MCGILL’S Bus Group has acquired a major business from one of the UK’s biggest bus companies in a deal that will significantly expand its presence in central and east Scotland and add 550 staff to its headcount.

AS Liz Truss becomes Prime Minister there is speculation that changes may be made to the vote threshold, should there be a second vote on separation. The SNP is unhappy – quelle surprise.

CONSERVATIONISTS have warned the "extinction clock is approaching midnight" for Scotland's most threatened bird.

A NEW overhead line running for over 100 miles across some of the Highlands and Aberdeenshire’s most picturesque areas is being planned in a bid to enable “significant” growth of renewable energy and support transition away from fossil fuels.

TELECOMS giant BT has won a major multi-million pound contract to bolster ScottishPower connectivity across its network of windfarms and offices.

Edinburgh-based Capricorn Energy is “assessing all options” to its proposed merger with Tullow Oil even though board directors still believe the deal will deliver significant value for shareholders.

By Scott Wright

By Ian McConnell

THE American novelist William Faulkner stated that “There is a strange irony which lurks in events.” Six months after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, his words have a real resonance.

Home to some of Scotland’s most iconic landscapes, or possibly most photographed that is, many would agree that the Isle of Skye is a magical place.

A GLASGOW-based law firm has acquired an east coast legal company and announced plans to double staff numbers at the new business.

North Sea operator EnQuest has become the latest to report sharp gains on the back of high commodity prices as pre-tax profits more than doubled during the first half of the year.

The Herald Scottish Family Business Awards have been running for more than a decade. In that time they’ve recognised dozens of businesses of all sizes where the emphasis on providing great products and outstanding services has been built on strong ...

NICOLA Sturgeon must be feeling a little like the Queen, shaking hands with successive new Tory prime ministers. Count 'em: three since David Cameron stepped down in 2014 and she took over from Alex Salmond. May, Johnson, Truss – it's hard to keep ...

IT IS a new dawn and the country is waking up, rubbing its eyes, trying to recall where it is and what those blurry shapes mean. The political summer was so long and drawn out – and so endlessly repetitive – that we fell into a deep, sun-soaked s...

So – with a salute to Private Eye’s E J Thribb – farewell then Boris Johnson. Good riddance to bad rubbish. Welcome to Liz Truss who, whatever you think of her – and I don’t think a lot – has taken on possibly the toughest job on the plan...

Adverts for The Hive and Lulu in Edinburgh have all been banned

Offshore Energy UK said that more UK-produce wind power, oil and gas is needed to help with the country’s energy security

Rab Wardell died after a cardiac arrest aged 37 on August 23 just days after winning the Scottish MTB XC Championships

Ministers are seeking to finish an emergency package to ease the cost-of-living crisis

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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.

JUST under a third of all patients had to wait longer than four hours to be seen in Scotland’s A&Es at the height of the summer, according to new figures.

LIZ Truss has made Kwasi Kwarteng her Chancellor of the Exchequer.

NICOLA Sturgeon has insisted her government will not “press down on pay” for workers amid the cost-of-living crisis.

EDINBURGH could be the first city in the UK to tax overnight visitors in plans announced by Nicola Sturgeon to allow authorities to raise their own revenue.

LIZ Truss has said her early priorities as Prime Minister will be to tackle the energy crisis, and to “get Britain working again.”

A HIGHLAND hotel and restaurant has been sold after being on the market for just eight weeks.

BUSINESS minister Ivan McKee has insisted that the island harbour and port infrastructure will be ready to take the much-delayed new lifeline ferries when they finally set sail next year.

LIZ Truss is set to spend nearly £100bn to freeze energy bills for households and businesses at £2,500 a year, according to reports.

NICOLA Sturgeon is expected to announce a freeze on rent levels later today when she sets out the SNP-Green Government's legislative plans for the coming year.

LIZ Truss is Britain's 56th Prime Minister.

A STRIKE involving Scots firefighters has taken a step closer as they prepare for a ballot on strike action.

GLASGOW-based law firm Friends Legal has acquired a company claimed to be the largest firm of solicitors and estate agents in East Lothian.

IT is beyond belief that Liz Truss, who has just been handed the keys to No 10 Downing Street by Conservative party members (with 6% of Tory members living in Scotland) is reported as having the temerity to plan on ripping up the long-established rul...

By Ian McConnell

BORIS Johnson used his final speech as Prime Minister to try and cement his legacy, insisting that his three years and 44 days in No 10 had “laid foundations that will stand the test of time”.

With the arrival of Liz Truss at Number 10, a yawning gulf (one of many) has further opened between Scotland and the rest of the UK over energy supply .

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SCOTLAND's heritage charity fears Scotland's precious landscape is at greater risk from wind farms and other renewable energy developments - following changes to government planning policy.

A SCOTTISH start-up has secured £1 million to further develop its technology that protects surfaces against bacteria, fungi and algae without using disinfectants.

A "NEW model for high street banking" to boost access to cash is being rolled out to communities hit by bank closures around the UK - after being trialled in Scotland.

AN ENERGY and shipping training company has opened a new facility on the outskirts of Glasgow as it moves to offer services to trainees across Scotland and the north of England.

Anyone living in a cold country like Scotland who was on the bleeding edge of electric vehicle (EV) ownership a decade or so ago remembers fine well the frequently stark challenges of daily life with an all-electric car.

Scotland's system of student support is “broken” and causing serious hardship, according to union leaders who are demanding the urgent introduction of summer payments.

NICOLA Sturgeon will put the cost-of-living crisis front and centre of her Program for Government including a further rise of the Scottish Child Payment.

By Scott Wright