By Victoria Masterson

SCOTGOLD has hailed “substantial progress” towards mining at a rate of over 20,000 ounces of gold a year.

The number Scottish businesses planning to increase prices in the coming three months has hit a record high according to one of the country’s longest-running economic surveys.

There will be a “wave of revulsion” across Scotland if Boris Johnson is returned to No 10, the SNP’s Westminster leader has said.

Liz Truss resigned yesterday in less time than it takes to boil an egg.

People who paid a harsh price for doing what they thought was right and lighting the way.

IT has become the norm that all premierships end in failure but Liz Truss decided to save time and began hers with failure. And yesterday, inevitably, after just 44 days, it ended in exactly the same way, making her the shortest-serving Prime Ministe...

Scottish hotel group Crerar has launched an apprenticeship programme in a bid to tackle recruitment challenges that have been particularly acute across the hospitality and leisure sectors.

By Scott Wright

By Victoria Masterson

SCIENTISTS have for the first time pinpointed a large number of genes that are reliably associated with dyslexia.

What does “economic turmoil” really mean? Change lies ahead for Scottish businesses; higher borrowing costs for homeowners and the Government are just the first hit.

WITH the resignation of Liz Truss we are seeing the culmination of many years of the takeover of the Tories by a largish minority of extreme right-wing populists. These people have given us the disaster of Brexit, rendered the Union at its most insec...

It is, at least for us political obsessives, near-enough impossible to peel our eyes away from the scarcely imaginable chaos at Westminster. At the time of writing, Liz Truss has made it to a sixth week as our Prime Minister, Jeremy Hunt has made it ...

AS the numbers of businesses refusing to accept cash in the UK continues to increase, the sinister and relentless march to become a cashless society grows apace.

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Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Tory leadership battle October 21, 2022

AMID this howling tempest of an era, you will be delighted to know that many millions are still able to obsess over the little things, like salad dressing, which in the lives of an erstwhile Hollywood couple, was apparently a big thing. Let’s tuck ...

JUST six weeks after he was forced out of No 10, the prospect of a Boris Johnson comeback looks increasingly likely. 

More than 40,000 people living in the poorest areas of a Scottish city do not have direct access to a single firm offering legal aid, according to analysis.

The Scottish Government has to make more progress in moving back towards face-to-face mental health treatment after the pandemic, campaigners have said.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Whether you've aced the music spin-off Heardle or you've got the film version Framed beat, it might be time to raise the stakes. 

Described as a game for 'cinephiles and casual movie watchers alike' it is inspired by the worldwide popular guessing games. 

Liz Truss has announced her resignation in a statement outside Downing Street at 1.30pm today.

WITH Liz Truss quitting as Prime Minister – Downing Street could have a new occupant by Monday.

LIZ Truss will become the shortest-serving Prime Minister in British history – having seen her leadership crumble in just six weeks in Downing Street which saw the UK economy thrown into turmoil.

The second cost-of-living payment, aimed at most households receiving tax credits, will be distributed from November 23, it has been confirmed.

An Australian bank will tell its customers how many trees are cut down due to their monthly spending.

A print of a watercolour by the King of Balmoral has been bought at auction for more than eight times its estimate.

By Scott Wright

As it turns colder and darker, we’re heading indoors to eat and drink... happily Edinburgh has some brilliant brand new venues to while away an autumnal afternoon or evening. By Ailsa Sheldon

Council workers could still walk out after trade unions accused bosses of trying to go back on their promised pay deal.

LIZ Trust leaving office as the shortest-serving prime minister with a £115,000 annual payout would be “unconscionable”, the LibDems have claimed.

HOMEWARES retailer Dunelm has revealed sliding quarterly sales and warned over a "challenging winter for consumers" as the cost of living crisis deepens.

Police officers from across Scotland are to be sent to Shetland after a  "complete outage" left islanders without access to internet or computers.

DOUGLAS Ross has back Liz Truss’s decision to quit as Prime Minister – insisting the next leader must “restore stability for the good of the country”.

A new leader will be chosen by the Conservative Party in the next week - but should it be put to the country?

NICOLA Sturgeon has led demands for a general election after branding the resignation of Liz Truss as an “utter shambles”.

LIZ Truss has announced her resignation after just 44 days as Prime Minister.

The incident occurred over the Black Sea last month.

THE chief executive of a North Sea gas company has quit with immediate effect – a day after the company announced it had suffered major setbacks with flagship projects.

A menu full of tasty surprises matches a truly magical setting and inspirational location.

The resignation of the Home Secretary and confusion over the fracking vote has been making waves internationally.

POLITICIANS don’t need much convincing to visit Scotch whisky distilleries. In recent years, it has seemed no visit to Scotland by a senior figure from the Conservative Government has been complete without a visit to one of Scotland’s hallowed st...

A SCOTTISH furniture specialist has hailed a double-contract boost including fitting out a new £20 million community hub.

SUELLA Braverman likes to be first.

LIZ Truss may not lead her party into the next election, one of her cabinet ministers has appeared to concede, as a Tory MP said the Prime Minister now had just 12 hours to save her job.

A ‘complete outage’ has hit Shetland leaving residents without access to internet, phones or computers.

REMEMBER clap for carers? People applauding the above and beyond efforts of NHS staff during the pandemic? There should be a similar tribute paid one evening to Michael Spicer for saving the sanity of millions in these turbulent, exasperating times.