By Scott Wright

FERRY users have been warned to travel only when necessary as one of CalMac's oldest vessels remained out of action for a tenth day with no timetable for return.

A COMMUNITY is taking legal action after plans for Green Belt housing in Glasgow's last remaining village were given the go-ahead in breach of the city council's own rules.

By Kristy Dorsey

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) forced staff who had to shield during the Covid-19 pandemic to use holidays and lieu time while they were off, a tribunal has heard.

LEGAL experts have warned that plans to try those accused of sexual offences in new specialist courts with “inferior sentencing powers” could “lead to the downgrading” of serious crimes.

Campaigners are calling for an emergency funding plan for Scotland’s largest city as key services and venues hit hard during the pandemic struggle to recover.

Plant expert and podcaster Michael Perry, aka Mr Plant Geek, offers his guide to this creative look, inspired by his visits to Japan.

Scottish higher education institutions are facing strike ballots as a major national dispute intensifies.

That is not, of course, to say these chances were ever very high. However, it is remarkable that, as the already-grim situation deteriorates, the prospects of serious action from the UK Government have appeared to recede.

SCOTLAND'S single biggest polluter will spend more than £1 billion to eliminate its contribution to emissions by 2045 – harnessing green hydrogen and carbon capture technology.

Two further arrests have been made by police investigating the murder of journalist Lyra McKee.

SINCE the creation of the United Rugby Championship was announced in June, the organisers have been keen to stress its novelty and excitement value.

By Scott Wright

MANY of you possibly think that Bryson DeChambeau is some kind of golfing machine, pieced together in a subterranean laboratory and made up of an elaborate tangle of wires, circuit boards, flashing LEDs, joists and rivets.

IT'S the shortest questions that are the most dangerous for politicians.

A project between Glasgow Airport and city-based upcycling organisation Clydeside Collective will see dozens of old tables and chairs due for disposal transformed.

By Kristy Dorsey

GEORGIA ADDERLEY has never shied away from the fact she wants to make it to the very top.

IF Neil Mackay ("SNP has sucked the life out of independence campaign", The Herald, September 21) had joined independence supporters out on the streets last Saturday or visited one of the many Yes stalls set up in towns and villages all over Scotland...

LAURA Muir has revealed she is all in for next summer’s Commonwealth Games and the chance to bring a title home to Scotland.

A SCOTTISH cloud business software specialist has taken on a dozen new staff as demand for its services soared during the pandemic.

THERE are 94 days until Christmas (depending on where and when you are reading this). And after Christmas last year was impacted by last-minute restrictions caused by a surge in coronavirus cases and the emergence of a new variant, people are despera...

By Kate Morrison

By Dr Andrew Buist

THE ongoing issue of the cost of gas and what the Government was [not]doing about it was widely debated by columnists in the newspapers.

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THERE are no signs that the UK Government seems overly bothered by Nicola Sturgeon’s latest gestures towards a second independence referendum. Whitehall is reading her correctly, in my view. Her gestures are empty. No such referendum is imminent an...

The actor said working on the series, which will screen on Dinsey+ sometime next year, was "really good fun"

The airline is one of the most popular in the country and operates out of airports across the UK.

According to leading tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg “HMRC will not hesitate to pursue those who have been abusing the scheme”.

Here is the full list of new Netflix content in October including Spider-Man, Piers Morgan and You season 3.

The US President said he is “anxious” to be in Glasgow in person to attend a major climate summit later this year.

AT first glimpse it could be a strange and mountainous lunar landscape.However, the striking image was not captured by an astronaut.

Martin Lewis, the MoneySavingExpert, has revealed his nine must-knows for dealing with the ongoing energy crisis.

Sainsbury’s has started charging for services that were previously free taking drivers by surprise at forecourts across the UK.

ZANDER CLARK admits it was a privilege to be named St Johnstone captain at Aberdeen.

THE SCOTTISH Government has ignored calls to act “with urgency” and set up a publicly-owned energy company despite a Greens minister claiming the gas wholesale crisis is a “consequence of slow action” in decarbonising heating systems.

UK ministers have claimed the army’s support of the Scottish Ambulance Service shows the importance of the union and the Westminster government.

NICOLA Sturgeon has said she has “nothing but contempt” for people who knowingly spread misinformation about the Covid vaccine.

THE SNP has urged the Westminster government to give immediate refuge to the interpreters whose data was leaked by a civil servant.

THE Crowne Plaza Hotel Royal Terrace in Edinburgh has been bought by an acquisitive investment company in a sign the hospitality sector is rebounding from the pandemic.

A GLASGOW man has told how the planned cut to Universal Credit will plunge him in to “crushing poverty” after being made redundant at the start of the pandemic.

NICOLA Sturgeon has admitted an imminent decision on Covid tests for international travel will involve a “very difficult” choice between economic and health benefits.

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AN SNP MP has urged the Government to "get a grip" on changes to leave for parents who have sick babies.

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The A-grade attainment gap between private and state schools at Higher level widened in 2021, with more than three quarters of entries from the independent sector securing the top result.

MSPs have been warned that the Scottish National Investment Bank will not become financially self-sustainable for at least three years due to the longer-term investments meaning returns are "slower at coming through".