Boris Johnson has scrambled to replace two Cabinet roles after Rishi Sunak quit as chancellor on Tuesday, alongside Sajid Javid who resigned as health secretary. Follow live updates on the latest reaction and announcements throughout the day.

A Conservative minister who was forced to "accept and repeat" assurances over the Chirs Pincher scandal which have been shown to be false has resigned.

By Ian McConnell

What's your favourite painting by a Scottish artist? We compiled a shortlist of the most loved paintings in Scotland and we would like you to vote for your favourite below.

The head of the UK’s second-largest supermarket chain has warned of further pain to come as rampant inflation continues to devour consumers’ spending power.

By Ian McConnell

The Labour leader said that even if pro-independence parties were to get over 50 per cent of the popular vote it “doesn’t change the principal position.” 

SCOTTISH fast fashion chain Quiz Clothing’s bricks and mortar policy has been “vindicated” as it swung to annual profit, it is claimed.

Primary schools across Scotland are seeing more than one-third of pupils turn up for class in the morning without having eaten, a poll of teachers suggests.

An ambitious new joint Green Freeport bid could attract major investment to Glasgow and the wider region, open up global trading opportunities and create thousands of new jobs if successful, reveals  Anthony Harrington

A Scottish charity which began out of necessity to help offer meals to those in need during the height of the pandemic is now facing soaring demand due to the cost of living crisis.

Fines for late book returns are being abolished to ensure Glasgow’s libraries continue to be accessible to all.

By Scott Wright

LAST week I was strolling by the Tweed near Melrose when I saw a woman ahead of me, wearing shorts and carrying a back-pack fit for Annapurna. Well into her seventies, she said she was late setting off. After hurting her leg the previous day, she had...

"MAKE Brexit Work” sounds like one of Boris Johnson's test slogans for the next General Election. In fact it is now Labour's headline policy following Sir Keir Starmer's remarkable conversion to the Brexit cause. He unveiled the new slogan in a spe...

SIR Keir Starmer has put his cards on the table ("Sarwar: Devolution wounded by cross-border game of blame", The Herald, July 5). He has stated that UK Labour would not attempt to undo the madness of Brexit.

She was born into a life of immense wealth and privilege but revelled in issues her peers were “ignorant or afraid of.”

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What is today's Framed? Some hints to help you guess the movie. Plus the answer for when you've given up!

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Move over Wordle, you can now shake things up with its music spin-off Heardle.

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NADHIM Zahawi has been named Boris Johnson’s new Chancellor following the resignation of Rishi Sunak.

BORIS Johnson has tonight suffered not just the resignation of his most important minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, but also that of a former Chancellor, Sajid Javid. It only took one, Sir Geoffrey Howe, to destroy Margaret That...

Nicola Sturgeon has said "the end might be nigh" for the Prime Minister as his premiership hangs in the balance after the resignation of two senior cabinet ministers.

BORIS Johnson’s leadership has been plunged into crisis after the shock resignation of Chancellor Rishi Sunak and UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid.

THE #gentleminions phenomenon hit the UK this week, with the release Minions: The Rise of Gru, and saw groups of youths wearing suits hitting the cinemas and causing, reportedly, in some cases a bit of a ruckus. Some cinemas have even banned groups w...

HUNDREDS of people have signed up to a pioneering trial by the company behind what is claimed to be the "world’s first" app-based broadband technology.

SNP ministers have been accused “recklessness” after leaked documents reportedly highlight a £2.1 billion gaping hole in the Scottish Government’s budget.

NINE people were arrested at Calvin Harris' Hampden gig on Saturday night. 

A number of council-owned vehicles have been stolen from a depot overnight on Sunday.

WORK has started on a £2.5 million cosmetic surgery hospital on Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street, following the approval of building warrants.

WARNINGS have been issued that Scotland’s NHS is “heading for a summer of chaos” as the number of patients forced to wait longer than four hours at A&E has grown to the highest on record.

More than 200 workers at a Fife engineering plant will strike over a pay offer their union says will leave them £7000 a year worse off.

“Clearly, issues around pay and reward and flexibility are playing a part in the falling numbers of applications.”

A TERMINAL at Glasgow Airport was evacuated following reports of an unattended bag.

Fashion chain Quiz has returned to annual profit thanks to recovering demand for party wear, but warned that sales may suffer as the cost of living squeeze tightens.

Overcrowding in a Scottish prison became "particularly troubling" during the coronavirus pandemic, an inspection revealed.

THE chances to have a mainstream public discussion about sentencing for criminal offences are relatively few and far between.

The American performers were due to play at the Glasgow Green on Tuesday evening. 

A lot has changed since 2014 – not least because the year of the independence referendum was before the majority of us woke up to climate change.

At least six people have died and 30 have been injured after a gunman opened fire on a July 4 parade in suburban Chicago.

Boris Johnson was briefed "in person" about an allegation of Chris Pincher's inappropriate conduct when the MP was a Foreign Office minister in 2019, it has been claimed.

By Ian McConnell

AN independent Scotland may be blocked from joining the European Union if it insisted on removing Trident before the UK had found an alternative base for the nuclear missile system, according to one of the world's leading defence experts.

A NORTH sea oil firm that won backing from US billionaire Warren Buffett saw its shares jump after an upbeat investor update.