A wildfire in West Lothian has continued to burn for the third day since it broke out.

A WOMAN has died and four people, including two children, have been injured in a crash on the A90 in Tayside.

SO fare thee well Jimmy Perez, going but not yet gone from Shetland (BBC1, Wednesday). It has been nine years and six series and we have yet to see you wearing the regulation bobble hat that surely comes with the terrain.

The Radio Times described Sky High Club: Scotland and Beyond (BBC Scotland, Monday, Wednesday, 10.30pm; BBC Three, Thursday, 8pm, 8.30pm) as “a non-fictional version of The High Life”. Oh, dearie me!

Edinburgh's £1 billion fund manager Bruce Stout has castigated central bankers for their belated response to rising inflation as "woefully inadequate" in the face of rapidly deteriorating economic conditions in the first half of this year.

THE impact of the cost of living crisis on homeowners has been laid bare as queries from Scots seeking help about mortgage payments soars by more than 1000% while new mortgage arrears and repossessions rise.

With Scotland recording the biggest increase in home working of all the UK regions during the first quarter of this year, one recruitment expert is warning of a growing divide between the “haves” and “have-nots” of hybrid employment.

SCOTLAND’S reputation for prudence has stood its fund managers in good stead but of course that has to be backed up by excellence in execution.

A planned flyover by the Red Arrows in Edinburgh was cancelled at the last minute due to cloud cover.

WHO, really, would want to take over from Boris Johnson at a time like this? There are so many serious crises in the in-tray, from high inflation and a pending recession to the consequences of Russian aggression in Ukraine, from Britain’s still lar...

New technology developed by a Scottish entrepreneur will allow lidding film for food which is normally thrown away to be recycled with household collections.

By Stuart Paterson

WHEN the Covid pandemic grounded planes, closed borders, and plunged whole swathes of the planet into months-long lockdowns and even longer periods of social distancing, there were plenty of warnings about unintended consequences.

By Scott Wright

IT is sad to see that it’s taken an intervention by Gordon Brown to prod the Labour Party into putting forward some proposals to tackle the energy and cost of living crisis that is upon us (“Brown forces Labour to act”, The Herald, August 12). ...

WHEATLEY Group, the social housing giant, has agreed a £100 million deal with four major lenders to support its new-build programme.

From Simple Minds to Scottish Opera, our pick of five of the best arts events

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on the energy companies’ soaring profits on Saturday, August 13, 2022.

WE’RE sad to hear that model Jerry Hall has divorced Rupert Murdoch after six years of marriage. Murdoch is, of course, a famous media magnate. We’re not entirely sure what a magnate is, but it’s probably similar to a magnet, which means that l...

I WOULD struggle in a pub or court of law to describe what I do as work. My work-life balance is about 50:50 and, frankly, it’s the life bit that I dislike.

The novelist and forensic anthropologist talks to Hannah Stephenson about how her books are popular in prisons, and why she doesn't watch TV dramas.

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AS predictably as seagulls follow chip-wrappers, Susan Aitken was quick to mimic Nicola Sturgeon’s intervention on the impending economic crisis. The First Minister had said: “It is clear that the UK currently faces a rapidly escalating emergency...

HE is, say his feminist critics, “cartoonishly misogynistic”. And they have a point. Matt Gaetz – the Trumpist congressman who looks like a child’s action figure left too close to a fire – has turned his women-baiting in to a campaign shtic...

NOTHING in political life is certain. For example, Nicola Sturgeon said this week she has not definitively made up her mind yet as to whether she will contest the next Holyrood election as SNP leader.

A PEASANT girl who became a military leader in medieval France, Joan of Arc's name has been remembered down through the centuries. Now a new production at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre portrays the historic warrior as non-binary.

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

Sir Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed on stage in New York state, is reportedly on a ventilator and could lose an eye.

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.

Hints and answers for today's Wordle.

A number of sectors will be affected in August as workers stage walk-outs set to affect Brits.

Weaver is the newest word game on the block - if you are struggling with today's brainteaser here are some hints to get you to the end. And the solution if you give up!

A LABOUR government would end the controversial policy of deporting illegal migrants to Rwanda, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

THREE industry experts are set to join the Entrepreneurial Scotland Foundation board this summer.

FARMERS have hit out at a ban in taking water from a Fife river after it fell to a "critical" level in the mini-heatwave.

The Scottish Labour leader made the remark while appearing on the Edinburgh Fringe earlier in the week.

NANCY Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan was like “external forces” colluding with Nicola Sturgeon to split Scotland from the UK, the Chinese government has said.

LIZ TRUSS has come under fire for a new plan targeting “woke civil service culture that strays into antisemitism”.

CLEARLY, the First Minister isn’t quite as superstitious as me. I’m the type who doesn’t like to tempt fate. There’s always that shuddersome sense when you speculate about the future - especially around something negative - that Lady Luck mig...

Police have confirmed that a crash which closed the A78 shore road between West Kilbride and Ardrossan yesterday, August 11, was fatal.

WASTE and recycling workers across Scotland will strike for eight days over the four weeks.

A PENGUIN has died at Edinburgh Zoo after a fox broke into the enclosure.

BORIS Johnson has admitted that his support to help with the cost of living does not go far enough, but he insisted that the government “was doing everything that we can”.

Three people have been hospitalised after a fire engulfed a butcher shop in South Lanarkshire.

A CONSULTATION on legislating for buffer zones around abortion clinics in Scotland in order to keep pro-life protesters at bay has attracted more than 12,000 responses.

JOHN Swinney has accused the UK government of holding the country to ransom over the cost of living crisis.

The UK’s economy shrank over the last three months as spending on test and trace and the Covid-19 vaccine programme subsided, figures show.

A DENTAL practice claimed to be the largest offering NHS treatment in the Scottish capital has been sold.

Scots are being urged to avoid lighting fires outdoors amid a heightened risk of wildfires.