THE Scots police force watchdog have called for a shake-up on now staffing is managed as officer numbers dropped to its lowest level for 14 years - raising concerns over a crisis in the fight against crime.

LIFELINE ferry services on two routes have been cancelled for at least the next two days - due to safety issues with one of CalMac's oldest vessels.

FOUR Scottish local authority areas have the worst internet connections in the UK - despite a two-year-old Scottish Government bid to help ensure everyone in Scotland with access to superfast broadband by the end of 2021.

BP shares rose nearly four per cent in early trading after it posted its highest profit for 14 years and unveiled further plans to return cash to shareholders as it was signalled that “the debate over the rights and wrongs of BP’s bumper profits ...

It has been know for centuries as Uisge beatha, the “water of life” and is said to get its unique flavour from the many fast-flowing burns nearby that are used in production.

CHARITIES working with Ukrainians fleeing the war are warning that refugees headed for Scotland are being let down by "failed placements and a backlog of cases."

By Scott Wright

In just under a month’s time, the UK will have a new Prime Minister. Much of the Conservative Party leadership contest has focused on the UK economy which faces great uncertainty with businesses anxious as they face a gauntlet of challenges.

THE number of planned operations being carried out in Scotland remains more than a quarter below pre-pandemic levels and is down compared to a year ago, amid delays to new elective hubs.

EnQuest has reaffirmed its commitment to the North Sea as increased production and surging wholesale prices allowed the oil and gas producer to slash its debts.

IF the NHS "recovery" is measured in terms of returning to a pre-pandemic normality, then it is clear that recovery remains far off.

The Glenmorangie Company has installed a new solar array at its bottling plant in Livingston as part of a wider investment programme to double capacity at the facility.

TORY Party members haven't had a lot to cheer about during this leadership campaign. Except, that is, on Monday in Exeter, when they cheered to the rafters as Liz Truss described the First Minister of Scotland as an “attention-seeker” and said �...

By Scott Wright

SOFT drinks firm AG Barr, maker of the famous Irn-Bru brand and others including Rubicon Funkin cocktails, attributed the “exceptional British summer weather” in recent weeks for solid first-half results but warned of challenges ahead amid the co...

BRITAIN’S biggest sportswear retailer JD Sports Fashion confirmed yesterday that French businessman and former B&Q executive Régis Schultz is to become its chief executive.

DEVRO, the Scottish-based sausage-skin and food casings manufacturer, flagged a “robust first half performance” as group revenue for the period to June 30 jumped 8.3 per cent to £129.8 million from £119.9m, driven by growth in mature markets su...

EVEN before the grim inevitability of Liz Truss being confirmed as the heir to Thatcher and, by default, Prime Minister of the UK, the insults and disrespect aimed at Scotland and the country’s democratically-elected leadership that are the stock-i...

AN initiative aiming to invigorate the debate on the economics of Scottish independence gets underway today.

The countdown is underway until this year’s The Herald Digital Transformation Awards 2022 and today the finalists have been announced.

What is it?

I DIDN’T anticipate getting fully sucked into the Love Island vortex this year. I thought I’d pick away at an episode here and there, tapas-style, thereby broadening my small-talk repertoire beyond the cost of petrol without spending almost every...

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Truss campaign

Rhyme time

“MY wife had a nasty accident with the car this morning,” says an anxious husband, calling a friend from A&E. “She backed it out of the garage, forgetting that the night before she had backed it in.”

The Scottish Greens co-leader accused both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak of ‘disrespecting’ the Scottish people and the Scottish Parliament

The DC film, which was set to feature Hollywood stars Michael Keaton, Brendan Fraser, JK Simmons and Leslie Grace

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.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

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

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of the older brother of the Manchester Arena bomber for failing to give evidence at the public inquiry into the attack.

A businessman who says he was maliciously prosecuted has accused police and prosecutors in court of lying to a sheriff during a doomed money-laundering probe.

NICOLA Sturgeon has deleted a tweet about more than 40,000 Russian soldiers being “eliminated” in Ukraine after being accused of “glorifying war”.

Tony Monaghan doesn’t have long to talk. There’s a queue forming in front of the Oban Seafood Hut, a green shack on the Railway Pier that was established in 1990 by fisherman John Ogden. Tourists are back and it has been a busy day. “There was...

AN historic hotel in a Scottish national park, described as one of the finest in the area, has been sold.

The Stormont Assembly in Belfast reconvened for a special sitting today to pay tribute to David Trimble, one of the principal architects of the Good Friday Agreement.

A SCOTS care at home firm has been placed into liquidation with debts of over £500,000 - raising concerns for the vulnerable in their care.

The number of police in Scotland has reached its lowest level for 14 years, figures showed – with almost 700 officers having quit the force in the last year alone.

The interim report, compiled by the Scottish Government with Ipsos, found that the money helped children "participate in social and educational opportunities" and allowed families to buy "essential items like food and nappies, and treat items such as...

LIFELINE ferry services have been disrupted for the third time in a month due to safety issues with one of CalMac's oldest vessels.

The Glenmorangie Company has installed a new solar array at its bottling plant in Livingston which will reduce its on-site energy consumption by 30 per cent.

Ask any parent, and they’ll tell you they want the best education possible for their children. More than simply grades on a page, a good education can pave the way to success for the next generation, securing their spots in top universities and, ev...

BP has said second-quarter profits more than trebled as it reaped the benefits of soaring oil and gas prices.

THE NUMBER of probable suicides registered in Scotland fell to its lowest level since 2017 last year, according to new statistics published this morning.

THE Scottish Conservative party has publicly divided over who to support in the contest to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister.

LIZ Truss’s campaign has doubled down on its criticism of Nicola Sturgeon despite a furious backlash to her dismissal of the First Minister as an “attention seeker” best ignored.

I write this from the Dordogne in France, where temperatures hit 39 ⁰C in the first days of my arrival. A couple of hours drive from this spot are areas where the “canicule”, as they call the heatwave in France, topped 40°C for days.

THE SNP has been accused of still being in denial over sexual misconduct after announcing plans to keep power in North Lanarkshire Council without mentioning why the previous leader had to resign.

VICTIMS charities and politicians have called for action after new figures revealed image-based sexual abuse crimes had more than doubled in Scotland in the last five years.