Boris Johnson’s attack on the Archbishop of Canterbury over his criticism of the Rwanda asylum policy is a “disgraceful slur”, a senior Church of England official has said.

Advertisements for a burger van have been banned for causing "unjustified distress" after trivializing the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

IT is difficult not to wonder, from time to time, if there might be a significant number of Brexiters out there who can see the pervasive effects of their folly but just cannot bring themselves to say they do.

Ukrainian troops have accused Russian forces of bombing a hospital sheltering 300 people in the besieged port city of Mariupol.

Most train services in and out of Glasgow Central have faced major disruption on Wednesday morning.

An inability to safely use lifeboats or life rafts was one of 31 failures discovered on a detained P&O Ferries vessel that linked Scotland to Northern Ireland.

THE head of Glasgow-based energy firm Scottish Power has called for  the poorest people in the country to get £1,000 off their energy bills amid warnings that four in 10 could fall into fuel poverty in October.

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Inflation and food purchases drove the value of Scottish retail sales slightly beyond pre-pandemic levels for the first time in March, but the outlook for the sector remains concerning as consumers face a severe squeeze on spending power.

The misconduct row engulfing a Scottish college is deepening amid accusations that the board of management has failed to act meaningfully on serious complaints made against it.

A NEW water purification system to help the treatment of sea lice on farmed salmon is to be tested in Scotland.

MSPs will push for ministers to resign if the timetable for the completion of two delayed and over-budget ferries slips again.

ONE OF Scotland’s most prominent lawyers has told The Herald he believes the Spanish government used Pegasus, the controversial Israeli spyware, to hack into his phone.

THE OUTGOING CEO of Scotland’s publicly-owned investment bank was handed an exit payment of £117,500 instead of working her notice period.

WOOD chief executive Robin Watson has announced plans to stand down after seven years in charge of the Aberdeen-based engineering giant.

EDINBURGH-based Capricorn Energy appears to have cooled on the idea of exploring for oil and gas on the Caribbean island of Trinidad after assessing prospects with a firm developed by a veteran of the North Sea industry.

Tweed Wealth Management is converting former rugby players into financial planners as part of its expansion strategy.

I FIND it interesting to note that Iain Gunn (Letters, April 18) has “faith” in Nicola Sturgeon to restore Scotland’s NHS. How can he have “faith” in Ms Sturgeon when she has the most abysmal record of leading Scotland over the past seven y...

THE first of almost 200 new homes for at a popular village site are set to launch by this autumn.

The new chief executive of Glasgow-based Scottish Friendly, Stephen McGee, has underlined his commitment to the savings and investment firm’s mutual status.

YESTERDAY, as MPs in Westminster squabbled over parties, the future of European civilisation was hanging in the balance as Russian troops moved to annex the Donbas region of Ukraine.

ONE of the words which you are not allowed to regard as anything other than A Good Thing is “Progressive”.

IT was the summer of 1997 when news spread about a children’s book that was becoming a word of mouth sensation. I was working for a different newspaper, and recall the first faint rumblings about Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone growing l...

Next month the Herald & GenAnalytics Diversity Conference, which will take place in Glasgow. Hosted by journalist and broadcaster, Rachel McTavish, and with a theme of Reset, Re-engage, Refocus, the conference will look at what has changed and what s...

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BORIS Johnson seems to have a particular problem keeping lawyer politicians in his government. I dare say that most Herald readers will not have heard of Lord Wolfson before last week, when he became the first and, so far, the only one of Mr Johnson�...

Our cartoonist Steven Camley's take on Johnson's Commons showdown

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A SENIOR Tory MP has submitted a no confidence letter in Boris Johnson over the partygate saga.

BORIS Johnson has apologised once again after being fined for breaking covid laws in an update to parliament.

SCOTLAND'S vaccine passport app will be "switched off," the  Scottish Government has confirmed.

THE GOVERNMENT has announced details of a £45m plan to “transform Scotland into one of Europe’s leading economies to start or grow a technology business.”

TWO long-established holiday parks on the Moray Firth have been acquired as their owner retires.

PARENTS are being urged to be on the lookout for symptoms of jaundice in their children after 13 cases of “severe hepatitis” have led to hospital admission.

MPs are to vote on whether the Prime Minister misled them when he gave reassurances that the covid rules were followed in Downing Street.

More than 3600 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours as six further deaths were registered.

Filming for the new series of hit TV drama Outlander has taken over an East Lothian country park.

NICOLA Sturgeon has hosted a series of top level discussions on a new blueprint for Scottish independence, it has emerged.

Civil servants have been told to return to the offices in a move that has sparked fury with unions.

The new steel and timber clad bridges will ensure access to the Fairy Pools on Skye "no matter the weather". 

THE head of Glasgow-based energy firm ScottishPower has called for the energy cap to be scrapped and called for more government intervention to deal with the 'truly horrific' cost of living crisis.

POLICE Scotland have been told to release more details about the death of Robin Cook following a freedom of information request.

THE former head of the Scottish Government’s drug death taskforce has accused the SNP of spending taxpayer's money on “politically motivated” projects.

THE historic Graving Dock at Govan on the River Clyde is poised to be given a new lease of life with a £500,000 restoration project.

ALEX Salmond has said he believes his Alba party is poised for an “historic political breakthrough”, setting himself up for humiliation if he is proved wrong.

Six people have been hospitalised following a major four-vehicle crash in Aberdeenshire.

THE PROPORTION of A&E patients waiting too long to be seen has matched the worst level on record.

ALMOST 200 new homes for a popular village site have been announced.