Welcome to the Herald live blog.  Follow the latest updates as mourners continue to pay their respects to the Queen in Edinburgh at St Giles' Cathedral.  At 6pm, the Queen will depart Scotland for the last time. Her coffin will be flown from Edin...

A Scottish independence festival planned in Glasgow for the day before the Queen's funeral has had to be postponed to next month over public order concerns.

POLITICIANS across the political parties have raised fears over the arrests of anti-monarchists protesters.

There can’t be many heads of state who can claim that since 1970 they have been fighting against pollution, and over 50 years ago spoke out against it.

SADLY, it seems that those who want Scotland to be a republic could not resist the chance to try and spoil respectful condolences for the late Queen.

The chief executive of embattled healthcare company Omega Diagnostics has paid tribute to his predecessor Colin King for his “honourable” leadership through a tumultuous year that forced a change of leadership at the business.

CALLS have been made for government to invest more heavily in physical activities as a "shocking" study suggested over half of Scots may have suffered mental illness by the age of 24.

AN exact replica of an Antarctic hut is to become one of the more unusual features of the annual 10-day celebration of literature in Scotland's National Book Town.

RUPERT Soames has announced he is to step down as head of Serco, the outsourcing giant at which he is credited for leading a major turnaround in fortunes.

AS the new Prime Minister Liz Truss faces huge flak from greens for planning to boost North Sea oil and gas production, Norway is reaping the rewards for encouraging investment in the area at a time when its hydropower output is under pressure.

THE big picture is important, obviously, but it’s always the finer details that live long in the public imagination. The little things are the things that catch the eye and are often the easiest to get right.

By Ian McConnell

By Ian McConnell

By Scott Wright

By Scott Wright

Farming

Florentines have become a classic biscuit to enjoy at Christmas, probably thanks to the candied peel and glacé cherries that are so beloved at this time of year. But these are too good to wait until then. These Florentine biscuits are a rich and ind...

Haute Dolci, Edinburgh

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on the late Queen September 13 2022

THE death of the Queen is starting to take on some rather profound symbolism. Republicans and abolitionists like me may feel distinctly uncomfortable with the almost primal nature of the grief and loyalty that’s swept up so many citizens, yet it ex...

Youth Elixir. Wrinkle Repair. Age-Defying. I might be old enough to get my bathroom renovated (and send progress photos to friends as if showing off a newborn child), but any stranger casting an eye over the glut of anti-ageing creams lining my cabin...

Since the proclamation of King Charles III, a few arrests have been made and protesters have been moved on in London, Scotland and Oxford

An MP who admitted putting people at risk by travelling on a train from London to Scotland knowing she had Covid-19 is due to be sentenced on Tuesday.

Sidling up

Mourners continued to join the queue in their thousands after midnight

If you're not a fan of the hit games Wordle or Heardle then maybe try the movie spin-off Framed.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Follow the latest updates as Edinburgh prepares to welcome tens of thousands of people to see the Queen’s coffin. 

PATRICK Harvie has told King Charles to his face that the “reality of human life is not rooted in status or title” in an overtly political speech nominally paying tribute to the Queen.

WHEN the pipes fell silent, the only sound was the steady rhythm of footsteps moving in perfect harmony.

NICOLA Sturgeon has credited her husband with saving one of the Queen’s corgis from electrocution.

KING Charles has spoken of his mother’s deep and abiding love for Scotland as he addressed the Scottish Parliament for the first time as monarch.

RENEWABLE energy consultancy and service provider Natural Power has hailed a major link-up with Network Rail to help steer its energy provision.

TWO people have beeh charged in connection with a breach of the peace during a proclamation ceremony publicly announcing King Charles III as the new monarch.

THE KING has insisted he is “resolved faithfully to follow” the example set by the Queen in his first full address to Parliament.

SCOTLAND'S nationalised train operator has warned of busy services over the coming days as thousands are expected to head to Edinburgh to pay their respects to the Queen.

Rupert Soames is to step down from his role leading outsourcer Serco.

THE Scottish Parliament will today express its “deepest regret and grief” at the death of the Queen as it welcomes King Charles.

JD Wetherspoon declares it will cut the price of food and drink by 7.5 per cent on Thursday to highlight the benefit of a permanent reduction in value-added tax for the hospitality sector.

DAVID Cameron got it right yesterday when, speaking on television, he described the Queen, whom he met on a weekly basis when he was prime minister, as the world’s greatest public servant.

IT was quite the crowd that gathered in the Throne Room at St James’s Palace on Saturday to proclaim the new sovereign.

Let’s go in close. To the small details. Like the King trying to deal with two giant parchments, a big fancy inkpot, and a tray of pens, all of which had been placed on a table smaller than a fold-down tray on an economy flight to Zante. It irritat...

YOU can’t escape the thought that the Queen would have detested this festival of fake grief. Four days have elapsed since her death last Thursday, but what ought to have been a solemn period of reflection in keeping with the dignity and restraint s...

PLANS for a major park at a former gas holder have been withdrawn, while the application to renovate the industral landmark frame have been approved.

As the old saying has it, nostalgia isn’t what it used to be. You know the sort of thing: fruit and vegetables don’t taste like they used to; the summers were sunnier and the winters were colder; you never needed to lock your door (aye, right) an...

The Queen’s untimely death has given politicians time to reflect and adapt to the new priorities of Prime Minister Truss as outlined in her energy statement and first PMQs.

“It was a very, very different world back then,” Sandy Campbell recalls. “It was the early 1970s and jobs were aplenty, and the gap between rich and poor was nothing like it is today.”

THE head of Scotland’s biggest public sector union has told Nicola Sturgeon to end the “London blame game” over budget cuts and reform the country’s tax system instead.

THE pictures of the Queen in Cumbernauld, contained in the supplement Queen Elizabeth: Her Life In Scotland (September 10) , reminded me of May 18, 1977, when she visited the town during the celebration of her Silver Jubilee.

Prime Minister Liz Truss and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon joined the King at a service of thanksgiving for the Queen in one of Scotland's most ancient churches.