Herald Scotland
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:41:57 +0000Global law giant Dentons reveals move to Haymarket office development
LEGAL giant Dentons is relocating in Edinburgh to a flagship development in Haymarket, signalling a big vote of confidence in the city’s office market.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:19:09 +0000Ryanair record Edinburgh schedule announced
Ryanair has announced a $1 billion investment into Edinburgh Airport that will bring its biggest summer schedule to date in the Scottish capital.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 08:50:59 +0000Brian Maley: Man and woman charged in connection of murdered Grandfather
The man and woman will face Glasgow Sheriff Court on Wednesday
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 07:52:29 +0000Storm Dudley LIVE: Scotland traffic chaos amid Met Office Amber warning
Welcome to the Herald's LIVE blog covering the Met Office's 'Danger to life' weather warning. Follow along for the latest traffic disruption, and updates on the Amber alert coming into force from 4pm today.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 07:01:32 +0000Storms Dudley and Eunice: Scotland traffic chaos and weather warning
The Met Office warn of "likely" injuries and danger to life with the Scottish Government suggesting there will be “very challenging” days ahead.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:10:00 +0000Ministers 'failing' over peatland restoration to meet climate targets
MINISTERS have failed to make good enough use of restoring Scotland's peatlands to meet the nation's bid to be net zero in emissions by 2045.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000Glasgow and Edinburgh showing retail ‘resilience’, new report declares
By Scott Wright
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000More front than Blackpool as Tories talk up economy: Ian McConnell
GIVEN this is a UK Government that often seems to have more front than Blackpool, which will host the Conservatives’ spring conference next month, we should not have been surprised by the dizzying spin
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000Family to sell Cruise Loch Ness
IT started out more than half a century ago with an ex RNLI lifeboat that carried 12 passengers.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000Menzies engages with shareholders amid buyout bid
JOHN Menzies has said it has engaged with its shareholders before the board again unanimously rejected a £469 million takeover proposal from Kuwaiti-based National Aviation Services.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000Scotland playing Wales is tough enough without them being aided and abetted by officials - Martin Hannan
THE great thing about having the midweek rugby column is that you get time to analyse weekend matches and digest what happened. It also means you have probably calmed down by the time you come to write the column, though I am still seething about one...
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:22:40 +0000St Johnstone boss Callum Davidson calls for VAR after Aberdeen penalty award at Pittodrie
ST JOHNSTONE boss Callum Davidson called for VAR after a penalty decision he felt was harsh prevented his side from taking all three points from a 1-1 cinch Premiership draw against Aberdeen.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 08:11:36 +0000Jeane Freeman lands new job at Glasgow University
FORMER Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has landed a new “key role” at a Scottish university.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000ASCO wins £200m North Sea oil and gas logistics contracts
OIL and gas logistics business ASCO has clinched North Sea contracts worth around £200 million months after one of the industry’s best known players joined its leadership team.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000Iain Macwhirter: Putin wins big, but war fever remains infectious
ARE we at war yet? Those US intelligence reports leaked, not by Wikileaks, but by President Biden at the weekend claimed that Vladimir Putin was planning an invasion of Ukraine to start this very day. Reports of last-minute Russian troop withdrawals ...
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000Scots retailers hopeful but warn of ‘headwinds’ after January sales improve
By Scott Wright
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000Shortages of workers drive wages higher, but inflation eats into real earnings
Analysis
By Gavin Mochan
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000Judge Dredd is now 45 years old
BORAG Thungg, Earthlings, are you ready to celebrate? 2000AD, “The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic” will celebrate its 45th birthday this month. A new book, The 2000AD Encyclopedia, has just been published to commemorate the event and a bumper birthday...
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000Scottish carbon capture and storage cluster firm makes key hire
STORREGA, which is leading the drive to develop a carbon, capture and storage cluster in Scotland, has recruited an expert on the regulatory system after the project failed to win the support the company was seeking from the UK Government.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000North Sea oil and gas firm to produce ‘green’ hydrogen fuel
NORTH Sea-focused oil and gas firm Neptune Energy has underlined the potential to produce low carbon hydrogen fuel in the area helped by the use of existing infrastructure.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000Tidal energy firm aims to be major player in Shetland market
TIDAL energy specialist Nova Innovation has been awarded acreage off Shetland on which it expects to develop a significant source of renewable energy.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000Letters: Johnson cannot escape the contempt of the people of Scotland
SO Boris Johnson, in an interview with the Daily Mail, says that Scottish independence "is just not going to happen". This from the man who declared that there were no parties held at Downing Street, and he hadn't attended any of them. Mr Johnson als...
