SCOTLAND’S biggest polluting companies have drawn up plans to cut carbon from their operations by signing up to the county’s first carbon capture and storage project.

NICOLA Sturgeon has been warned that easing coronavirus restrictions in Scoland will add “fuel to the fire” for already under-pressure hospitals.

AS far as I’m concerned, the two best teams at Euro 2020 have reached the final. The meeting between England and Italy at Wembley on Sunday night should be a classic. It is just too close to call.

A FORMER Treasury mandarin who became a hate figure for independence supporters in 2014 is to advise Nicola Sturgeon on the recovery from the pandemic.

MORE than half a billion pounds has been earned by the charitable organisation which runs Scotland’s largest city’s culture and leisure services since its creation.

DRINKS manufacturers should be forced to display calorie content and health warnings on bottles of beer and wine, according to campaigners, who say the alcohol industry has been “dragging its feet” over the issue.

A “GAME-CHANGING” 10-minute test for a hard-to-catch cancer that primarily affects men over 50 could be sent out to homes, says the Glasgow surgeon who helped develop it, in an exclusive interview with The Herald.

TRADE unions face a looming dilemma over whether to support workers who refuse Covid jags and so clash with their employers and colleagues, a leading public health expert has warned.

RENEWABLE energy giant Ørsted has announced plans to develop big floating windfarms off Scotland in a move that underlines the appeal of the country to international investors.

DOES anything give out more confused, chaotic vibes than Boris Johnson wearing an England football shirt pulled over the top of his collar and tie?

The Johnson administration in particular must recognise this, and avoid any temptation to think it’s all over. Can it?

PHOTOS shared on social media have shown huge billows of smoke as a result of a fire in the Lanarkshire area.

By Kristy Dorsey

CAIRN Energy is set to take ownership of properties worth around £17 million in Paris from the Indian Government in the latest twist in a bitter tax dispute.

By Scott Wright

By Ian McConnell

Scotland’s first black professor Sir Geoff Palmer slammed a top school for wanting to scrap teaching To Kill A Mockingbird – and said it helps young students to understand the legacy of racism.

By Scott Wright

A group that offers technology that lets consumers order goods for home delivery from local stores expects to create 200 jobs in Dundee after winning backing from big names.

I DIDN’T know whether to laugh or cry while reading the letter from Clark Cross (July 8). He claims that people make the hazardous journey here to seek asylum because the UK is “the land flowing with milk, honey, welfare benefits and housing”. ...

By Karen Peattie

By Karen Peattie

ENGLAND’S triumph over Denmark in the Euro 2020 semi final dominated the comment sections of the newspapers.

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AMID lockdown life, with more time on their hands as movies were not being made, Hollywood stars have turned to podcasting in their droves and some of their efforts are among the most listened to around the world, according to new research.

ROSS Sayers, a writer of novels for young adults with a Scottish setting, has a book out later this year. Even so, he’s more concerned about the prospects of a fellow scribe, the legendary author of The Handmaid’s Tale.

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DESPITE the ‘global Britain’ rhetoric, Brexit was a profound act of English isolationism, detaching the UK from its European partners. Scotland is now part of that Brexit disengagement, however unwillingly. As European Union politics moves on, ca...

MORE than a quarter of a million over-75s are said to have refused to pay for their TV licences and this could be the catalyst that forces a major overhaul of the BBC. Many will say – “Not before time!”

Bonjour-Hi! These two greetings, French and English, are often rolled into one in downtown Montreal’s shops and cafes.

Regarded by many as one of Cumbria’s best kept secrets, that secret is out, with the family owned Cottage and Glendale Holiday Park now regarded as the place for all the family to enjoy a perfect holiday in the heart of the stunning Cumbrian coun...

THE mum of a boy who jumped into Dunbar Harbour to try to save his friend after she was swept into the water by a wave has thanked a fisherman who pulled the pair to safety.

TRAVEL giant TUI has cancelled several holidays affecting customers flying from Glasgow Airport throughout July.

A TORY MSP has claimed that the Delta variant seeding into Scotland’s largest city was “unavoidable” as he jumped to Boris Johnson’s defence despite delays in restricting overseas travel.

NEWCASTLE Falcons will be the first visitors to Edinburgh’s new stadium when they play a pre-season friendly on the weekend of September 10.

Bank of Scotland owner Lloyds has been slapped with a £90.7 million fine after its insurance division was found to have sent misleading renewal quotes to nearly nine million customers.

Craig Gordon has been unveiled as Hearts' new captain.

CORONAVIRUS cases are showing early signs that they may be "levelling off" but it is too early to "throw caution to the wind", Nicola Sturgeon has said.

THE FORMER Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has ruled out taking on the Secretary of State for Scotland job.

Michael Gove has confirmed that the rule allowing only English MPs vote on laws relating to England is to be scrapped.

Less than 3,000 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Scotland during the past 24 hours.

England face charges after a laser pointer was shone in Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel's face before he saved Harry Kane's penalty last night.

THE SCOTTISH Conservatives have demanded that Health Secretary Humza Yousaf updates MSPs on the state of the NHS when Holyrood is recalled on Tuesday.

BORIS Johnson has hired the backroom operator behind the revival of the Scottish Tories as he faces growing pressure over an independence referendum.

Destroying around 1.3 million acres of land, the California wildfires of 2017, at the time, were considered to be some of the most destructive in the US state's history.

SNP MPs have challenged Michael Gove to publish the results of his department's secret polling on attitudes to the union.

An online ‘Covid calculator’ has predicted almost all local authorities in Scotland are at high risk of being a virus hotspot when the country moves to Level 0.

THE boss of the Scotch Whisky Association is to vacate the role, it has been announced this morning.

Holiday company Jet2 said it continues to have limited visibility on the current summer travel season, after it sank to a £374 million loss in the year to the end of March due to the pandemic.

AN SNP MP is calling for an overhaul of electricity grid charging, saying it negatively effects Scotland and actively blocks progress towards net-zero.