By Ian McConnell

IT was with regret that I read of Patrick Harvie’s so-called contribution to the tributes to the late Queen (“Green minister Patrick Harvie tells new monarch life is not all about ‘status or title’”, September 13).

EDINBURGH's freedom of speech protest in the wake of anti-monarchy arrests have been compared to demonstrations held in Moscow.

ALDI has broken into the UK grocery industry’s top four for the first time, underlining consumers’ appetite for more competitive pricing as the cost-of-living crisis deepens.

TWO historic Scottish law firms are to merge, with two of the three partners in one practice to retire.

A SCOTTISH company that installs smart meters on behalf of energy firms has posted a significant increase in half-year revenue and profit.

Parsley Box has reduced its headcount by nearly a third as the ready meal delivery company grapples with a decline in online shopping volumes amid the cost-of-living crisis.

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coincided with a steep reduction in orthopaedic activity on the NHS. According to the SAP report, the number of hip replacements - including emergency surgeries on broken joints - was down by 37% per cent to 5,102 in 2021, compared to 8,047 in 2019. ...

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Firms in the oil and gas sector are at increasing risk of falling into legal disputes as a “perfect storm” of pressure has formed around the industry.

A Scots father has set up camp on an uninhabited island to highlight the “isolation” of parents separated from their children due to a legal loophole dubbed the “kidnappers charter’.

THE mourners shuffling past the Queen’s coffin in St Giles' cathedral looked sombre and over-awed. The sight of the small oak coffin, draped in the Royal Standard of Scotland, bearing the Scottish crown and guarded by the Company of Archers, brough...

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Patrick Harvie September 14 2022

WORKING class people are fed up with constant attacks on their living standards. They are fed up with a rigged economy that sees big business making record profits, bosses' pay soaring and billions being paid out in shareholder dividends. They know w...

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The rate of Consumer Prices Index inflation fell to 9.9 per cent in August, from 10.1% in July, the Office for National Statistics has said.

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KWASI Kwarteng has told his Treasury officials to “focus on entirely on growth” as he prepares for next week’s emergency mini-budget to address the cost-of-living crisis.

GLASGOW had 45 homes with a value of over £1 million sold in the last year, according to new analysis.

THE WORLD is heading into “uncharted territories of destruction”, the head of the UN has warned- as a stark document has set out the scale of the climate crisis.

A 22-year-old who heckled the Duke of York as he walked behind the Queen's coffin has been charged with a breach of the peace.

PLANS to create a large-scale whisky bond facility at an industrial estate on the outskirts of the Scottish capital have been lodged.

WAITING time performance in Scotland’s A&E departments improved on all fronts last week, although almost a third of patients still waited too long to be treated.

SUPERMARKETS are being urged to boost budget ranges as new figures show consumers are paying a record £571 more on average for their groceries than last year.

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.

DISGRACED MP Margaret Ferrier has been ordered to undertake 270 hours of unpaid work for recklessly exposing the public “to the risk of infection, illness and death” after breaking Covid rules at the height of the pandemic. 

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.

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.

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.

IN recent years, much attention has been given to extra funding for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, or CAMHS.

THE minister of St Giles’ Cathedral said he was honoured to speak for nation at Royal Thanksgiving service for the Queen but admitted it had also been nerve-wracking.

An Elgin farm shop was left "devastated" after almost 100 of their ducks were killed or injured after two dogs managed to enter a shed on the farm.

Protesters holding blank signs and banners gathered outside St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh where the Queen's coffin has been lying at rest.

Scots are no longer able to join a queue to enter St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh and pay respect to Queen Elizabeth.

HE is an army veteran who rebuilt his life after suffering devastating injuries while serving abroad and who counts the Duke of Sussex among his friends.

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