Many were shocked last year when footage emerged of the Faroes dolphin hunt that killed over 1400 of the marine mammals. The images of that hunt, and its butchery, led to more than an outcry - it provoked a review by the Faroese government.

BORIS Johnson’s bid to out-Trump Donald Trump was always doomed to fail given the high standards in low behaviour set by the former President.

I wish I could have been there. I wish I could have pushed my way into the crowd. I wish I could have seen the people dancing and cheering, and the children climbing on the statues, and the fireworks. I wish I could have done my bit to drink the pubs...

CLIMATE change has pushed rare plants to the brink of extinction, scientists have warned.

THE COST of repairs to ferries run by state-controlled ferry operator CalMac has more than tripled in a decade as age takes its toll on Scotland’s ferry fleet.

Edinburgh-based pureLiFi has raised £10 million to support the commercial roll-out of its ultrafast wireless technology into consumer markets such as mobile phones, tablets and other connected devices.

TRIBUTE has been paid to Scottish mining entrepreneur Willie McLucas, who has died aged 67.

Major changes are urgently needed to decarbonise Scotland’s economy in the face of the cost-of-living crisis, a stark new report has warned.

NICOLA Sturgeon will set out “real and alternative” change for Scotland to escape Westminster rule when she unveils new plans to overhaul democracy through independence.

JD WETHERSPOON watched its shares take a sharp decline as it updated the City that rather than breaking even this year it is facing a £30 million loss.

HOW long have we been learning of such atrocities? Since I was a child in the 1970s? Since my parents were children in the 1950s? Since my grandparents were children in the 1900s?

By Colin McLean  

IT’S impossible to read through the findings of the Rise Report and not arrive at the conclusion that we are failing young women in Scotland.

Farming

BORIS Johnson's resignation, and the subsequent "race" to become his successor, has seen much of the media direct themselves away from the real issues that confound our society: food poverty, fuel poverty, in-work poverty, homelessness, addictions, m...

By Karen Peattie

By Karen Peattie

WHO would be Prime Minister? For the nature of power is this: it’s just one thing after another. As Harold Macmillan put it: “Events, dear boy, events.” Or during Boris Johnson’s tenure: “Gropes, dear boy, gropes.”

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LAST week I described the first three of ten outcomes that Glasgow Chamber’s governing council had agreed following the launch of the Scottish Government’s National Strategy for Economic Transformation.

AFTER the BBC published the salaries of its highest-paid stars as part of its annual report, the public broadcaster has faced a backlash for the “unjustified” costs that are funded through the TV licence fee.

Mind your language

It may seem obvious; everyone wants to win the jackpot! Who wouldn’t want to become an instant millionaire? Even if the odds are stacked against you, so long as you have a ticket, you have a chance. However, if we dig a bit deeper, there are other ...

A never before discovered type of fungus has been amongst the “wild and wonderful species” that have been found in the Cairngorm mountains.

A GLASGOW bar and venue has launched an investigation into 'shocking' allegations that staff have been dismissed or had their hours cut after complaining about health and safety failures.

CHANCELLOR Nadhim Zahawi and former UK health secretary Jeremy Hunt have been eliminated from the Tory leadership race.

SCOTRAIL services are set to be crippled as rail workers stage a fresh strike in a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, threatening new chaos at height of the summer holidays.

A MAJOR thoroughfare in the Scottish capital is to reopen as the city's tramworks edge forward.

LGBT charities have warned more action is needed to improve the lives of non-binary people despite a pledge from SNP ministers to investigate extending legal recognition to those who do not identify as male or female.

IAN Blackford has warned the Tory leadership contest has descended into “a toxic race to the right” as he insisted no candidate to replace Boris Johnson will put Scotland's needs first.

Penny Mordaunt has become the favourite to become the next Conservative party leader, a poll has suggested.

NATIONALISED ScotRail has issued new warning of temporary timetable disruption to those attending Gerry Cinnamon's gigs at Hampden - despite train drivers agreeing to end a pay dispute.

BORIS Johnson has suggested his premiership may not last until September as he claimed his successor could be chosen by “acclamation” instead of needing a full leadership process.

Boris Johnson and Liz Truss were among the MPs wearing the white flower badges on their lapels on Wednesday. 

ALEX Salmond’s Alba party’s only two MPs have been kicked out the House of Commons after trying to launch a protest at Prime Minister's Questions over Scottish independence.

The risk of wildfires spreading in the east of Scotland has been raised to "very high".

PRITI Patel has been accused of being distracted by the “chaos of internal Tory fighting” after she pulled out of being grilled by MPs of her controversial plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.

A CHARITY has criticised the First Minister for turning down a series of invites to witness the scale of the homeless problem in Scotland.

By Ian McConnell

THE FRONTRUNNER to become the next prime minister has been targeted by rival campaigns amid claims he has engaged in “dirty tricks” to manipulate the Tory leadership contest.

Energy regulator Ofgem has instructed a number of suppliers to take immediate action over failings in how they charge customers direct debits.

Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has warned over annual losses after hiking staff wages and ramping up spending on repairs and marketing amid a slow recovery in bar trade.

A HIGHLAND community says they have struck a crucial blow for the protection of wild fish populations in Scotland by winning a fight with a salmon farming giant to block an expansion.

OVER one in three young women in Scotland said they have been in an intimate relationship with someone who harmed them physically or emotionally.

A 130-YEAR-OLD Scottish family-owned recycling company has been acquired by a major end-of-life vehicle processor.

THE Scottish capital’s office take-up declined sharply in the last quarter, while there was an increase in leases in Glasgow, new figures show.

SNP ministers have been urged to set a deadline for reviews into deaths in custody to begin and offer families greater support.