FALLING leaves, party conferences, and the First Minister of Scotland tweeting about Strictly Come Dancing – you hardly need to consult the calendar to know autumn is here, politics is back, and with it the Sunday shows.

A MAJOR Scottish A&E department has been operating beyond its capacity for every single hour of every day last month.

THE leader of the UK's biggest union has said ScottishPower's "eyewatering" £7bn in dividends to its Spanish owners reveals the need to renationalise energy and proves that a budget benefitting the rich will not work.

Nicola Sturgeon – hold fast. Last week the First Minister described Kwasi Kwarteng’s decision to abolish the 45p top rate of income tax as “moral bankruptcy” – suggesting her government won’t pass that tax cut on.

Whenever there is talk of austerity the Tories reference low-income families as though they are stray dogs that must be fed scraps. They produce a spectrum of poor relief that ranges from “enough for them to live on” to “keeping a roof over the...

A MASS meeting is being organised for staff after a one of the last of Scotland's historic paper mills went into administration with the loss of more than 300 jobs after receiving £12m in public money.

NICOLA Sturgeon has been told by the housing regulator that a rent increases freeze to beat the cost of living crisis will not work as it covers a period when the vast majority of bills will not go up anyway.

A question. How much money would it take for you to move to one of the Scottish islands? £1,000? £1,500? £50,000? I ask because a cash incentive is one of the ideas being considered to tackle the problem of depopulation and it makes you think does...

A SCOTTISH business that has created snacks around the marriage of food and drink is on track for its first £1 million turnover this year after landing a seven-figure contract with Waitrose, a deal with a major airline, and significant expansion in ...

NICOLA Sturgeon has been told to vehemently show her opposition to new fossil fuels development by coming out against a planned North Sea oil development three times bigger than the controversial Cambo plans.

LABOUR’S former leader in Scotland has pleaded with the party to start talking about nationalism and not just about more powers.

A MAJOR government intervention in the energy markets, another interest rate rise and a pretty radical, tax-cutting mini-Budget. Having had a few days to reflect on another extraordinary week of economics and politics, what’s the verdict on what it...

The pharmacy regulator is investigating snap closures which are said to have left Scots patients with reduced access to palliative care.

THE Reform and Revocation Law about to be passed by Westminster will finally scrap any EU regulations still in existence in the UK. Back to the bread and pepper-filled sausages we used to buy in our shops before EU regulations made sausages made of m...

THE modern world can be a disorientating place to visit, which is why the Diary rarely gets its passport stamped in that exotic location.

IT saw a surge in viewers following the death of the Queen. Now Netflix show, The Crown, is returning, in a new Carolean era.

Gillian Mackay is spearheading proposals to bring in buffer zones around healthcare facilities

Differences among Ms Meloni’s potential coalition partners could still loom

The Chancellor has previously brushed off questions about the markets’ reaction to his mini-budget

LABOUR will undo the UK government’s decision not to fund a carbon capture, utilisation and storage scheme in Scotland.

GORDON Brown’s blueprint for saving the union will not be “a powers giveaway” but a plan for “proper economic devolution,” delegates at Labour party conference will be told today.

If you're not a fan of the hit games Wordle or Heardle then maybe try the movie spin-off Framed.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

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

WHEN our country faces challenges of an unprecedented nature, it is time to take unprecedented action for our people.

ASSISTED dying proposals in Scotland have been backed by Dignitas as the organisation accused UK politicians of “outsourcing this issue” to Switzerland where it has helped hundreds of British residents end their lives.

A JOBS boost is expected as a US banking giant prepares a move to a massive new base in Scotland's largest city.

LIZ Truss’s chief of staff his being paid through his lobbying company which could reportedly allow him to pay less tax.

SIR Keir Starmer has vowed to reverse the income tax cut for the super-rich but has refused to match the UK Government’s two-year freeze on energy bills.

Bin strikes showed just how much we Scots throw away.

SERIAL killer Peter Tobin is said to be "at death's door" in hospital.

Campaigners are calling for a fatal accident inquiry after a child was left alone in a Glasgow flat for four days following the death of his mother.

A hard-fought election campaign is likely to end with Giorgia Meloni as the new Prime Minister.

THE SALMON farming farming industry which produces Britain's biggest food export has come under fire over "sickening" record levels of fish deaths, four years after coming under parliamentary scrutiny over its record, the Herald on Sunday can reveal.

RADICAL plans are being examined to scrap Scottish Government-controlled ferry operators and owners CalMac and CMAL and form one new organisation which would cut costs and improve the failing lifeline services.

The definitive journey through the legendary Bellshill band's catalogue, from greatest hits to hidden gems

Glasgow is dirty. That, at least, has been the story that has been told about Scotland’s biggest city in recent years.

BUT will it work? It’s the question on everyone’s lips about Liz Truss’s Growth Plan aimed at thrusting Britain into a golden future by means of a big economic “sugar-rush” paid for by piling our mountain of debt ever higher.

As Russia announces a mobilisation order and moves to annex four regions of Ukraine, Foreign Editor David Pratt examines what is another dangerous moment in the conflict

Waiting times, ambulances delays, GP appointments – the NHS in both Scotland and England is on its knees. To work out just how bad it’s got, we spoke to the two frontline doctors leading the campaign to save the NHS. Neil Mackay reports

By Kathleen Nutt

By Kathleen Nutt

It's the first time the Scottish university has topped the table.

THERE was a time when, if you were abroad, two aspects of Britain were a matter of envy for foreigners, namely the NHS and the reputable, historic impartiality of the BBC. Today that ship has sailed.

It has been quite a week for Kwasi Kwarteng, the newly minted Chancellor of the Exchequer.

THEY are historic features of our communities countrywide that stand out thanks to their own unique shade of pillar box red.

LABOUR delegates opened their annual conference in Liverpool with a rendition of God Save The King.

TRIBUTES have been paid to the former SNP MSP Chic Brodie, who has died at the age of 78.

She also urged Labour to be more clear on their pay rise stance.

It is possible to overdo it with this macronutrient, says Katie Wright.