SCOTTISH ministers have been urged to back a new UK law on gene editing, with Boris Johnson's environment secretary promising it will “tackle the challenges of our age”.

STATE-CONTROLLED ScotRail carried out a second day of cancelled and curtailed train trips - despite having already axed a third of services "to give greater certainty" to the public.

NATIONALISED ScotRail is carrying out urgent reviews of its move to cut services by a third - as ministers were warned that they presented a safety risk to the general public.

IT was closed for more than five years, cost almost £70 million to refurbish and was being hailed as a venue which could help aid Glasgow’s recovery from the pandemic.

By Scott Wright

AS the cost-of-living crisis intensifies, the UK Government appears to be trying to make a bigger noise about helping.

Calnex chief executive Tommy Cook said the company has suffered “a lot of pain” accessing vital supplies of semiconductors in recent months, though so far there has been no tangible damage to business.

A FORMER Conservative MSP has warned that the legal hurdles facing the Scottish Government in bringing forward legislation to hold a second independence referendum are “not insurmountable”.

NICOLA Sturgeon has today become Scotland's longest-serving First Minister having been in the top role for a total of seven years, six months and five days.

Expanding insurance brokerage Kelvin Smith has promoted two long-standing employees to director level in recognition of the part they have played in the company’s growth.

By Ian McConnell

IMAGINE a book that can’t be burnt. Actually, you don’t have to imagine, that very thing has just been created.

CAN it only be nine months since the fall of Kabul to the Taliban after 20 years of illegal invasion by NATO forces led by the USA – an invasion justified by the lie that the Taliban were implicit in 9/11?

WE watched Rangers fans scrambling for the paltry 9,000 tickets on offer to watch a European final last week. Frankfurt had a similar number of tickets and yet by kick off, the 42,000-seater stadium was filled with what looked like nothing but Ranger...

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

EARLY in June, the tussocky field of sheep behind our house will be transformed into a sward fit for Lords. All trace of the flock will be swept up (no small feat), and the grass mown and rollered. After which, gazebos will be erected and tables set ...

Marks & Spencer has said it will exit its Russian franchise business as the retail giant also warned that its sales growth will slow due to the cost-of-living crisis.

Our cartoonist Steven Camley's take on Sturgeon's milestone as longest serving First Minister.

THE wait goes on for Nicola Sturgeon’s independence referendum bill. Yet, surely, it is coming. This time, even Nicola Sturgeon cannot get away with marching her troops back down the hill without even a Bill to show for all their troubles.

IT IS time for the great reveal. Nicola Sturgeon has promised to publish an updated prospectus on the “opportunities and the challenges” of independence. And about time. The last prospectus, the Independence White Paper, Scotland's Future, of 201...

The survey, Understanding Scotland, interviewed more than 2,000 adults about their finances

The report is expected to be heavily critical of the culture in No 10 and contain names of some of those who attended gatherings

Weighty problem

SCOTLAND's rail services are about to plunged into fresh chaos as Network Rail workers voted overwhelmingly to strike in a bitter dispute over jobs and pay and conditions.

DEPUTY First Minister John Swinney has claimed Scotland has been put in a “ludicrous constitutional position” by the UK Government as he faced criticism for a lack of urgency in redrawing plans for legislation blocked by a Supreme Court challenge...

THE FIRST trans president of NUS Scotland has rubbished claims “bad faith actors” will use gender recognition proposals to attack and harass women in single-sex spaces.

A CRUISE ship has been impounded at Greenock following a swoop by Maritime and Coastguard Agency inspectors who found a raft of serious 'deficiencies' with the vessel.

THE SNP has warned it could be “forced into opposition by parties undermining the election outcome” in Edinburgh as unionist councillors draw up plans to block the biggest party from running the city.

Edinburgh taxi drivers will soon be equipped with Naloxone in an effort to prevent drug overdoses in Scotland.

A US-based fashion brand has lodged an application to revamp a store on George Street in Edinburgh.

By Ian McConnell

Scots stand a chance of catching a glimpse of the northern lights later this week amid expected geomagnetic storms.

SCOTTISH Conservative leader Douglas Ross has been told to 'grow a backbone' and resubmit his letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson.

THE transport minister has said she hoped a "number" of axed nationalised ScotRail services will be restored "in a matter of days" while offering no hope for compensation to businesses hit by the cuts.

INSIDERS working at the heart of government have spoken out about the partygate affair for the first time, challenging the Prime Minister's version of events.

MSPs have been warned health inequalities will get worse if governments fail to act quickly to help struggling families with the current cost-of-living crisis.

Rishi Sunak has been urged to slap a windfall tax on "polluters who are harming our environment" and not on green energy producers.

Kate Forbes said Conservative ministers were allowing people to struggle while they "sit on their hands", after Ofgem confirmed the cap would rise to around £2800 in the autumn.

HOUSEHOLD fuel bills are set to rise by at least £800 at the next price cap review.

DOWNING Street has denied reports that Boris Johnson proposed that Sue Gray abandon her report into the partygate affair.

Glasgow has fallen behind other Scottish local authority areas in completing the census.

CAMPAIGNERS are stepping up their demand to SNP and Green MSPs to enshrine a right to food in Scotland after the two parties rejected a proposal to do so in legislation currently going through Holyrood.

ENTERTAINMENT venues have hit out at cuts to the ScotRail timetable - as one Glasgow venue brought forward a gig as the last train home has been brought forward by in some cases hours.

Calnex Solutions has posted a double-digit increase in revenues and profits despite "constant worries" about global shortgages of semiconductors that are vital to its telecoms testing equipment.

JOHNSTON Carmichael has entered a new era following a change of chairman.

Police Scotland is investigating the damage done to the Barclays branch on Union Street in Aberdeen. 

SNP ministers have been urged to bring back updated plans to embed a key UK treaty into Scots law “as a matter of urgency”.

MORE than 8,000 A&E patients were forced to wait over four hours to be seen last week, according to the latest figures.

THE ONYX building in Glasgow has secured a prestigious British Council of Offices accolade.

Scotland’s transport minister has accused unions of a lack of respect after being  accused of lying over the newly nationalised ScotRail dispute that has led to major cuts to national rail services.