MSPS have rejected calls for assurances that that there would be ministerial resignations if the timetable for the completion of two delayed and over-budget ferries is missed again.

STATE-CONTROLLED ferry operator CalMac is planning to charge users for cancelling a booking - in a move one user group described as "punitive" and may be unlawful.

SCOTLAND's rail services face being brought to a summer standstill as thousands of railway workers ballot for strike action as safety concerns surface over plans to cut hundreds of critical maintenance jobs.

By Ian McConnell

Do you still watch Doctor Who? Nah. Didn’t think so. The ratings for the latest episode were 2.2million, which is lower than the numbers the show was getting at the fag-end of the 80s when its enemies were Coronation Street, the BBC itself, and the...

WOOD chief executive Robin Watson has welcomed signs of increased activity in the North Sea oil and gas market as he insisted the £2.2 billion acquisition the group completed to reduce its reliance on the area made sense.

A SCOTTISH charity boss has slammed a deal struck between a national food bank network and Deliveroo.

A SENIOR Labour politician has criticised Anas Sarwar's opposition to the formation of any coalitions between their party and the SNP after the May elections.

By Scott Wright

PLANS for a major investment by one of Glasgow’s longest-established firms sparked a flicker of hope that there could be a brighter future for the beleaguered city centre.

HAMPDEN & Co has hailed strong growth in loans and deposits in 2021, which it said was driven in part by its evolving product suite and increased referrals from professional intermediaries.

SNP ministers are drawing up a strategy to attract skilled renewables, life sciences and space sector workers to Scotland from other parts of the United Kingdom.

Almost 900 referrals about child abuse were reported to Scottish agencies last year, according to new figures released by the NSPCC helpline.

The Queen’s 96th birthday has been marked with the release of a picture showing her indulging her passion for horses and ponies.

Relentless Russian attacks pounded the last Ukrainian stronghold in the besieged city of Mariupol as a fighter apparently on the inside issued a video plea for help, saying defenders holed up in a giant steel factory “may have only a few days or ho...

A LEADING dental professor is encouraging decision makers to consider employing more dental therapists in a bid to help tackle the significant backlog of patients waiting for appointments.

By Ian McConnell

Thirteen Scottish firms have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, including double winner Calnex Solutions of Linlithgow.

ONLY one in four patients admitted to intensive care with Covid since the beginning of the year were hospitalised because of the infection.

SSE is making a €580m (£480m) move into Southern Europe with the acquisition of a portfolio of onshore wind development projects from Siemens Gamesa Renewables Europe (SGRE).

I WAS aghast when I read the CEO of Scottish Power’s comments regarding escalating energy bills and his suggestions of who should be paying more ("‘Give poorest £1,000 off bills’ says Scottish Power boss", The Herald, April 20). Scottish Power...

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

There is nothing more classically British than afternoon tea. In fact, the UK has consumed more tea than most countries around the world, with a love for the drink that not only dates back centuries, but has got more popular over time. Here are four ...

Food for thought

Dr Colin Alexander

ARE you a confused voter? With the council elections only two weeks away, voters should be focusing on who they think may do the best job locally, rather than who they love or hate nationally. But confusion has engulfed Scotland’s electorate. They ...

With women accounting for just one third of the global renewables workforce, the Aberdeen based Net Zero Technology Centre is encouraging Scottish schools and universities to promote career opportunities within the thriving green energy sector

House prices in a popular Scottish suburb shot up by £2,500 a day in February, according to a report.

IT’S a tricky place, the moral high ground. Hard to reach, harder to hold.

The Scottish Conservatives’ political opponents have called on them to hold Boris Johnson to account in a key Commons vote over whether he should face investigation over the partygate scandal.

Our cartoonist Steven Camley's take on Johnson and the great auk

Met Office forecasters have warned temperatures are set to plummet in the early days of next week.

THE First Minister has been told to take personal responsibility for ensuring the completion of two delayed and over-budget ferries finally provide the lifeline services they were being built to provide.

A SCOTTISH brewer has claimed it is now Tesco’s top selling craft beer as it hailed sales tripling year-on-year to almost £2 million.

DISPLACED Ukrainians seeking refuge in Scotland find their applications are "slowed down" when they opt into the Scottish Government's super-sponsor scheme, the Scottish Conservatives have claimed.

Colleges have been urged to make a pay offer that "truly values" lecturers as national strikes get under way in a battle for better salaries.

MINISTERS in Scotland have been urged to include public sector workers in its trials on a four day working week.

VANDALS have caused “irreversible damage” at a historic site in south-west Scotland.

BEFORE any national election campaign SNP pledges on independence have become as predictable as the first undraped chest of a Glasgow spring. You can set your watch by them.

NICOLA Sturgeon has said she has no plans to step down as First Minister anytime soon, but admitted that if she was to lose a second independence referendum, she would likely “make way” for someone else.

Almost 4000 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Scotland in the past 24 hours, as a further 45 deaths are reported.

FINANCE and Economy Secretary Kate Forbes has hailed the “strength and resilience” of Scotland’s economic sector as the latest GDP figures showed a growth of 0.4 per cent in February.

BORIS Johnson has been called a "Pinocchio Prime Minister" and told to resign after receiving a fine from the police.

An injured mountain biker had to be airlifted from a Scottish trail after a serious crash.

Universal free school meals should be expanded to all pupils across the primary and secondary sectors, according to union campaigners.

A MAN found guilty of repeatedly abusing teenagers in 2016 is standing for Aberdeen City Council.

THE HEAD of the Lords appointments body has said there was "no pressure" put on them to give Evgeny Lebedev a peerage.

RACING greyhounds are being fed cocaine, and regularly risk “catastrophic” injury, MSPs have been told.

SCOTTISH transport giant FirstGroup has unveiled a telecoms veteran as its new chief executive.

Home Secretary Priti Patel will decide whether Julian Assange will be extradited after magistrates formally issued an order to hand him over to the United States