REVELLERS headed for a Hebridean music festival have been hit as anger surfaced over the breakdown of a lifeline ferry vessel which has put it out of action for a fifth day.

MINISTERS have been urged to intervene after nationalised Ferguson Marine failed at the first hurdle to win a £100m contract to create two new lifeline vessels to serve Islay.

EMERGENCY workers at the home of Britain's nuclear weapons on the Clyde are today starting continuous industrial action over "major safety concerns" after managers slashed firefighter numbers.

MINISTERS have come under fire over a "nightmare" freight crisis on the Shetland Islands which is seeing a hoard of goods vehicles and trailers left unshipped on a daily basis.

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There is a "real" risk the learning gulf between poorer and richer students will grow as the former are disproportionately recruited to universities where online delivery is maximised, Scotland's Fair Access Commissioner has warned.

GORDON Brown has warned the next general election could pit Scotland against the rest of the UK – with Boris Johnson potentially claiming the rise of the SNP is “preventing Britain moving forward”.

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AN INVESTIGATION is underway after a frail pensioner found collapsed at his home in Glasgow died following a 40 hour wait for an ambulance.

There are no signs the TRNSMT music festival has caused a big rise in Covid cases, Scotland’s national clinical director Professor Jason Leitch has said.

IT is a multi-million pound sector which Glasgow has excelled in but the international conference sector was hit hard during the pandemic.

“Over the summer I’ve had time to reflect on my extensive portfolio of interests and decided it was time to cut back.”

Administrators in charge of selling a historic hotel on the Isle of Bute have reported “strong interest” in the property, which is set to be sold at offers over £1.1 million.

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A FAMILY craft brewing business in Clackmannanshire is expanding after receiving a seven-figure investment from the UK arm of banking group HSBC.

AT a crucial time for the North Sea oil and gas industry hopes that firms may invest in the area again are being threatened by the Scottish Government.

Presenter Adam Frost looks at the value of ornamental grasses, structural seed heads and deep brown flower centres.

Retailer John Lewis plans to hire 7,000 temporary workers for the Christmas trading period – 2,000 more than last year – and is tempting potential recruits in a tight labour market with free food and drink.

EITHER Nicola Sturgeon’s army of special advisers is becoming nervous, or she herself is.

NORTH Sea-focused Longboat Energy has underlined its appetite for acquisitions after showing its faith in the exploration potential of the area .

A TREE planting project in the Highlands is to help a Scottish investment company go carbon neutral.

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VACCINATING teenagers and the Government’s winter Covid plan were the topics debated by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

The countdown is underway and on Thursday, 30 September, the winners of this year’s Herald Property Awards for Scotland powered by Property Studios will finally be announced and there is still time to take your place at the event.

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MY heart takes a little cold shudder inside my chest every time I read another story about an anti-vaxxer or Covid denier dying. The news is full of these pitiful modern morality tales of late: men and women gasping their last, repenting their decisi...

HONG Kong may have outlawed democracy and free speech, but they certainly haven’t outlawed shark fin soup, a delicacy at Chinese weddings and banquets. Near the heart of Hong Kong's luxury shopping district are a cluster of streets that specialise ...

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IT was a tale of two speeches. On Sunday, Alex Salmond showed he still has a gift for oratory at the Alba conference in Greenock, thrilling an ecstatic crowd with a promise to go full throttle for independence while his predecessor dithers and delays...

Scotland's new National Care Service must recognise the needs of those with different conditions including dementia, the Greens have said.

A Scots nurse who emigrated to Australia has said he felt guilty about the Covid pressures his former NHS colleagues were experiencing while his hospital operated “normally”.

SCOTLAND international Jack Hendry played a vital role for Club Brugge as the Belgians earned an impressive draw against global superstars Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday night.

THE UK is to enter in to a new security arrangement with the US and Australia.

CELTIC and Real Betis will BOTH be in their alternate jerseys on Thursday night as they lock horns in the Europa League.

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MSPs have been told that controversial oil field plans going ahead would be “a betrayal of future generations” amid a warning the climate emergency cannot become “a jobs crisis”.

Set in a fictional Liverpool care home in spring 2020, Help tells the moving story of the relationship between a young care home worker and a patient.

ALFREDO Morelos has been a superstar for Rangers since his arrival in Glasgow in 2017.

AN SNP MP has made an empassioned speech during a debate on the planned cuts to Universal Credit.

FILIP HELANDER will be out until December, Rangers have confirmed.

IT was an historic season for the Ibrox club.

We Buy Any Car, over-50s financial services provider Saga and retailer Sports Direct have between them been ordered to pay £495,000 for sending unsolicited and "intrusive" messages to consumers.

Pupils taking national qualifications are likely to retain their ability to challenge results directly if formal exams are cancelled again.

Hannah Stephenson leafs through inspiring gardening tomes to suit everyone from allotmenteers to houseplant fanciers.

MICHAEL Gove has kept his role overseeing the union as part of the Prime Minister's reshuffle.

Shipbuilding is an industry for which we as a nation are synonymous and have been for many decades.

GAVIN Williamson has been sacked as Education secretary as the Prime Minister begins an overhaul of his top team.

Ian Blackford has challenged Scottish Tory MPs over cuts to Universal Credit, while Boris Johnson insists he should go back to "banging on" about a referendum.

ALISTER Jack is ‘unlikely’ to lose his position in the Scotland Office as Boris Johnson prepares to reshuffle his cabinet.