WHEN the next UK “power list” is assembled there ought to be a place for the person who draws up the Daily Star front page each night.

NEW concerns have emerged over whether vessels at the centre of Scotland's ferry fiasco will ever be delivered as it emerged the costs to the taxpayer is now approaching £340m.

THE number of available mortgages has seen a record 24 hour slump as economists warn that house prices could plunge by as much as 15% as interest rates soar.

Let’s call him Bob. He was born in 1975 when Harold Wilson was Prime Minister. On the telly, the popular shows of the time were The Sweeney and Fawlty Towers and the number one songs included Space Oddity by David Bowie and Bye Bye Baby by the Bay ...

PROSERV, the Aberdeen-based energy services company, has acquired a stake in university spin-out Synaptec.

SNP activists are attempting to force the party to rethink the reliance on carbon capture without a “full-scale independent study” into whether the technology actually works.

As well as scammers taking advantage of the situation, concerns have been raised over bidding wars, students forced to stay in Airbnbs and the crisis affecting potential skilled foreign workers. 

Nearly half of pubs and bars across Scotland plan to reduce their opening hours and one in 10 expect to close completely this winter because they can’t afford to continue trading.

THEY say a week is a long time in politics. It is a maxim that can now easily be applied to the housing market.

By Scott Wright

THE NHS “is crumbling and patients are being failed”, according to the new leader of the BMA in Scotland.

By Scott Wright

EVEN someone as innumerate in economics as myself would have been aware that cutting taxes and borrowing massively would lead to trouble. The IMF has confirmed that view.

I AM honoured to write to you, our readers, today as I mark my first week as editor of The Herald. It is a privilege to have taken charge for what I am confident will be a hugely exciting chapter in the newspaper’s rich and long-standing history.

Buck the trend

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on economy crisis September 29 2022

WHEN the Conservatives took power in 2010 they instituted austerity policies which hammered the poor, ostensibly to reduce Britain’s deficit. The result was food banks, with families left poverty-stricken and charity-dependent.

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Liz Truss has defended Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget saying “urgent action” was needed to protect the country from rising energy bills and to get the economy growing.

A former Tory MSP has said it is “inevitable” the Conservatives will lose the next general election following a week of economic turmoil after Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget last Friday.

Treasury minister Chris Philp said the Government would not consider changing course on its plans, after an intervention by the Bank of England.

Coolio “touched the world” with his talent and will be “missed profoundly” following his death aged 59, his management have said.

It is coming to light that in ancient times the islands were home to a vibrant and outward-looking people who traded far and wide using the highways of the sea

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.

UK ministers are determined to press ahead with their calamitous tax-cutting plans despite sending the economy into turmoil.

The cost to build two CalMac ferries at the Ferguson Marine shipyard has soared by nearly £100m.

THE Bank of England’s emergency intervention in financial markets to buy UK Government bonds underlines the scale of the mayhem unleashed by Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget and should surely be an embarrassment to the ruling Conservatives.

A NETWORK of electric vehicle chargers has gone live in the Scottish capital.

TWO ferries at the centre of Scotland's ferry fiasco will not come into service till 2024, it has emerged.

NICOLA Sturgeon has said she has “seen no evidence” of criminality in relation to the CalMac ferries scandal.

SHOPPERS are paying a record 10.6% more on food than they were a year ago, as the war in Ukraine continues to drive the cost of products such as milk, margarine, pasta and cakes to new highs.

NICOLA Sturgeon has claimed that the economic turmoil in response to the UK Government’s tax-cutting strategy is worse than the 2008 financial crisis.

JD Wetherspoon has put more than 30 pubs up for sale.

The incident earned the Welsh band a fine of close to £30,000 - or did it?

THE BANK of England is to launch a temporary UK Government bond-buying programme to “restore orderly market conditions” after the value of the pound plummeted after the Chancellor’s mini-budget.

DEPUTY First Minister John Swinney has raised concerns over a ”very stark” warning by the International Monetary Fund over the UK Government’s tax-cutting strategy.

Homeless Project Scotland runs the soup kitchen under the Hielanman's Umbrella at Glasgow Central station three nights per week.

STATE-CONTROLLED ferry owners Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) has denied allegations that it rigged the award of a ferry fiasco contract in favour of Jim McColl's Ferguson Marine.

The new Prime Minister's Fratelli d'Italia party took the most seats but will have to compromise if they are to govern.

HOUSE prices could plunge by as much as 15% amid fears of further interest rates continue to rise, leading economists have warned.

THE famous Mishnish Hotel in Tobermory has been brought to market.

The figures raise questions over the care of prisoners.

SCOTTISH Government-owned CalMac is forking out over £13,000 a week to customers over service failures as the nation's ferry fiasco deepens.

SCOTTISH energy supplier SSE saw its shares slide more than seven per cent as it posted lower-than-expected renewables output.