NICOLA Sturgeon has promised investment in free childcare to help get the country back to work after the pandemic ahead of her annual legislative statement today.

HE was a doting father-of-two who never took life for granted. Lee Dodds lived for his family and always had a happy outlook.

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THE SCOTTISH Government would receive up to £50m more than what Scots would pay out if Boris Johnson raised national insurance, a leading economist has predicted.

By Scott Wright

SNP ministers have been forced to delay final plans to crackdown on Airbnb-style short-term lets after officials were flooded with more than 1,000 responses to a consultation including some questioning “the competency of the legislation”.

A former Crown Office employee has launched legal action claiming she was sacked because she raised sexual harassment allegations against another member of staff.

BUSINESS owners in an area of Glasgow which has been plagued by anti-social behaviour have been forced to fork out thousands of pounds in extra security.

GLEN KAMARA has confirmed contract talks with Rangers are ongoing as he revealed there was transfer interest in the summer.

NEIL LENNON is the favourite to replace Stephen Kenny as Republic of Ireland boss.

The Scot led Team Europe to a 15-13 triumph over the United States in Ohio on Monday.

By Kristy Dorsey

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By Ian McConnell

There was a time when families, possibly even entire streets, would huddle around a box known as the television and gaze in boggle-eyed wonder at a variety of moving images while letting out audible, slack-jawed gasps of astonished reverence.

AN Israeli-owned North Sea stalwart has caused a stir with a drilling success it has not made much noise about, as campaigners try to make life difficult for firms that operate fields in the area.

INDUSTRIALIST Jo Bamford has noted the potential of firms that are developing hydrogen projects in Scotland as he launched a bid to raise a £1 billion fund to encourage investment in the sector.

By Kristy Dorsey

MOST folk think those phoney street fronts in old Western movies were just a ruse thought up by Hollywood set designers to fool punters in the cheap seats. In fact, what’s known as "western false front architecture" has its roots in real life.

Maguire’s singles victory over Jennifer Kupcho at Inverness Club gave her four-and-a-half points from five matches.

By Scott Wright

A SOCIAL enterprise due to open its second community workspace is offering a bursary scheme to help those affected during covid.

Where is Scotland's new National Park?

JANE Lax (Letters, September 6) acknowledges that there will be an impact for claimants from the removal of the temporary uplift (£20 per week) to Universal Credit and goes on to suggest that the Scottish Government has it within its welfare remit t...

By Kristy Dorsey

By Kristy Dorsey

OPERATION Warm Welcome and the question of increased funding for social care were the topics raised by columnists in the newspapers.

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THE similarity between the words “perceive” and “deceive”, both from Latin by way of French, illustrates the importance of prefixes: “de” usually means “down from” or “away from” or signifies reversal, though, annoyingly, it’s s...

Everything you need to know about Nicola Sturgeon's speech this afternoon and the Programme for Government...

A study by Shelter Scotland attempted to find the total cost of evictions

A survey by the Scottish Police Federation (SPF) found that 53% would potentially like to be armed with a gun

A nine-year-old school pupil has told Scotland’s First Minister she hopes lockdown measures in Scotland do not return.

Tests which detect Covid-19 before symptoms develop should be used in the same way to pick up flu cases early, amid warnings of soaring cases and higher death rates.

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YOU could tell it was tense on the final day of the Solheim Cup.

It is one of the most iconic visual images of the Firth of Forth – the Bass Rock, glistening white in its summer plumage of guano from the hundreds of thousands of birds that nest in its cliffs and crevices.

KATE FORBES has come under fire from Tory MPs for failing to get to grips with her figures.

Supermarket group Morrisons, currently the subject of a dramatic bidding war, is planning to build a new store in Stonehaven that will be part of the Ury Estate development featuring a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course.

Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy

COUNCIL leaders have demanded that SNP and Green ministers explain why drug and alcohol and children’s services were included in plans to set up a National Care Service at the 11th hour.

CAMPAIGNERS have criticised “morally repugnant” plans for Glasgow City Council’s pension fund to continue investing hundreds of millions of pounds in fossil fuels ahead of the city hosting the COP26 climate conference.

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As we get back to the new session of Parliament the Scottish Affairs Committee will continue to look at the reserved responsibilities and how they impact on Scotland. Our main responsibility is to scrutinise the work of the Secretary of State for Sco...

The legendary food writer tells Katie Wright about completing her latest cookbook during the pandemic.

“It’s Covid you see.” Those four wee words have become the get out of jail free card for governments, services, businesses and many others besides, who are getting away with c**p service to the public. It starts at the very top. No doubt the Pr...

The UK's new immigration rules must be relaxed to allow more foreign workers in to ease labour shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit, a leading employers group has warned.

A culture of use and move on is driving us to crisis. It is a feature of many consumer sectors, particularly fast fashion and smartphone technology.

THOUSANDS of deaths a year could have been avoided if Scots ministers acted on public health commitments to tackle the use of tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food and drink, leading charities have suggested.

THREE in four Scots on Universal Credit will be unable to cope if the £1040-a-year cut goes ahead, a "shocking" new study has found.