THE building blocks for an immense renewable energy project off Scotland stand on the quayside, waiting like impatient giants.

IT'S less Netflix and chill to more of a cold shoulder.

BUDGET airline Ryanair has swung to a first-quarter profit despite airport disruption but warned the market is fragile as it was claimed “the golden age of cheap air travel is over”.

THE board of North Sea-focused Serica Energy has “unanimously” rejected a revised takeover proposal from energy investment firm Kistos, declaring that it “significantly undervalues” the company.

Surges in air fares, delays, cancellations, strikes and general airport mayhem have dominated the headlines so far this summer, and with massive staff shortages throughout the global aviation industry, there is no prospect of the situation easing any...

By Ian McConnell

I see Nicola Sturgeon has been branding both contestants for the Tory leadership as ‘`hypocrites”. Par for the course, you might say; a childish insult unworthy of further consideration.

THIS month has seen the general, UK release of the much-garlanded Australian film, Nitram, about the Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania in April 1996.

By Scott Wright

By Scott Wright

MICHAEL Sheridan’s list of the supposed benefits of being part of the UK Union (Letters, July 25) is a good example of manipulating facts to justify your position. Let’s start with his claim it was the UK Government that bailed out the Irish econ...

THE queues of cars and lorries at Dover in recent days say "Brexit isn’t working" like nothing else. But that has not caused even a flicker of hesitation for the Tory leadership duo, with Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak racing around the country promisin...

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

If you have tried and loved Wordle, Quordle should be your next go-to brain teaser.

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

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

SCOTLAND’S unique verdict of “not proven” in criminal trials is again being debated publicly. The debate has run at least since the celebrated judge Lord Cockburn launched a broadside against the verdict in 1846, damming it as “against princi...

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Ecotherapy – therapeutic intervention through nature – is known to boost people’s mood

It said it will increase the price of Prime from £7.99 each month to £8.99 from September 15

Greenpeace has confirmed it will take legal action against the UK Government

Weaver is the newest word game on the block - if you are struggling with today's brainteaser here are some hints to get you to the end. And the solution if you give up!

NEVER mind the threat from China, supermarkets security-tagging Lurpak, or any other sign that the UK is going to hell in a wonky trolley. Which earrings was Liz going to wear?

RISHI Sunak and Liz Truss have clashed noisily and repeatedly in the first head-to-head TV debate of the Tory leadership debate, arguing over the cost of living, tax, and China.

DOWNING Street has insisted Boris Johnson would step down as Prime Minister once a new Tory leader is chosen after he reportedly told a supporter he wants to carry on.

Former Northern Ireland first minister David Trimble - one of the architects of the Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement which helped end the Troubles - has died, the Ulster Unionist Party has announced.

THE SNP leader of North Lanarkshire Council is facing a knife-edge confidence vote after refusing to step down over alleged sexual misconduct.

PLANS to bring an historic Scottish harbour back into greater public use have been lodged.

GLASGOW has insisted it is “the safest of safe pairs of hands” when it comes to finding a host for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

THE Scottish Government has raised a dispute with the UK Department of Work and Pensions amid spiralling costs for a new devolved welfare system.

LIZ Truss is refusing to be interviewed by the veteran political journalist Andrew Neil in an echo of Boris Johnson dodging a grilling at the 2019 general election.

PLANS to bring next year’s Eurovision Song Contest to Scotland have been reignited after the organisers of the annual pop gala announced it would need to be held in the UK.

In a speech to activists in Liverpool, the Labour leader sought to distance himself even further from Jeremy Corbyn and the 2019 manifesto, saying the "defining task” of his government would need to “ask searching questions of my party and our in...

THE race for Number 10 has been branded “puerile” and “embarrassing” by a Tory minister after a row broke out over Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss’s wardrobe choices.

LIFE has been moving fast for Steven Smith-Hay and Vault City Brewing, the Edinburgh-based company he co-founded in January 2018.

PLANS have been lodged for a 148-bed student accommodation development in the Scottish capital.

A SCOTTISH country house hotel with 29 bedrooms has been put up for sale

THE polls are up and down in the Tory leadership race but on one prediction you can (probably) rely. Tonight at 9pm Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss will be in Stoke-on-Trent for the latest live televised debate.

One of the things getting me through this Tory leadership contest is the videos of Liz Truss being weird. You’ve probably seen the one in which she says importing cheese is a “disgrace”. The one at the school in which she’s grilled about Bori...

WHEN your musical preferences stopped evolving around about the mid-1980s, you’re not really in a position to offer critiques of much that’s happened since. If you were being polite, you might say that my tastes have been in a state of arrested d...

It seems we have become obsessed with all things associated with food and drink. If so inclined, we can binge on cooking programmes, hosted by a melange of interchangeable and smug TV chefs.

Is Boris Johnson’s reign almost over or will his spirit live on in the premiership of Liz Truss?

A SCOTTISH aquaculture technology business has hailed a major link-up with a growing sustainable fish to sit alongside Scottish staples like salmon and cod.

A MYSTERIOUS outbreak of hepatitis in young children has been linked to a virus not previously associated with human disease.

RAIL travellers are being warned to expect significant disruption as strike action by RMT members of Network Rail gets under way this week.

New seasons demand new clothes. But what if you could get high-quality fashion apparel that is timeless and trending every season?

THOUSANDS of football fans will be affected due to a Glasgow subway strike which coincides with Rangers first home game of the new season.

Looking to move to Dundee? Read our pick of the city’s best places to live, from quiet coastal suburbs to the lively city centre. Discover more with MOV8.

After recent political theatrics, one could be forgiven for thinking the Edinburgh Festival had kicked off early.

Community testing and treatment key to global hep c elimination efforts