BP has more than doubled first quarter profits to $6.2 billion (£5bn) from $2.6bn in a development that has fuelled renewed calls for a windfall tax on firms operating in the North Sea.

BORIS Johnson has struggled to explain how he will help some of the worst-off families with the cost of living in a brutal morning interview.

AS a keen wild swimmer, I’m clear in my mind that there are places I would never swim on the grounds of safety – and among them is the vicinity of a salmon farm. That’s been the case ever since I wrote an article, last year, covering an objecti...

FROM A 24-hour challenge to scale three of the UK’s highest peaks in memory of a beloved father to walking round Pollok Country Park every day in cold, winter weather, the public got out there and supported The Herald’s drive to raise funds for t...

THE campaign to create a fitting memorial as a tribute to every Scot who lost their life during the pandemic has reached its fundraising target.

THE chief of Scotland's only commercial goldmine has hailed the turnaround of the facility's fortunes as it heads towards doubling production by the end of the year.

I HAVE love/hate relationships with so many things. That's normal, I think.

It was artist Alec Finlay’s vision that Scotland’s Covid Memorial should be secluded but also everywhere, while drawing on inspiration from the landscape around him in Pollok Country Park. He has achieved just that.

ONE of Scotland’s top architects and a Glasgow School of Art alumnus believes a trust should be formed to take the rebuild project forward.

OIL services firm ACE Winches is launching a multi-million dollar expansion drive in the US where it sees opportunities in a range of markets.

AS it becomes clear that Russia’s war on Ukraine could last for many months, oil and gas giants may be about to help breathe new life into the debate about whether a windfall tax should be imposed on North Sea firms.

IT has become a characteristic of every election that now takes place in Scotland, whether it be the UK General Election of MPs to Westminster, the Scottish Election of MSPs to Holyrood, or the local elections of councillors in every town, city and b...

Farming

Scots are being warned about the dangers of a tick-borne bacterial infection amid a surge in calls to NHS call handlers.

ALLOW your imagination to play a little game for a moment: let’s pretend that Boris Johnson has just been arrested in connection with drug smuggling, and Ireland steps forward to say it’s going to impose direct rule on Britain until London gets i...

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For many years I had a thing about Trainspotting – it annoyed me, but not for the reasons you might expect.

Andrew McKie

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Just Stop Oil said its supporters blocked access to the Nustar Clydebank facility

Would-be sponsors under the Homes for Ukraine visa scheme are threatening the Government with legal action on behalf of hundreds of Ukrainian refugees who have spent weeks waiting to come to the UK.

DOUGLAS Ross has warned his fellow Tory MPs not to move against Boris Johnson in the wake of expected local election losses across the UK this week.

THE builders of Glasgow’s flawed £842million super-hospital have withdrawn from discussions about faulty cladding that could pose a fire risk, according to official documents.

The warning comes as new research suggested delays in passport processing could cost £1.1 billion in cancelled trips this summer.

Connolly, who was knighted in 2017 for his services to entertainment and charity, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2013.

BORIS Johnson is to liken Russia’s conflict with Ukraine to Hitler’s invasion of Europe during the Second World War in an address to MPs in Kyiv.

A new family seafood restaurant and takeaway has opened near Glasgow today.

Nicola Sturgeon has said her government is considering how to respond to a ruling from the Information Commissioner demanding she publishes legal advice on a second independence referendum.

THE SNP struggled to persuade women to stand as candidates at this year’s council elections, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

KEIR Starmer has denied breaking lockdown rules while having a beer after work.

ANAS Sarwar has moved to play down hopes of a Scottish Labour revival at Thursday's election, saying the party still had "years" of work to do before it would come in first again.

A SCOTTSH sour-beer maker has launched a crowdfunding campaign to support the opening of a new pub in Edinburgh.

A Fife hotel resort has announced the appointment of a new executive chef to oversee the operations of its five restaurant venues.

NICOLA Sturgeon has come under fire after refusing to define what a woman is.

NICOLA STURGEON has said she still plans to kick out the UK's nuclear deterrent in the early years of an independent Scotland, despite Russia's ruthless war in Ukraine.

Education bosses are under fire after watering down proposals to ringfence principal teacher posts for black and minority ethnic (BME) individuals.

A SCOTS council has told staff it is taking action to improve employee relationships as in concludes an over two-year-long investigation into serious allegations of poor management, culture and bullying.

IT is a brand that brings back memories of childhood summers in busy residential streets across Scotland.

GLOBAL upheavals in recent years have a curious tendency of uniting influential Unionist and SNP opinion. Last week in the New Statesman, Andrew Marr, the former presenter of the BBC’s Sunday Politics, suggested that the war in Ukraine had effectiv...

Music For Dementia and UK Music have published a new report which outlines a blueprint to use music to help improve the nation’s health and wellbeing. Both as a composer and the founder of The Cumnock Tryst, an inclusive music festival taking place...

The big results from Thursday’s local elections are already in. A shamefully low turnout, which will be deemed "impressive" if it tops the previous record high of 46 per cent.

I’ve always loved voting. Physical voting I mean. The booth. The pencil on a string. The lady marking your name off a list. The people at the door with rosettes and pamphlets and slogans. The democracy! It's exciting and wonderful and I love it

Independent property firm Bowman Rebecchi has secured a contract to oversee the sale of 22 new homes in Gourock as it launches the estate agency business.

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By Sarah-Jayne Dunn

THE Scottish Tories have again turned to former leader Ruth Davidson for help as they enter the final stretch of the local election campaign trailing in the polls.

The rebuild of the fire-ravaged Glasgow School of Art could be determined by the cheapest price over quality due to a flawed tender system, a leading Scottish architect has warned.

LORD Willie Haughey, one of Scotland’s most high-profile entrepreneurs, has described the wrongful conviction of sub-postmasters as “the greatest miscarriage of justice ever in the history of the UK”.

Name: Tess Whittaker (although my voice acting name is Teresa-May Whittaker).

The conflict and resulting human misery in Ukraine these past two months has been truly awful and distressing to watch. A peaceful resolution cannot come soon enough.