THERE is much to be said about the deep, brooding waters of Loch Ness. But, of course, its chief story revolves around the elusive Nessie, a monster mystery worth, reputedly, around £41 million to the Scottish economy.

Much of The Edinburgh Fringe programme remains inaccessible to disabled audiences, prompting criticism from campaigners and advocates as the 2022 festival gets underway.

A FORMER world darts champion has lodged a claim against a Scottish airline about the loss of his bag on a flight to Aberdeen for a charity event - as it launched a ‘baggage task force’ to recover lost luggage.

SHOPS across some Scots islands have been forced to ration essential items amid widespread ferry cancellations due to a broken down vessel, the Herald on Sunday can reveal.

A FORMER Celtic player has been offered just £100 by the taxman after it took nearly £300,000 from his bank account over a year ago for taxes he did not owe.

SCOTTISH seafood businesses are linking with tourism leaders to help tell their story to sell their products.

Kathleen Nutt

By Scott Wright

EVERY week there’s some new claim that comedy is being ruined by ‘woke’ mobs out to destroy freedom of speech. Is that really true? To find out, our Writer at Large Neil Mackay heard from 15 hard-working comedians at Edinburgh’s Fringe. Conta...

DILEMMAS are the stuff of government and, after a dreadful week on the economic front, the two Conservative contenders will already be pondering the crossroads ahead should they successfully complete the Tory leadership assault course and enter Downi...

Seems Boris Johnson got out just in time. Last week, the Governor of the Bank of England placed a bomb under the Tory leadership race by forecasting a 13 per cent inflation rate and a recession lasting until 2024.

The snowy white flat cap of Mount Kilimanjaro looms over the ‘home of the African elephant’ Amboseli National Park, with its dried-up lake, vast wetlands, shady woodlands, grassy savannah, and pungent sulphur springs.

Camille O'Sullivan's love affair with Edinburgh and remarkable run of enigmatic performances at the Festival Fringe started in 2004. The city has been a showcase for her prowess as a singer and storyteller ever since.

It took three years, 68,000 nautical miles and a lot of hauling heavy, waterlogged rope up from the bottom of the sea.

What is today's Framed? Some hints to help you guess the movie. Plus the answer for when you've given up!

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

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

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

TOM Daley is a brave guy. There’s the diving, of course. Heights, complex routines, high risk of injury – the stuff of nightmares for most of us. Maybe it was that same daredevil streak in him that said yes to live presenting The One Show recentl...

SETTLED down to watch Women’s Euro 2022: the final (BBC1, Sunday) after making a bet with the dog on how long it would be before someone mentioned a certain date in the 1960s.

For Chris Lowe and his family, the long drive north from their home in Midlands was much more than a welcome break.

PLANS have been lodged for a major new adventure water park on the site of a historic brickworks site.

ISLANDS businesses have been blighted by the abject failure of the Scottish ferry service delivered by CalMac and should receive meaningful compensation.

AS the Conservative leadership race intensifies and the candidates address hustings across the UK, including in Perth on August 16, business leaders and experts are calling for a “renewed and realistic economic strategy” that creates the right co...

We've said goodbye to a number of people in the public eye in 2022, including Meat Loaf, Ronnie Spector and Barry Cryer.

I LOVE an analogy and the immediate one that springs to mind regarding the Bank of England and its control over our economy is “lunatics in charge of the asylum”.

HOMELESSNESS should be treated as a public health issue if it is to eradicated in Scotland’s largest city, according to the new director of a unique alliance.

Iomart chief executive Reece Donovan saw a drop in pay last year as sales and profits slipped at the Glasgow-based cloud computing company.

By Peter Michaelis  

Asset manager and pensions provider Royal London, which has significant operations in Scotland, has reported a recovery in sales of new workplace pensions during the first half of this year.

IT isn’t every week that a scientific breakthrough shifts the goalposts for death.

A JUNIOR doctor will be able to return to work in Scotland after a deportation threat against him was dropped.

AS A general rule, the word ‘apocalyptic’ is not something you wish to see in the context of waiting-times in Accident and Emergency units. And yet, there it was in black and white, in a report in these pages just three days ago.

ASSETCO, the fast-growing wealth management company chaired by Martin Gilbert, has completed the purchase of Revera Asset Management – at a reduced price.

As imagined by Brian Beacom

IT has been 33 years since Catherine Clément wrote: “All the women in opera die a death prepared for them by a slow plot, woven by furtive, fleeting heroes.’’ But it may as well be last week. Carmen, Tosca, Violetta: beautiful, doomed, girls. ...

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: Painting and Printing 1990-2004

A Village in the Third Reich: How Ordinary Lives Were Transformed by the Rise of Fascism

We are celebrating English wines this week, sparklers are the English speciality but to be honest, the still wines have come on leaps and bounds in recent years, especially the international varieties such as Chardonnay, Riesling and Pinot Noir.

A doctor explains the common causes, symptoms and treatment for the disease.

What is it?

Our compost bins are working overtime just now as we cram them with barrowloads of garden clearings.

Ah, Venice – la Serenissima ... For me it’s still the most romantic city in the world (though sadly, as I know to the cost of my nice new shoes while wading through waterlogged St Mark’s Square, yes, it definitely is sinking, so get there pront...

Fiction

Amsterdam detective Piet Van Der Valk is back for a second series of gruesome murders and intriguing mysteries in ITV crime drama Van Der Valk.

DAVID Greig is a man who takes to a challenge in the way an out of work theatrical takes to a spotlight.

MEANTIME

63rd + 1st, Edinburgh

LIKE a plague of locusts descending on biblical Egypt, the city of Edinburgh is currently witnessing an infestation of madcap arty-types. In other words … the Edinburgh Festival has commenced.

It's not only humans who have suffered the sweltering temperatures of recent weeks. Wildlife, including hedgehogs, hares, bats and badgers, could well be struggling with this summer's harsh conditions, according to a wildlife charity.