THE Scottish Conservative party has publicly divided over who to support in the contest to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister.

LIZ Truss’s campaign has doubled down on its criticism of Nicola Sturgeon despite a furious backlash to her dismissal of the First Minister as an “attention seeker” best ignored.

I write this from the Dordogne in France, where temperatures hit 39 ⁰C in the first days of my arrival. A couple of hours drive from this spot are areas where the “canicule”, as they call the heatwave in France, topped 40°C for days.

THE SNP has been accused of still being in denial over sexual misconduct after announcing plans to keep power in North Lanarkshire Council without mentioning why the previous leader had to resign.

A MAJOR Scottish whisky maker has hailed plans for a green freeport in the north of Scotland and said it could boost net zero targets.

VICTIMS charities and politicians have called for action after new figures revealed image-based sexual abuse crimes had more than doubled in Scotland in the last five years.

“King of trainers” JD Sports has sold its Footasylum chain to a German investment firm following a protracted battle with the UK competition watchdog.

THERE’S a political calculation that a problem which directly affects only a small minority will sooner (probably) or later become of no interest to the rest, so play the long game and it will pass.

THE cost of living and rising interest rates might be squeezing finances, but it doesn’t seem to have prompted a slowdown in house price sales yet as latest figures show Scotland’s two main cities have seen an annual increase.

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A Scottish real estate developer and investment company has underlined its ambition to become the UK’s largest care home provider with the acquisition of six nursing homes in the north of England.

I AM told that there is more than one way to skin a cat. I will take it on faith as that kind of pastime holds little appeal for me.

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EUROPE was on fire the other week. But our politicians have forgotten that, and moved on. Now they can pontificate about mass poverty, global hunger or war for a while, before doing precisely nothing once again.

GOVERNMENTS all over the world have to make decisions on what they want to prioritise. That could be investing in the economy, providing welfare benefits, their health system and so on. The last 15 years have seen the SNP prioritise giving universal ...

RECENT news of soaring gas prices is likely to be a further hammer blow to the finances of low-income households.

Farming

If you have tried and loved Wordle, Quordle should be your next go-to brain teaser.

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Move over Wordle, you can now shake things up with its music spin-off Heardle.

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on the Lionesses and 1966 August 2 2022

To boldly go

ENGLAND'S over-paid, over-hyped lads have been promising to bring football home for the past 60 years. Finally, the women, fed up waiting, have done it themselves.

Surging gas prices and concerns about Russian supply have been blamed for the predicted increase

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SCOTLAND’S football authorities have been told to invest more in the women and girls’ game and capitalise on England’s stunning victory in the Euro 2022 final.

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From August 1, France has removed all its Covid travel restrictions for international travellers.

NICOLA Sturgeon is “an attention seeker” who ought to be ignored, Liz Truss has said.

PENNY Mordaunt has endorsed Liz Truss’s bid to become the next Tory leader, as Rishi Sunak’s chances continue to fade, despite a last minute gamble on tax.

Canals could become hotbeds for flytipping and dereliction due to the way the body responsible receives money, according to bosses.

LAW firm Blackadders has shaken up its leadership team following the election of new managing partners Emma Gray and Ryan McKay.

A Perthshire jam making company has announced a new partnership with luxury floating hotel, Fingal.

Rhys Davies, 28, was also given a 15-year ban on owning or keeping animals.

A rare crocodile fossil estimated to be 40 million years old is set to go under the hammer at an auction in Scotland.

ScotRail has confirmed additional late trains will run during the Edinburgh festivals as more than two million people are expected to flock to the capital.

EDINBURGH is to pioneer a crackdown on short-term lets such as Airbnb after the entire city was officially designated as a control zone.

A plane crash landed in a Scottish field on Monday morning.

LIZ Truss’s campaign team has split over whether it was right to promote a social media image of Rishi Sunak stabbing Boris Johnson in the back.

SCOTTISH Rugby says a written offer of support "remains open" as the family of Scotland international Siobhan Cattigan, who died last year, launch legal action against the sport's governing bodies.