Greta Thunberg has said she does not believe Scotland is a world leader on climate change, as the Scottish Government claims.

Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater will be formally appointed as junior ministers in the Scottish Government as Holyrood returns after the summer recess.

ONE of the architects of the SNP-Green joint government deal has expressed her delight that it has “unionists frothing at the mouth”.

SCOTLAND's lifeline island ferry network is suffering a new wave of disruption and cancellations - after it emerged one of its ageing fleet of vessels has been put out of action for at least eight days.

SCOTS are being advised to preserve water as reservoirs have fallen to their lowest levels in two decades with dwindling supplied meaning tankers being shipped onto Skye.

A SMALL market town in Perthshire which Robert Burns fell for has been judged the best in Scotland in a new survey.

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SCOTTISH Labour leader Anas Sarwar has highlighted The Herald’s campaign to secure a fair funding deal for Glasgow’s culture and leisure services at Holyrood.

By Kristy Dorsey

IT would take a heart of stone to have not felt sympathy with Scotland’s tourism and hospitality industry during the tumultuous months of the pandemic.

The United States has completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending America's longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal failures, unfulfilled promises and a frantic final exit.

Edinburgh-based Glampitect is opening its first office in England following sustained demand from clients looking to set up glamping sites throughout the UK.

T ECHNOLOGY often makes me nervous. Then again, my doddering incompetence probably makes the technology that I own nervous too.

Technology often makes me nervous. Then again, my doddering incompetence probably makes the technology that I own nervous too. There are times, for instance, when I’m convinced that my laptop actually has a rivulet of agitated sweat running down it...

Despite the challenges presented by the pandemic and Brexit, Scotland was able to

TRACEY Binnie is in mourning. She is mourning the loss of her active life before contracting coronavirus which developed into long covid.

Stefanos Tsitsipas denied bending the rules with his bathroom breaks during his dramatic five-set victory over Andy Murray at the US Open.

Stefanos Tsitsipas denied bending the rules with his bathroom breaks during his dramatic five-set victory over Andy Murray at the US Open.

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I KNOW lockdown has been a wee bit harsh on a lot of folk, but a fair few in the media and politics seem to have their brains currently melting out of their ears over the SNP-Green deal.

A MAJORITY of people in Scotland would support tougher curbs on alcohol marketing, according to new research.

NICOLA Sturgeon should be punching the air with glee. What she has wanted for so long has now been offered to her. An independence referendum with UK Government agreement, making it fully legal and internationally recognised. This proposal comes from...

Aggressive and with a tendency to launch savage attacks on its feathered friends, stealing their food and sometimes eating them, has earned the great skua has earned the nickname Pirate of the Seas.

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A REPORT last year from the market research company Savanta listed the UK’s 100 most loved charities; the top two were Macmillan Cancer Support and Cancer Research UK, and next came the Dogs Trust (no apostrophe, formerly the National Canine Defenc...

WE live in dangerous and unstable times. A far cry from the triumph of liberal democracy declared by Francis Fukuyama in his book The End of History and the Last Man following the collapse of the Soviet empire.

RANGERS have condemned the racist Anti-Irish chants from a crowd marching through Glasgow ahead of the Old Firm match on Sunday.

ST JOHNSTONE are set to announce the loan signing of former Hamilton attacker Ali Crawford.

CELTIC'S Europa League group stage match against Ferencvaros has been rescheduled to a Tuesday with a late afternoon kick-off.

PETRA Wetzel is stepping down as boss of WEST, the high-profile bar and brewery she founded in the east end of Glasgow.

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ANTI-RACISM charities have strongly criticised group of over 100 fans for marching through the city centre singing what is judges have rules is a racist song.

It was Tony Blair’s spokesman, Alistair Campbell, who said of New Labour, “We don’t do God” and “God was a disaster area” for the party. That may have been wishful thinking on Mr Campbell’s part, as his boss most certainly did “do God...

By Kristy Dorsey

Companies looking to hire across the sector-wide shortage of senior technology team leaders need to be more honest and conversational in their recruitment, an industry executive has said.

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An aparthotel targeting the sustainable travel market has implemented a zero waste policy on single use plastic from its bathroom products and milk offering for guests during their stay.

By Ian McConnell

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WE’RE often told it’s the young, not the old who care about the future. The youth are what drive us to recognise that our house is on fire and we need to act. But I’ve never really bought that line. I’ve always thought there are people in all...

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Humza Yousaf has urged Police Scotland to "hold those responsible to account" following a video clip showing racist chanting in Glasgow city centre.

Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove was spotted dancing in a nightclub in Aberdeen.

If there’s a word guaranteed to give me the boak, it is the word woke, which has been co-opted by fusty conservatives to pillory anyone vaguely left-leaning. On Saturday, educationalist Professor Alan Smithers became the latest to set my teeth on e...

YOUR first reaction on reading Andrew Neil’s Daily Mail column about the SNP/Green coalition deal was: If only it were true. Mr Neil had dismissed the Greens as “Eco-zealot Marxists”. HM Mail, in trademark style, lifted the phrase into its head...

There is nothing quite as British as a queue.

Nicola Sturgeon promising she won’t mention independence during a coronavirus briefing is like me promising I won’t mention independence during a column about independence. It’s not going to happen. And so it was no surprise at all when the Fir...