SCOTRAIL services will be crippled on Saturday and Monday after strike action by rail workers.

Talk of blackouts has echoes of one of the defining features of the 1970s - when the lights really did go out.

LIVES will be at risk from dramatic proposals from energy chiefs which could lead to the introduction of three hour a day blackouts over the winter as the UK runs short of electricity, it has been warned.

JOHNSTON Carmichael, the business advisory and accountancy firm, has hailed a record intake of 93 students this year.

North Sea oil and gas group Parkmead is reaping the rewards of a push into the renewables sector following its multi-million pound acquisition of the Kempstone Hill wind farm near Stonehaven.

IT should go without saying that it would be obscene if the Conservatives were to fund their £17 billion a year, mini-Budget giveaway on corporation tax in any way through further austerity, from a societal perspective. However, with the Tories

A SCOTTISH luxury lingerie brand developed for use after breast cancer surgery has received a major investment from a London-based investor who watched its founder’s emotional appearance on Dragons’ Den.

EasyJet said yesterday it would base an additional aircraft at Edinburgh Airport, its largest Scottish hub

Scottish technology provider Zonal has acquired digital loyalty company Airship as it expands further into servicing the hospitality sector.

By Scott Wright

By Scott Wright

INAUGURAL accounts for Scotland’s state-owned Scottish National Investment Bank show that the former boss Eilidh Mactaggart earned almost £500,000 during her 15 months in post ("Outgoing bank boss took home £500k", The Herald, October 5). It has ...

CLAYTON Christensen once said: “You may hate gravity, but gravity doesn’t care.” Mr Christensen was a business consultant, but his insight constitutes sound advice in the world of politics, too.

By Scott Wright

IT is that time of year when the nights are getting longer and thoughts inevitably turn to putting away the summer wardrobe and replacing it with a winter one.

IT says quite a lot about the fragility of Liz Truss’s premiership that her keynote conference speech was generally regarded as a success by disquieted colleagues just because it was not a disastrous failure.

DON’T be afraid to change your mind. It’s a strength to admit when you’re wrong, not a weakness.

Flatlining

HOW do you define wealth? A Mumsnet conversation on the cost-of-living crisis has gone viral after the contributor said she was struggling to live on £60,000 per year. Meanwhile, novelist Tony Parsons sparked debate by suggesting earning £150,000 ...

DROWNED out by the cacophony of noise and political upheaval that followed Truss and Kwarteng’s discordant mini budget, the publication of UK Music’s annual report – This is Music 2022 – went unnoticed, barely raising a pulse within the media...

NICOLA Sturgeon has hit back at JK Rowling’s accusation that she is a “destroyer of women’s rights”, insisting she is a “passionate lifelong feminist”.

NICOLA Sturgeon has admitted Scots would be asked to vote for independence without knowing when the country would change its currency.

Nicola Sturgeon has ruled out cutting funding for a second Independence referendum.

The screen veteran and Succession star said he also did not believe the UK public trusted Ms Truss

Scotland’s biggest city is set to find out if it will host next year's Eurovision Song Contest in an announcement tonight.

The UK Government minister spoke out as the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) began the 33rd round of offshore licences

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on blackouts October 7 2022

AH, but for the innocent days of 2017 when tens of thousands of people were gleefully diverted by the drama of live flight tracking Priti Patel's plane as it returned from Nairobi, waiting hopefully for her to be sacked on arrival back in the UK.

XRP has been one of the most successful cryptocurrencies in history, with its value skyrocketing in early 2017.

Planning to invest in cryptocurrencies this month? We’ve made it easy with our complete guide to the top 10 best cryptocurrencies to invest in for October 2022.

How strong is Labour's electoral chances in Scotland?

Described as a game for 'cinephiles and casual movie watchers alike' it is inspired by the worldwide popular guessing games. 

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

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Unlawful acts which are alleged to have taken place include the hiring of private investigators to secretly place listening devices.

SCOTLAND’S crisis-hit Covid inquiry still intends to begin its initial work “by the end of the year” despite the resignations of its chair and four legal counsel.

NICOLA Sturgeon has condemned racist abuse of pupils at a primary school in Glasgow’s southside.

SCOTTISH experts are helping develop a one-stop fuelling point for hydrogen and electric ships aimed at helping slash emissions in the shipping industry.

NICOLA Sturgeon will investigate introducing baby loss certificates in Scotland as she revealed she always marks baby loss awareness week personally.

More than 75,000 have been living with the after-effects of the virus for more than 12 months.

Dream pop pioneers Cocteau Twins are being honoured with a special Scottish Album of the Year award given to those who still inspire music being made in the country today.

A 'demand flexibility service' will come in from November to March with blackouts possible in certain areas.

JK Rowling has sported a t-shirt accusing Nicola Sturgeon of being a “destroyer of women’s rights”.

SNP ministers have been warned that no-one will want to replace the chairperson and legal counsels who resigned from Scotland’s Covid inquiry.

A HOLYROOD committee has backed plans to modernise the process for people to obtain a gender recognition certificate – insisting the legislation “will not change or remove women’s rights”.

MSPs who were defeated or stood down at the last Holyrood election cost taxpayers more than £2.3million in golden goodbyes, the Scottish Parliament confirmed today.

THEY called it the little house on the hill because the picture-book Georgian villa sat on a steep slope, above landscaped gardens, in a break in the tenements in the wide thoroughfare of Sauchiehall Street.

JOHN Swinney will deliver his Scottish Budget on December 15 despite warning the UK Government “risks creating an exceptionally challenging timeframe” to set out his spending plans.

THE latest redesign for a controversial junction and island in the Scottish capital has been unveiled and costed at £2.7 million.

SOME people are beyond brazen. I did not have Theresa May pegged as one of them until she arrived on stage at the Conservative Party conference to the strains of “Dancing Queen”. The audio said good times, the visuals were a cry for help.