IT has been a pretty good week so far for Maxwell Alejandro Frost. Age 25, highly personable, a musician and activist, he has just landed a job with a six figure salary. The cameras love him, and crowds cheer wherever he goes.

A HOLYROOD trip to an Scottish island to investigate Scotland's ferry fiasco was cut short after a service was cancelled.

AN SNP politician appears at Holyrood a few days before Remembrance Sunday. She’s wearing a white poppy with a ‘Yes’ badge in the middle of it. The opposition parties say it’s an appalling stunt and she should apologise. Really? Let’s think...

FOOD banks across Scotland have sent record numbers of food parcels to hungry children despite a cost of living crisis Scottish Government support scheme.

HOPES of getting a swift permanent solution to fixing Scotland's most notorious road have been dashed as ministers have confirmed it may not be completed till 2033.

RESPECTED Scottish writer and historian Professor James Hunter is calling for an internationally renowned college on the Isle of Skye to become Scotland’s first Gaelic University.

The focus will be on Jeremy Hunt next week as the Chancellor delivers one of the most critical Budget announcements in recent years.

SCOTLAND has a capacity to be a global leader in renewables unlike any other country is Europe – but the UK Government cutting green policies almost a decade ago is still having consequences – now being felt by consumers facing soaring energy pri...

He will take over the top job on January 1.

Berwick Bank, a giant fixed wind farm which is planned to host over 300 turbines, at the edge of the Firth of Forth, is set to deliver 4GW of power, enough to supply Scotland’s homes twice over.

By Scott Wright

Marks & Spencer has said it is prepared for the “gathering” economic storm which it believes will force yet more retailers out of business despite reporting a 24 per cent plunge in profits during the six months to October 1.

A SMALL development occurred on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow recently which gave an indication that footfall levels are recovering in the city centre.

One of the big recent debates has been whether doing our best to speed up the wind revolution can bring down those bills now. What are the ideas that might bring its much-vaunted benefits to impact on our bills this coming winter?

The ScotWind licensing round was a hugely material vote of confidence in the future of the offshore energy sector in the UK. To secure the licences and the associated ten-year option to develop the various windfarms, the consortia committed close to ...

By Scott Wright

Scotland's offshore wind capacity is set to skyrocket this decade as a number of developments get underway.

SIR Keir Starmer must be the sort of guy who sees a fiver in the street and walks past it. If he had an open goal, he’d boot the ball the other way. If you gifted him a horse, he’d look it straight in the mouth.

IT would seem to be a case of "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" given the report that Boris Johnson has nominated his old pal and ally Scottish Secretary Alister Jack for a peerage ("Demands for by-election as Scottish Secretary tipped for...

Farming

A Glasgow home repairs firm been ordered to pay a former manager more than £14,000 after he was accused of being responsible for a gas leak “without evidence”.

False memory syndrome

RISHI Sunak and Nicola Sturgeon are to hold a face-to-face meeting on the fringes of today’s British-IrishCouncil summit in Blackpool.

Today's cartoon from Steven Camley, with some timely advice for Humza Yousaf.

THE stage of the Dolby Theatre at the 2023 Oscars ceremony might seem a long way from the counter of a Glasgow late-night takeaway, but these two locations could realistically form part of the same scene for British-Iranian filmmaker Hassan Nazer.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle, 509.

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

Train your brain by putting your mind to November 10's Quordle word puzzle.

Alison Rowat gives her review as the popular sitcom returns for a new series with several new stars and minus one key cast member.

Born: October 23, 1964;

EXPERTS have challenged a key justification for Nicola Sturgeon’s shake-up of the care system - that is needed to end a “postcode lottery” in standards.

FIVE lifeline ferry services have had to be suspended on Wednesday and into tomorrow - as forecasts of high winds cause devastation to CalMac lifeline services.

GIVEN the ruling Conservatives’ seeming penchant for pulling the wool over the electorate’s eyes on Brexit, it was heartening last week to hear some home truths.

NORTH Sea oil and gas giants should pay reparations to the global south totalling trillions of dollars, according to new analysis.

IT’S quite an achievement to lose three Cabinet jobs under three different prime ministers. But not in a good way.

A POPULAR bakery has opened its first shop outside its city heartland amid continuing expansion.

Scottish actress Kate Dickie was the guest of honour at last night’s [Tuesday, 8 November] Conversations at the Chip – the second in a series of events hosted by Ubiquitous Chip in Glasgow.

THE CHIEF inspector of prisons in Scotland has warned MSPs a "flat cash" settlement for the justice sector will "risk a prisoner disturbance".

A football scout who helped smuggle £450,000 worth of cocaine from England to Scotland has been jailed for three years and nine months.

THE SCOTTISH Government is to push ahead with plans to launch a deposit return scheme next August despite more than five hundred hospitality industry leaders calling for a pause.

RISHI Sunak has “fabulous judgement” a cabinet minister has insisted, after one of the Prime Minister’s other appointments resigned within days over bullying claims.

A lack of sufficiently skilled electrical workers is threatening efforts to meet net zero targets safely, a leading trade body has warned.

WORKPLACE furniture procurement specialist the Bureau Group has acquired assets from used furniture business 2NDHND Ltd.

ITHACA Energy, the oil and gas giant that plans to develop the controversial Cambo field west of Shetland, has been valued at nearly $3 billion as shares in the company debuted on the stock market this morning.

A Scottish university spin-out company is looking to raise funding to further develop rotor technology that its founders believe could open up the wind turbine market to existing manufacturers across the country.

NICOLA Sturgeon has been accused of not “giving a straight answer” over whether she supports plans to open up a North Sea oil field.

PERSIMMON has reported a fall in average selling prices and an increase in cancellations amid “real nervousness” in the housing market.

Cole Park was diagnosed in March this year.

THE Scottish Greens have been accused of trying to bury bad news about independence after it emerged they commissioned but never published a damning report on currency.

Singer-songwriter kicks off his tour in Scotland.