A CAMPBELTOWN wind tower manufacturer, which served the onshore and offshore energy sectors, has collapsed into administration after succumbing to deteriorating market conditions.

A COMPANY that got rich selling PPE during the pandemic and is run by the husband of a convicted brothel keeper has emerged as the biggest donor to Alex Salmond’s Alba party.

ANOTHER ferry brought in to help support Scotland's beleaguered lifeline CalMac network has been put out of action the day after it was chartered, it has emerged.

A Scottish local authority is planning a permanent library fines amnesty while scrapping fees in public libraries for borrowers returning books late.

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CAIRN Energy plans to return $700 million (£500m) to investors as it moves to end a long-running tax dispute in India at what looks like a high price.

CHILDREN'S services providers have warned of a mental health pandemic as it emerged the numbers waiting over a year for support has doubled.

Expanding specialist science education to a wider range of primary school pupils should be considered, according to the first ever Scottish winner of the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) teacher of the year award.

UK business leaders, when asked by The Herald last week whether they believed Brexit is damaging the economy, gave an emphatic response, with 75% saying “yes”.

There are many components that make up a perfect Sunday roast – tender roasted meat, crisp roast potatoes, seasonal veg, Yorkshire pudding, and let’s not forget the importance of getting the gravy just right.

The sound of loud and incredulous laughter reverberating around the world of rugby could be heard yesterday after England coach Eddie Jones’s extraordinary intervention in the row over South Africa’s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus’ infamous v...

FREEDOM of speech is interesting only when you disagree with or disapprove of what is being said. For all that the line is repeatedly attributed to him, Voltaire never in fact said that he would “defend to the death” your right to say something h...

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BORIS Johnson seems to have won over most of his MPs behind his new National Insurance hike, which will be press-ganged through Parliament today. It breaks at least two of his election pledges. It will also increase the overall tax burden to its high...

By Kristy Dorsey

NUCLEUS Financial founder David Ferguson has decided to leave the investment technology firm following the £145m takeover of the business by a private-equity backed rival.

NEIL Mackay's articles are always worth reading but his opinion piece today ("A filthy city, kids begging... Does the SNP have no shame?", The Herald, September 8) is absolutely brilliant and sums up exactly how many Glaswegians feel about the sorry ...

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The Old Normal, time for a change and booster vaccines were the issues raised by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

Nicola Sturgeon will provide another Covid update in Scottish Parliament today.

The debate over the Gender Recognition Reform Bill is heated. Last week there were tense scenes of protest outside Holyrood. Nicola Sturgeon was booed. So, what’s it all about?

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THOSE of a generation older than me were shaped by the assassination of John F Kennedy. Parents, teachers, relatives and neighbours could remember where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news. It was a day of collective outrage, ...

JOHN Swinney has promised the a comprehensive “financial prospectus” on independence to reflect the economic upheaval since the referendum of 2014.

A play jointly being written by young people in South Wales and Brazil is among the projects which will be supported with Government funding.

Booster vaccines may not be necessary for everyone in Britain and rolling out third doses too quickly would be an “unnecessary burden” on the NHS, the head of AstraZeneca has said.

A Scots woman say a tweet by Girls Aloud's Sarah Harding revealing she had breast cancer prompted her to seek help and may have saved her life.

Nicola Sturgeon will deliver her annual Programme for Government - setting out the Scottish Government's legislative agenda over the next 12 months. It will be the first policy agenda set out by the SNP since forming a deal with the Scottish Greens.

SCOTLAND RATINGS

SCOT GEMMILL admitted he was gutted Turkey snatched a late equaliser in Bursa to cancel out a superb Glenn Middleton volley in Scotland's opening Euro 2023 tie.

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners have labelled climate measures in the Programme for Government “disappointing” despite the new influence of the Scottish Greens.

NICOLA Sturgeon has insisted that setting up a National Care Service by 2026 would be a “fitting legacy from the trauma of Covid”.

Substantial damage was caused to the property and neighbours were also evacuated.

Not far from where I live, I’ve found some fantastic wild cherry trees. In the late summer their bright red berries are perfect for picking and I often use them for breakfast smoothies. Here I’ve combined with almonds – which is a perfect flavo...

NICOLA Sturgeon’s Programme for Government took three times as long to deliver than the average Queen’s Speech.

The UK will not raise state retirement pensions in line with wages next year, but will instead increase them by the rate of inflation or 2.5 per cent, whichever is higher, work and pensions Minister Therese Coffey has confirmed.

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NICOLA Sturgeon has ordered civil servants to restart work on a new prospectus for independence despite not having the power to hold a referendum.

A LORRY was driven into a house deliberately last night, prompting a police investigation.

BORIS Johnson has broken his pledge not to raise taxes by putting up national insurance today.

A MAJOR industrial estate in the east end of Glasgow has been sold in a multi-million-pound deal.

SCOTLAND’S auditor general has warned that the country “remains riven by inequalities” as he criticised a "major implementation gap between policy ambitions and delivery on the ground”.

IF there was a perfect solution to the ongoing labour crisis gripping the nation’s food and drink sector, then championing a four-day work week in Scotland isn’t it.

THE home of Britain's nuclear weapons on the Clyde could be "crippled" by industrial action in a dispute over pay.

The Deputy First Minister has been forced to self-isolate after coming into close contact of someone with Covid.

Wow! Could we be on the verge of a Eureka moment? Cambridge University has launched Spectrum 10k, the UK’s largest study of autism, involving 10,000 participants. Researchers aim to “investigate the genetic and environmental factors that contribu...