Scotland Herald
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 07:18:17 +0100Faroes dolphin cull quota is shockingly high
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.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 06:01:00 +0100Alison Rowat: Is this the tweet that will deal killer blow to Trump's comeback?
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.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:44:00 +0100Mark Smith: At last – a plan for George Square we can all support?
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...
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:20:00 +0100Climate change ‘pushing rare Scots plants towards extinction’
CLIMATE change has pushed rare plants to the brink of extinction, scientists have warned.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:20:00 +0100Ferry fiasco fail: Cost of repairs to ageing lifeline CalMac fleet triples in a decade
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.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:03:00 +0100PureLiFi raises £10m to take on global mass consumer markets
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.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100Tribute as mining entrepreneur Willie McLucas dies
TRIBUTE has been paid to Scottish mining entrepreneur Willie McLucas, who has died aged 67.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100Major overhaul needed to decarbonise Scotland's economy, stark report warns
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.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100Nicola Sturgeon to set out strategy for independent Scotland to overhaul democracy
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.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100Wetherspoon shares fall sharply after loss warning
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.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 06:07:00 +0100Neil Mackay: If Afghan death-squad claims are proven the SAS must be disbanded and those guilty jailed for life for war crimes
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?
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:54:00 +0100Colin McLean: Steely resolve required in sustainable overhaul of Scotland's food ecosystem
By Colin McLean
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 06:18:00 +0100Kirsty Strickland: It’s difficult being a young woman today. We should try to make it easier
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.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100Decision to raise risk status relating to African Swine Fever welcomed
Farming
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100Letter: How can our millionaire leaders have any concept of the realities of life?
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...
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 00:05:00 +0100£3m funding boost to accelerate novel air capture technology
By Karen Peattie
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 00:03:00 +0100Sales soar at cashmere firm Johnstons of Elgin amid inflation warning
By Karen Peattie
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 06:24:00 +0100Robert McNeil: The smiling backstabbers, having removed their knives, now patted Boris on the back
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.”
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 00:10:00 +0100Framed answer July 14: Framed movies hints and today's answer
What is today's Framed? Some hints to help you guess the movie. Plus the answer for when you've given up!
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 00:01:00 +0100Quordle answer July 14: Quordle words hints and today's answer
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Thu, 14 Jul 2022 00:01:00 +0100Heardle answer July 14: Spotify's Heardle song hints and today's answer
Move over Wordle, you can now shake things up with its music spin-off Heardle.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 00:01:00 +0100Wordle 390 July 14: Wordle word hints and today's answer
Hints and answer for today's Wordle.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 09:02:52 +0100Seven more steps to Glasgow’s new future
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.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100What’s going on with BBC salaries?
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.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100Herald Diary: When the chat is football crazy
Mind your language
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100Why do people play the lottery even though the odds are small?
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 ...
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 00:01:00 +0100New species of fungus ‘unknown to science’ found in Cairngorm mountains
A never before discovered type of fungus has been amongst the “wild and wonderful species” that have been found in the Cairngorm mountains.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 18:13:51 +0100Probe launched over 'shocking' claims that safety complaints at Glasgow's Broadcast venue led to 'dismissals'
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.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 17:09:57 +0100Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt eliminated from Tory leadership race
CHANCELLOR Nadhim Zahawi and former UK health secretary Jeremy Hunt have been eliminated from the Tory leadership race.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 16:17:06 +0100ScotRail faces further travel chaos as biggest rail strike in 30 years continues
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.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 16:32:36 +0100Edinburgh Trams: Leith Walk reopens
A MAJOR thoroughfare in the Scottish capital is to reopen as the city's tramworks edge forward.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 15:56:38 +0100Non-binary support appeal despite SNP pledge to consider extending legal recognition
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.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 14:15:26 +0100SNP's Ian Blackford warns Tory leadership contest has 'descended into toxic race to the right'
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.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 14:44:40 +0100Poll: Penny Mordaunt new favourite to become Tory leader
Penny Mordaunt has become the favourite to become the next Conservative party leader, a poll has suggested.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 13:40:06 +0100No trains home for Gerry Cinnamon gig-goers as ScotRail timetable cuts continue
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.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 13:04:51 +0100Boris Johnson warns he could be gone by next week if successor chosen by 'acclamation'
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.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 12:54:39 +0100PMQs: Why MPs are wearing white flower badges
Boris Johnson and Liz Truss were among the MPs wearing the white flower badges on their lapels on Wednesday.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 12:26:28 +0100Watch: Kenny MacAskill and Neale Hanvey kicked out of PMQs
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.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 12:09:18 +0100'Very high' wildfire risk in East and North East Scotland
The risk of wildfires spreading in the east of Scotland has been raised to "very high".
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 11:42:53 +0100Priti Patel 'distracted by chaos of Tory fighting' after pulling out of committee grilling
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.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 11:18:59 +0100Charity criticises First Minister for 'turning down' series of invites to witness plight of homeless
A CHARITY has criticised the First Minister for turning down a series of invites to witness the scale of the homeless problem in Scotland.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100Brexit, Australia trade deal: Ian McConnell: High time Tories did level with the public
By Ian McConnell
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 11:08:51 +0100Rishi Sunak accused of 'dirty tricks' as Conservative leadership contest turns bitter
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.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 11:11:16 +0100Ofgem orders energy suppliers to act urgently over direct debit 'failings'
Energy regulator Ofgem has instructed a number of suppliers to take immediate action over failings in how they charge customers direct debits.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 10:06:02 +0100Wetherspoon warns on loss amid slow pubs recovery
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.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 06:24:00 +0100Scots 'David v Goliath milestone moment' as campaigners block salmon farming giant Mowi's expansion
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.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 05:05:00 +0100'Troubling': A third of young Scots women say they have had an abusive partner
OVER one in three young women in Scotland said they have been in an intimate relationship with someone who harmed them physically or emotionally.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100Glasgow John R Adam acquired by Recycling Lives
A 130-YEAR-OLD Scottish family-owned recycling company has been acquired by a major end-of-life vehicle processor.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100CBRE: Edinburgh office market down, Glasgow up
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.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100SNP Government urged to set deadline for custody deaths reviews and support families
SNP ministers have been urged to set a deadline for reviews into deaths in custody to begin and offer families greater support.