Plans for a national agency to improve Scottish education risk repeating past mistakes and perpetuating the system’s bureaucratic, “control from the centre” tendencies, a national expert has suggested.

A report published this month has said that reintroduction of the wolf into the Highlands of Scotland “should be feasible”. What do you think?

When it comes to rewilding we often focus on the wolf, above all other animals. It has a hold over us that other smaller, less “charismatic” or totemic species don’t.

The chair of Scotland’s state-owned investment bank is to be quizzed by MSPs tomorrow after the abrupt resignation of its chief executive.

A Scots seaside town has found to have what has been described as Scotland's most expensive fuel prices - soaring to nearly £2 for a litre of diesel.

MINISTERS have been accused of withholding vital information about the revised timelines for the delivery of long-delayed lifeline ferries under construction at nationalised Ferguson Marine.

STANDARD Life-owner Phoenix Group has underlined plans to invest in the Edinburgh-based life and pensions business, which it sees as a key driver of growth.

AN unexpected development in the Stagecoach takeover story has emerged, and it could spell good news for Scotland as well as shareholders in the transport giant.

A SINGLE red rose is placed on a black wooden box with the message of I remember written on it.

SNP and Greens ministers have been warned by their independent advisers that “action is not happening at the scale or pace required” to adapt to the impacts of the climate crisis.

A civil servant who lied about a photograph showing her bound and gagged in the office of a government body has lost her bid for reconsideration of her unsuccessful unfair dismissal case.

Inflation’s impact on economic activity has been singled out by a construction industry boss who yesterday raised the prospect that “one or two” projects might not go ahead because of increasing costs.

AS atrocities unfold in Ukraine, it’s hard not to feel a sense of guilt as we look on from our protective bubble in the West. To dare to think about anything other than the hardship of millions of destitute families seems selfish.

Officials from Russia and Ukraine are set to engage in another round of diplomatic talks as Moscow’s forces continue to pound away at the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other cities across the country.

A House of Lords peer was stopped from participating in a debate after he was accused of being "fast asleep for the entirety of the opening speech".

Nicola Sturgeon will today announce the decision on easing the final coronavirus restrictions in Scotland.

SCOTLAND’S most senior advocate has warned that a new law on stealing dogs risks diluting the protections already in place.

By Ian McConnell

Medical software provider Craneware is looking to alleviate rising salary costs by “backfilling” jobs currently in the US with new hires in Scotland.

By Ian McConnell

THE Ancient Greek word for it, because, in keeping with their reputation, the Greeks not only had a word for it, but devised the concept and introduced it to what became European civilization, was “xenia”.

IT’S not just a parody. It’s not even a parody of a farce. It’s a parody of a sham of a farce.

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RUTH Marr (Letters, March 14) believes a second referendum to be scheduled for 2023. There are at least two things problematic about this. First, a second referendum has been promised “next year” every year since 2016. It seems it occupies a neve...

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Our cartoonist Steve Camley's take on the Russian 'Oilygarchs' and rising fuel prices.

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THE Ukraine war isn’t turning out as expected – certainly not as President Vladimir Putin expected. Heads are rolling in Russian High Command. The quick fire blitzkrieg to occupy Kyiv and topple the Zelenskyy government has been bogged down – l...

A North Sea firm has started production from a landmark development that won backing from US billionaire Warren Buffet.

The Cheltenham Festival is underway for 2022, but where is its famous racecourse found?

Millions of pounds will change hands on each of the four days of the festival as punters try their luck to beat the bookies.

2022’s instalment of the festival and the famous ‘Cheltenham roar’ is just days away.

A fiercely contested bidding process has been under way between four parties to hold the licence, which Camelot has operated since 1994.

A Russian journalist has been taken into police custody after she bravely interrupted a live news programme to hold an anti-war protest for Ukraine.

This year’s Cheltenham Festival will get underway on Tuesday, 15 March.

Horse racing experts at Paddy Power have come together ahead of the Cheltenham Festival to discuss their tips and favourites for each day.

MORE than 20,000 people and groups have offered to sponsor Ukrainians fleeing the war since a new scheme launched just two hours ago.

SCOTLAND will face Poland in a friendly after their World Cup play-off against Ukraine was postponed.

THE number of people in hospital with Covid has soared to a record level for more than a year.

THE hospitality company that trades under the American-themed Fridays and 63rd + 1st brands has underlined its appetite for acquisitions and opening new outlets as it unveiled its maiden results as a stock market listed company.

Scotland's World Cup play-off final will be free-to-air if the side beat Ukraine first.

WORK is under way to install chargers around the Scottish city as part of plans to introduce 81 on-street chargers serving 141 parking bays.

CHINA has locked down multiple cities as it battles its biggest Covid surge since the start of the pandemic.

THE RAIL regulator has been urged to take high speed trains out of service in Scotland in the wake of the Stonehaven rail crash which claimed the lives of three people.

THE PRIME Minister is to accept the planned payrise for MPs but has yet to say whether he will donate it to charity.

The boss of the biggest chicken producer in the UK has warned food prices could rise by 15 per cent as a result of the war in Ukraine.

NICOLA Sturgeon has been urged to confirm she will follow through with removing all remaining Covid-19 restrictions despite a soaring number of positive cases.

Siriki Dembele might beat brother Karamoko to the punch

THE HOME Office has issued more than 4000 visas for Ukrainians fleeing the war.

Figures from data firm Experian Catalist show the average cost of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts on Sunday was 163.5p, while diesel was 173.4p.