THE Scottish Government’s Victim Notification Scheme has been branded a failure after a loophole saw people “left in the dark about the fate of criminals who have made their lives a misery.”

THE Scottish Government has been accused of “posturing but not delivering” on help for refugees.

FINANCE ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have joined forces to call on Nadhim Zahawi to help more with the cost-of-living crisis.

ON the list of heatwave do’s and don’ts, launching yourself into a final sprint for the Tory leadership should be in the same column as mad dogs and Englishmen venturing out in the midday sun.

Tory leadership debates should carry a political health warning for progressive, Remain and independence-supporting Scots. The creaking exchanges have normalised right-wingery so profoundly that Tom Tugendhat, aided by his Eggsy Kingsman spectacles, ...

Bob Dylan can be relied on to come up with words that fit any occasion. Everything is Broken, for example, written in 1989, offers a fitting anthem for 2022 Britain: “Broken hands on broken ploughs; Broken treaties; Broken vows; Broken pipes; Broke...

THIS late spring and early summer has witnessed the re-awakening of an old force – once thought spent – in the battleground of British politics. For the first time in generations a confident and articulate left-wing analysis has begun to emerge i...

By Scott Wright

A 166-year-old hotel sited on one of Scotland's busiest railway lines has been brought to market.

IT’S a genre that has a mass following of people eager to find out more about true crime and the potential to solve intriguing cases.

It has been a good month for getting out to visit companies – a combination of less scheduled meetings and events for me alongside a reality that very few of our manufacturers now take formal holiday shutdowns makes this a great opportunity to see ...

When Laura Leigh Kerr announced to her parents that she wanted to become a hairdresser, her decision was met with "horror and dismay".

THE Scottish Government’s latest paper on independence, Renewing Democracy through Independence ("Sturgeon ‘willing to talk to new PM’ over referendum proposals", The Herald, July 15, and Letters, July 16), appears to found upon an alleged defi...

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For prisoners of war, miles from home and with little hope of returning any time soon, the small hut within Camp 68 would become their tiny corner of Ukraine.

THE Diary team is based in Glasgow, though we have embedded spies in every major location in the world.

IT is the incredibly popular online game that has captivated puzzle fans all over the globe this year and now online sensation Wordle is taking a rather traditional step, by transforming into a board game.

Nicola Sturgeon has warned people to "look out for others who may be suffering from the heat."

Recycling electronic waste is the process of extracting valuable materials after shredding the electronic waste into small pieces that can be reused in a new electronic device. But some current challenges are hampering the growth of the electronics r...

It comes after Nadine Dorries announced in January that the licence fee will be frozen at £159 for the next two years until April 2024.

THE FIVE candidates vying to become the next Prime Minister have all categorically ruled out a general election if they win.

A SCOTTISH city's longest established family-run restaurant has been sold to a UK pub chain.

THE MET Office has extended its warning of extreme heat to cover Fife, the Lothians and parts of Tayside.

ONE of the favourites to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister has said she will never agree to another referendum on Scottish independence.

ALOK Sharma, the Cabinet minister who led last year’s COP25 climate summit has said he will resign if the new prime minister is not fully committed to the net zero agenda.

SCOTLAND’S justice system is failing the victims of upskirting after stark new figures revealed that only a handful of cases have been reported to the Crown Office.

One of Scotland’s top cancer experts is considering moving a major research project abroad amid political turmoil and warnings that a Brexit-linked impasse over EU funding will starve universities of talent.

By Ian McConnell

It needs to be stressed just how remarkable this Conservative leadership race really is. A party that is routinely accused of being racist and sexist has almost completely obliterated the pale, stale, male from contention.

THE political heat is on and the fear for Liz Truss’s loyal supporters is that the chances of her becoming prime minister number 56 are beginning to melt away. Desperation is beginning to follow.

Personal insights on stories from across the world by Foreign Editor David Pratt

Back Off Scotland is a group of ordinary young women who have had enough of fundamentalist Christians staging protests outside abortion clinics. They have persuaded Nicola Sturgeon to back their campaign for exclusion zones around healthcare faciliti...

CLARK Cross's "charity should begin at home" (Letters, July 10) is a sad old clichéd line. It's a challenge to my support for asylum seekers in Scotland (Letters, July 3).

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RUMBLETHUMPS

For many of us, summer is the best time of year - with warmer weather, holidays and a full social calendar.

From helping you slow down to making new friends, there are plenty of benefits to extracurricular activities. By Imy Brighty-Potts.

Aubergines are one of the more divisive vegetables out there.

Summer holidays can be a problem for people who want their houseplants to survive in their absence - but there are many things you can do to help them stay healthy while you're away.

As BBC One thriller The Control Room arrives on our screens, Danielle de Wolfe meets the cast alongside creator Nick Leather to discover more.

A fishy tale

Rishi Sunak’s vow to scrap hundreds of remaining EU laws and regulations has been undermined by leaked Treasury documents from his time as Chancellor, warning of the dangers of doing just that.

ALISTER Jack has urged the next Prime Minister to “nurture and accelerate” the UK Government’s work in Scotland.

AN AMBER weather warning of extreme heat could be extended to cover more parts of Scotland, the government has said.

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A 50% increase on one Tesco item during a cost-of-living crisis has left some customers furious - but Tesco has defended the decision.