We may still be bemoaning the dearth of statues of significant female figures – fewer than 3 percent of statues in the UK are of non-royal women – but at least there is Barbie. This week saw the announcement of a whole new range of Barbie figures...

BORIS Johnson has refused to be drawn on any future independence referendum, despite Michael Gove saying one would be held if there was “settled will” in Scotland.

A MINISTERIAL pledge to revolutionise the care of children in Scotland is failing to match sentiment with sufficient investment and is setting a route map to failure, an influential think tank has said.

FERRY services to the historic Scots island of Iona have been disrupted after a breakdown of another of the nation's ageing fleet.

BOOMING demand for new homes has helped housebuilder Taylor Wimpey almost triple revenues, bounce back to profit and build a record number of houses in the first half of the year.

Experts offer tips on how to get your gardening buzzing with these colourful insects.

THEY were at the frontline of the fight against coronavirus and for many patients were the last voices they heard or smiles they saw.

The Prime Minister has boarded a ship named 'Alba' on his way to visit an offshore wind farm in the Moray Firth.

Frasers Group has confirmed that it is planning a leadership reshuffle which would see founder Mike Ashley step away from his role as the firm’s top boss.

PEOPLE travelling into Scotland from France will no longer have to quarantine if they are fully vaccinated.

Hairdressers, hotels, retailers and an amusement park are among the Scottish businesses “named and shamed” by the UK Government for breaking the minimum wage law.

NEVER thought of Police Scotland as japesters. Yet asked to come up with a code name for Boris Johnson’s visit to Scotland this week, the force's computer churned out “Operation Bunter”.

ROLLS-ROYCE has agreed a deal to offload its Norwegian maritime engine-making arm Bergen to British group Langley Holdings for “an enterprise value of €63 million (£54m)”.

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ENGINEERING giant Jacobs, which employs more than 1,000 people in Scotland, has won contracts worth around $16 million (£11.5m) in total to support decommissioning work at the Dounreay nuclear plant in Caithness.

THERE is a mixture of delight and trepidation for Carol Wright as the go ahead was given for Scotland to move towards so called freedom of August 9 when most remaining covid restrictions can now be lifted.

AN ITALIAN national living in Glasgow says she feels "trapped in a crazy bureaucratic nightmare" over failed attempts to obtain her Covid vaccination certificate.

AN intervention by campaigners has added fresh urgency to a debate about a proposed oil field development that was already pretty heated.

TOKYO 2020 organisers have been forced to apologise after accidentally referring to Ukrainian medallists as being from Russia.

It’s not the most obvious location to offer drinkers a taste of the Caribbean, but a business venture based in Dumbarton is bringing the flavours of the sun-soaked paradise islands to Scotland.

JOHN Maynard Keynes famously predicted that by 2030 we could be working just 15 hours a week.

KEN Mackay (Letters, August 4), in criticising a letter published the previous day from Dr Gerald Edwards regarding the SNP raising the Scottish independence issue at its conference, states “What exactly do you expect from a nationalist party?” A...

THERE is likely to be more excitement in the athletics today. The men’s 1500m semi-finals (noon UK time) include two of Scotland’s best medal hopefuls Josh Kerr and Jake Wightman, with both optimistic of progressing to the final.

IbisVision, the Glasgow-based developer of remote vision testing technology, has appointed a new lead developer to further work on its facial recognition software.

A SCOTTISH company is creating 100 new jobs after a new client win in financial services.

Dave Goulson was the kind of little boy you worry about. When he was nine years old, there was nothing he loved more than looking for roadkill, slicing open the bodies and pickling the organs in jars in his bedroom. But it was all leading somewhere g...

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Team GB's Laura Muir isn't just a runner - she's also a qualified vet!

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AS members of the House of Lords enjoy their summer recess, they may pause to reflect on the terms of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill that continues to wend its way through parliament. The Bill seeks to recognise that animals have feelings, inclu...

SOMETIMES the great mass of anonymous, faceless people out there, who seem to live at their sulphurous keyboards slashing and stabbing words online, remind me of Hieronymus Bosch paintings: monsters and devils lurking in the shadows – all bloody kn...

AS one of the army of folk who have found joy in our wild waters this summer, I rolled up at 8am to be greeted with a misty morn and a scene that looked like an Athena poster: serene, with geese gliding across the reservoir and silver flashes of jump...

Here is a run down of the first celebs confirmed to be putting their best foot forward.

It’s been 10 years since the London riots. Here's a timeline of events.

SIR Keir Starmer has warned that Boris Johnson’s “failure of leadership” on tackling the climate crisis could put the COP26 global conference at risk of failure.

CALLUM DAVIDSON has urged his St Johnstone players to bring back the double winning belief of last season when they take on Galatasaray in the Europa League.

SIR Keir Starmer has backed a “hard-edged timetable” for phasing out the oil and gas industry – but has warned that workers must be put at the heart of transition plans.

DAVE KING believes Rangers can motor away from Celtic in the next 12 months to launch a new dominance of Scottish football.

Zoey Clark claims Eilidh Doyle’s retirement has left a massive hole in GB’s 4x400 relay squad but she believes she can emulate her ex-team mate by bringing home an Olympic medal.

TWO lanes of the busy M8 motorway have been closed while emergency services attend a crash.

HUMAN remains have been found at the site of a fire in Glasgow.

TWO lanes of the busy M8 motorway have been closed while emergency services attend a crash.

One step at a time. Laura Muir knew if she wanted to stride forth into the arena on Friday night in Tokyo and engage in a gladiatorial duel for gold and glory, then the right to lay it all on the line had to be earned.

Covid deaths in Scotland have fallen for the first time in seven weeks.

NICOLA Sturgeon has said she does not feel “snubbed” by the Prime Minister’s failure to meet her on his two-day visit to Scotland but believes it is a “missed opportunity”.

A CANDIDATE vying to become the next leader of the Scottish LibDems has claimed Scots with long Covid would be better off moving to England to receive support.