IT has been fascinating to watch the chickens coming home to roost for the ruling Conservatives.

HALF of NHS Scotland buildings contain asbestos, prompting calls for action to remove the potentially deadly substance. more than half of NHS Scotland buildings contain asbestos.

LIFELINE ferry services suffered another day of turmoil with two vessels remaining out of action bringing a further sailing suspension and other cancellations.

AIR travellers will “gravitate towards value” during financial difficulty, easyJet chief executive Johan Lundgren said as the budget carrier signalled a significant narrowing of annual losses.

By Scott Wright

Technology to grow meat in a laboratory has entered the next stage of testing in more than 10 sites around the world after successfully completing proof of concept in Scotland.

A SCOTTISH energy procurement firm has hailed a significant increase in demand from energy sector clients operating in the North Sea and other areas.

IT'S standard fare to start a column on the benefit of the arts with a sincere anecdote about what the arts mean, personally, to you.

IT’S been dubbed the “Truss premium”, or should that be the Truss tax: the extra hike in people’s mortgages due to UK Government incompetence, which could spell the premature end of her troubled premiership.

NHS Tayside had the second highest stillbirth rate in the UK during the first year of the pandemic, according to a report which found growing variations in performance between similar maternity units.

An Italian supplier to Scotland's whisky industry has announced plans to consolidate its operations in this country at a new £36 million "superfactory" in Lanarkshire.

By Nicola Ross

By Scott Wright

IF the chatter from the corridors of the MSP block at the Holyrood Parliament is to be believed, there are a couple of vultures circling above the leader of Scotland’s Tories, Douglas Ross. This circling is the pre-production of a movie I have seen...

SEVERAL of your correspondents have this week commented (most recently Keith Howell, Letters, October 13) on the First Minister's choice of language on Sunday morning. Whilst intolerant invective is sadly nothing new from politicians, it does seem to...

Age-old problem

ST Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean seems far from Scotland’s current political debate. But if Nicola Sturgeon doesn’t get approval from the Supreme Court in the case which started this week for the independence referendum she wants, the islands�...

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on lab-grown meat October 14 2022

IF you are London bound at any point, you will no doubt nip on the tube. But take heed of what you say, as in a move branded “woke”, operators TfL has outlawed a host of words.

The event launched last month with a sold-out night featuring the legendary Justin Robertson.

Nearby flats have been evacuated as a precaution as crews deal with the fire in King Street

The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has said he believes Liz Truss will win the next general election.

The Chancellor cancelled planned meetings in the US and is leaving a day early for “crunch talks in the UK” over the mini-budget

CONCERNS have been raised over the ability of a Scottish Government-funded nature protection agency to protect and preserve Scotland's wildlife and precious countryside following concerns over "drastic" budget cuts.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

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

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

SCOTRAIL customers have been warned of a indefinite disruption to train services as thousands of workers embark on an overtime ban.

SOME of Scotland’s most prominent business leaders have united behind the Clyde Green Freeport bid and have urged the Prime Minister and First Minister to back the deal later this month.

NatWest is to shut four key Scottish city branches amongst 43 branches across the country as the bank moves away from the high street.

Ignazio La Russa was elected in the second ballot despite Silvio Berlusconi's party abstaining.

An Italian supplier to Scotland's whisky industry has announced plans to consolidate its operations in this country at a new £36 million "superfactory" in Lanarkshire.

Scotland's landlords and sporting estates have warned the Scottish Government face a legal challenge to block a controversial rent freeze.

BUDGET airline eayJet has hailed a record bounce-back after it saw sales more than double in its peak season.

FOREIGN Secretary James Cleverly has warned his colleagues that removing Liz Truss as Prime Minister would be a “disastrously bad idea.”

'Why can't we go to Aberdeen, Inverness, Dundee?'

WHIZZING down ramps and taking sharp corners like a pro - it's hard to believe some of the girls at the Loading Bay cycle track have only been on bikes for four weeks.

IT is customary, not to mention polite, to wait until after an election is lost before calling for leadership heads to roll. Not, however, if you are fighting for a key seat in the 2022 midterms, an electoral contest that is beginning to make Fight C...

I see that Shawlands in Glasgow has been named by Time Out magazine as one of the coolest neighbourhoods in the world and, having lived there for many years, I can sort of see why. Even I, it would seem, was not able to dilute its coolness.

THE SCOTS renewables industry has warned that that a new 'windfall tax' on energy fimrs which will help pay for fuel bill cuts could damage the country's green ambitions.`

A SEVENTH CalMac lifeline ferry has been forced out of action since the weekend in a wave of faults and suspensions to state-controlled services.

THOUSANDS are fearing for the future of their jobs due to "centralisation" plans for the new National Care Service.

HOUSEBUILDER Barratt saw its shares slide more than five per cent as it flagged a “less certain” outlook.

THE SCOTTISH Government will hand over a dossier of evidence supporting on loss and damage climate reparations for developing nations at COP27, the SNP Environment Minister has confirmed.

NICOLA Sturgeon has defended her strategy to use North Sea oil revenues to kickstart the economy of a future independent Scotland despite concerns over the climate impact.

By Scott Wright

MUCH attention has rightly been focused on the affordability of mortgages amid the cost-of-living crisis and fall-out from the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s mini-Budget in recent weeks.

The man at the centre of the case claims never to have been to the US, where prosecutors argue he is wanted for rape.

A brand new force in early-stage businesses investment, N4 partners aim to help firms achieve the funding to move onwards and upwards. By Anthony Harrington

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has paid tribute to one of their longest serving lecturers after he passed away following a short illness.