BORIS Johnson and Rishi Sunak both seem to favour an approach which is big on populism, always apparently keen on portraying themselves as

Call that a paella? Just because it’s got some rice and is cooked in a big, flat pan, doesn’t mean it’s the real deal. After years of controversy the dish has been pinned down and many of the ingredients you think might belong – fish, shellfi...

Scottish ministers approved a calamitous contract for the construction of two ferries despite being warned that it carried “significant risks” for taxpayers, the public spending watchdog has found.

MULTIPLE failures have led to a risk that vital lifeline vessels at the centre of Scotland's ferry-building fiasco may never be put into service.

I remember when no one had died; I remember when the worst-case scenario was 20,000 deaths.

A FLAGSHIP Glasgow homes development at a brownfield site has been hailed by city MSP and leader of the Scottish Labour Party Anas Sarwar.

Almost all remaining legal measures to control coronavirus were lifted on Monday but for Glasgow city centre full recovery is still some way off.

Sanctions against Russia could have a “catastrophic and long lasting” impact on the country, but they will come at a cost to the UK and the poorest households will be hit hardest, an influential group of MPs has warned.

This week, like so many others recently, has shown us both the best and the worst of devolved Scottish politics. And in this week, as in so many others, most commentators are so deeply entrenched in their tribal rabbit-holes that they can see only on...

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Since the courts forced the reopening of places of worship in Scotland, I have attended church at least once a week. Every time I have attended, I have been legally required to wear a face covering despite often sitting two metres or further from oth...

The day Ukraine was invaded, one of my friends texted a former Russian colleague, expressing his shock. The reply was chilling. In an instant, a man he had known and liked for years seemed to have become a stranger. Not only did he endorse Putin’s ...

SCOTLAND’S largest city has been named most resilient in the face of the pandemic in a new analysis of economic vitality across major UK cities.

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TACKLING problem drinking in the LGBTQ+ community has been hampered by perceptions that alcohol services are for "straight middle-aged men", according to researchers.

When Rishi Sunak steps up to deliver his Spring Statement today, many households and businesses across Scotland will be listening intently amid the current cost-of-living crisis.

The owner of The Gailes Hotel in Irvine has launched a recruitment campaign as the Ayrshire hospitality group ramps up to emerge from the Covid pandemic.

WHEN Gordon Brown starts talking up a referendum on independence, you can be damn sure there isn't going to be one. The unionist former Prime Minister, and Better Together icon, said this week that Boris Johnson “shouldn't be afraid” of holding a...

WHILE Vladimir Putin commits war crimes on a daily basis in Ukraine, blowing up shelters for babies, pregnant mothers, children, old and vulnerable people; while he tries to blast and starve 300,000 Mariupol citizens into submission; while he kidnaps...

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Our cartoonist Steven Camley's take on the ferries fiasco.

Fighting talk

the Scots comic said she was changing the way she perceived her condition and was no longer trying to "fight and stay strong"

All of Newsquest's titles across the UK are united in our efforts to support the people of Ukraine and we have raised more than £10,000 already.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has denied that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has stalled.

Flydubai is resuming services to Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen Airport — get the latest news and updates about this route here.

THERE'S no need to pay for an expensive holiday as Glasgow is set to be hotter than Madrid.

THE CHANCELLOR is coming under pressure to deliver new plans to help the spiralling cost of living crisis as he prepares to deliver his Spring budget update.

Network Rail has announced that a Glasgow station will not reopen until June this year due to an extended period of maintenance work.

POLICE should be compelled to tell women if their partner is an abuser, an MSP has said.

Scots ministers are to raise concerns about safety issues with P&O ships after the ferry firm fired 800 staff to take on cheaper agency staff to cut crew costs by half.

WESTERN officials have warned that Russia could release more clips from calls with UK Government ministers, after the defence and home secretaries were targeted.

ISLANDERS have been hiring fishing boats and inflatables for essential journeys after only a third of sailings went ahead in February.

HUNDREDS of people who were wrongfully penalised due to a faulty Post Office computer system are to be compensated by the government.

A Conservative policy document containing proposals to scrap Curriculum for Excellence would take Scottish education “back to the 1950s”, it has been warned.

A SCOTTISH Tory council candidate called Nicola Sturgeon a “dictator” who has been “making up” Covid figures to justify strict restrictions and feed her desire for power, The National can reveal.

AN SNP minister has been forced to defend his government’s £2.8 billion small business scheme that was panned by respected economists for “no evidence” it has been effective.

A FORMER foreign policy advisor to the late Robin Cook has insisted Scotland joining the EU and Nato as an independent state is the "best way" for the country to contribute to international affairs in the wake of Russia's full scale invasion of Ukrai...

THE founder and chairman of JD Wetherspoon has attacked the UK Government for returning value-added tax to 20 per cent for the hospitality sector.

REVIVING controversial plans to open up a North Sea oil field would do nothing to reduce prices for consumers or improve the UK’s energy security, ministers have been warned.

The owner of The Gailes Hotel in Ayrshire has launched a recruitment campaign as the Ayrshire hospitality group ramps up to emerge from the Covid pandemic.

SCOTS ministers have been condemned by a cross-party group of MPs for ploughing £50m into 'failing' Prestwick Airport while failing to back other airports during the pandemic.

RECORD numbers of people in Scotland endured excessive waits for A&E treatment last week, after performance figures deteriorated yet again.

THE SNP is coming under pressure to sack a council candidate who drove from Dundee to Edinburgh to call the Pope a c***.

MULTI-MILLION pound contracts for teams to lead the resinstatement of Glasgow School of Art's fire ravaged Mackintosh building have gone out to tender.

A Scottish developer known for transforming redundant buildings and urban brownfield sites into residential communities has made its first move into the nation’s capital.

SCOTTISH cycling world record holder Josh Quigley has called for bike helmets to be made mandatory in Scotland.

The office is back, dust off your suits and pack away your jammies. Or is it? UK petrol prices are at a record high following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

It is a Highland peninsula peninsula, surrounded by expanses of water, with the Cromarty Firth to the north, the Beauly Firth to the south and the Moray Firth to the east.