THE SNP's deputy leader said he has 'nothing further to add' after coming under fire by a Holyrood committee for ducking questions about issues over the ferry fiasco contract given to tycoon Jim McColl's Ferguson Marine.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s conversion to the Brexit cause has been nothing short of astounding.

NATIONALISED shipyard firm Ferguson Marine has come under fire after admitting they cannot trace where £128.25m in public money meant to be used to build two lifeline ferries went.

ONE of ferry operator Calmac's oldest vessels has again had to be taken out of service causing major disruption to island ferry services due to technical problems.

SOME banks are leaving customers vulnerable to fraudulent spoofing attempts by failing to implement important anti-fraud protections, an investigation has found.

Global pharmaceutical representatives are gathering today in Renfrewshire for the official opening of a new £26 million facility dedicated to speeding up development and manufacturing of new medicines.

Satellite technology developer Sofant is set to create a dozen or more new jobs in Edinburgh after sealing a multi-million pound investment round and securing its first commercial contract.

Auctioneers throughout Scotland are throwing their weight behind an RSABI initiative to encourage farmers and crofters to reconnect and get together this winter.

NORTH Sea-focussed oil and gas firms have provided indications that investors are ready to back developments in the area

An underground site in the city is already producing what could be vital date.

What could be better than winning a top award at an international event? How about winning three?

WOOD has said it expects oil and gas to remain a core business as it targets growth in low carbon energy markets

THE use of Scottish Government resources and money in party-political pursuance of independence raises the most fundamental issue; that any future independence referendum requires respect for democracy and the electorate.

FEW novels change the world, but some do. A J Cronin’s The Citadel, published in 1937, is credited with bringing about the founding of the NHS. The much underrated Cronin, from Cardross, who in his day was compared with Balzac, Dickens and Hardy, w...

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on the census November 30 2022

THE implication of last week’s seismic Supreme Court judgment is that independence campaigners will have to regroup. Their focus, if they are to be successful, needs to shift away from trying to win 50%+1 in a one-off poll, towards trying to persua...

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Experts have hailed the “beginning of the end” in the search for effective Alzheimer’s treatments after a new drug reduced memory decline among patients with early stages of the disease.

Almost 70% of people who died from asthma in Scotland last year were female, a charity has revealed.

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Scottish Green co-leader Lorna Slater has accused the pro-union parties of running scared of a second independence referendum.

Here are some hints and tips to help you crack November 30's Quordle word puzzle.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle 529, November 30.

SUNDAY nights are busy on Strictly Come Dancing. For starters, there’s a dance-off to be held and the losing couple cast out into the light entertainment darkness. So when producers give up a few precious moments to plug another BBC programme, as t...

SNP ministers have been urged to act after domestic abuse crimes are at the second worst ever level despite a slight reduction in the space of a year.

STATISTICIANS have been ordered to explain why Scotland’s census response rate was far less than the other parts of the UK – amid accusations the divergence is down to “nationalistic belligerence” by SNP ministers.

Parliament’s privileges committee is to probe the SNP’s John Nicolson over claims he deliberately undermined the impartiality and integrity of the Speaker. 

A DISTRIBUTION firm has expanded the reach of its last-mile electric delivery fleet.

SCOTLAND'S official nature agency has asked the public including goose shooters to avoid Findhorn Bay in Moray after reports of more than 22 dead pink-footed geese.

The Baroness is alleged to have benefited from her links to a firm which won £200m in government contracts.

HUMZA Yousaf has been told to quit as Scotland’s health secretary after new figures revealed one in seven people are now waiting for NHS treatment.

Scots families are being warned about the rising number of dangerous toys sold online that could be harmful for their children or even fatal.

Scotland is facing a national shortage of childminding workers as a national body warns that the sector has reached a "crisis" point.

UPDATED plans for the redevelopment of a former nightclub in Glasgow are being brought forward for public scrutiny.

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...

Scotland might have missed out on a place at the World Cup, but its role in the birth of what has become a global sport cannot be underestimated.

Escape the chill this festive season with these warm and welcoming venues where the drinks, the food and the good cheer are guaranteed to lift your spirits. By Paul Trainer and Ailsa Sheldon.

Innovating with a sustainability-focused business model based on recycling construction waste into aggregates, Livingston-based firm Brewster Brothers is blazing a trail in Scotland by greatly reducing the need for landfill space and natural resource...

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.

The Glasgow-born actor James McAvoy has said he was glad to leave his home city after a run of the stage play Cyrano de Bergerac because of the racist taunts his female co-stars suffered.

Almost 60% of mothers in Scotland are obese, new figures show, prompting concern from health campaigners.