I’m not closed to the idea that nuclear energy might have a role in a decarbonising world, but the recent claims that Ineos had held talks with Rolls-Royce on using its nuclear technology to provide zero-carbon energy to the Grangemouth refinery wa...

MINISTERS have "squandered" millions of pounds of taxpayers' money on a "reckless and foolish scale" by pursuing the nationalisation of the shipyard company at the centre of Scotland's ferry building fiasco, its former owner, tycoon Jim McColl has sa...

Scottish manufacturer Sunamp has secured a multi-million pound boost for the development of a household energy system using its thermal storage batteries to tackle periods of low renewables generation on the grid.

YEARS ago a dear friend and I passed a week in Paris, a first time in the French capital for us both.

THE chief executive of an Irish hotels group which has just opened a second major property in Glasgow highlighted ambitions

The latest missive from my energy supplier says I’ve cut my monthly gas and electricity usage by 22 per cent compared to the same period a year ago, which would feel pretty satisfying except for the fact that November’s direct debit went up by mo...

Securing the people that Scottish businesses need is proving to be one of the toughest challenges facing the economy.

ONE of Scotland’s leading medics said it is “worth having a debate” about alternative models of funding healthcare but he remains a “great supporter” of the NHS.

Exploring the murky depths of a freezing Scottish loch in the dead of winter might not sound that appealing but it is Ross McLaren’s “happy place”.

ALL are now agreed that the NHS is in deep crisis. Unfortunately, circumstances mitigate against a solution.

Prime sheep prices have rebounded from a season-to-date low in October, according to the latest market commentary from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).

IT IS 8.45 in the morning and I am number 17 in the queue. The phone line opened mere seconds ago, but clearly I don’t possess fingers fast enough to win the most challenging game show in town: Who Wants To Be Seen By Their Doctor?

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on a two-tier NHS November 29 2022

WHEN I was 18 and in my first term at university I made a very dear friend. I’ll call her Grace, though that’s not her real name. One evening we sat up late at our halls of residence, talking about books and films and ambitions, as young folk do....

Staff members at Bannerman High will walk out on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week with a further eight days planned during December

Dressed to thrill

THERE’S a video clip doing the rounds which involves Angus Robertson MSP and Cabinet Secretary for lots of things being interviewed for Channel 4 News. Asked if the focus on referendums is to divert attention from the SNP’s record on the NHS, edu...

MSPs should be allowed to appoint a proxy to vote for them in the vent of illness, bereavement and parental leave, a Holyrood committee has said.

Here are some hints and tips to help you crack November 29's Quordle word puzzle.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle 528, November 29

SNP ministers have been warned their overhaul of national planning rules will not go far enough to alleviate Scotland’s housing crisis and could lead to less homes being built.

Tilda Swinton has been honoured at a special ceremony in Glasgow for her work "for the preservation and enhancement of film heritage".

More Scots are being asked to open their homes to refugees from the war in Ukraine.

NICOLA Sturgeon should have been aware of the crisis around the building of vessels at the centre of Scotland's ferry fiasco over five years ago, former Ferguson Marine shipyard owner Jim McColl has said.

A SCOTTISH distillery has unveiled plans for a massive whisky maturation plant.

In an exclusive interview with the Go Radio Business Show, Andrew Dobbie, the founder and chief executive of MadeBrave, has revealed the project that made him and his team most proud of their mission to help promote businesses.

Lord Haughey and Sir Tom welcomed Stuart Patrick to their Go Radio show and the chief executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce was keen to highlight positive news from the recent 24th State of the City Economy Conference.

Two of Scotland’s leading business entrepreneurs have sparked a debate on whether wealthier people opting to pay for private medical care could, in effect, relieve stress on the National Health Service in Scotland.

A mobile harm reduction unit has been introduced in Renfrewshire in a bid to bring down drug-related deaths.

Alleged rapist Nicholas Rossi is wanted for questioning over a rape claim in England, police have confirmed.

Some have called the 'white paper' movement the biggest since Tiananmen Square.

THE SNP has been reported to the UK Statistics Authority after party staff handed out leaflets containing a false claim about Scotland’s energy potential.

A scheme meant to reduce the strain on the UK's energy grid and avoid blackouts could be used for the first time on Tuesday.

THE SCOTTISH Conservatives have renewed their call for gender recognition proposals to be put on hold – pointing to a United Nations official raising concerns about the plans.

'Just wait until it dies down then look sad while munching camel penis'

MORE than 50 Conservative MPs have called on Rishi Sunak to change modern slavery laws with emergency legislation in a bid to reduce small boat crossings of the Channel.

Let’s just call it quits then.  When the Supreme Court says there’s no lawful way out of a voluntary union, it’s evidently time for Yessers to give up completely.

A SCOTTISH business that has developed a hearing test that can be used outside a clinical environment has raised a further £1.1 million.

IN the early months of Covid-19, the Scottish and UK Governments attempted to normalise the concept of state-sponsored euthanasia in the care home sector. It was only after a public outcry, borne on what we considered to be a basic sense of morality,...

My fellow supporters of Scottish democracy, I’d like to discuss the speeches Nicola Sturgeon gave after the Supreme Court ruling. Who was she speaking to? Why did she say what she said? And does she realise voters like us aren’t who she says we a...

WHEN the pandemic hit, Euan Cameron had already been developing his video interview business for a number of years and was able to hit the ground running.

Scottish actor Brian Cox has won the lifetime achievement honour at the 2022 Rose d'Or Awards.

Millions of people living in Scotland are worried about the cost of living this winter, new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has found.

NEARLY 5000 cancer diagnoses a year in Scotland could be avoided if the "unacceptable inequalities" in incidence and survival between the most and least deprived communities were eradicated, according to a landmark report.

Chancellors throughout the ages have loved to tinker.

THE head of Scotland’s library service said she would like to see as many children as possible become library members “at birth”.

MY abiding memory of the 2014 referendum is the aggressive dismissal of “expert opinion”. Academics and others who wanted to debate the arguments for independence seriously were denigrated by the Yes campaign – “a movement of angry culture wa...

BILLY Briggs identifies a number of major Scottish concerns which have been acquired by foreign bodies (“How Scotland’s vital infrastructures are linked to China and ‘Vampire Kangaroo’”, The Herald, November 23) and expresses disapproval of...

IT was a passing comment from a groundsman at Pollok Country Park to artist Alec Finlay that reaffirmed that the National Covid Memorial was beginning to help people to heal.

By Jemiel Benison