IT was a late night for a man who likes to be in bed by 6.30pm with a cheeseburger in one hand and the remote control in the other. Or so legend has it. Perhaps that explains Donald Trump’s less than sparkling delivery when spilling the worst kept ...

WHEN the England squad arrived in Qatar for the World Cup, they did so on a gay-themed plane. Not only was it called Rain Bow (a reference to the rainbow flag), it also featured a picture of Oscar, Virgin’s LGBTQ mascot. The suggestion was that the...

SOME British supermarkets have started to ration customers' purchase of eggs after supplies were disrupted by avian flu as inflation hit a four-decade high at 11.1%.

BRITISH workers are being replaced by cheap foreign labour to serve Scotland's green revolution after the Home Office agreed to extend a migrant worker extension.

JEREMY Hunt has insisted that stabilising the UK economy “depends on taking difficult decisions now”, as his tax-raising plans face growing opposition from Tory MPs.

Start-up funding competition Scottish EDGE has named the 24 finalists in its latest round of awards totalling £1.5 million in grant and loan support.

By Scott Wright

IS now the right time for ministers to be planning the introduction of a tourist tax in Scotland?

SSE has posted significant half-year profits alongside record investment.

SPENDING watchdogs have warned ministers they need to act to avoid an unprecedented budget overspend and should consider axing key policies if public finances deteriorate further.

A new award named for the Big Yin will be unveiled this year.

The plans for 132 houses, including penthouses and duplexes, have been approved

A jewellery design and manufacturing business on Iona is on the verge of launching into international markets

MOTHERS in the UK are three and a half times more likely to die during pregnancy or soon after than women in Norway, according to a new study.

By Graham Findlay

CAN anyone explain what is so objectionable about the suffragettes’ colours – purple, white and green – that a woman was told to remove a scarf made in those colours or else leave the committee room at Holyrood where the Gender Recognition Refo...

AT last, an article by Guy Stenhouse that I can actually agree with, at least in some respects ("The grown-ups are back in charge – Sturgeon take note", The Herald, November 16).

REMEMBER when we all clapped for the NHS and told ourselves that after the pandemic we’d emerge blinking into the dawn of a new utopia? Covid, so our self-convincing story went, would reveal our better natures; we’d come together; build a fairer,...

In the history of cinema, there are few filmmakers whose careers have been as long, as storied and as productive as Martin Scorsese. As he turns 80, we celebrate some of his lesser known films

Curious cuppa

IT launched last year, aiming to connect more than a dozen spots across Scotland on a high-tech “digital trail” that also aimed to highlight the country’s efforts to become a world-leading responsible tourism destination.

WHEN we voice our stories, challenges, ideas and questions in the right spaces, we invite true collaboration. This is key to making the most of the interconnecting innovations, and triggering the paradigm shifts we need in order to create a sustainab...

IF I’m honest, I haven’t pinned up my World Cup wall chart yet. I haven’t looked through the fixtures to see the games I’m most looking forward to. And whether I even bother with the opening match, Qatar v Ecuador on Sunday night, is far from...

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on egg shortages November 17 2022

JOHN Swinney has been accused of “going back on his word” to meet with the parents of pupils at a brand new school left too small after a council blunder.

The Met Office has issued weather alerts as a band of rain, which arrived in Cornwall on Wednesday afternoon, travels across the country

IT is the only airport in the world that has a tidal beach for a runway and is regularly voted as one of the most stunning places in the world to land by passengers and pilots alike.

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

Train your brain by putting your mind to November 17's Quordle word puzzle.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

The privatised service is offering a 9 per cent pay increase over two years.

The draft legislation intends to combat 'guerrilla tactics' employed by climate groups such as Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil

HIGH street fashion chain Joules has fallen into administration.

"The plans are designed to reinvigorate the brownfield site with an iconic and sustainably led landmark development."

Ousted by the electorate in 2020, the former president delivered a teleprompter speech aimed squarely at his base.

Wet Leg have been nominated in four categories

DOMINIC Raab has denied bullying his officials after the Prime Minister launched an investigation into two complaints filed against him.

The Supreme Court has set the date for the ruling on whether Holyrood can hold an independence referendum without the consent of the UK Government.

A bay which was at risk of losing its bathing water status has managed to achieve a 'sufficient' rating after four consecutive years of being marked as 'poor'.

A SCOTTISH holiday park has been named best caravan park in Britain.

THE cost of living gap between rich and poor widened as UK inflation hit a four-decade high at 11.1% fuelled by the biggest rise in food prices in 45 years.

KT TUNSTALL was playing with her mate Kevin Cormack, aka Half Cousin, when she got the call in 2004. “We were on tour with the Manchester band The Earlies, about 20 of us on a tour bus having a great time,” she recalls 18 years later. When the su...

FOR a man who has supposedly been handed the task of restoring the Conservatives’ credibility, Jeremy Hunt has a funny way of going about things.

ABUSE survivors are turning their back on the Scottish Government's compensation scheme amid a catalogue of delays, failures and broken promises, lawyers claim.

THE COST to the taxpayer of the UK's highest railway which shut four years ago has soared to nearly £52m - with the costs of crucial repairs spiralling, it can be revealed.

The company hailed a one-year extension to its licence for the field, to November 2023, as a “real vote of confidence in the North Sea” from the regulator.

SHARES in BAE Systems rose sharply as it unveiled a £4.2 billion contract for five warships to be built in Glasgow as part of a strong forward order book amid a rise in defence spending internationally.

CRANEWARE, a supplier of software and supporting services in US healthcare, has reported a “solid” first four months.

Unemployment remains near record lows but cracks are starting to appear in the UK labour market as surging energy, food and rental costs come to bear on the economy.

A Fife MP has suggested there may be “lessons to learn” into why a French Holocaust denier was able to evade being identified by authorities prior to his arrest in a small Scots fishing village.