Union leaders have warned of the 'worst cuts to rail services since the dark days of Beeching" by newly-nationalised ScotRail amidst an ongoing pay dispute which has led to hundreds of service cancellations due to driver shortages.

Some are calling the First Minister’s trip to the United States a wasteful “indy tour”. Others have been grumbling about that fact that she has centred a key speech on climate change, even as she has added to her carbon footprint a plume of tra...

TYCOON Jim McColl's Ferguson Marine only bid for the £250m ferry scandal contract after receiving written guidance from transport minister Derek Mackay that refund guarantees were not mandatory to win building work, the Herald can reveal.

IT IS Scotland's only gold mine, nestled in the hills near Tyndrum and on the brink of reaching new levels of production.

GREGGS is to raise prices amid increased costs and it said sales in office locations in larger cities have lagged behind other sites.

A COUNCILLOR who first proposed abortion clinic buffer zones in Scotland has been left “frustrated and perplexed” by the lack of action from the SNP Government to legislate.

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IT IS one of the first collections of memories to be put together to record a significant moment of our time.

PEOPLE living in Scotland's most deprived neighbourhoods account for one in three emergency hospitals due to asthma, according to new research.

By Scott Wright

A FLEDGLING company which provides biotech companies with microbial testing blocks has hailed raising £1 million to boost the business.

It is estimated that nearly 40 per cent of global carbon emissions can be attributed to the property industry, split between buildings in operation and new construction.

Glasgow-based technology developer Akari Solutions is enhancing its environmental credentials with the launch of a new app that allows individuals to track their carbon footprint as part of their organisation’s overall sustainability goals.

By Scott Wright

HAVE the Prime Minister and his Government no respect for democracy ("Changes to protocol could hit peace treaty, Johnson warned", The Herald, May 16)? More than 50 per cent of voters in Northern Ireland voted on May 5 in the Assembly elections for p...

YOU’VE probably noticed the increase in trains recently. Where there used to be the odd one running, they’re now almost constant, all day, every day. I don’t mean rail services, of course – you’ll be lucky to find any running, given that ar...

Who could forget Rowan Atkinson's turn as a blundering vicar in the classic 1990s rom-com Four Weddings and a Funeral.

THERE are plenty of legitimate reasons to criticise the SNP Government; and there’s plenty of criticism of the SNP Government which is simply manufactured nonsense.

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Our cartoonist Steven Camley on Sturgeon's US trip.

SCOTLAND’S relationships with the rest of Europe and the world matter. Given the depth of global interconnection, our devolved institutions can only fully exercise their functions by engaging with colleagues across this continent and beyond. Our po...

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AS A beginner’s guide to the dangerous impasse in Northern Ireland, which has implications for us all, I recommend an exchange in the House of Commons last week when the former Prime Minister, Theresa May, was speaking in the debate on the Queen’...

In Scotland there were 2.682 million people aged 16 and over in employment

Liz Truss will make the announcement in a statement to the Commons

The declaration came after more than 260 fighters, including some badly wounded, were evacuated and taken to areas under Russia’s control

This year has seen a whole host of household of price increases costing your family hundreds or even thousands of pounds extra per year.

BORIS Johnson has described legislation to tear up the Northern Ireland protocol as “insurance” and said the trade agreement needs to be “fixed”.

THE HEAD of the Bank of England has given an 'apocalyptic' outlook about food price rises.

THE LEADERS of the largest party in Northern Ireland have accused the UK Government of acting "shamefully" over its handling of the post-Brexit protocol.

THE ENERGY regulator's plans to review the price cap on fuel four times a year will make consumers worse off, experts have warned.

Malcolm Cunning has been deposed as the leader of the Labour group on Glasgow City Council after the party lost another local election to the SNP.

Cruden Building has completed the construction of 24 dementia-friendly homes on the site of the former St Stephen’s High School in Port Glasgow, said to be the first homes of their kind in Inverclyde.

ADMINISTRATORS for Dawnfresh Seafoods have revealed their interim fees and expenses for their work on the failed Scottish business.

THE PRIME Minister is preparing to hold crisis talks with the main political leaders in Northern Ireland in an attempt to break the impasse over Brexit rules.

THE Labour group in Glasgow will today vote on who should lead the council with the contest expected to be "close".

SNP ministers have been accused of holding the “wrong priorities" after it was revealed at least £6.6 million has been spend on spin and communications for Scotland’s health boards.

CENSUS staff are to ramp up doorstep visits as the revised deadline for completing the survey approaches after already helping 1million households.

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A LABOUR MSP has hit out at Douglas Ross for making a "personal and offensive attack" on John Swinney and resorting to "nasty politics".

EDINBURGH Airport has announced direct flights between Edinburgh and two Norwegian for the first time since before the pandemic.

POLICE Scotland have defended sending officers to the Columbian capital following concerns raised about their deployment with the First Minister.

CONSUMERS have been warned of even more energy bill pain as plans have emerged to review the price cap four times a year instead of two.

Of all the ways to measure the UK’s standing in the world, the most bizarre has to be the country’s finishing position in Eurovision.

A FORMER senior detective who snared serial killer Peter Tobin believes a couple who were staying at the same apartments where Scots holidaymaker Kirsty Maxwell died could hold vital clues.

By Scott Wright

Now, where was I? Ah yes, just about to head off on our first overseas sunny holiday in more than two years. As it turned out, it became the holiday from hell. Anyone planning a similar venture, might be able to learn from our experience. It could he...

ANAS Sarwar has insisted that he is intent on transforming Labour back into a party of government in Scotland as he stressed he has cleaned up a legacy of “toxicity” left by his predecessor.

Clearly, the public vote and overall win went massively – and rightly – to Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra. But Sam Ryder’s belting version of Spaceman won support from national juries across the continent and beyond. Even this independence supporte...

How prejudiced am I? How prejudiced are you? I saw a group of drug addicts outside my local café the other day. They were waiting for the chemist to open to get their methadone. They were shouting and swearing and generally causing a bit of a scene....