AN ACADEMIC often cited by SNP politicians has trashed the Scottish Government's latest independence paper, calling it a "debacle in the making" and "madness".

THE University of Dundee has today published a report into the institution’s historical links with transatlantic slavery.

The world can seem like it’s painted in a general wash of off-green these days – whether it’s a car advert, UK climate minister Graham Stuart telling us fracking is green, or the carbon offset nature restoration projects that can look to be a s...

Councils across Scotland saw a spike in wasp pest control visits as callouts for the insect nearly doubled from 2020/21 to 2021/2022.

JUST four months into their relationship, Rebekah Carral and Sean Quinn both decided to make a major career switch and enter the world of pests and critters.

Total council pest control visits have risen across Scotland from 2020/21 to 2021/2022.

SHARES in struggling homeware retailer Made surged by more than 20 per cent following a raft of takeover proposals.

Turmoil has abated for the moment as newly-dubbed Chancellor Jeremy Hunt moved fast to ditch nearly all of his predecessor’s disastrous and not-so-diminutive “mini-Budget”, hopefully bringing an end to the financial market freak show of the pas...

ALWAYS last to the party, I've started watching Breaking Bad from the beginning with a view to sailing through to Better Call Saul as, apparently, it's a travesty to be ignorant of both.

Scotland’s rats are showing signs of growing resistance to poisons commonly used to keep their numbers in check – while Brexit clamps down on tools used to keep pests in check.

By Scott Wright

Neil Gray’s comments came after the release of the latest paper in a series designed to refresh the prospectus for Scottish independence.

IN the end, it was a bit of an anti-climax.

SHE was the wife of one of Scotland’s most famous architects and is seen by many as being the brains behind much of his groundbreaking design work and interiors.

The Prime Minister said she had ‘adjusted what we’re doing’ after the Government’s fiscal plans spooked the markets.

AT the launch of the paper on the economics of independence ("", heraldscotland, October 17), Nicola Sturgeon agreed that if Scotland joined the EU there would be border customs checks at rail freight destinations, and the two main road crossings, th...

YOU know that staple scene in airplane disaster movies – the one where the voice of a cabin crew member comes over the intercom asking if there’s any passenger onboard who knows how to fly because the pilot just died? Well, that’s basically the...

I’M not sure the timing is great for grand claims about what an entirely untested and extremely high-risk plan could do for Scotland, in order to drive economic growth. Substitute UK for Scotland and does that not sound uncomfortably familiar?

Farming

By Scott Wright

DR Farrokhroo Parsa was a trailblazer. And she paid for it with her life.

Dress to impress

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Liz Truss October 18 2022

The effects of climate change are already being felt worldwide, and they're only going to worsen in the future. As an investor, you need to be aware that these impacts could affect your investments, so it's crucial to find sustainable investing optio...

Up to 30 former pilots are believed to have trained the China’s People’s Liberation Army.

The Scottish Government has admitted it does not know how widespread malnutrition is amid concern cases among children and the elderly are vastly under-reported and could rise amid the cost-of-living crisis.

Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations are set to take place for the first time in three years after Covid-19 delays.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

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

Whether you've aced the music spin-off Heardle or you've got the film version Framed beat, it might be time to raise the stakes. 

Mark Kent, the Scotch Whisky Association chief executive, said: “Business can only work on the basis of certainty and stability".

Jeremy Hunt and Penny Mordaunt answered questions in the Commons on Monday afternoon.

A SCOTTISH business leader has raised concerns over Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's energy support plans and labour market shortages after the mini-budget rewrite.

NICOLA Sturgeon has criticised Liz Truss for overseeing a “self-inflicted crisis” as she accused the Prime Minsiter of acting "without a shred of credibility".

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon presented a third independence paper at Bute House.

LIZ Truss will dodge scrutiny in Parliament over her crisis-hit economy strategy and will instead send on of her leadership rivals to field questions.

The panel will look at issues related to healthcare acquired infections at the Glasgow hospital.

The change is one of a number of u-turns the government has made in recent weeks.

A SCOTTISH law firm is to give all staff, who were employed on October 10 and not serving notice, a one-off payment of £1,200 to help with the cost-of-living crisis.

A menu full of tasty surprises matches a truly magical setting and inspirational location.

LIZ Truss’s authority is dangling by a thread after her new Chancellor ripped up her botched economic strategy – with two-year universal help for energy bills to now end in April.

A SCOTTISH office equipment business has been sold following the death of its founder.

A SCOTTISH Tory MP has called on Liz Truss to bring leadership rival Rishi Sunak back into her Cabinet.

A number of roads in Glasgow remain closed as fire crews continue to tackle a fire.

SCOTTISH Conservative leader Douglas Ross has backed JK Rowling in a row over trans rights.

One of the most striking things Nicola Sturgeon said in her speech to the SNP conference the other day was that the idea of a UK partnership of nations was being undermined by “aggressive unionism” including full-frontal attacks on devolution and...

Miriam Margolyes’ outburst on the Today programme may be the only honest reaction we get to the slow-motion car crash that is British governance, as Conservative shades of grey fill the airwaves and the chance of real debate and any good crisis bot...

It’s difficult to keep pace with all those threatening strike action. In fact, it might be easier to list those who haven’t threatened to withdraw their labour.

LAST week, around the same time I was interviewing Roz Foyer, head of the STUC, it was being announced that her counterpart in England, Frances O’Grady, was to be appointed to the House of Lords.

IT was set up as lockdown venture when the physiotherapy business operated by Peter Crawford closed as Covid restrictions gripped.