READERS may recall when the fight for consumer justice on British television was built on little more than Esther Rantzen, a bevvy of random blokes, and some curiously-shaped veg.

CALMAC has apologised after more island ferry services were cancelled after another of its beleaguered ferry fleet was put out of action due to a fault yesterday (Friday).

MINISTERS have come under fire for failing to support green policies - after it sanctioned plans to cut nationalised ScotRail services in a new timetable.

THE emergency in Afghanistan is probably the worst failure of Western statecraft in decades, the biggest foreign policy crisis in a generation, a now almost inevitable humanitarian catastrophe, and an abysmal mishandling and dereliction of duty by th...

PITY the poor woman screenwriter pitching her stuff in the age of Fleabag. Since Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s comedy drama vacuumed up almost every prize from here to Bafta, commissioners have been after “the next Fleabag”.

SNP minister have been told to “urgently guarantee” that funding for a charity dealing with soaring levels of flytipping is protected after new figures revealed its budget was cut by 10 per cent in the space of four years.

THE UK Government’s statutory climate advisers have warned that Conservative ministers’ reasoning for supporting the controversial Cambo oil field “does not justify” investing in fossil fuel projects.

BUSINESS closures linked to food shortages caused not by the global pandemic but by Boris Johnson’s Brexit parochialism and board-game politics is galling.

KAREN Burnett received a text message from her mother who was being treated in hospital telling her she had tested positive for covid.

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SELF-DOUBT is every athlete’s greatest weakness. Those nagging doubts that creep in when you’re pushing your body to extremes, often in unfavourable and challenging conditions, to try to achieve a goal that may not even be possible.

It might not be remembered by the readers of my column, but one month ago I wrote a piece regarding Ange Postecoglou’s first competitive match as Celtic manager. Although they lost at home to Midtjylland, I felt that the way Celtic performed overal...

EFFORTS are being made to ensure tourism in Scotland is safe and sustainable to deal with an expected surge as pandemic restrictions ease.

Shetland's ORION project is planning an energy revolution – helping the islands transition from being almost totally reliant on fossil fuels to becoming a major centre for green energy, writes Anthony Harrington

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Shares in Marks & Spencer closed more than 14 per cent higher yesterday after the embattled retailer issued a surprise profit upgrade, its first since the start of this century, writes Kristy Dorsey.

As Scotland emerges into the new reality of life post-Covid one thing is clear - it is going to take the skills and talents of every single one of us to ensure that our society and our economy flourish in the months and years ahead.

COVID-related debt “casts a long shadow over Scotland’s small business community”, and banks must offer “as much flexibility and support as possible”, the Federation of Small Businesses has warned.

IT is nearly two weeks since Scotland moved to Beyond Zero and infections are rising rapidly again.

HE was one of those heavy men who carry their weight well. Alexander Bovin was round and balding with a magnificent moustache and a twinkle in his eye.

THE siege of Kabul airport and an inadequate US president were the aspects of the Afghan situation raised by columnists in the newspapers.

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"Our schools are about so much more than learning.”

COULD you soon be living in a world where you visit “15 minute spaces” and your heartbeat identifies you as you walk into a store? The World Economic Forum says it is our likely future and this vision has not gone down well with everyone.

THE usual government glove-puppets in media and politics have scarce been able to contain their excitement at the prospect of the Scottish Greens’ supply-and-roll-over deal with the SNP.

THERE are lessons all around us. Traverse central Edinburgh and wonder at the noisy, persistent traffic disruption, currently augmented by the new tram route snaking towards the harbour.

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I HAVE a recurring nightmare where I’m tied to a hospital bed, unable to speak or move, while Jacinda Ardern – a smiley version of Nurse Ratched in the film of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – subjects me to a forced medical procedure. For m...

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Nicola Sturgeon has been listed among the top 25 ‘extraordinary' UK women who have shaped 2021.

SCOTLAND UNDER 21s boss Scot Gemmill believes it's better for Aberdeen talent Calvin Ramsay to be guaranteed action with the Under 19s squad rather than sit on the bench for the young Scots' opening Euro qualifier in Turkey next month.

Hibernian have completed the loan signing of James Scott from Hull City.

Raith Rovers vs Dunfermline in the Scottish Championship has been abandoned after only 15 minutes due to a power fault in the Starks Park.

THE CONSERVATIVES have denied claims that a tweet by Douglas Ross was “a dog whistle” for people less in favour of LGBT rights.

The first Scotland-wide council strike in a decade is on the cards after trade unions rejected a new pay offer.

A Glasgow transport boss has quit his post just days after he was suspended amid claims he drove a car with a cloned number plate.

NICOLA Sturgeon has insisted a “groundbreaking” deal reached between her party and the Scottish Greens makes it “impossible on any democratic basis” for Boris Johnson to continue to ignore demands for a second independence referendum.

Alex Cole-Hamilton has been named the new leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, succeeding Willie Rennie.

Sometimes you need to take a moment in 2021 and think about what we have lived through in the last eighteen months. 

The SNP Government and the Scottish Greens have agreed a “groundbreaking” deal for the next five years.

NICOLA Sturgeon’s chief of staff Liz Lloyd is to leave her post for a new role in the Scottish Government.

EX-ENGLAND keeper Paul Robinson has revealed he would've jumped at the chance to sign for Celtic.

The SNP Government and the Scottish Greens have agreed to work together to “provide effective and responsible leadership for Scotland” over the next five years.

Two Scottish Green MSPs will become ministers under a new confidence and supply agreement between the party and the SNP.

Shares in Marks & Spencer have surged by more than 10 per cent after the embattled retailer issued a surprise profit upgrade, its first since the start of this century.

Dominic Raab ‘ignored’ a call about stranded Afghan scholars on Saturday.

Dominic Raab has defended the Government’s handling of the Afghanistan crisis as he said the “rapidly deteriorating situation” in the country had prevented a call being made to Afghan ministers while he was on holiday.