Buses are being brought in to support lifeline services on one of Scotland's busiest ferry routes suffered a fourth day of disruption due to safety issues at a port.

Tesco bosses have warned they are seeing "early indications of changing customer behaviour" due to pressure on households from soaring inflation.

ONE of Scotland's wealthiest men has produced evidence he says shows that green vessels at the centre of Scotland's ferry fiasco are already obsolete and would produce dangerous emissions.

THE cheers and the relief of campaigners who fought against Tuesday night's Rwanda removal flights were hard won and deserved.

SNP ministers have been accused of trying to “protect themselves” from criticism as the party is set to snatch the key resources brief at the umbrella organisation for Scottish councils.

By Ian McConnell

Online retail company THG saw its shares slump by more than a fifth during trading after two suitors mulling bids worth more £2 billion and £1 billion walked away from the business.

By Scott Wright

GLASGOW is facing increased flooding and heat stress due to climate change which will have detrimental effects on public health and social equality, according to a World Health Organisation's Health and Climate Change Urban Profile.

BrewDog has commissioned a green gas plant that will power the production of more than 176 million pints of beer a year at its Ellon headquarters in Aberdeenshire.

By Scott Wright

By Ian McConnell

ONE of Scotland’s biggest salmon farmers has taken delivery of a new boat that it says will help it improve sustainability and maintain better welfare for its fish.

ONE day at the height of the punk era, Paul McCartney and his wife Linda were in traffic in London’s West End when a gang of aggressive-looking punks hove into view.

MANY of us remember the setting up of the Faslane Peace Camp in June 40 years ago. For more than 50 years, Britain has had a continuous nuclear armed patrol at sea. And for 40 of those years, there has been a dedicated peace camp to protest. The 40th...

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Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on interest rates June 17 2022

DID you recently step outside to find a flat tyre? Are you a resident of an urban area? You could well have fallen foul of the latest band of climate crusaders - The Tyre Extinguishers.

“THERE will be no border down the Irish Sea,” declared Boris Johnson in August 2020, adding: “Over my dead body.” But, of course, there is one and lightning didn’t strike.

Scotland is experiencing another wave of Covid-19 infections as cases of two Omicron variants increase, a public health expert has said.

Both the Scottish and UK governments have recommended the bid by the Affric Highlands project

An investigation has been launched into the death of a disabled plane passenger who reportedly fell after getting off without a helper at Gatwick Airport.

Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond spoke to Sky News political editor Beth Rigby on Thursday evening

AFTER so much ghastly behaviour from Downing Street, can we ever get back to responsible government?

Circus Extreme is thrilled to be returning to the Scotland in 2022 as part of its World Tour!

Nicola Sturgeon faces Douglas Ross and Anas Sarwar at First Minister's Questions after renewing her campaign for Scottish indpendence

DURING her Indyref launch on Tuesday, Nicola Sturgeon opined that Brexit could have been, if not a roaring success, certainly much less of a burach than it has been.

PUB trade campaigners have issued a stark warning over the business impact of next week’s planned rail strikes.

NO NEW bids for waste incinerators should be granted permission, the Scottish Government minister responsible for cutting waste has said.

Peers have branded a call to split up the two Houses of Parliament and decamp the Lords to another part of the UK a Government "power grab".

SIR Rod Stewart is planning a special show in Edinburgh and a special video in honour of his late father.

NICOLA Sturgeon has insisted she will look at nuclear fusion technology with an open mind as she ruled out any atomic power forming part of the Scottish Government's delayed strategy to be published later this year.

MOTHERS who fled from their homes in Ukraine with their young children have faced months-long stays in hotels and difficulties with childcare and schools in Scotland.

Established Scottish day nursery group Children's Hour, which looks after more than 120 youngsters across two locations, has been sold by its owners for an undiclosed sum.

Nicola Sturgeon accused him of not recognising “basic” facts which she “thought a leader of an opposition party might have known”.

DOUGLAS Ross has claimed Nicola Sturgeon’s pursuit of a second independence referendum will put lives at risk as public services “play second fiddle” to the constitution.

ONE of Scotland's wealthiest men says green vessels at the centre of Scotland's ferry fiasco are already obsolete and would produce dangerous emissions.

THE Scottish Government's ferry owners have 'got away with it' in the fiasco which has seen two lifeline vessels delayed by over five years, says former Ferguson Marine shipyard owner Jim McColl.

BORIS Johnson's ethics adviser said he was forced to quit after being put in an 'impossible and odious situation' after the Prime Minister asked him to consider a 'deliberate' breach of the ministerial code.

BrewDog has commissioned a green gas plant that will power the production of more than 176 million pints of beer a year at its Ellon headquarters in Aberdeenshire.

IT was Donald Trump’s birthday on Tuesday. He turned 76. Alas, it is too late to send a gift, though you can probably, for a donation, still sign the “official” card organised by his son, Donald Trump Jr.

I know what you expect me to say. You expect me to say that Nicola Sturgeon’s new push for independence is outrageous, a blatant example of ignoring the 2014 referendum, and worst of all, a failure to talk about the real problems of independence �...

Technology consultancy AND Digital has opened its third office in Scotland as it works towards its goal of employing 500 people across the country.

NHS workers in Scotland are to be consulted informally about possible strike action after union leaders insisted a 5% pay rise being offered is "simply not good enough".

NATIONALISED ScotRail is having to cancel nine in ten of its usual services as the nation's railway which is already on an emergency timetable is further crippled by a UK-wide strike next week.