THE welcome party wasn’t quite what Neah Evans had hoped for.

CAN you smell the excitement of the Ryder Cup in the air?

SCOTLAND’S state ferry operator has been dubbed “divorced from reality” after describing itself as reliable, special and heroic despite a litany of recent problems.

CONCERNS have been raised that some 80,000 Scots jobs are in jeopardy as furlough comes to an end at the end of the month.

The king of fish is being put in the shade to help it survive. Conservationists are increasing tree planting alongside Scottish rivers in a bid to create “living parasols” that will protect plummeting wild salmon stocks from climate change.

By Ian McConnell

SNP ministers are pledging £6 million a year to support the world’s poorest communities to tackle the impacts of global warming amid a plea to “tax the high emitters that are making the climate emergency worse”.

THIS time of year, I'm usually in the US. I love autumn and America does autumn better than anywhere.

“Bathgate no more, Linwood no more, Methil no more, Irvine no more.”

Firefighters are tackling an ‘extensive fire’ at a village hotel near Oban.

Soon, Glasgow will be the stage for what might be the debate of the decade.

By Kristy Dorsey

AN ABERDEEN-based renewables firm has hailed the completion of what is claimed to be the world’s largest floating windfarm.

INDEPENDENCE feels tired, drained. It towers over Scottish political life like some Stone Age megalith – dominant, immovable, overshadowing everything. It demands constant attention. Yet, like the henge it is, independence is going absolutely nowhe...

By Kristy Dorsey

By Scott Wright

By Scott Wright

Nigel Kennedy pulls out of Albert Hall show over Jimi Hendrix tribute

SCOTTISH energy giant SSE has told the stock market it has taken “no decision” to break up the company.

By Kristy Dorsey

WE have a populist PM whose Cabinet reshuffle indicates that he must be aware that many voters neither trust him nor like him much. The new recruits are mostly seen as popular among Conservative Party members, although that may not be the case among ...

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Nicola Sturgeon will give her weekly Covid update to Parliament this afternoon.

Broken man

NO one wants to contradict Jumpin’ Jack Flash, but it’s not all right now, or in fact a gas. Anticipating Messrs Jagger and Richards by some distance, the concept of gas was first dreamt up in the early 17th century by a Flemish scholar called Ja...

SO that’s decided then. North and south of the border, we are to have a National Care Service to sit alongside our National Health Service. It will ensure that older people’s care needs are met, that they can live out their twilight years (often ...

Nicola Sturgeon will update the Scottish Parliament on the Covid crisis in Scotland today.

No money has been paid into a financial redress scheme for abuse survivors despite the Scottish Government claiming it will be ready to start by the end of the year.

Ms Gray will stand down as chairwoman of the Board of Governors at the end of this month

FOOTBALLERS should not have to “sacrifice their health for our entertainment", a Scots politician backing new dementia safety measures has said.

A limited number of tickets will be put up for sale this afternoon for the 2023 Ryder Cup.

He is one of the most influential figures in Scottish art – renowned for boosting access to cutting-edge international work by the likes of Joseph Beuys and Tadeusz Kantor.

CONSUMERS should not be alarmed by the number of energy firms going bust, and there is no risk of the "lights going out", the UK's business secretary has said.

BORIS Johnson has insisted the UK's relationship with France is important amid the ongoing row about the country's security pact with the US and Australia.

THE LEADER of the Scottish Conservatives has volunteered himself to appear on hit show Gogglebox amid complaints of a lack of Scottish representation.

Poetry features prominently at this year’s Wigtown Book Festival, which begins on Wednesday in Scotland’s Book Town. Here, we publish poems by three writers who’ll be appearing at the event.

BORIS Johnson and his cabinet are facing more pressure to backtrack on their planned cut to universal credit amid warnings that energy prices are going through the roof.

TWO tory MPs have been snubbed in Boris Johnson’s cabinet reshuffle.

There have been 2,917 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Scotland in the past 24 hours.

BUSINESS leaders in Scotland have declared the Scottish Government’s decision to divert from UK travel policy with regard to Covid testing has caused “serious alarm” across industry.

By Scott Wright

ALMOST half of Scots do not trust world leaders to bring forward a solution to save the planet from the climate crisis at COP26, a new poll has revealed.

Police have confirmed that 7-year-old Carson Shephard, who was reported missing from New Cumnock has been found safe and well.

ANGE POSTECOGLOU'S honeymoon period at Celtic is officially OVER, according to Kris Commons.

Police are searching for a seven-year-old boy who has been missing since Sunday evening.

Last week the Scottish Council of Independent Schools moved to assuage some parents’ concerns that their children might pick up a Scottish accent during their studies.

It allows its user to "feel" over vast distances and could revolutionise how education institutions provide remote learning.

My wife recently received an email purporting to be from “Sir James Arthur Ratcliffe, Chief Executive of Ineo (sic)”. He thanked her for “her effort, sincerity and trust worthiness”, and a reward of $800,000 would soon be in her account; just...