Reilly captained Italy to victory in the World Cup Final and will now be immortalised in the National Portrait Gallery.

WE knew this anyway but it's always good to be proven right.

The immigration minister has pledged the door will be shut on the "scandal" of allowing cheap foreign labour to replace British workers in serving Scotland's green revolution.

Oil and gas independent Neptune Energy has warned that new projects planned for the UK and elsewhere are at risk from “poorly targeted” windfall taxes.

A SCOTTISH vertical farming pioneer has unveiled plans to further expand into the US, creating more than 100 jobs.

By Scott Wright

DRIVING past Prestwick Airport always evokes memories. It is always a little sad to reflect on the airport’s current passenger numbers.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement has been branded a “missed opportunity” as the Government is set to rake in an additional £26 billion from employers through freezes on National Insurance and VAT thresholds.

CLARK Contracts has secured over £30 million of new orders in what it says was a record month.

SHE believes she writes better than she speaks and despite that and stage fright, psychological thriller author Paula Johnston is about to give a talk at her local library as part of Book Week Scotland.

The founder of Panther M*lk – an alcoholic oat milk cocktail made in Glasgow – plans to ramp up production

WHEN is a crisis not a crisis? When it happens every year. This is the tale of the National Health Service. It is never in crisis because it is always in crisis. November has become the month where we talk about the looming winter crisis in the NHS a...

THE Auditor General is warning that SNP ministers have been too slow to react to financial pressures ("Warning SNP government faces bursting its budget", The Herald, November 17). Kate Forbes warned that the public sector required reshaping with staf...

IT’S one year since world leaders gathered for COP26 and re-committed to the goal of limiting the post-industrial rise in global temperature to 1.5C. And, as COP 27draws to a close in Egypt, much of the rhetoric framed action on climate change as o...

THE Larder in West Lothian has organised a National Emergency Food Summit today to bring together leading stakeholders, academics and campaigners to find practical solutions that will ensure no one in Scotland goes hungry this winter.

Glesga grabs glory

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on 'hiding' alcohol November 18 2022

AS the cost-of-living crisis escalates and Christmas looms, many are turning to DIY gifts and ‘services’ for presents, as well as DIY decorations, as money expert Martin Lewis issues a plea to “ban” unnecessary gifting.

Hundreds of staff are reported to have rejected Elon Musk’s invitation to sign up to ‘intense’ work on a ‘hardcore’ Twitter

Rain and flood warnings have been put in place across the east of Scotland and the Borders

A Scottish man who was reportedly held in an Iraqi prison over a bank debt is to arrive back at Edinburgh Airport.

Independent analysts said Mr Hunt’s promised spending cuts would mean a prolonged squeeze on public sector pay

Train your brain by putting your mind to November 18's Quordle word puzzle.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle, 517.

Live updates as Jeremy Hunt delivers his autumn statement

LEADERSHIP of the SNP group in Westminster is in "disarray" after a rising star was forced to deny he is set to challenge Ian Blackford.

TEACHERS in Scotland are to escalate strike action that would see schools shut after discussions yielded no new pay offer.

NICOLA Sturgeon has branded vandalism targeted at a war memorial as “absolutely despicable, sickening and disgusting”.

FIFA operates as an itinerant global super-state unhindered by the conventions of the United Nations.

‘Climate is not a middle class issue, it’s an everyone issue’

A PERTHSHIRE-based pharmacy business has hailed the purchase of its 51st premises in Scotland.

A GREENS minister has been accused of showing a “lack of integrity” amid claims she misled parliament over “make-believe” figures boasting about Scotland’s renewables potentials.

NICOLA Sturgeon has insisted an independent Scotland would have “naval capabilities” supporting the country’s shipbuilding industry as she accused Douglas Ross of “running scared” of debating the constitution.

RETIRED firefighters in Scotland are being urged to volunteer to provide cover while members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) propose strike action, it has emerged.

The EIS voted overwhelmingly for strike action.

A GREENS MSP has been accused of “shocking” disloyalty to his constituents after formally calling for a Clyde freeport bid to be rejected.

LIDL has declared that around 770,000 more people are shopping with it each week than this time last year as consumers flock to the discounter amid the cost-of-living crisis.

PLANS are being brought forward for new homes at a derelict harbour site in the Scottish capital.

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

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.

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

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

Want to see the future of net-zero, healthy living housebuilding in Scotland? Then look no further than Inverness-based MAKAR, writes Beverley Brown