THE Scottish Greens are set to receive hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayer-funded support intended for opposition parties even if they join the SNP in government.

THE owner of Scotland’s ferry fleet demanded a foreign firm pay up to £100,000 to gain UK maritime approval for a £9m vessel it was negotiating to buy to ease chaos on the network ending in the deal collapsing, according to the sellers.

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ONE of the fundamentals for exams, of course, is turning up on time.

The Johnson administration really needs to get a grip.

THE UK Government’s Scotland Office should be reformed and has no real purpose, one of its former ministers has claimed.

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Dominic Raab is facing mounting pressure to resign over his handling of the Afghanistan crisis as Labour warned there had been an “unforgiveable failure of leadership” by the Government.

SCOTTISH sculptor Kenny Hunter has told how he spoke with frontline staff to "built up a picture of what it has been like to work through the pandemic" when researching what is believed to be the first in Scotland to be dedicated to NHS staff.

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FORESTRY managers have said the sector is emerging as one of the “most impactful” solutions for sustainable investment as the Scottish National Investment Bank announced a £50 million fund for the creation of new woodland and forestry.

THE political shockwaves of the Afghan situation and the way forward were the topics raised by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

AN ITALIAN Scottish restaurateur has told how cooking has helped her through the “saddest and most challenging” moments in life, including the sudden death of her father.

Three Scottish cities are among 20 across the UK that have submitted a bid to become the UK's city of culture in 2025.

THE Sudoku spread in popularity in the mid-1980s and still gets the brain cells buzzing decades on. Now, tributes are being paid to the creator of the global phenomenon following his death at the age of 69.

THE stories have started to filter through now from those who fear they may not have long left to live. Speaking anonymously to journalists are the interpreters who helped British forces and fear death if they venture outside. They plead with the Bri...

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THE man is a fool. But he is a fool who employs people. Earlier this week Paul Miller, the boss of gin, whisky and beer brand Eden Mill, was on the front page of Dundee’s Courier.

South Lanarksire College students started the 2021/22 academic year with a bang as staff and students from South Lanarkshire College’s  Hospitality section, played a key part in creating and preparing the menu for a fine dining lunch at the 5* ...

Conservative MP for Plymouth Johnny Mercer has said that no-one from his own party reached out to him in the wake of a mass shooting in his area which cost the lives of five bystanders.

THE SNP and Scottish Greens have been given a brutal foretaste of the next five years, as their opponents savaged their ground-breaking joint government deal before the ink on it was dry.

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IT was always going to be hard for St Johnstone to top their achievement of a historic cup double last season.

FOREIGN ministers of the G7 have reiterated their calls for the Taliban to allow safe passage for those seeking to leave Afghanistan.

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A FORMER Labour MP has been charged with seven counts of fraud.

THE president of the SNP has insisted he had “no idea” how many members the party has, despite reports of a recent exodus to Alex Salmond’s Alba Party.

I think we can now see why Nicola Sturgeon has been so leery of demanding an independence referendum.

DOMINIC Raab has told reporters he will not resign despite calls for him to do so.

Scotland legend Denis Law has revealed he has been diagnosed with 'mixed dementia'.

A FORMER Lord Advocate has questioned the right of a global finance company responsible for running Rangers when it financially imploded to claim misconduct in public office while pursuing a £25m claim over damage to its business over the malicious...

Opposition politicians are united in calls for Dominic Raab to resign or be sacked as it emerged he ignored advice to contact his Afghan counterpart while on holiday.

VIOLENT crimes have risen in the last year, figures show, fuelled by a boom in threats and extortion.

I WAS minded to write following Rob Adams’s thoughtful and sympathetic obituary of Nanci Griffith in The Herald (August 17).

Economy is in the spotlight of this week's episode of The Brian Taylor Podcast.

From February, all homeowners will be required to have linked alarms under the law change as a result of the Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017

POLICE Scotland have managed to meet just three of ten recommendations from government inspectors over its attempts to tackle online child sexual abuse and exploitation over 18 months.

IT is the lifeboat that over 30 years has been launched to those in need 492 times, rescued 552 people and saved 39 lives.

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MAYBE a government as corrupt as Afghanistan’s previous one would never have survived without NATO support. But that doesn’t excuse abandoning most of the Afghans in Kabul who now face death at the hands of the Taliban.

SCIENTISTS and medical specialists will hold talks today on the first steps in helping prepare the Scottish Government for future pandemics.

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NEW Scotland women's head coach Pedro Martinez Losa says Rachel Corsie will retain the captaincy when World Cup qualifying starts with a trip to Hungary next month. The Spaniard believes 32-year-old Kansas City central defender Corsie, who was given ...

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