ISLANDERS have launched a plan for a possible community takeover of ferry services from CalMac.

SINGING superstar Rod Stewart is among those that are to be honoured at this year's Specsavers Scottish Music Awards.

I HAVE to say I couldn’t really get worked up a couple of weeks ago when Nicola Sturgeon said she detested the Tories. There were some who tried to make it a thing: they said she’d gone too far and that her language was dangerous. But asked if sh...

By Mark Williamson

Business sentiment in Scotland has fallen into negative territory for the first time since the end of 2020 with 70 per cent of firms expecting economic growth to be weak or very weak in the coming year.

WHEN Alan Mahon decides to speak out, it is worth taking the time to listen.

One of Scotland’s oldest universities has admitted that an inquiry identified “sexist and discriminatory” behaviour that “fell short of professional expectations”.

EXPERTS have warned that there is "a lot of uncertainty" over the impact of flu on the health service this winter.

Glasgow-based CardioPrecision has completed a fresh six-figure funding round to begin the roll-out of its technology for less invasive heart surgery.

By Mark Williamson

IT is hard to find anything to take seriously in Guy Stenhouse’s article on referenda ("Scottish areas which vote No to indy must be allowed to stay in UK", The Herald, November 2) beyond his main contention that, in an ideal world, they should hav...

HOW did we get here? To this terrible place, where refugee campaigners now use the words “concentration camp”; where charity leaders claim “fascism is unfolding”; where the British Government uses the language of the National Front; where a f...

Gender based discrimination should have no place in our health service or indeed society, yet sadly it remains far too prevalent.

By Scott Wright

Farming

THE Scottish Government is an OK government. Not bad, not brilliant, but OK. It has cut climate emissions, boosted renewables, increased welfare payments to the worst-off, rolled out free childcare and free school meals for P1-P5, brought in more NHS...

I WAS over in Northern Ireland last week. Up on the north coast with my mum. Did all the things you’d expect. Visited family, went out for dinner, had a mooch around the shops, drove around the coast, sat in cafes (if you’re ever in Ballycastle y...

A DIARY mention of vacuum cleaners reminds financial services executive Jenny Peterson of an online conference she organised a while ago for a group she was managing.

Today's cartoon from Steven Camley as our cartoonists considers John Swinney's cuts to Scottish budgets.

Robina Quershi said that Home Secretary Suella Braverman has assumed the “jackbooted form” of the National Front

I’VE been on a mini-book tour of Scotland promoting my last two books – Signs of Murder and A Plot to Kill – which I had been prevented from publicising in person because of the Covid-19 lockdowns. In fact the first lockdown coincided with the ...

"The key thing to say is that flu really is back", said Professor Sir Peter Horby.

Students at the University of Glasgow’s Medical School claim the issue of misogyny “runs deep within the department”.

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

Here are some hints and tips to help you crack the Quordle from November 3.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

The Scottish Government has been urged to U-turn on National Care Service proposals over a lack of funding clarity as a Holyrood minister accepted there was “discontent” from stakeholders.

It might be just over 500 square miles in size, but Fife has a plethora of places to enjoy great food and drink. With long stretches of coastline, acres of fertile fields and plenty of local suppliers, there’s no shortage of excellent natural produ...

Union leaders and politicians have expressed their fears as islanders are left without post for days at a time.

LABOUR'S shadow secretary of state for Scotland has apologised in the Commons for describing an SNP MP as “ridiculous and pointless.”

Christmas has officially begun, according to the season's official spokesperson.

Glasgow-based CardioPrecision has completed a fresh six-figure funding round to begin the roll-out of its technology for less invasive heart surgery.

THE company planning to build the first grain distillery at St Boswells in the Scottish Borders has assembled senior figures from the Scottish drinks industry to steer the project through to full production.

JOHN Swinney has confirmed he will cut £400m of funding from health and social care services to help pay for staff pay deals and meet rising inflation costs – in a move branded “downright dangerous” by opponents.

SCOTLAND'S most notorious road has shut for safety reasons after brown water was spotted on the hillside.

Glasgow City Council has warned it is facing massive cuts next year to meet its biggest ever budget deficit.

RISHI Sunak has been told to “get a grip” of a failure to process asylum applications after his Home Secretary was accused of admitting the Tories have “broken” the system.

RISHI Sunak has refused to commit to increasing benefits in line with inflation, saying “difficult decision need to be made.”

STAFF in a Scottish Apple store have become the first in the UK to vote for union recognition after young workers organised to push for a "fairer" workplace.

A MAN is to stand trial accused of a string of offences against 13 women including attempted murder, domestic abuse, sexual offences and financial crimes amounting to tens of thousands of pounds.

SCOTLAND's rail services are to be decimated for nearly a week as rail unions escalate strike aciton in a continuing pay dispute.

A WEST of Shetland-focused oil pioneer that faced huge challenges amid the pandemic is in the sights of a bidder as the surge in crude prices fuels interest in North Sea assets.

The Institute of Directors (IoD) is calling for mandatory reporting to help close the pay gap suffered by disabled workers in Scotland, which is the highest in all of the UK.

By Scott Wright

RYANAIR chief executive Michael O’Leary has in recent years been astute in his observations of the extent to which Brexit is damaging the UK.

Scottish legal firm Ledingham Chalmers has resurrected expansion plans made before the Covid pandemic with the acquisition of Inverness-based Anderson Shaw & Gilbert (ASG).

Drinks group Diageo has signed a three-year partnership to help address chronic skills shortages across the UK hospitality industry.

EMIT will observe Earth from the outside of the ISS.

THERE is a decent-sized iron plaque on the Cavenagh Bridge across the Singapore River that simply reads "P&W MacLellan Engineers 1868 Glasgow". It is Singapore’s only suspension bridge and one of the oldest of the city’s river crossings and I cam...

For posties and customers alike the situation is dire.