Celtic have confirmed the signing of Japanese internationalist Kyogo Furuhashi.

GLASGOW trade unions have taken action over the threat of 500 job losses at the city’s culture and leisure organisation with a formal collective grievance.

Ministers have been accused of "mismanagement" as further service cancellations were announced for Mull stretching into tomorrow - with no estimate on when repairs to a broken down lifeline ferry will be complete.

Ministers have been urged to reconsider 'staggering' Scots air traffic control cuts which unions say will put lifeline services 'at risk' as warnings were made about grounded planes as workers prepared to strike.

SCOTTISHPOWER and Royal Dutch Shell have teamed up to enter the bidding for windfarm licences off Scotland in a landmark licensing round that has generated huge interest.

The Prime Minister is a man who seems to favour loud, bold, categoric statements, whatever the reality.

UK ministers have been accused of refusing to respect devolution after Scottish and Welsh leaders warned proposed freeports are being pushed through without their consent.

Scotland’s biggest private landowner has been attacked as “manipulative” and “undemocratic” after The Ferret revealed that his company lobbied the Scottish Government to stymie plans for a spaceport in Sutherland.

HALF of patients hospitalised with Covid develop at least one complication, with large numbers of "young, previously healthy" individuals among those affected.

So who runs Scotland? Our investigation looks at the ten most influential people who hold levers of power in our society.

ORKNEY and Shetland are witnessing a boom in house price values as Scots suffer a £250 general fall in house prices in a month.

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A North Sea-focused oil and gas firm has won backing from City investors as it works on plans for a $1 billion (£0.7bn) field development.

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GB News attracted zero viewers during some of its broadcasts this week, according to official audience figures.

A £35 MILLION development is under way at a historic Scottish inustrial site.

A SCOTTISH hydrogen vehicle firm has hailed a £5 million capital injection from Beehive Equity Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EG Group.

Hospitalisations for severe ashma attacks in pre-school children fell by 2.5% every month in Scotland's most affluent areas after a ban on smoking in cars was introduced.

LITTLE England, not Great Britain.

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The organisers of a Scottish music festival say they are hopeful the event will go ahead next month.

OH we do like to be beside the seaside. For Open week, the diarist and his colleagues are based in a delightful holiday park in Kingsdown overlooking the English Channel.

SSE has unveiled a 100 per cent renewable electricity contract as standard for business customers.

More than 80 people have died and hundreds more are missing after record floods hit western Germany.

The Scottish Government has been told it needs to be more “ambitious” on housing – despite announcing more than £3.2 billion of cash to boost the supply of affordable homes.

NEIL Mackay (“Johnson has corrupted English politics with the hate and bigotry that’s corrupted English football”, The Herald, July 15) refers to the “vast swathe” of the English population who are “trapped under an ideology it loathes”...

IT is one of the most censored books in history, also hailed among the most inspirational of all time by British readers. Today, the controversial rite-of-passage read, The Catcher in the Rye, turns 70.

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HE is no original thinker, Vladimir Putin but the Kremlin hardman does have a big idea to sell: Greater Russia. Or, at least, something pretty close to it.

WHAT single word would you say best describes Boris Johnson? Dishevelled, perhaps? Self-serving, unprincipled, arrogant: there’s so much choice. But this week, his behaviour has been one thing above all: shameful.

IF I had to write a list of the things that have caused the most harm during this pandemic, the general public being required by law to wear face coverings in indoors spaces like shops and buses wouldn’t be one of them, but the decision by the UK g...

SO Boris Johnson says no one defends booing the England side. But his Home Secretary refused to condemn it, despite being handed what I believe in football parlance is the chance of an open goal.

JUST one week remains to nominate companies for the 23rd annual Glasgow Business Awards, with the deadline for entries set to close on Friday, July 23.

BORIS Johnson’s first major speech on his signature social policy has been branded “gibberish” after he asked the public to email him with suggestions to help make it work.

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UNIONS have lodged a formal dispute with Glasgow City Council over closed venues and plans to cut 500 jobs.

The John Muir Trust said attempts to contact the company over the issue have been met with silence

At Business questions in the Commons, Anum Qaisar-Javed MP for Airdrie and Shotts read out online racist abuse she had received

SCOTLAND captain Andy Robertson is engulfed in a dispute with a neighbour over plans to build a swimming pool at his English home.

Kilmarnock have been handed a 3-0 Premier Sports Cup defeat against East Kilbride after fielding an ineligible player.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said two raids were carried out in the south of England

SCOTLAND’S economy shrank by almost 10 per cent last year because of the lockdown forced on the country by the Covid pandemic, Holyrood’s budget watchdog said.

Scotland has recorded the highest number of deaths from Covid 19 since the beginning of March, the Scottish Government has confirmed.

Scotland’s traditional Gaelic language is in a “frail” position, the Government has warned as ministers appealed for views on a plan to promote it.

THE Scottish Greens have urged the SNP to use Holyrood’s devolved powers to offset the impact of the two-child benefit limit instead of simply complaining about it.

Celtic have beat out tough Premier League competition to sign incoming midfielder Bosun Lawal.

The state owned operators of Highlands and islands airport has attacked plans to for strike action that is expected to bring lifeline services to a standstill at the end of this month.

Jamie Murray has been selected for Tokyo 2020.

ALEX Rae believes Celtic and Rangers have undergone a role reversal in the past three years – and thinks the Ibrox club will be well-placed to retain the Premiership trophy in the 2021/22 season regardless who their Parkhead rivals sign this summer...