NICOLA Sturgeon has condemned the “disgraceful” abuse suffered by a BBC reporter at the hands of pro-independence supporters last night.

THE cost of living crisis has led to a wave of "retirement anxiety" amongst Scots over 40, with some seeking medical advice.

TAXPAYERS face the loss of £20m from a controversial Scottish Government power-purchase guarantee scheme related to financially troubled aluminium plant in the Scottish Highlands owned by commodities tycoon Sanjeep Gupta.

It has been excruciatingly frustrating for a very long time now to watch the Conservative Government’s ineptitude in the face of the UK energy price catastrophe.

A SCOTTISH housing business that retrofits homes for carbon reduction has been acquired by a major industry player in a move that is set to pave the way for further growth

Summer retail sales in Scotland have flatlined as the value of workers’ real pay has continued to decline at record pace.

Scotland Loves Local Glasgow Gift Cards worth £105 each are starting to arrive at 85,000 homes across the city.

By Scott Wright

IT was a day a Roman legionary would have longed for: hot as a skillet, with a cloudless sky the colour of the Mediterranean under brilliant sun. On Hadrian’s Wall, once the most far-flung frontier of the Roman Empire, you more usually find weather...

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THE Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in south-eastern Ukraine is the largest in Europe. It is being shelled almost by the day as Ukrainian and Russian soldiers contest the strategically important power station on the Dnieper river. The situation is almost ...

NEIL Mackay ("The political parties are useless. We are on our own", The Herald, August 16) rightly calls out Labour’s plan for tackling the cost of living crisis ("Starmer defends costly freeze on energy bills", The Herald, August 16) as a mere st...

Today marks the launch of The Herald Law Awards of Scotland 2022, the annual search to find the most outstanding legal professionals, teams and companies in the country.

FREEDOM of speech is not a given: it has to be fought for. Always there will be those who want to silence people they dislike or disagree with. And – always – those of us who consider this wrongheaded and, indeed, dangerous, must fight back.

One Conservative MP claimed ‘eggs were being thrown’ and there was ‘spitting on pensioners’

THE number of claims for dental extractions on the NHS is up by a quarter compared to pre-pandemic levels.

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!

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.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

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

LIZ Truss has said she would “never ever” let the Union end if she becomes Prime Minister, accusing Nicola Sturgeon of breaking her promise to respect the No vote of 2014

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SCOTLAND has been earmarked as a “key battleground” for Labour to pick up seats at the next UK general election, new analysis has found.

THE SCOTTISH Government has moved to distance itself from the decision to hire a man as a Period Dignity Officer in Tayside.

Ted Baker has agreed a £211 million takeover by Authentic Brands Group, the US owner of Reebok and Juicy Couture.

A speeding driver who knocked down and killed a 16-year-old cyclist has been jailed.

NICOLA Sturgeon will host a crisis summit with energy companies to help tackle the cost-of-living crisis including investigating a “more compassionate approach to debt management”.

Comedian Janey Godley has revealed she is to go on tour for the first time since undergoing cancer treatment.

Owners of the UK's last aluminium smelter, financially backed by Scottish Government guarantees, have raised doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.

PITY poor Rishi Sunak. Alright, don't pity him. Merely observe the indignity of being Rishi Sunak and spending every day overshadowed by Liz Truss.

RISHI Sunak and Liz Truss are set to go head-to-head at a hustings in Perth this evening.

WAITING time performance across Scotland’s A&E units has improved slightly for a second week although almost a third of patients still wait too long to be treated.

Emergency services were called to Willow Drive in Airdrie around 8.30pm on Saturday, August 13.

PLANS for student housing at a site dating back to 1650 have been unveiled.

The first day back behind desks for pupils has been pushed back at a Skye primary school in order to provide support for a community "still reeling" from a tragedy.

Parts of Scotland have been hit by travel disruption which are to be battered by rain this morning.

Workers have suffered a record real-term pay drop as prices soar, new figures have confirmed.

LIZ Truss has said she would give MSPs more legal protection to speak out at Holyrood if she becomes Prime Minister.

A LEADING North Sea oil and gas firm has underlined how much money international financiers are making in the area even as it revealed the windfall tax may have little impact on it.

By Scott Wright

By Scott Wright

Security camera footage of the moment a fire which would go on to claim the lives of two men was discovered has been played to an inquiry.

THERE has been plenty of talk in recent years about how bottom-trawlers and scallop dredgers are wrecking our seabed. Yet despite Scottish Government reviews, protection is still just a promise, not an actuality.

Starting hormone replacement therapy after the age of 60 "may be detrimental" for heart and brain health, according to a Glasgow specialist.

By Ian McConnell

By Ian McConnell

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