SCOTTISH ministers have been accused of “failing” in their national mission to tackle the country’s drug deaths crisis after 1,330 people lost their lives in 2021.

SHELL has posted record second quarter profits totalling $11.5 billion (£9.5bn).

YOU can pretty much put a bet on anything happening in politics. The next UK Government being a Labour/SNP coalition (9-1); Angus Robertson becoming First Minister of Scotland (2-1); even which television show Boris Johnson might appear on (Dancing o...

I should like Robert Burns, I really should. From where I’m sitting right now I can see the hill that inspired his poem “O, Were I On Parnassus Hill”. Burns would see it on his way home from Dumfries-shire and knew it meant it wouldn’t be lon...

SCOTS train services are set to be hit by a new one-day strike involving train drivers - as the nation was hit by a UK-wide strike yesterday that meant less that one in ten of normal ScotRail services were operating.

NEARLY two in three Scots councils face being hit by strikes that could close hundreds of schools and nurseries if sanctioned industrial action over staff pay goes ahead.

The retail arm of ScottishPower, which has launched the biggest recruitment drive in the company’s history, suffered a 60 per cent collapse in profits in the first half of this year as it continued to absorb the cost of higher wholesale energy pric...

A RECENT holiday offered the opportunity for a break from the world of business news. But one particular story was impossible to avoid.

OPPOSITION politicians are demanding a “substantial reduction” in Scotland’s annual drug deaths when new figures are published today.

PEOPLE drank more and ate less at pubs during the recent heatwave, Marston’s said.

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By Ian McConnell

By Ian McConnell

NOW into its fourth year, the Grenfell Inquiry is laying starkly before us the disaster that deregulation can create. Despite all that, the narrative, as the campaign for Brexit took fire, was that deregulation would set business free from the shackl...

Farming

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

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

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

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

THERE are some stories so harrowing that they have the power to knock the breath from your lungs.

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on drug statistics

AS the saying goes, one man’s meat is another man’s poison, but when it comes to interior design, the latest set of rules going viral online are fairly savage. Where does your aesthetic fit in?

Heraldry explained WE recently pointed out, with some consternation, that Glasgow’s highfalutin' West End has a lot of posh garbage proudly overflowing the bins lining its streets, yet used editions of this very newspaper are not to be found amongs...

IF you have been to the seaside so far this summer, you may have seen a poster of swooping birds, with a stark message urging beach-goers 'Don't feed the gulls!'

Cribbins also starred in the Carry On films and BBC children’s TV series Jackanory

Met Office’s annual state of the UK climate report shows how our perception of ‘normal’ temperatures is shifting

A charity has warned that more than 100 online sex crimes will be committed against children in Scotland every month the Online Safety Bill is delayed.

APRIL is the cruellest month, TS Eliot said. But October’s looking pretty grim these days too. Besides the energy crisis, if you’re an SNP activist, there’s the UK Supreme Court to look forward to.

When does the Opening Ceremony get underway and how can you watch it from home?

Scotland’s chief constable has welcomed more than 300 new probationary constables into the country’s police force.

SIR Keir Starmer has sacked his shadow transport minister for joining a picket line during the rail strike.

PRESTWICK Spaceport has hailed two “industry leading” rocket businesses are to work with Astraius as the site gears up for the first launch in 2024.

A FORMER England international cricketer has said he suffered racist abuse while playing in Scotland because of his nationality.

SCOTS could see their energy bills double by April, according to predictions by experts.

ONE of Keir Starmer's shadow ministers has defied an order not to join on a picket line in support of striking rail workers.

Only around one in five Brits think Boris Johnson should still be in No 10 serving as Prime Minister, a snap poll showed.

And the Tories have now thrown into the mix some more introspection with a leadership contest, now whittled down to Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, that seems frivolous in nature given

On average 1273 people were testing positive for Covid-19 daily in Scotland, according to the latest seven-day data.

FERRY services on two routes have been brought to a standstill after an ageing CalMac ferry was removed from service due to technical issues.

Safety concerns have prevented shipping companies from exporting millions of tonnes of trapped grain from Ukraine despite a breakthrough deal to let the Black Sea ports reopen.

A UNION says 26 of Scotland's 32 councils face targeted action after rejecting a "derisory" two per cent pay off and have voted for industrial action.

TORY leadership hopeful Liz Truss has won the support of three MSPs in the last 24 hours.

AN Edinburgh video technology company has hailed its biggest partnership to date with English football giants Manchester City.

A Scottish Royal Air Force Commander who went missing on a major mountain expedition in Pakistan is believed to have died.

Proposals for a significant mixed-use development in Falkland and an extensive range of new facilities for the village are set to go out for public consultation.

PROTESTERS have been been escorted out of Glasgow’s Central Station by police tthis morning after staging a noisy demonstration in support of striking rail workers.

Drax, which is seeking permission for a major expansion of its Cruachan hydro power plant in Argyll, has reported a rise in profits as the group benefitted from high electricity prices and strong demand for renewable energy.

BUDGET airline easyJet posted a loss it attributed to a £133 million hit from airport disruption amid a warning that labour shortages are “not going to disappear overnight”.

Rail services in Scotland will be crippled today because of a fresh strike by thousands of workers in a bitter row over jobs, pay and conditions.