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Airlines axe routes from Scottish airports amid cost pressures

Airlines axe routes from Scottish airports amid cost pressures
Airlines have axed Scottish routes and are striving to protect others amid an industry shake-up

ScotRail has announced a number of changes to train services in its new timetable

Key changes to rail services as ScotRail's new timetable arrives

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Should the alcohol ban on ScotRail trains be removed?

Herald Poll Poll: Should the alcohol ban on ScotRail trains be lifted?

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ScotRail consults passengers on ending 'unworkable' booze ban

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Aray Bridge near Inveraray

Historic double arch bridge near Inveraray to undergo urgent repair work

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Scots aircraft crash victim ‘might have survived’ if shoulder harness worn – report

Scots aircraft crash victim ‘might have survived’ if shoulder harness worn – report

British Airways

New routes to Italy and Spain from Edinburgh Airport announced

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Charles Hammond, left, with Stuart Wallace

Scottish ports chief stands down after making 'most challenging' decision

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The South City Way is recording a high number of journeys

New figures show cycle numbers four times higher on bike lanes than roads in Glasgow

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Prestwick Airport

Ian McConnell: Prestwick Airport and ferry joy amid Tory gloom

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Police are treating the incidents as linked

'Terrifying experience': Hunt for gang of would-be carjackers after drivers targeted

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Prestwick Airport was brought into public ownership in 2013 for £1

'Expression of interest' made to buy Scottish Government-owned Prestwick Airport

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Coffee specialists to open pop-up espresso bar at Glasgow Airport

City coffee chain to open pop-up espresso bar at Glasgow Airport

LETTER OF THE DAY 📨 Cut ferry crew at your peril, warns retired chief engineer

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Mallaig has been without a petrol station for around 7 months

End in sight for locals forced to make 85-mile round trip for petrol

Appeal after man seriously injured in Falkirk crash

Man seriously injured after van leaves road and collides with tree in Falkirk

Ferguson Marine and (inset) Inverclyde Council leader Stephen McCabe

Exclusive Save our shipyard: Appeal to ministers to give vital ferry work to Ferguson Marine

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ScotRail reintroduces limited services from Ayr following Station Hotel fire

ScotRail reintroduces limited services from Ayr following Station Hotel fire

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Should the NHS111 service be ditched?

Letters: To save the NHS we must return to a GP out-of-hours on-call service

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Man dies after two-vehicle crash on B876 in Caithness

Man dies after two-vehicle crash on B876 in Caithness

CalMac's oldest ferry - MV Isle of Cumbrae which is 47 years old.

Exclusive 'Unacceptable': Ministers 'breach' 11-year-old policy to replace 30-year-old ferries

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Now it has emerged that the Scottish Government has entered into ten NDAs with private companies over several years

Exclusive 'Secret Scotland': ScotGov agrees to ten gagging clauses over ferry fiasco firm

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The dualling of the A9 has suffered multiple delays

Dualling of A9 will take a century to complete at current rate, Tories claim

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Night bus services will run in Glasgow on Hogmanay

Firm that threatened to axe Glasgow night buses now offering free travel on Hogmanay

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Scotland's Ferries ⛴️ Exclusive: CMAL ferry contract fails 'would not' have halted award to Jim McColl

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Road Closed sign on the A939 between Corgarff and the Lecht in Scotland

Road closures, warnings and latest advice as snow arrives

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Exclusive 'Fiasco': Delivery of new wave of ScotGov ferries put back more than two years

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Are CalMac ferries grossly over-manned?

Letters: Our ferries could easily operate with fewer staff and save us £20m a year

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The pledge to dual the A9 is still years from being years from being fulfilled, if it all

Letters: When will people realise that SNP talk is meaningless?

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The operators of the Jacobite train have been given a new, temporary extension to continue to run while a court decides its fate

'Harry Potter' train operator granted permission to run ahead of court ruling

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easyJet reported a record summer

BUSINESS INSIGHT Glasgow expansion augurs well for Scottish aviation

Low Emission Zone signs appear in Edinburgh city centre

Countdown begins for new low emission zone enforcement

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easyJet has expanded in Glasgow

Airline ramps up presence at major Scottish airport

MV Loch Fyne: One of the ferries due to be replaced.

Exclusive Alarm as procurement of new wave of Scots ferries 'delayed' by nearly two years

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The Jacobite steam train travelling over the Glenfinnan viaduct Picture: Lucas Bischoff

Exclusive 'We aren't just going to roll over and give up': World-famous train 'under threat'

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Toby Smith (Zestec), Helena Anderson (Ikigai), Ronald Leitch, Simon Booth (Zestec) and Roberto Castiglioni (Ikigai)

Solar farm at Glasgow airport gets go-ahead

Should the Glen Sannox and her sister ship the Glen Rosa be transferred to the Hebrides?

Letters We could fix many problems by sending Ferguson white elephants to Hebrides

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Man in critical condition after being struck by car in Glasgow city centre

Rise in Scottish road collisions involving 'inexperienced' tourists

Exclusive Rise in serious accidents involving 'inexperienced' tourists on Scotland's roads

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CCTV released following incident onboard Glasgow train

CCTV released following incident onboard Glasgow train

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Caledonian MacBrayne ferry

Ian McConnell: Scottish Government's wonderful idea for CalMac ferry services

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Train damaged after colliding with vehicle at level crossing in Highlands

Train damaged after colliding with vehicle at level crossing in Highlands

Scotland’s new Chief Constable Jo Farrell

Police chief says using force car to take her home to England was ‘error of judgment’

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Should Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone be asked to come up with a new procedure for referring ministers to an independent adviser?

Letters: Codes of conduct must no longer be left up to the FM

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Lord Robertson: Taxpayers ‘robbed’ by overbudget ferry construction

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Westminster must share ferries blame

LETTER OF THE DAY 📨 Westminster must share ferries blame

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Has the UK's laissez-faire attitude to oil led us to the situation where the nation's only refinery is under threat?

Letters: Grangemouth is the price of 50 years of UK neglect

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Scotland's Ferries ⛴️ Exclusive: Demand to scrap 'nonsensical' ScotGov pay rules after ferry bonuses

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First Bus strike action has now been called off

First Bus strike called off by union in Glasgow after new pay offer

David Tydeman became CEO of Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow in February 2022

ScotGov owned shipyard firm chief u-turns on 'blame' of MCA over latest ferry fiasco

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Road ahead closed sign

Landslide forces temporary closure of road on Isle of Skye

David Tydeman and (inset) Humza Yousaf

Ministers seek to veto 'unacceptable' Scots ferry fiasco exec bonuses

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CalMac 'works on assumption' ferry fiasco ships won't be ready in winter 2025

Exclusive CalMac 'works on assumption' ferry fiasco ships won't be ready in winter 2025

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A Caledonian MacBrayne ferry leaving Rothesay

Letters Stop blaming CalMac, it's doing its best. The Government is the real villain

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