SCOTLAND’S public finances have sunk to an unprecedented low because of Covid, sweeping away previous calculations about the economics of independence.

Priti Patel has said a scheme to resettle 20,000 vulnerable Afghans, particularly women and girls, could be expanded.

There’s a familiar story many of us mid-lifers like to tell – that spare tyre around the midriff, the love handles, the pounds that just seemed to magically appear, we’ll say, are all just middle-aged spread, a biological phenomenon, which prob...

A police officer sustained minor injuries after protesters gathered in Edinburgh Castle on Tuesday evening.

A group of protesters stating they hope to ‘free Scotland’ from ‘corrupt powers' have claimed to seize Edinburgh Castle.

POLICE have locked down a major Glasgow street amid a major emergency response.

In that very great film Raging Bull there is an appalling scene in which Robert De Niro playing Jake LaMotta succumbs to despair and bangs his head repeatedly off the wall of his prison cell. It’s based on a true incident as recounted by LaMotta an...

SNP ministers have claimed Westminster is “actively harming” the Scottish economy ahead of official figures expected to show a record deficit north of the border.

A SCOTTISH model has come under regulatory fire for Instagram story posts that failed to make clear they were marketing products.

ENVIRONMENT groups have called for the removal of government-funded fuel subsidies in a bid to decarbonise Scotland"s fishing fleet and scrap older vessels.

Four workers for prison escort firm GeoAmey have been dismissed over an alleged assault on a prisoner in the cells of a court.

A SCOTTISH energy company has received further significant backing as it moves to roll out its kerbside charging points for electric vehicles.

SNP ministers have been threatened with legal action to challenge a proposed crackdown on Airbnb-style short-term lets – after industry bosses warned the updated plans will cause “significant damage to Scotland’s tourist industry”.

In any kind of normal world, you might think the UK Government would be pleased

PRITI PATEL must scrap a controversial immigration bill or risk criminalising Afghans who flee to the UK.

By Scott Wright

Nando’s has reportedly had to close some of its restaurants after running out of peri-peri chicken.

THE Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh has lodged a planning application for a sculpture by Kenny Hunter "to commemorate the staff and patients of the Covid crisis" in the Scottish capital.

Analysis By Gavin Mochan  

IT is one of the ironies of the pandemic that alcohol deaths increased sharply in a year when overall intake actually reduced for the third consecutive year.

PHARMACIES are blaming staff shortages for snap closures despite locums offering to work and may be risking access to methadone supplies, according to union leaders.

By Ian McConnell

CAMPAIGNERS have called for tougher restrictions on alcohol sales in Scotland following a “devastating” jump in deaths caused by excess drinking.

A NET zero hub centred on the Firth of Forth is “key” to achieving the country's climate goals, it is claimed in a new study.

By Karen Peattie

THE Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan and the west’s role in the situation was debated by columnists in the newspapers.

Education pioneer Flora Stevenson features on the new £50 notes available from RBS branches across the country.

THE 250th anniversary of the birth of Sir Walter Scott, on August 15, 1771, has been widely marked, but there was a hole at the heart of the celebrations.

THE spirit of Donald Trump lives on. His successor, Joe Biden, gave a speech on Afghanistan of which the apostle of “America First” would have been proud. The President blamed the Afghans for not having “the will to fight for their country”. ...

ADJUSTING to life after lockdown is a process, not an event. Firms and individual employees alike are going to have to give themselves space and time to figure out who will be best placed to continue working from home, who might return to the office ...

WHOEVER is in government, there are calls for public inquiries into this, that and the next thing. It is a currency devalued by overuse but that does not mean there should never be independent inquiries into anything. Take the ferries debacle, to whi...

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By Karen Peattie

AROUND 20,000 Afghans are expected to come to the UK following the Taliban takeover of the country.

OWNERS of the controversial Cambo oil field site have met with a UK government minister to explain their plans.

LIFELINE ferry services on one of Scotland's busiest crossings have been cancelled again after a redeployed vessel needed urgent repairs.

The combination of white chocolate and strawberries in this cheesecake is a real crowd-pleaser. Perfect to bring round to a garden party or to serve at the end of a summer’s Sunday lunch. Serves 4

UNION chiefs fighting to protect the future of hundreds of Glasgow Life jobs have called for an extra £17million to be found to allow all venues to reopen.

A FORMER Royal marines commando has accused the UK Government of making an “absolute cluster” of the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

By the time MPs gather in a recalled parliament tomorrow, it will have been three days since the Taliban swept into power in Kabul. 

SOME familiar questions have re-emerged following the sale of a Scottish business that looks to have been valued at tens of millions of dollars.

Detectives investigating the murder of a woman in Leeds have renewed their appeal for information to trace her husband after he was seen in Aberdeen.

A SUNDAY IN VILLE-d’AVRAY

The UK’s most remote primary school has announced it is now looking for a new head teacher.

Read our Contributing Foreign Editor's exclusive analysis into the unfolding events in Afghanistan.

ALEX Salmond’s Alba party is to wade into the potentially toxic debate over women’s rights and transgender rights at its first conference as it attempts to underscore its differences with the SNP.

Consumers are being warned of more to come as EDF became the first of the Big Six energy giants to reveal it is rising its prices following the latest price cap announcement from Ofgem.

FAMOUS Glasgow pub The Arlington has been bought by the financier who helped broker the deal that saved Celtic in the 1990s.