ANOTHER two cases of hepatitis in young children have been confirmed in Scotland as the cause of the outbreak remains unclear.

DOUGLAS Ross labelled gatherings in Downing Street as "utterly wrong" but said Boris Johnson should not be removed from office amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Russia vowed to continue its bloody offensive in Ukraine as the war neared its seventh week.

A £3.5m programme to upgrade and expand the Thomas Telford Corpach Marina in Fort William has moved a step closer following the securement of final funding.

The former SNP finance secretary Derek Mackay has resumed publicly networking with politicians and lobbyists.

THE Scottish Tories have been accused of desperation after drafting Ruth Davidson into their local election campaign.

THE Scottish Liberal Democrats will today put a “power surge” for councils at the heart of their local election campaign as they demand the reversal of SNP centralisation.

Telecoms technology specialist Calnex Solutions has completed a multi-million acquisition to expand its reach into markets for testing software applications.

SNP councillors will press ahead with two extensions to Edinburgh’s tram network if they are returned to power in next month’s local elections – insisting it will create “a network worthy of a modern European capital”.

A FAMILY-run north Highland hotel that occupies an unusual site has been put up for sale for the first time in more than half a century.

EASYJET has said it expects to make a loss before tax in the range of £535 million to £565m for the six months to the end of March, but it is “heading in the right direction”.

OF all the features of Scottish life not to have been touched since the dawn of devolution, local government surely cries out as the one in most desperate need of reform.

Despite the impact of the Omicron variant over Christmas, the Scottish economy grew by 1.1 per cent in January, bringing output at the turn of the year above pre-pandemic (February 2020) levels.

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“They should not be described as vulnerability assessments. That is a misleading use of what actually happened.”

NORTH Sea-focused Jersey Oil & Gas has seen its shares surge six per cent after an analyst predicted interest in the company’s flagship project would be boosted by the Government’s energy security strategy.

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A PRIVATE hospital in Ayr has been bought by the NHS and will be turned into a dedicated hub for elective surgery, the Herald can reveal.

CONVERGE, the company creation programme focused on the university sector in Scotland, has noted signs that academic entrepreneurialism is recovering following a number of challenging years.

IT was a moment of pure bathos. Boris Johnson and Volodymyr Zelenskyy standing in the heart of war-torn Kyiv holding ceramic cockerels. It wasn’t hard to read their minds. The Prime Minister imagining the likely Sun headline: "Wot a cock, Boris. We...

STORNOWAY could enjoy a surge in tourist numbers and renewable energy activity in coming years under plans for a deep water terminal at the town’s port which is expected to provide a huge boost to the local economy.

PRIME Minister Johnson instigated new laws to prevent social contact, visits to sick and dying family members in hospital, to stop us attending funerals, churches or weddings. Then Boris Johnson, his spouse, his civil service staff and other minister...

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Our cartoonist Steven Camley's take on the Partygate saga

Chickening out

The news follows Boris Johnson’s warning that it would be “irresponsible” to rule out further lockdowns if more deadly coronavirus variants emerge.

THE CHANCELLOR has apologised after receiving a fine for breaking lockdown laws.

THE PRIME Minister has apologised and confirmed he has paid a fine issued by the police over the partygate saga.

VOTERS believe Boris Johnson should resign after becoming the first Prime Minister to be criminally sanctioned, two snap polls have revealed.

A SCOTTISH distiller is to launch two “Strong Waters” into the UK market.

FORMER Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has called on Boris Johnson to resign.

BORIS Johnson has been fined by the police for attending a surprise birthday party organised by his wife.

LORNA Slater has insisted that the Scottish Greens can “hold the balance of power just about anywhere” in Scotland following next month’s council elections.

SIR KEIR Starmer has insisted there will never be a coalition between Labour and the SNP.

ALMOST 5000 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Scotland and a further 31 people have died after contracting the virus.

THE PRIME Minister, his wife and the Chancellor are to be fined by the police over partygate.

One of the north Highlands’ "most iconic family-run hotels" has been put up for sale for the first time since 1955.

THE CO-LEADER of the Scottish Greens has hit back at criticism of his colleague for calling out transphobia – labelling the backlash “wild overreactions”.

THE LEADER of the Opposition has said the latest revelation about partygate fines 'blows Boris Johnson's defence out the water'.

THE SNP has been urged to explain why its parliamentarians attended an event hosted by a suspended policy adviser.

MORE than 50 fines have now been issued to government officials and political staff over the partygate saga, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed.

A TORY MP has resigned from an LGBT group and issued an apology after supporting a fellow MP who is now a convicted paedophile.

Fire crews rushed to East Argyle Street in the early hours of this morning following reports of a blaze at Hermitage Primary School.

LABOUR council candidates in Aberdeen will promise to make all bus travel in the city free as part of their offer to voters at next month’s local government elections.

SCOTTISH Labour are standing 25 council candidates who have signalled for support independence or Indyref2, according to reports.

Office take-up in Aberdeen has almost reached the total figure for 2021 in only the first three months of this year, according to analysis from Knight Frank.

The UK Government has said "all options are on the table" to respond to Russia if Moscow's forces are found to have used chemical agents.

A Conservative MP has come under fire after claiming the conviction of a fellow MP was a "dreadful miscarriage of justice”.

This week it’s the methane graph, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which monitors concentration of the gas, has announced that its levels had jumped by 17 parts per billion (ppb) in 2021.

The asylum seeker who stabbed six people in Glasgow's Park Inn hotel contacted the Home Office and other organisations more than 70 times.