THE UK can use its post-Brexit ability to strike global trade deals to help tackle climate change by promoting green technology, the Board of Trade argues today.

It was the horrific head-on rail crash in which four people died which led to safety improvements across the country.

A SCOTTISH adventurer is seeking to become the first person in history to run, swim and cycle the length of the Outer Hebrides in a bid to safeguard of whales, dolphins and porpoises.

DERELICT high streets and empty commercial and retail property could provide space for thousands of homes across Scotland.

By Kristy Dorsey

SCOTLAND’S vaccine certificate helpline is being swamped by hundreds of calls from people whose details have gone missing or been recorded incorrectly.

So far, there has been a distinct lack of controversy over the banks’ behaviour

Around 30% of 18 to 29-year-olds and 20% of 30 to 39-year-olds in Scotland have not had a first dose of a Covid vaccine despite every adult being offered a first appointment, figures show.

A carbon capture and storage pioneer that plans to complete landmark developments in Scotland has won a valuable vote of confidence from a pensions and investments giant.

A key focus of the partnership will be on trying to help provide year-round work for weavers

By Kristy Dorsey

The cost of car insurance costs has dropped to its lowest level in more than five years, according to new data.

It is an area of Glasgow steeped in history, from the early beginnings of the city under the watch of St Mungo to the Scottish enlightenment and women’s suffrage.

What is it about the sun? When temperatures approach the mid-20s, it seems we all go slightly mad. Photos these past few days have shown beaches crammed with sunseekers, eager to roast themselves like potatoes. Editors could use the same pictures as ...

COVID-19 makes fools of us all. Politicians, scientists, civil servants and of course journalists. Even Dominic Cummings, who told MPs in May that he “bitterly regretted” his own mistakes and apologised tearfully to the families of “those who d...

Of all Scotland’s rotten burghs, none merits greater scrutiny than the quango system – a shameless closed shop of court favourites whose essential qualification for any position that happens to be going is a record of silent compliance in the pre...

BRITAIN would be a happier place if both England and Scotland paid more attention to Wales. Returning from two weeks’ family holiday in Pembrokeshire, I was struck by how comfortable and confident Wales is at wearing both elements of its identity a...

The European football championships gave a fillip to sales of televisions as well as food and drink

THE scale of interest in windfarm licences off Scotland has been underlined after more international heavyweights said they had joined the bidding for acreage in the landmark ScotWind round.

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By Karen Peattie

By Kate Morrison.

FREEDOM Day and Test and Trace were the topics discussed by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

IT recruitment firm Be-IT is projecting revenues of £14 million this year after a strong start to the year.

IF there is anyone in public life so odious and narcissistic as Dominic Cummings, then I have yet to come up with another name. The poison and vitriol he now aims at the Prime Minister and others seems nothing more than petty revenge for losing his j...

ONE of the consequences of the decisions to exclude spectators from the Olympics in Tokyo due to Covid will be a considerably muted opening ceremony on Friday, certainly compared to 1964 when the Games were last held there.

WHILE not bragging about this as it was a simple call to make, I did predict that Covid-19 chaos would seriously affect the British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa. I did not foresee the violent crisis which is currently afflicting that country,...

ALL three Tests between South Africa and the British & Irish Lions will now be played in Cape Town, the two teams confirmed yesterday.

ST MIRREN continue to gather momentum in moderation. This was a second successive Premier Sports Cup victory over lower division rivals achieved with minimal fuss as Jim Goodwin’s men all but sealed their place in the knock-out stages.

IT would mean so much, Kim Little confirms, if Great Britain’s female footballers can mine a lump of Olympic gold in Japan. No matter that the medallions are fabricated from the discarded innards of mobile phones rather than precious metal. It rema...

THE Lions team for the first Test will now be announced this morning - a day ahead of schedule - after a report revealed what is thought to be the line-up for Saturday’s match against the Springboks.

WHEN the menu says ‘all-you-can-eat’, is it really true? One Brazilian man put the concept to the test after taking the dining offer literally and as a result, finding himself thrown out of a restaurant.

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If – or more accurately – when the British government’s Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is passed, you could end up going to prison for ten years for defacing a statue of Winston Churchill. The reason for this brutally severe punishme...

Plans by Boris Johnson to raise National Insurance contributions to fund a cap on elderly care costs are being monitored by the Scottish Government.

SPANIARD Pedro Martinez Losa will be named as the Scotland's women's head coach later this week, ending a seven month wait to replace Shelley Kerr.

BORIS Johnson’s plan to build an undersea link between Scotland and Northern Ireland would be the “world's most stupid tunnel”, his former chief aide has said.

A FORMER justice secretary has called for the Scotland Act to be amended to split the powers of the lord advocate – claiming “the situation is now critical” after a fraud probe was opened into the SNP’s finances.

Around a quarter of a million Scots tuned in to watch Nicola Sturgeon’s coronavirus briefings at the height of the pandemic, MPs have been told.

MPs should not have to produce Covid vaccine passports to attend the House of Commons, the Speaker has said, insisting Parliament will set its own rules.

THE world-famous Old Course Hotel in St Andrews is set to unveil a major renovation that includes 31 new rooms.

So, in case you hadn’t noticed, Italy won the Euro 2021 League. Woo…hoo! As you can imagine, in our house there is always a whole family extravaganza and I can tell you, we had a great time. We eat before the football starts. Can’t be excited o...

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Ms Sturgeon said today that companies operating in Scotland are required to follow the guidance north of the border

NICOLA Sturgeon said she could not rule out introducing vaccine passports in Scotland as she appealed to younger people to get vaccinated.

THE OUTGOING leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats has claimed that an ongoing fraud probe into SNP finances shows the need to split the lord advocate role.

Nicola Sturgeon said that 1,604 new infections have been recorded since Monday, a rise of 140 on the day before

Ruth Davidson has been told to “hang her head in shame” for being part of a “democratic outrage” after taking her seat in the House of Lords.

The former Bake Off winner talks to Katie Wright about the battle to keep her pub going and finding comfort in the kitchen.

Scottish hospitality group Signature,is backing a new campaign to attract young people to the industry as it slowly emerges from the devasting impact of the Covid pandemic.