MINISTERS have warned that UK government red tape could lead to a block to meat exports that will have a "devastating" effect on the Scots industry and raise prices.

Plastic: Remaking Our World ends in a room that reminds us there is hope – in the ways we are rethinking both how we use plastic and create alternatives to it.

TAXPAYERS are set to foot a multimillion-pound bill as transport chiefs have abandoned liquefied natural gas (LNG) ferries designs with new vessels that would be expected to use them.

All over the country at this time of year there are events, festivals and unusual goings-on

THE European Union has insisted new member states are”legally committed” to join the euro once they meet the 2necessary conditions”.

A FAILURE to apologise to one of the men wrongly arrested as part of the “malicious” Rangers fraud prosecutions scandal is to cost the taxpayer up to £72 million, The Herald on Sunday can reveal.

DOUGLAS Ross was on a work engagement in Wick in the north of Scotland when Boris Johnson jetted into London from the Caribbean to launch his bid to return Number 10.

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PROPOSALS for a new law requiring hospitality bosses to provide free late-night transport to help workers get home safely are to be unveiled later this year.

The future of one of the world’s largest democracies will be determined today as Brazilians vote in perhaps the most bitterly fought presidential election the country has ever seen. Our Foreign Editor examines the massive implications of its outcom...

It’s the season of the witch, so what better time to find out about modern-day pagans. The problem is, though, that with so many negative rumours circulating about them, they’re more than a little publicity shy. However, our Writer at Large track...

IT’S bigger than any prison in the UK, meant to hold up to 1,600 people but currently has 3,000 with the “catastrophic overcrowding” having led to fights and an outbreak of diphtheria.

The exhilarating sight of guillemot chicks taking their first brave plunge from St. Abbs Head’s rocky cliffs and into flight is a highlight of the year for nature lovers and birdwatchers.

Their dancing yellow flowers herald spring, while poet William Wordsworth famously wrote how, at the sight of a host of golden daffodils, “my heart with pleasure fills”.

AS Nicola Sturgeon continues her deflection policy of keeping the spotlight trained on Westminster and its woes, our public services in Scotland seem to be going from bad to worse.

So many players, late substitutions, injury time winners and background noise. Watching the Tory leadership race was like watching the Old Firm losing in Europe.

10 songs and five bonus tracks that chart the legendary pop star's career

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Here's how you can play the mind-bending game, some hints to help you along with today's puzzle and that all-important answer when you can't take it anymore!

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

A NEW fault with one of the ferries at the centre of Scotland's ferry fiasco could see it lose its green credentials.

SHOULD you need a masterclass in how to handle a cheeky interviewer, go straight to Louis Theroux Interviews: Dame Judi Dench (BBC2, Tuesday, 9.15pm).

THE week began with a mystery. Last year there was a hit drama called The Pact. It was about a gaggle of Welsh brewery workers who left their odious boss for dead in the woods. Hayley from Coronation Street was in it, alongside the always terrific La...

THE outgoing chief executive of oil and gas giant Shell is to receive a year’s salary by way of compensation for loss of office.

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MINISTERS have been accused of ignoring proposals for a Clyde shipbuilding revolution to solve Scotland's ferry crisis by forging ahead with alternative plans to procure two more ferries.

Pre-tax profits at NatWest, the owner of Royal Bank of Scotland, remained flat at £1.1 billion during the third quarter of this year as higher bad debt provisions and the cost of exiting its Irish business weighed on rising income from higher intere...

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CONTINGENCY plans are being called for to ensure the safe supply of food to the population in the event of energy blackouts. It sounds like it could be 1973, or 1943. This is today.

A police investigation is underway after the GlasGLOW site was targeted by vandals in the early hours of Saturday.

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FIRST things first. Liz Truss, Prime Minister, is no more, and is currently enjoying a “well-deserved break” after her tireless exertions over the six weeks in which she was in power. Defiant and complacent to the last, her loyal lieutenant, Ther...

STAFF at Aberdeen Art Gallery staff have been given special training to deal with protesters after a slew of food-based art attacks by climate activists.

Almost half of children awaiting an autism assessment have been doing so for more than a year – with hundreds more waiting upwards of four years, figures show.

Police are appealing for information after a serious road crash in the Highlands.

A “meaningful” windfall tax on fossil fuel giants is more urgent than ever, the Scottish Greens have claimed.

Rail passengers are facing “widespread disruption” as staff at ScotRail walk out on strike as part of a dispute over pay on Saturday.

For years they have been maligned as pen-pushers, bureaucrats far from the front line of public service.

ITS roots lie in rural Scottish life and it is known for home-baking and knitting competitions, but now one of the oldest female organisations is about to reinvent itself while ensuring crafts and skills are passed on to future generations.

FEWER people than normal are dying from cancer in Scotland, and the mortality gap between the poorest and the most affluent has shrunk.

Visitors should expect a fair bit of audience participation on a new tour that explores Glasgow’s ghostly, Gothic and murderous past.

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THE SNP's Gender Recognition Bill, though perhaps well-intentioned, is badly framed and poorly thought-out ("Gender reforms pass first hurdle as SNP minister resigns in protest", The Herald, October 28). It will do far more harm than good, especially...

With a century of cinematic outings behind them, vampires are undoubtedly the world’s favourite screen monsters. Ahead of the publication of a new book by film historian Christopher Frayling, here is our pick of the best the vampire world has to of...

Ahead of the publication of his new book Vampire Cinema: The First One Hundred Years, cultural critic and film historian Christopher Frayling talks all things undead and explains why we'll never fall out of love with cinema vampires

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on the tensions at the top of the Conservative Party on Saturday, October 29.

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