His comments during a trip north of the Border last week did nevertheless amaze, and not in any sort of good way.

THE SCOTTISH Government has been told it “urgently needs to up its game” and back up promises to tackle the climate crisis with action – 100 days before Glasgow hosts the global COP26 conference.

SCOTTISH Gas owner Centrica has underlined its desire to exit the oil and gas business even after increasing the valuation of its North Sea operation but has had second thoughts about plans to sell its nuclear division.

TWO companies bidding to build hundreds of new homes in Stirling have called on the Scottish Government to back the move following the outcome of a new court case brought by the developers.

Critical staff and services in Scotland are to be exempt from self-isolation under a plans from the Scottish Government.

By Kristy Dorsey

HYDROGEN fuel produced in the Cromarty Firth area could help local whisky distillers to reduce their carbon emissions under plans that have generated interest among industry giants.

By Kristy Dorsey

YOU report that Liz Truss, the UK International Trade Secretary, suggests that “Douglas Ross will be the next First Minister of Scotland”, he being “fantastic” ("Scotland will reap huge benefits from trade deals, Liz Truss insists", The Heral...

It is one of those tales that keeps getting told long after it has been debunked, a lie that just won’t die. Scotland, the story usually goes, is the only country in the world to ever strike oil and get poorer.

By Ian McConnell

It wasn’t an accident. It wasn’t naivete. The UK Government knew the Northern Ireland protocol was a mess that would cause problems later, but signed off on it to “get Brexit done”. That conclusion is becoming impossible to avoid, even withou...

WHEN Karen Bennett lines up on the Sea Forest Waterway on Tokyo Bay in the coming days, she will have an extra force pushing her on.

GLOBAL association of independent legal and accountancy firms MSI Global Alliance has appointed a senior EY figure in Scotland as its new chief executive .

Dogs, cats and other pets struggle in the heatwave, so here's how to protect them according to the Scottish SPCA...

AS the world continues to deal with the ravages of the pandemic, two new viruses have been confirmed in China, with one death in India, while hundreds of people in the US are being monitored for ‘monkeypox’ exposure.

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So much for Freedom Day? More like Freedom “weak”. On Monday there was understandable fury and dismay expressed by English nightclub operators, night-time economy industry leaders, the media, and government opposition parties.

I took a train to Salford this week for work. Amidst the skirmish about different guidelines on face coverings between Scotland and England, I was interested to see whether there were different behaviours north and south of the border among passenger...

A GLASGOW nightclub owner has warned mandatory vaccine certification to enter venues would turn Scotland “into a two-tier society”.

LABOUR'S Dawn Butler has been ordered to leave the House of Commons chamber after repeatedly accusing Boris Johnson of lying.

Felicity O'Rourke, who put a 48ft-long plane at the centre of her RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival entry, talks to Hannah Stephenson.

THE UK Government is to press ahead with its plan to establish a low-tax freeport in Scotland in the teeth of opposition from SNP ministers.

TECHNICAL issues hitting three ferries run by state-owned ferry operator CalMac including a pioneering diesel-electric hybrid brought fresh chaos to the island lifeline network yesterday.

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SNP ministers have been told to break their silence and oppose the expansion of an oil field near Shetland just weeks before the COP26 climate conference takes place in Glasgow.

Rangers defender Nikola Katic is understood to be fully focused on his career at Ibrox despite transfer speculation surrounding his future.

St Johnstone have appointed Stevie Grieve as their new head of recruitment.

BORIS Johnson’s flagship ‘levelling up’ agenda is vague and confused, and may “fail to deliver meaningful change for people across the country”, MPs have warned.

GB News presenter Nigel Farage have come under fire over a report on migrants crossing the English Channel.

GLOBAL real estate advisor CBRE has announced it is to relocate its teams based at three sites into a new office in Glasgow city centre, creating a new major central hub in the West of Scotland.

Neil Alexander has left Dundee United after three years at the club.

As restrictions ease across Scotland and England, all eyes are on the country's path to recovery.

SEVEN people have been taken to hospital after a serious crash on the M74.

THE developer behind the Protect Scotland app has claimed it would be "possible" for the country to run a vaccine passport domestically amid increased pressure to jag younger Scots.

THERE was a good adjournment debate in the Commons on Tuesday from Kenny MacAskill.

CHEMOTHERAPY patients whose symptoms were tracked remotely had significantly lower anxiety and better quality of life compared to people left to alert doctors themselves about potentially worrying side effects.

TECHNICAL issues hitting three ferries run by state-owned ferry operator CalMac including a pioneering diesel-electric hybrid brought fresh chaos to the island lifeline network yesterday.

ALARM has been raised over Scotland's 'soft-touch' justice as nearly a third of all fiscal fines handed out by prosecutors that were rejected resulted in no further action.

SCOTTISHPOWER has enjoyed a surge in the profits it makes from the sale of energy to households and made progress in the offshore windfarm business in which it sees big potential.

LABOUR'S Shadow Chancellor has pledged to "buy, make and sell more in Scotland" as she set out her party's blueprint for economic recovery.

AS the focus on net zero sharpens it may be time to revisit attitudes to nuclear energy that developed before the scale of the threat posed by emissions-related climate change was realised.

A NEW Scottish beer company has hailed a 500 per cent sales growth in just a few months of launching its range of alcohol-free lager and ale.

Robbie Neilson has revealed he has set Liam Boyce a target of 20 goals for Hearts this season.

Jake Wightman fears Friday’s Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games may be a disappointing and deflating damp squib rather than igniting the flames of those taking part.

CELTIC have revealed their B team and Women's team will use Airdrie's stadium as their home ground this season.

Three quarters of children and nearly half of people aged 16 to 24 in Scotland still have no antibodies against Covid, according to the latest surveillance.

WORK has started on a new development adjacent to the River Forth and nearby the landmark Wallace Monument in Stirling.

By Ailsa Sheldon

THE Scotland women's team will play all their home 2023 World Cup qualifiers at Hampden. The development follows the appointment of Spaniard Pedro Martinez Losa as the new head coach on Wednesday.