One very good way to help pay for an ageing population is to make the UK attractive to younger workers from other countries

LABOUR activists in Aberdeen have hit out after Anas Sarwar put a windfall tax on energy giants at the heart of the party’s manifesto for next month’s local elections.

THE apathy of the status quo is a robust thing and becomes tyranny when coupled with the twin desires to preserve tradition and defer to the rich.

OMEGA Diagnostics has said it expects to report a 41 per cent increase in annual revenues to £12.3 million for the year ended March 31, 2022, as a dispute with the UK Government over an ill-fated Covid testing contract continues.

GROWTH in permanent staff appointments across Scotland accelerated in March to the second-sharpest pace on record, according to a survey which highlights the strength of the labour market.

More than 30 people were killed and over 100 were wounded in a Russian rocket strike on a railway station in east Ukraine on Friday as civilians tried to evacuate to safer parts of the country, the state railway company said.

The Chancellor has defended his wife after it emerged she holds the tax-reducing non-domiciled status, as it was reported his allies have accused No 10 of being responsible for the briefings.

NEARLY 40 years ago, a suave Glaswegian with a shiny jacket and a demi-wave you could only get away with in the 1980s uttered the first words on Channel 4.

A decrease in the number of people visiting stores in Scotland throughout March has led to pleas from experts for swift action to generate footfall.

A west coast island, only 90 minutes from central Glasgow, has been named as Scotland’s best place to live by a panel of judges.

Russian forces have now “fully withdrawn” from northern Ukraine into Belarus and Russia, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said.

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A firm behind controversial plans to develop the giant Cambo field off Shetland is being acquired by an Israeli-owned oil company.

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SHELL has said it expects to record a charge of up to $5 billion following the company’s decision to quit Russia in response to the country launching its assault on Ukraine.

An organic food specialist is to open an urban garden in Glasgow after securing a 20-year-lease on a prime site in the south of the site.

EDINBURGH-based life sciences firm Kynos Therapeutics has won multi-million pound backing as it looks to develop pioneering drugs to help tackle problems caused by inflammation.

I READ with interest the letter from Allan Sutherland suggesting that we should totally forget about Partygate because (in his view) the Prime Minister was leading the world in terms of our sanctions against Russia and support for Ukraine. I had to d...

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IF it’s no broke, dinnae fix it. That must be the SNP election team’s mantra, since their long-running vote-winning strategy appears still to be working after all these years. A survey by pollster Survation suggests – astonishingly – that aft...

IS it possible to trademark a historic word of more than 500 years that is still in use today? Meghan Markle is trying to do so.

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Millions of people across the UK have been left worried about affording household bills following the huge hike in energy costs this month.

AS I mentioned in my last column, the lifting of the UK's last remaining travel restrictions was warmly welcomed by our sun, sea and sangria-seeking holidaymakers and hailed by many business leaders as a vital and timely boost to the fortunes of our ...

COMPASSION, it seems, isn’t enough to help people escape danger when you have the dead hand of Whitehall to contend with.

NICOLA Sturgeon has been accused of Donald Trump-like “arrogance and cowardice” after the SNP excluded the press from its local election launch.

Over the Bridge festival is set to take place in Edinburgh this summer - here's how you can get tickets today.

ABERDEEN-based subsea engineering specialist Ashtead Technology has highlighted the potential for oil and gas activity to increase as the UK looks to limit its reliance on imports amid the fallout from the Ukraine war.

Brits could see temperatures as low as -5c by the end of the week, with four inches of snow forecast for some areas.

A Ukrainian woman told a vigil she does not want her homeland to be forgotten as the war rages on, urging people to keep supporting the besieged country.

Cracks discovered last year on trains on trains discovered last year – including some run by ScotRail – were caused by excess movement and aluminium corroded by salt in the air, an investigation has found.

ENERGY policy is no longer just about keeping the lights on.

A firm behind controversial plans to develop the giant Cambo oil field off Shetland is being acquired by an Israeli-owned oil company.

Braehead, the retail and leisure destination owned by property company SGS, has announced the opening of a new H&M store in May.

WOMEN for Independence's National Committee learned of a £31,824.10 discrepancy in their known income and expenditure figures in November 2015, jurors at the embezzlement trial of former SNP MP Natalie McGarry have been told.

A LIB Dem who was sacked as a MP hopeful for saying Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg and other senior Tories should be "hung, drawn and quartered," and “burned at the stake” is now running to be councillor for the party in Stirling, The Herald can ...

The Scottish Government has recorded more than 6000 new coronavirus cases and 33 further deaths have been reported overnight.

A SCOTTISH man has appeared in court charged with espionage.

Rishi Sunak is facing demands to answer “very serious questions” over his family’s finances after it emerged that his wife holds the tax-reducing non-domiciled status.

ANAS Sarwar has appealed to former Labour voters to “come back home”.

The north of Scotland is set for more travel chaos as wintry conditions continue across the country.

Campaigners have blasted the UK Government's energy strategy today accusing ministers of being 'reckless'.

NEW oil and gas licenses are to be issued by the UK Government and as many as 8 new nuclear reactors built as part of its energy strategy.

More than 60 of Glasgow's bars, restaurants, unique venues and makers are taking part in a campaign to celebrate local produce and businesses.

AN unusual number of hepatitis cases have been detected in young children across Scotland's central belt.

STRUGGLED to achieve the recommended eight hours last night. What a world. Just when you think the water barrel of misery cannot hold another drop along comes the news that there are fewer billionaires on the planet this year than last.

HOLYROOD’S Easter recess offers a chance to reflect on matters away from the day-to-day rush. Like the milestone Nicola Sturgeon reaches next month.

SHELL got $121 million (£90m) net tax rebates from the UK Government last year when the group benefitted from the surge in oil and gas prices, which has fuelled a cost of living crisis.

CAR dealership owner Lookers has hailed a record year despite coronavirus and new vehicle supply constraints.

I was visiting some friends the other day and got talking to their 14-year-old daughter about a film she’d just watched: The Iron Lady, Meryl Streep’s movie about Margaret Thatcher. So what did you think of it, I asked. “Mrs Thatcher was awful,...