SHOULD you need a masterclass in how to handle a cheeky interviewer, go straight to Louis Theroux Interviews: Dame Judi Dench (BBC2, Tuesday, 9.15pm).

THE week began with a mystery. Last year there was a hit drama called The Pact. It was about a gaggle of Welsh brewery workers who left their odious boss for dead in the woods. Hayley from Coronation Street was in it, alongside the always terrific La...

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MINISTERS have been accused of ignoring proposals for a Clyde shipbuilding revolution to solve Scotland's ferry crisis by forging ahead with alternative plans to procure two more ferries.

THE outgoing chief executive of oil and gas giant Shell is to receive a year’s salary by way of compensation for loss of office.

CONTINGENCY plans are being called for to ensure the safe supply of food to the population in the event of energy blackouts. It sounds like it could be 1973, or 1943. This is today.

Pre-tax profits at NatWest, the owner of Royal Bank of Scotland, remained flat at £1.1 billion during the third quarter of this year as higher bad debt provisions and the cost of exiting its Irish business weighed on rising income from higher intere...

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Rail passengers are facing “widespread disruption” as staff at ScotRail walk out on strike as part of a dispute over pay on Saturday.

For years they have been maligned as pen-pushers, bureaucrats far from the front line of public service.

ITS roots lie in rural Scottish life and it is known for home-baking and knitting competitions, but now one of the oldest female organisations is about to reinvent itself while ensuring crafts and skills are passed on to future generations.

FEWER people than normal are dying from cancer in Scotland, and the mortality gap between the poorest and the most affluent has shrunk.

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Visitors should expect a fair bit of audience participation on a new tour that explores Glasgow’s ghostly, Gothic and murderous past.

THE SNP's Gender Recognition Bill, though perhaps well-intentioned, is badly framed and poorly thought-out ("Gender reforms pass first hurdle as SNP minister resigns in protest", The Herald, October 28). It will do far more harm than good, especially...

With a century of cinematic outings behind them, vampires are undoubtedly the world’s favourite screen monsters. Ahead of the publication of a new book by film historian Christopher Frayling, here is our pick of the best the vampire world has to of...

Ahead of the publication of his new book Vampire Cinema: The First One Hundred Years, cultural critic and film historian Christopher Frayling talks all things undead and explains why we'll never fall out of love with cinema vampires

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on the tensions at the top of the Conservative Party on Saturday, October 29.

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THE video for Taylor Swift’s new song has been edited nearly a week on from its release after the superstar was accused of “fatphobia".

As imagined by Brian Beacom

THIS changes everything. In the leisure centre’s harshly lit changing room, I looked in the mirror and thought: ‘Why do I bother?’

UH-OH says Mrs Mackenna as we swing in from Renfield Street and walk towards Scamp’s open kitchen with its stainless steel fittings, dangling pans and glowing grill; there’s only one chef on tonight.

HIS campaign, said one media critic, has been ‘vanilla”. Robert Trim is running for Georgia’s House of Representatives, in the liberal-leaning suburbs of Atlanta.

“I CAN only think that Miss Pennie is related to someone within The Herald's management team, otherwise how could an immature little Girl, even more annoying than Greta Thunberg, get a column at the weekend. Can't help but remember the last little ...

THERE are notable exceptions but political leaders generally start well, with comforting statements and appealing promises.

The cost-of-living crisis shows no sign of stopping any time soon. Not only does this have an impact on the weekly shop, but for many it will result in falling behind on their bills. For some, this will be the first-time facing issues with debt.

It was designed to shield the aristocracy through the mists and damp of a Scottish winter.

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

Here's how you can play the mind-bending game, some hints to help you along with today's puzzle and that all-important answer when you can't take it anymore!

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Since launching in 2018, Glasglow has become a Halloween fixture in Glasgow’s Botanic Gardens, drawing tens of thousands of visitors to the city’s west end. We check out the 2022 event.

VOTERS in Northern Ireland are to go to the polls for a second time this year after Unionists refused to help form a government in a protest over post-Brexit trading arrangements.

They are demanding that the Government commits to ending all new oil and gas projects in the UK.

THE familiar Taggarts car dealership brand is to be changed to Lookers, 20 years after the companies were merged.

The awards recognise the commitment, creativity and value libraries across Scotland offer the people and communities they serve.

RISHI Sunak has claimed the Tory party is now “united” despite months of bitter infighting and rebellion.

RISHI Sunak has denied his absence from the COP27 climate summit in Egypt next month is a “massive failure of leadership”, as Labour have claimed.

Shares in Royal Bank owner NatWest are down more than 8 per cent in early trading after the high street lender followed Lloyds by setting aside extra money to cover an anticipated rise in mortgage and credit card customers defaulting on their debts.

SURFING on Scotland’s west coast has inspired a former Dyson product design engineer to create a self-watering plant pot produced from waste washed up on beaches.

NATIONALISED ScotRail faces a weekend of disruption after railway workers rejected the latest ScotRail pay offer.

The owner of British Airways has seen its revenues recover to pre-pandemic levels and revealed it returned to profit in the third quarter.

IT is somewhat astounding that Rishi Sunak is portrayed these days as a safe pair of hands.

The two huge tours go on general sale today but for fans there could be a hefty price to pay.

THE global energy crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused widespread changes in the energy market that will spell the end of fossil fuels forever.

The owner of Glasgow’s Wellpark brewery, home of the Tennent’s lager brand, posted a strong performance in the first half of its financial year but warned of challenging times ahead as inflationary pressures eat away at profit margins and drain c...

THE UK’s largest housebuilder has announced plans to increase its workforce and further invest in the Scottish timber frame company it acquired three years ago.

THERE are some magical mystery bike lanes in Glasgow. One moment you’re on the road, the next you’re sent doubling back on yourself. Just when you’re cocky enough to think you’re getting somewhere, you’re guided into a fence.

It’s the same as Johnson and Truss: perpetual scandal standing in the way of any hope of good governance.

Blythe Duff was born in a house in Calderwood, East Kilbride, arriving into the world surrounded by references to Shakespeare due to the new town’s habit of clustering local street names around a certain theme. “The streets all had brilliant name...