A MULTI million pound renovation of a whisky distillery has been officially opened by a Mercury Prize nominated jazz musician.

Calls have been made for more government support as the price of food rose at its fastest rate since the global financial crash of 2008 in August as the war in Ukraine raised costs for farmers.

UNIONS have warned bin strikes could run till November as fresh talks with the Deputy First Minister to resolve a council workers pay dispute failed.

TWO Canadian-based firms are to gain from a £25m Transport Scotland contract to provide advice and design management over a future solution to issues with landslips on Scotland's most notorious road.

By Scott Wright

IT was perhaps always inevitable that, if we waited around long enough, even the current Conservative Government would grasp just one reality.

Wave power specialist Mocean Energy has made two key board appointments as it prepares for a further round of funding to bring in “high impact” investors in the next 12 to 18 months.

By Scott Wright

A University of Oxford leader has told a Glasgow employment tribunal that  “only white men” turn down academic duties that “don’t lead to promotion”.

Fife-based convenience store chain Greens Retail is pushing further ahead with plans to open nine new stores this year after securing a £1.3 million bank funding package.

Data centre and cloud services provider DataVita is set to expand capacity at its flagship which supports critical IT services for an estimated three million people across Scotland.

THE unionist caravan moves on and the latest sin ascribed to the First Minister is that she is expanding Scottish representation abroad ("FM Nordic trip blasted", The Herald, August 26, and Letters, August 27). I say expanding, for Scotland has had i...

“EVEN if we’re to extract every last drop of oil and gas from the North Sea,” said the Scottish Net Zero Secretary Michael Mathieson last week,” it would have no impact on the wholesale price of gas”. Consequently, he went on, anyone who th...

I LIKE the fact that no matter where you live in Scotland, you’re not too far from the coast.

Farming

He kept sending me these miserable lyrics and I just kept trying to make a disco record,” says Aidan Moffat, framing his latest work with customary precision.

Contenders ready? They better be because Gladiators is back

Garden grooming

Members of the TSSA at nine train operating companies as well as Network Rail will walk out from midday on Monday September 26.

More than a fifth of workers in Scotland have been told to return to the office full time, new research has revealed.

The castle includes a monument in its grounds, The Keep, which dates back to the 16th century

The inquiry into the Edinburgh tram project is examining why the works finished five years late and cost twice as much as initially planned

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

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Put your music knowledge to the test by taking on the 'name that tune' game Heardle!

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

FAMILIES fleeing the war in Ukraine will be urged to consider settling in rural Scotland amid concerns over a lack of suitable homes across the Central Belt leaving hundreds staying on a cruise ship.

EDINBURGH's bin strikes are set to continue as staff begin a decontamination process that is not expected to resolve the "risk to human health" warning over the capital's rubbish-strewn streets.

CREDIT card borrowing increased at the fastest annual rate for 17 years in July as struggling households appeared to rely on extra borrowing to cope with the escalating cost of living.

For an adventurous break in Scotland you can’t beat Lochaber. Yes, it might rain, but pack for all weathers, stay flexible with your plans, and go explore this incredible outdoor playground.

Credit card borrowing grew at the fastest pace since 2005 during the 12 months to July as UK consumers came under increasing pressure from the cost-of-living crisis.

UNIONS have warned bin strikes could run till November as fresh talks begin with the Deputy First Minister to resolve a council workers pay dispute that has raised public health concerns as piles of rubbish remain unemptied.

LIZ Truss has been warned her plans to open up the North Sea to new oil and gas licences will “have no real impact on energy bills” and harm efforts to protect the climate.

SCOTLAND’S population is forecast to shrink by almost a fifth over the next 50 years as its economic growth lags consistently behind the UK’s, Holyrood’s budget watchdog has said.

Fife-based convenience store chain Greens Retail is pushing further ahead with plans to open nine new stores this year after securing a £1.3 million bank funding package.

THE number of patients enduring extreme waits in Scotland’s A&E units reached a record high last week, with almost 1,300 waiting more than a half a day to be treated.

Walk across Edinburgh and you can feel, right now, as if you are traversing a giant, sprawling landfill site. Every time I stroll past another rubbish pile, I feel as if something is in my face.

A PUBLIC spending watchdog is being urged to sanction Transport Scotland executives for forging ahead with a £150m upgrade to a Loch Lomond road without conducting legally required impact assessments.

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I'LL tell you what's an odd phenomenon: being constantly asked if your childhood was lonely, barren and has left you an anti-social misfit, living a life of regret.

By Scott Wright

AS Scots face an 80 per cent increase in average energy bills to £3,549, the SNP Government could improve on its response to the crisis by using funds earmarked for the ‘ill-conceived’ £2 billion bank it founded.

On Choice and Abortion by Margaret Akers, Services Coordinator, The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children

The Glenturret Lalique restaurant is one of the most ambitious projects in Scottish hospitality. Just seven months after opening its doors, the dining experience earned a Michelin star, the first time a distillery has been awarded the distinction. Th...

Altered Images emerged during an intense burst of success, releasing three studio albums and a succession of top ten singles between 1981 and 1983 as rising stars of the new wave scene.

IT IS a similar picture across the country with scenes in Scotland’s major cities of overflowing rubbish, mounting piles of packed binbags and the despair of residents with nowhere to store their waste.

THE developers of a controversial tourism proposal on the banks of Loch Lomond have been accused of a crude and cynical attempt to cherry pick the least offensive parts of its bid while being a slap in the face to local residents.

A CONSULTATION giving the public the chance to have their say on the future redesign of Glasgow's George Square closes on Friday.

The Port of Dundee has been chosen as the marshalling site for construction of what will be Scotland's largest offshore wind farm when it is commissioned later this decade.

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