THE owner of the ClydeUnion Pumps engineering facility in Glasgow is selling off land at the Cathcart site to raise cash to reinvest in the business, it was announced this morning.

ONE of the things Amanda Thomson loves about old words she has found for nature is how they “make the ordinary that we wouldn’t notice extraordinary again”.

POLITICS begins a return to normal today when Sir Keir Starmer reveals how Labour would tackle the energy bill crisis. (Spoiler: freeze the cap at current level of £1971).

SEVEN weeks after Nicola Sturgeon targeted October 2023 as the date of a second referendum, the campaign has, thus far, been curiously subdued. The First Minister – how can I put this kindly? – has adopted a relaxed approach to the approaching st...

Gordon Brown has the right answer – nationalise energy. But his suggestion is only a temporary move and comes way too late.

THE HEAD of Glasgow-based energy firm ScottishPower has told ministers they must double family support for soaring energy bills - as calls have been made for the prioritisation of domestic oil and gas production to stop charges soaring further.

Glasgow could host the Eurovision Song Contest next year which is good news – and bad. It’s exciting – and depressing. The greatest fear must be that our shady politics will spoil it, or, in the words of Abba’s 1974 winning song: the history ...

By Scott Wright

LABOUR will extend the windfall tax on oil and gas companies to pay for a £29bn emergency cost of living package, Sir Keir Starmer has announced.

SCOTLAND’S mid-market private equity investment has topped pre-pandemic levels with more than £2 billion spent in the first half of this year, according to the new analysis.

By Paul Sheerin  

SCOTLAND's salmon industry is facing "acute" labour shortages due to Brexit despite average salaries of £36,000, business leaders have warned.

I READ with interest that our First Minister may stand down before the next election ("Sturgeon ‘may not lead SNP into next Holyrood election’", The Herald, August 11). Who is capable of taking over the reins?

By Aoife Deery

Scotland’s criminal age of responsibility should be raised as high as 16 to help safeguard a generation of children from falling into a vicious spiral of offending, prison and ruined lives.

OUTRAGEOUS and offensive Glasgow comedian Jerry Sadowitz has been cancelled for being outrageous and offensive.

IT is a product many have turned to over and across the generations, from grandmothers to parents patting down their babies after bathtime, but Johnson & Johnson is pulling baby powder containing talc from shelves worldwide next year.

The Fatal Accident Inquiry into the fire at Cameron House on the banks of Loch Lomond in December 2017 begins on Monday

The Met Office has implemented a yellow weather warning from Monday to Wednesday

A Tesco store in Inverness was closed after rain water poured through the roof

I recently had a night-out with some Conservative-voting friends. I know, I know, but it’s my contribution to community service. Surprisingly, one of them roundly criticised the Westminster government’s inadequate response to the cost-of-living c...

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.

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!

A man has died after getting into difficulty in a canal near Glasgow.

A SEAFRONT business has this week been put up sale as the deals market in the Scottish hospitality sector continues to heat up.

A 53-year-old man is in a critical condition in hospital after a fight on Princes Street in Edinburgh.

A fire has ripped through a church in a densely populated neighbourhood of Cairo, leaving at least 41 dead and injuring 14, a spokesperson for Egypt’s Coptic Church said.

POLICE Scotland is investigating a death threat made against Harry Potter author JK Rowling by someone who praised the attempted murder of Sir Salman Rushdie.

NICOLA Sturgeon has accused Boris Johnson of disgracing the office of Prime Minister.

SIR KEIR Starmer is set to call for the energy price cap to be frozen at its current level of £1,971.

THE FRINGE venue which cancelled a show by Jerry Sadowitz after complaints from staff and audience members has insisted they “champion freedom of speech.”

NICOLA Sturgeon has agreed to release years of backdated tax returns covering more than £800,000 of income.

SCOTLAND'S exams body (SQA) has been plunged into new turmoil as one in ten staff have left, while the rest are considering strike action as ministers are accused of failing to come up with a coherent plan to scrap it.

CALMAC has called for commissioning of an emergency ferry dropped after a row over safety concerns - as it emerged it has been operating successfully.

PARTS of Scotland are facing "eyewatering" energy bills of over £7500 a year this winter as urgent calls are made to provide targeted emergency financial support in the cost of living crisis.

DENTAL leaders have criticised an “easily exploitable” fee model which enabled dentists in Scotland to “cash in” by ramping up simple procedures and examinations while delaying treatment for more complex patients.

LESLIE Evans was paid “compensation” by the Scottish Government after she had left her role as the head of the civil service, The Herald on Sunday can reveal.

A Russian who tried to lure Scottish nationalists to Moscow has been formally linked to Vladimir Putin’s secret police.

A GRANDFATHER flew to Spain for dental treatment after months of “excruciating agony” waiting to see a dentist in Scotland.

I REALLY have to take issue with Denis Bruce's letter (August 7) regarding buffer zones around hospitals. I am a nurse with considerable experience and have cared for women going through what is often the most traumatic experience in their lives, tha...

Scotland could emulate the 'high value low volume' eco-friendly tourism model of the Scandinavian countries under independence, according to a sector leader.

Martin Lewis: millionaire prophet of doom or the people’s champion?

SOME welcome consequences arise from reports that several of the UK’s top universities have banned books they deem to be harmful to the wellbeing of under-graduates. Others have applied trigger warnings to classic works for students feeling menaced...

MY right forearm is covered in welts. Sorry if that alarmed you, particularly anyone trying to digest this with their Corn Flakes or cheeky wee fry-up.

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IT'S coming yet for all that. Hopes are rising among nationalists that the cost of living crisis could be the last gasp for the Union.

Craig Charles is very much a familiar face on British TV. From Red Dwarf to Robot Wars, Takeshi's Castle to Coronation Street, the 58-year-old Liverpool native has found success in acting, presenting, comedy and DJing, even hosting his own show on BB...