildlife...

Former Ipswich and England striker Paul Mariner has died at the age of 68, the club has announced.

The sense of relief across the airline and tourism sectors was positively palpable this past week following confirmation that from July 19, UK passengers who have been double-jabbed will not be required to quarantine when returning to England from am...

A Tartan Army member who contracted Covid during a trip to Wembley when Scotland played England is currently in hospital with pneumonia, hepatitis A, and a blood clot.

By Ian McConnell

OF all the dilemmas facing public health experts and policymakers, the one seemingly tying them is knots is whether or not to extend Covid jags to all 12 to 17 year olds.

By Scott Wright

WHEN my daughter at the age of 24, and while staying with us on Skye, made the decision to end her life – she was suffering from anorexia and other problems – by chance I found her tucked away in her bedroom one afternoon. Surrounded by pill pack...

YOUNG people under the age of 22 should be entitled to free ferry as well as bus travel to ensure "parity" for those living on the islands and to help protect the future of Gaelic, it has been urged.

The governor of the Bank of England believes investment in intellectual property will remain high even after the pandemic.

ON the eve of England’s Euro 2020 final against Italy there was scepticism - and some optimism - about the effect football was having on the UK.

Here's everything you need to know about today's Wimbledon finals, including who is playing, what time and how much prize money winner receive.

THE American Dream has long been the ethos of what the United States is all about, but none other than Captain America has called its existence into question in a move that Superman has branded "woke".

“BUT I won’t feel safe!” Who could miss the wail of anxiety that followed Boris Johnson’s announcement that most Covid restrictions will be lifted in England from July 19?

THOUGH it still has its share of social and economic challenges, Glasgow is now correctly recognised as one of the UK’s, and indeed Europe’s, most vibrant cities – and its rich cultural life has been a significant factor in that revitalisation.

Stephen Palmer, passionate arts worker who believed in power of creativity

JOHN Donne reminded us that we are anything but insular. And so, in this island of nations, Nicola Sturgeon is inevitably conflicted over her next steps in combating Covid, this hideous plague.

Nick’s

IF you’re ever beset by uncharitable thoughts about England and the English permit me to suggest an antidote. On Thursday morning, wearying of the snorting and braying of English football pundits and journalists following their team’s progress to...

Fidelma Cook passed away on June 26. We are running a series of our favourite columns in tribute. We hope you enjoy them

WHENEVER I see Amol Rajan on television or hear him on radio I am reminded of the “I’ll have what she’s having” line from When Harry Met Sally.

Hamilton Accies began the road to redemption in tentative style as they earned a Premier Sports Cup victory over Edinburgh City.

Kasper Schmeichel offered the best gag of the week in his pre-match interview on Tuesday. When asked by an English reporter “is it coming home?”, he answered “is what coming home?” When the reporter revealed he was referring to the European C...

Laura Muir will fly home to Glasgow today, disembarking a little wealthier but infinitely richer.

LAWRENCE SHANKLAND was the saviour as Tam Courts got off to a winning start in his first competitive game as Dundee United manager.

ST MIRREN have been awarded a 3-0 victory in their opening Premier Sports Cup group stage match after Dumbarton were forced to forfeit.

Hearts are set to name Southampton lead scout William Lancefield as their new head of recruitment.

SCOTLAND’S biggest polluting companies have been accused of “greenwashing” after campaigners criticised plans to keep burning fossil fuels and mitigate the impacts by carbon capture and storage.

The post-lockdown economic rebound slowed sharply in May despite a relaxation of social-distancing rules, according to official data which also showed a hit to carmakers from the global shortage of microchips.

HEY, it’s my birthday today. Another one. If I had the organisational foresight, I would have bought a cake. But then you wouldn’t have been able to see it for all the candles needed.

NICOLA Sturgeon has been urged not to follow Boris Johnson’s Covid “surrender strategy” by one of her former MPs.

AN SNP MSP is under fire for an outburst in which he said Catholic Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg will “rot in hell”.

SMALL hotels, hostels and guest houses in Glasgow are cashing in on the United Nations COP26 summit in the city this year.

AROUND 500 jobs will go at the organisation which runs Glasgow’s culture and leisure services.

THE Tories’ controversial two-child limit on welfare benefits is legal and does not breach people’s human rights, the UK Supreme Court has ruled.

SCOTLAND’S biggest polluting companies have drawn up plans to cut carbon from their operations by signing up to the county’s first carbon capture and storage project.

NICOLA Sturgeon has been warned that easing coronavirus restrictions in Scoland will add “fuel to the fire” for already under-pressure hospitals.

AS far as I’m concerned, the two best teams at Euro 2020 have reached the final. The meeting between England and Italy at Wembley on Sunday night should be a classic. It is just too close to call.

A FORMER Treasury mandarin who became a hate figure for independence supporters in 2014 is to advise Nicola Sturgeon on the recovery from the pandemic.

DRINKS manufacturers should be forced to display calorie content and health warnings on bottles of beer and wine, according to campaigners, who say the alcohol industry has been “dragging its feet” over the issue.

MORE than half a billion pounds has been earned by the charitable organisation which runs Scotland’s largest city’s culture and leisure services since its creation.