The Government has already missed its interim target of reducing the rate to 18% by 2023-24

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A new report sets out a 10-point plan to fix Scotland’s public libraries, calling for a national universal offer, stronger oversight and funding review.

The Scottish Government faces a new transparency row over civil servants working from home.

A new poll suggests Scots are 'deeply worried' patients with an eating disorder could be eligible for assisted dying.

One of Scotland's leading architects has called for the Scottish Government to fund a "quality new building" on the Union Corner site estimating it would cost around £25 million.

The managing director of a Scottish family-owned dairy company has declared doorstep delivery is 'not a nostalgia business' as he targets further growth

One of the 'most recognisable and historic independent shops' in a Scottish city has been placed on the market

It was a week that saw two of the biggest names in Scottish brewing reach the end of the road – and begin journeys in new directions.

A long-established Scottish company that supplies precision-manufactured products to the aerospace, medical, and energy sectors has moved into foreign ownership.

People living with dementia will reap the benefits of nature thanks to an innovative new project at a major rewilding estate in the Scottish Highlands.

Today's cartoon is on the Mandelson files being published

The incident took place at the Al-Farooq Education and Community Centre (AFECC) Masjid in the town's James Street on Saturday, March 7.

"We were close to Los Angeles when passengers noticed smoke coming from one of the engines - it created quite a stir!"

A third of children in Glasgow have “inadequate” food nutrition which has led to a “big need” for community pantries to tackle the problem, a meeting heard.

It “cannot be right” for Scotland’s top law officer to continue to have a dual role, a Conservative MP has said following controversial briefings to the First Minister regarding former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell.

The historic Glasgow building that was devastated by a fire at the weekend has collapsed further, the local authority has said.

The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) said if approved by Cosla, the group that represents all councils, industrial action could be avoided.

A 26-year-old man has been convicted following a fatal crash in Aberdeenshire in 2022.

A teenager who was injured in a crowd crush at TRNSMT has won a ‘rare’ legal action.

A petition bid to stop the controversial Guga hunt for seabird chicks, will be held over and scrutinised by the next parliament.

Treatment of national music, theatre, opera and dance organisations branded 'a false economy'.

The Fire Brigades Union has been warning of the impact of cuts in Scotland - how might they have affected the Union Street fire?

Scotland’s 1,140-hour childcare policy faces new scrutiny as councils restrict cross-boundary nursery funding, leaving parents and providers uncertain.

The outlook for a Scottish energy industry giant brightened after it was bought by Middle Eastern investors as the Iran war fuels a surge in oil and gas prices

Members of the University and College Union (UCU) will go on strike for two days next week, on March 17 and 18.

Cabinet Secretary says no further regulation needed. Can that really be the case when there were 12 million salmon farm deaths last year?

Resident Yousif Mohammed, 38, today stated he spoke to Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh, 28, outside Glasgow city centre's Park Inn on June 25 2020.

John Swinney seemed to say all the right things when he answered questions from MSPs in Holyrood on Tuesday in the aftermath of the Union Street fire in Glasgow.

The company which owned a vape shop where a fire which devastated Union Street began changed its registered address a day after being visited by The Herald

Aldi has announced plans to open 40 new UK stores in 2026 as part of a £370 million investment.

A man who was arrested in connection with the death of a father who was shot in December has now been charged.

Kilo, a black-and-white spaniel, had gone missing from kennels near Cairnie in Huntly.

Stephen White, 50, was sentenced on Wednesday, March 11, at Aberdeen High Court after being found guilty on Thursday, February 12, following a trial.

The Paddington and Downton Abbey actor said he was “delighted” to back the Sundance award-winning film.

The first tranche of the so-called 'Mandelson files' have been published, revealing the disgraced peer threatened legal action after his sacking as U.S ambassador unless he was paid over half a million pounds

Glasgow business owners have stepped up to help firms hit by the devastating city centre fire

Sir Keir Starmer has suggested he will review the law relating to handguns, as the 30th anniversary of the Dunblane Primary School shooting approaches.

The force was found to have breached data protection laws after extracting the contents of a person’s mobile phone.

The station has been closed since the huge fire on Sunday - with no timescale for it to reopen

Qualifications Scotland (formerly the SQA) is under pressure to explain why the information was never shared with a Scottish Parliament committee.

Following the life-changing success of previous digital giveaways, SPAR Scotland is officially counting down the final 72 hours until the launch of its most ambitious campaign yet: Spin Into Spring.

Campaigners say organisers have 'refused to meaningfully engage with calls for change' over the event's biggest corporate backer.

A new Glasgow food market could be launched beside the river at Broomielaw if plans are approved.

Health and safety checks on Moray cemeteries are set to get tighter, after a report predicted a nearly 32-year wait for headstones to be inspected.

One of Glasgow’s main shopping centres has become the first in Scotland to give staff specialist sighted guide training with the charity Guide Dogs.

Shetland’s inter-island ferry service is at its most “fragile” in years as three routes are currently reduced to a single vessel.

The A698 in the Scottish Borders is the UK’s worst road for dangerous driving, according to new research.

That November, the local authority’s trading standards team visited 105 Union Street and carried out a test underage purchase. This was refused.

Fiends in the Furrows, a new folk horror film festival, launches in Leith with screenings, special guests, and open-air showings including The Wicker Man.