MINISTERS are facing a ferocious backlash from public sector workers after agreeing a "breakthrough" 5% pay deal to train drivers which could end a row which has led to major cuts to nationalised ScotRail services.

A senior special adviser to the First Minister was 'consulted' over a decision to award Scotland's disastrous £250m ferry contract to Jim McColl-led Ferguson Marine, it has emerged.

SHARES in Scotgold Resources rose by nine per cent as Scotland’s only gold mine operator posted record production levels at its Cononish site.

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DATAVITA has announced plans to open a new data centre in Glasgow's largest single office building at 177 Bothwell Street.

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IT SPARKED controversy when it was purchased for £8200 in 1952 and has even survived two attacks by vandals.

A graduate from the University of Glasgow has secured £2 million in funding to ramp up sales of his company’s robotic lawn mowers in the UK and abroad.

One of Scotland’s newest distilleries has signed a research partnership to achieve its aim of becoming a carbon-negative facility as it prepares to open in 2024.

CUTS in the number of beds available for people with psychiatric problems, addiction and learning disabilities may have contributed to a steep rise in the long-term use of compulsory treatment orders (CTO), according to a new report.

YOUR recent front page headlines ("Thousands left waiting in A & E for over 12 hours amid beds shortage", The Herald, June 8) and "Cancer patients facing longer waits for life-saving diagnoses", The Herald, June 9) have made for disturbing reading.

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AS most of the UK came together last weekend to celebrate the Queen’s historic 70-year reign, there was one noticeable exception. While the streets of England and Wales were lined with flags and draped in bunting, Glasgow City Council stood on the ...

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Police said the 62-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident

David Simpson, service delivery director at the nationalised rail service, said that he remains hopeful train drivers will accept an improved pay rise

Liz Truss has called it a “sham judgement” and insisted it has “absolutely no legitimacy”

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Nicola Sturgeon will face questions from Douglas Ross and Anas Sarwar at First Minister's Questions.

A UNION representing thousands of ScotRail workers has rejected a 5% pay deal offered to train drivers - placing the nationalised train operator into fresh turmoil.

Violence is happening “more and more” in schools due to inadequate levels of classroom support, a teacher union conference has been told.

Pop singer Harry Styles landed in Scotland on Thursday ahead of the start of his worldwide tour.

PUBLIC services union Unison has warned that it is targetting the shutting of schools as it confirms a strike ballot over pay which could seen tens of thousands of local authority workers down tools.

A man accused of sending threatening messages to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on social media and of abducting a sheriff has appeared in court.

A family-owned luxury inn that has been trading since 1884 has come to market.

HOSPITALITY group Manorview has revealed plans to convert a bungalow in the grounds of its Redhurst Hotel in Giffnock into a luxury suite.

SNP ministers have been warned the problem-hit census could be “worthless” after admitting a failure to achieve a target response rate despite shifting the deadline twice.

NICOLA Sturgeon has admitted some of the waits now being endured by NHS treatment are “unacceptable” after being grilled over her record on health at FMQs.

Two British soldiers have been sentenced to death after they were captured by Russian forces in Ukraine.

A police officer who was allegedly stamped on by Sheku Bayoh when attempting to restrain him had no obvious major injuries to her body when medically examined, two doctors have said.

Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of leading a government that is “all over the place” after she and the Education Secretary made contradictory statements about when the poverty-related attainment gap would be closed.

DOUGLAS Ross has said Boris Johnson should not face another leadership challenge for at least a year, despite some of his fellow rebel MPs saying it should happen much sooner.

Scottish teachers will go on strike if pay talks do not lead to an acceptable agreement, a senior union member has insisted.

THE train drivers union is recommending acceptance of a deal that could end the pay dispute which has led to major cuts to ScotRail services.

SCOTTISH government officials say there was “nothing choreographed” about the release of a key document which pinned the blame for the signing off of Scotland's ferry fiasco contract on transport minister Derek Mackay.

NICOLA Sturgeon has suggested anti-social behaviour laws could be used to stop protesters gathering outside health clinics that carry out abortions.

A MANAGER has been appointed to the famous Port Ellen Distillery on Islay for the first time in nearly four decades.

Buchanan Bus Station in Glasgow was evacuated on Wednesday after officers received reports of a suspicious package.

SCOTTISH Government senior officials have insisted there is "no blank cheque" over the £250m ferry fiasco contract - despite public finance auditors saying ministers were "committed to pay the final vessel costs regardless of the final price".

SNP ministers have published plans to reduce the number of people in prisons with a shift of remand being reserved for those who pose a safety risk.

More than 100 seabirds have died on St Kilda this season as concerns grow over the spread of avian influenza in Scotland.