Traffic Scotland warned drivers to find other routes

George Metcalff was found guilty of murdering Patricia Henry in 2021

The threat was identified by researchers - and spanned the whole globe

Under proposals for public sector reform mooted by the government in September, Scotland’s current 32-council system could be replaced.

40 people from Motherwell are to travel to Belgium to retrace the final footsteps of a young soldier who was killed during the closing days of the First World War – just 11 days before the Armistice.

ROX managing director Kyron Keogh warns Scotland risks losing investment to England amid concerns over business rates

A new Gaelic-language BBC horror series set on a stricken CalMac ferry is being launched in the run-up to Halloween.

Sir Tom Hunter has backed The Herald's Reset The Rates campaign, warning Scotland's business rates system is discouraging investment.

Professor Kim Graham, the university’s chief academic officer, has been asked to sit on the Edinburgh Visitor Levy Advisory Forum.

Bus campaigners have branded Scotland’s bus system a “failed experiment” and demanded public ownership as council spending on buses and tendered services rose by £9.5million since before the pandemic.

Scottish TV production quotas scrutiny after an investigation records claims of loopholes, token offices and weak checks on regional productions.

A Scottish security company employing 40 people has been placed into administration

easyJet holidays is offering to cover the £66.50 cost of a baby's first UK passport for families booking a holiday, with the promotion running until November 26.

Plumbing and drainage company United Drains Ltd has collapsed into administration after nine years in business.

Controversial plans to build a golf course on protected coastal land in the Highlands have been rejected by Scottish ministers.

A man has been arrested after a 'stolen' vehicle was involved in a police pursuit in Edinburgh.

Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh has approved the Jackdaw gasfield on a legal technicality, but the harder call — Rosebank, seven times the carbon and majority export-bound — now looms over Labour's North Sea policy.

Murder, mystery and some of Scotland’s best-known crime writers take centre stage in a new online course from the University of Glasgow

Union members at a university are being balloted on industrial action over job cuts and for “victimising” a union rep staffer who was dismissed.

The Scottish Government has been urged to take a public stake in future offshore projects after Scottish Power's parent company reported profits of more than £2billion

A new bus scheme in Glasgow city centre aims to help the city's night life

Bus users in Glasgow have shared their opinions on the Scottish Government's latest public transport plans, as buses could return to public control

A new report has found more people are dying while in custody or in the care of the state in Scotland than in previous years

Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh approved the Jackdaw gas field in Aberdeen on Wednesday, arguing homegrown gas beats carbon-heavy imports. She told The Herald there will be no delay on the larger Rosebank decision but admitted jobs are not being c...

Scotland's largest health board has warned the public that accident and emergency departments across the region are “extremely busy” at the moment.

Glasgow restaurateur Jonathan MacDonald says Scotland's business rates system is discouraging investment and holding back independent hospitality businesses.

Police are appealing for information following the death of a man on the A1 south between Dunbar and Torness Power Station.

The leading Scottish TV director is developing a new paramedic drama series set at the height of Edinburgh's summer festivals season.

Allowing new gas drilling in the North Sea is “great news for the wealth and prosperity of the United Kingdom, and the wonderful region of Aberdeen”, Donald Trump has said.

Historic Environment Scotland has launched a scheme of voluntary redundancy as part of an "organisational transformation"

Jackdaw will create few direct jobs, but its £2.1bn investment could have much wider implications for jobs, skills and the North Sea supply chain

The search for two missing fishermen who vanished off the north coast of the Isle of Lewis has resumed after it was temporarily called off.

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Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle condemns Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh over the Jackdaw North Sea gas announcement, calling it “shameful”.

A sheriff heaped praise on Baby Reindeer star Richard Gadd as she convicted a man of attacking one of the actor's neighbours.

A Scottish precision engineering company is to be wound down after almost three decades in operation.

The Herald’s Reset the Rates campaign investigates Scotland’s business rates crisis and calls for six major reforms to protect businesses, jobs and high streets. Read all of our coverage here.

A shamed top neurosurgeon who carried out a 'predatory' sex attack on a woman at a nightclub was jailed today for two years.

The nine landmark luxury Scottish hotels are up for sale, with the property agent revealing where the early interest has come from

Coltness High School in North Lanarkshire remains open after a malicious message, as Police Scotland investigates hoax threats sent to schools across Scotland.

Anne-Marie Brown, wife of convicted Inverness rapist taxi driver David Brown, applies for a taxi operator’s licence as Highland Council considers her case October 27.

Heavy rain brought by Storm Austen is set to sweep across large parts of Scotland on Friday, with forecasters warning of possible flooding and travel disruption.

Debate Night presenter Stephen Jardine has defended the closure of the BBC Scotland TV channel citing the 'breakneck speed' of changing viewing habits.

Glasgow City Council leader Ricky Bell backs exploring a citizens’ assembly as residents raise concerns over PBSA, bin hubs and community engagement.

Police are to temporarily close a road near Edinburgh Airport as enquiries continue into a fatal road crash.

Scotland's skies could see a spectacular show tonight

French Film Festival UK is set to bring francophone cinema to more than 40 venues across the nation, including the Filmhouse Cinema and the Institut Français d'Écosse

Jackdaw's approval raises fresh questions over Rosebank as Andy Burnham faces pressure and John Swinney avoids explicitly backing the North Sea decision.

Irvine Welsh, Armando Iannucci and Young Fathers are among the signatories of an open letter to the government in support of Sally Rooney

Specially trained police officers could be drafted in to support local police facing disorder and violence around Halloween and Bonfire Night.