MINISTERS have come under fire for costing Scotland billions of pounds in failing to set up a publicly-owned energy company because it did not have the powers - while Wales forges ahead with a similar plan.

The entrepreneur is facing questions over her alleged profiting on PPE contracts.

A cost of living gap between the rise in Scottish wages and the soaring rate of inflation has doubled in just six months, the Herald on Sunday can reveal.

SCOTLAND’s official heritage agency is at the centre of a “scandal” after providing a £150,000 golden goodbye to one director and a near 20% pay hike to another since Covid.

Animals known for their bright white winter pelages are “standing out like sore thumbs” in Britain’s largest national nature reserve as it sees less snow that lasts for shorter periods of time.

IN the run up to the Supreme Court’s ruling that Holyrood cannot hold an independence referendum without Westminster’s agreement the expectation in SNP circles was there would be no end of Conservative gloating if Nicola Sturgeon lost.

MORE than £1.5million of taxpayers’ cash will be spent annually funding a 25-strong team of civil servants to work on the Scottish Government’s independence push, it can be revealed.

Keith Brown accused political rivals of ‘running scared of democracy’.

UNDER David Cameron’s premiership - with Nigel Farage’s UKIP breathing down Conservative necks - it became something of an annual ritual for the then Prime Minister to commit to cutting annual net migration to the tens of thousands. But, of cours...

It’s the last thing the regime in Tehran wants, but opposition to its rule is finding a way of getting its message out beyond the suppression of mass protests at home.

This week our Writer at Large went to interview the renowned psychotherapist Andrew Jamieson about his latest book exploring how a midlife crisis is actually good for you. Soon, though, he found himself on the couch, discovering more than he bargaine...

A Scots scientist has backed calls for Covid boosters to be extended to the general population to protect health and ease pressure on the NHS.

With its asbestos roof, bland exterior, dirt floor and wooden pens, the old auction mart in the Sutherland village of Rogart seemed to have little going for it.

The elaborate façade and red sandstone were the cutting edge of style of its time: when Glasgow’s first evening newspaper opened its doors in 1889, it wrote its own headlines.

HOW can Nicola Sturgeon survive in office given her "detestable" Tories remark and her new assertion that the separatists are now "Scotland's democracy movement"? Her approach has gone over the score. She cannot accept that she is wrong in any way, s...

YONKS ago, or in1873 to be more accurate, Isabella Bird, an English woman, crossed the Rockies on her own and wrote a book called A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains.

TAUCK. A tour operator, based in the US. Ever heard of them? Probably not, but you should.

Two teenagers have died after being stabbed a mile apart from each other on the same afternoon, police said.

The ground-breaking trio join forces for Trailblazers: A Rocky Mountain Road Trip - and whilst challenging, it was a blast, they tell Gemma Dunn.

ADRIAN Wiszniewski discovered Glasgow Print Studio at a point when he had become “disillusioned” with painting.

Technology: GameSir X2 Pro Mobile Gaming Controller

Here are some hints and tips to help you crack November 27's Quordle word puzzle.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle word, Wordle 526.

A section 30 order granted after a pro-independence win in a de facto referendum would “honour democracy”, the convener of the SNP’s policy group has said.

One year ago, wind gusts reaching 110mph wreaked havoc as Storm Arwen hit Scotland.

Tell Me Good Things: On Love, Death And Marriage

The U.S singer-songwriter releases her new album today.

DEFENCE giant BAE Systems has hailed a landmark moment for the first in a fleet of eight new warships built on the Clyde.

It was once as iconic as the Stone of Destiny and gave legitimacy to the Scottish Crown at home and across the realms of medieval Europe.

We speak to an environmental activist on her journey, the legacy of COP and disruptive protests.

SCOTLAND has lost out since it was forced from the European Union and its biggest free trade deal. Our exports to the EU have slid by £2.2 billion since Brexit.

Perth-based energy giant SSE has sold a 25 per cent stake in its Scottish electricity transmission network to a Canadian pension fund in a deal worth nearly £1.5 billion.

SHARES in the North Sea independent surged

THE company that is taking over a Scottish manufacturer has pledged to invest in the business.

Scotland’s dirtiest council areas have been revealed with the capital being the worst in the country for litter-strewn streets, according to a new study.

FIFA has announced plans to invest money from its World Cup Legacy Fund into the education of girls and women in India and Nepal – two countries from which many migrants travelled to work on the building of the stadiums in Qatar, sometimes with fat...

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The agreement, struck with clean energy developer ENGIE, covers 100MW of the capacity from the 882MW Moray West offshore wind farm.

The former forward was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in 2016.

A close friend of Doddie Weir has praised his “determination to make a difference” for others as the rugby great died aged 52 after suffering motor neurone disease.

The Met Office has issued a fresh yellow alert as it warns of heavy rains that may lead to some flooding and disruption to travel.

Football fans are being urged to come together to mark the historic 150th anniversary of the first international between Scotland and England.

A pioneering community group in the Highlands has launched a bid for funders to help them deliver a sustainable new eco-tourism destination in the area.

IT is well over 100 years since Alois Alzheimer first described what he called an “unusual disease of the cerebral cortex”.

FREE trade negotiations between the UK and India pose a "very real risk to affordable drug prices" and could see access to lifesaving medicines curtailed, Scotland's Health Secretary has warned.

AS a starting point for the history of maternity care in the north-east of Scotland, you would struggle to find a stranger or more nightmarish tale than that of Margaret Bane.

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The public is being bombarded with energy efficiency advice which puts properties at risk of toxic mould, an environmental health expert has warned.

ANDY Maciver is the most astute and reasoned of the unionist commentariat in my view. I agree with much of his article ("Will SNP see that a new unionism can work for us all?", The Herald, November 25), but with a couple of quibbles.

NEVER become the story. This, surely, is a basic aim of public relations professionals. But not one, it seems, that is in the reach of the Scottish Government’s communications team.