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:21:13 +0000Aldi's hugely popular outdoor log burner is back in stock - but you'll have to be quick
The log burner sold out last month, but is now back in stock at Aldi and is priced at just £69.99.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 08:00:00 +0000Stuart Waiton: Jimmy Carr, modern puritanism and the death of comedy
THE year was 2084, the year of the last comedian in Scotland. Comedy had been dying for generations following the purge in 2023 after what became known as the Carrtastrophe.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 08:00:00 +0000Brian Wilson: There is no virtuous alternative to producing our own North Sea gas
LEAVE aside the current drama on the borders of Ukraine and ask yourself the question. Was it ever sensible to make western Europe so dependent on Russian gas? I don’t think so now and I didn’t think so 20 years ago.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 06:21:06 +0000Wordle 242 What is today’s Wordle? February 16 hints
Hints and answer for today's Wordle.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000Herald Diary: Bob's your uncle when he ups the ante
Babbling Bob
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0000Rosemary Goring: Public insults have no place in academic debates over slavery
AT the heart of the University of Aberdeen is one of the most beautiful and striking buildings in the country. The Sir Duncan Rice Library is a seven-storey modernist glass cube. It looks as if Klimt has been painting on it, shimmering as it does wit...
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:30:00 +0000Adam Tomkins: SNP lack of grip means the indyref debate is moving to favour unionists
AS Covid recedes from the front pages, the independence debate begins to fill the void. That there is a gap to fill at all is the SNP’s fault – they are doing so little in government there is nothing else to talk about. All the more remarkable, t...
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 08:17:23 +0000UK interest rates: Inflation hits 30-year high, fuelling expectations of rises in cost of borrowing
By Ian McConnell
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 08:05:40 +0000Wordle 242: Why are there two different answers for today’s Wordle?
Wordle was recently sold by creator Josh Wardle to the New York Times.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 08:05:00 +0000Glasgow City Council plan to save Sauchiehall Street
In days gone by, those looking to indulge in some retail therapy in Glasgow would have been faced with a dilemma: Argyle Street or Sauchiehall Street first?
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 06:31:00 +0000Women-only carriages Scotrail: Vote in our poll now
Scotland's new transport minister Jenny Gilruth has said she had personal experience of feeling unsafe on trains.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000Glasgow disability report shows discrimination faced by population
The incident put Glasgow’s COP26 climate summit in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:20:25 +0000Best air fryers from Ninja, Tefal and Breville and more for all budgets
Ideal for people trying to consume less calories, air fryers simulate deep frying without submerging food in oil.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:20:51 +0000AO give away 12 FREE bottles of wine with Haier fridge
You can get 12 free bottles of wine with this new fridge.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:19:57 +0000Pancake Day 2022: Tefal is selling a sausage dog frying pan
Pancake Day is just a few weeks away and if you’re thinking of jazzing up this year’s pancakes then maybe this sausage dog frying pan is for you.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 07:34:19 +0000Met Office weather warnings: Storm Dudley sparks 'danger to life' warning
Meanwhile, Storm Eunice is predicted to bring heavy rain and possible snowfalls on high ground from the Midlands northwards.
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 18:25:23 +0000SNP ministers urged to act faster to mitigate £570 real-terms cut to universal credit
CAMPAIGNERS have warned that “more is needed” from SNP ministers to mitigate a real-terms cut of almost £600 for the 140,000 families on universal credit.
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 17:24:00 +0000Glasgow brand agency MadeBrave makes changes at the top
THE chief executive of MadeBrave is stepping back from the day-to-day running of the Glasgow-based brand agency to plot its future direction as it moves into its second decade.
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 16:54:16 +0000Edinburgh Princes Street ROK hotel approved
A MOVE to transform a former department store in the Scottish capital into a hotel and restaurant has been approved.
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 16:22:48 +0000Hancock did not comply with equality duty in pandemic appointments
An independent think tank has won a High Court fight over Government appointments made during the pandemic.
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 15:53:35 +0000Putin giving 'mixed signals' over Ukraine plans, Johnson says
RUSSIA is giving “mixed signals” over the prospect of a Ukrainian invasion, the Prime Minister has said.
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 15:16:14 +0000Revealed: Glasgow's People's Palace due to reopen its doors
Glasgow's People's Palace will reopen its doors later this month after repairwork has been completed, it has been revealed.
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 14:54:37 +0000'Embarrassment to Scotland': Alex Salmond told to quit RT show amid Ukraine tensions
SCOTTISH LibDem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has labelled Alex Salmond’s continued TV programme on Russian state television “an embarrassment to our nation” amid escalating tensions over Ukraine.
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 14:17:39 +0000Nicola Sturgeon boosts spending on global hubs ahead of independence referendum
NICOLA Sturgeon's government has increased spending to more than £9 million on its network of offices across the world ahead of plans to hold a second independence referendum, newly published figures show.
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 14:03:11 +0000University strikes: UCU bosses defend 'unrealistic' 7% pay claim
Union bosses have defended demands for a £2,500 university staff pay rise after they were branded “unrealistic".
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 12:57:17 +0000Partygate: Met to reveal number of fines but not details of recipients
THE NUMBER of fines handed out over party gate is to be revealed by the Met, but not the identity of the recipients.
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 12:38:58 +0000People worse off than three months ago as soaring inflation sees wages fall
Wages have fallen for the first time since 2020 sparking fears that more people will end up in poverty.
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 11:00:00 +0000Northumberland: With beaches this dramatic, it really should be in Scotland
THEY call this “travel”, but is travel the right word? I’m on the beach. The tide’s coming in – sea teasing sand, sand teasing sea. Between here and the castle, a field of marram grass is moving to the orders of the wind. Some children conq...