THE Scottish Parliament has the power to hold an independence referendum without Westminster’s consent, according to previously secret UK Government email.

SEAN Connery needed to be persuaded by Tony Blair to campaign in Scotland for devolution because he feared it might cost him money, UK government memos have revealed.

TONY Blair opposed the Scottish Parliament having control over abortion after being told it was “the number one issue on the doorstep”.

WENDY Alexander confidently predicted a new Scottish Parliament building would be cheaper than refurbishing the Old Royal High School on Calton Hill.

Three pudding aficionados put chef and food writer Letitia Clark's new cookbook, La Vita e Dolce, through its culinary paces.

By Kristy Dorsey

The number of companies registered in tax havens investing in Scotland over the last decade has increased by nearly 60 per cent.

Nearly a third of Scotland’s biggest wind farms have owners with links to offshore tax havens in the Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, Guernsey and Jersey.

KIRSTIE Cusick’s voice breaks with emotion as she describes the connection she feels to her local library.

THE CLIMATE emergency should trigger the same drastic response from politicians as the pandemic, a new study from a Scottish university has found.

ITALIAN oil giant Eni is set to enter the bidding for windfarm acreage off Scotland as deadline day approaches in a licensing round that has generated huge interest around the world.

NICOLA Sturgeon is under pressure to set out “a clear timetable for exiting restrictions” when she updates MSPs on her strategy for Scotland today.

By Ian McConnell

A PROPERTY consultancy has reported a surge in office take-up in the Scottish capital with a further significant rise expected in the coming months as the country continues to move out of lockdown.

By Kristy Dorsey

By Ian McConnell

A FORMER law student with a rare genetic condition which causes his knees to dislocate 30 to 40 times a day says he is now so desperate he would prefer have his legs amputated to ease his ordeal.

THE latest report on decommissioning in the North Sea by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) suggests progress has been made by oil and gas firms in an endeavour that will have huge importance in coming decades but also sounds a clear warning.

QUIZ clothing shares rose sharply after an update that showed sales have quadrupled.

Farming

By Kristy Dorsey

Everything you need to know about e-scooters

WE Boogied our way to the finals, but ultimately were sent packing before we even got started.

LESS than a fifth of islanders in Scotland think there is enough housing to meet local demand, a new survey has found.

One of Scotland's leading public health experts has said the country's Covid situation would be 'sustainable' and expects the First Minister to proceed with the easing of restrictions.

England footballer Tyrone Mings has hit out at Home Secretary Priti Patel in her condemnation of the racist abuse faced by his teammates, after she previously said players taking the knee was “gesture politics”.

Pope Francis will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow in November, health permitting, Scotland's Roman Catholic bishops said on Monday.

GENTLY constructing this weekly waffle on the train to Sandwich yesterday, while gazing wistfully out of the window as I got writer’s block shortly after typing the word “Sandwich”, I felt a bit like George Bradshaw piecing together his celebra...

ALLAN Sutherland (Letters, July 12) calls for a Scottish inquiry into the response to the pandemic, but it is much more appropriate for any Covid inquiry to take part at a UK level, because the main Covid response in terms of funding support, vaccine...

MY grandmother delighted in confounding "bad" Christians. Any chance she got, she’d skewer priests and missionaries, ministers and street preachers with relentlessly polite logic. Her concept of "bad" included both hypocrisy and ignorance.

Glasgow Clan have appointed a new coach in experienced Canadian Malcolm Cameron.

With Nicola Sturgeon set to outline Scotland's next steps in dealing with the Covid pandemic, here's everything you need to know about today's briefing...

Lowry had the Claret Jug in his possession until Monday morning after last year’s Open was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Horse sense nonsense

The 36-year-old won his fourth stage of this year’s race on Friday to equal the record of 34 Tour stage wins held by the great Eddy Merckx.

SO, England lost. Sunday’s Euro 2020 final was another case – after the 2018 World Cup semi-final – of the best England team in my lifetime not being able to finish the job. I suspect their time will come. This is a young England squad with a y...

DE gustibus non est disputandum is one of those snappy phrases used quite a lot and, as a consequence, thought true, when in fact there’s plenty disputare about it. We usually regard it as equivalent to chacun à son goût which, for some reason, i...

TONY Blair was “sceptical” about giving the Scottish parliament income tax powers when it was created, previously secret Cabinet Office files have revealed.

TONY Blair was advised by his Tory predecessor to have a second, confirmatory referendum on devolution to see if Scottish voters still wanted to back the final plans, according to a  newly released file from the National Archives.

The 30-year-old believes he is close to recapturing his best form as he prepares for Royal St George’s.

ST JOHNSTONE will welcome fans to McDiarmid Park for the first time since March last year today as the Perth club face off against Preston North End in a pre-season friendly.

MARK HATELEY has questioned the management of Gareth Southgate after England’s penalty shootout loss to Italy in the final of the European Championships.

FIRE and rehire practices at the University of Glasgow have been condemned by union leaders.

BORIS Johnson has warned the public to expect more Covid deaths as he confirmed all restrictions are to be lifted in England – but insisted “this pandemic is not over”.

THE World Health Organisation has condemned the sight of more than 60,000 spectators at last night's Euro 2020 final in Wembley as "devastating".

The Rising Tide

There was a point last year when we all saw rather more of our own four walls than we might otherwise have wished. The spur for countless DIY projects, for those with means, lockdown also became a time when the idea of someone else designing one’s ...

Take-up of first doses of Covid-19 vaccine is continuing to slow in all four nations of the UK, indicating demand might be nearing a ceiling.

WILLIE Rennie has announced he will step down as leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats after a decade in the top job.

Hearts have officially confirmed William Lancefield as their new head of recruitment.