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Shepherd and Hardies invest £1m in EV fleet and office charging infrastructure

Liz Truss at an event in Ludlow, as part of her campaign to be leader of the Conservative Party and the next prime minister. Picture date: Wednesday August 3, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Tories. Photo credit should read: Jacob King/PA Wire.

Vicky Allan: Truss, Tories and the frightening rise of net-zero-scepticism
It’s almost as if there is an omerta amongst parts of the UK Conservative party including leadership hopefuls Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, on the use of the term net zero.

Catriona Stewart: At exam results it's too easy for adults to say there's no wrong path

Catriona Stewart: At exam results it's too easy for adults to say there's no wrong path

Spontaneous online shopping sprees proliferated during Covid lockdowns, driving the uptake of BNPL payment plans

Analysis Buy now, pain later as BNPL industry gets set for its first economic downturn

Anthony Barber “faced the same spectre of stagflation as we do today” (PA/EMPICS)

Letters: The lessons for Truss and Sunak in Barber’s ‘dash for growth’

Simon Dee with Miss South Africa Disa Duvestein, and model Tammi Etherington in 1968

Lorne Jackson: Save us from these nonentity 'celebrities'

Americana Picture: Pepperdine Scotland

Agenda: Why the Fringe is a priceless gift to the world

: Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Games medals

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Games medals

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak speaking during a BBC1 Conservative leadership debate

PREMIUM Neil Mackay: Britain is over – and it’s Westminster which killed it

Heating costs are sky-rocketing

PREMIUM Struan Stevenson: Europe facing a Russian winter – and it could get a lot worse

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon addresses MSPs at Holyrood on June 28, 2022 in Edinburgh

PREMIUM Brian Wilson: Holyrood must be held to account

David Donaldson believes this bottle of wine is the perfect present to give someone you’re desperate to impress…

PREMIUM Herald Diary: The mafia boss in Glasgow

Olivia Newton-John co-starred in Grease with John Travolta

Obituary: Olivia Newton-John, who found global stardom playing Sandy in the film version of Grease

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon and Conservative MP Liz Truss

Alison Rowat: Sturgeon/Truss/Sunak - who is the trash-talking champ?

The Wallace memorial in London

PREMIUM Mark Smith: A William Wallace pilgrimage – and what I learned from it

Doug Marr: There’s nothing super about supermarket shopping

PREMIUM Doug Marr: There’s nothing super about supermarket shopping

Lesley Riddoch: Are we about to see another non-payment campaign?

PREMIUM Lesley Riddoch: Are we about to see another non-payment campaign?

Rishi Sunak speaking in Cardiff as part of his campaign to be leader of the Conservative Party

PREMIUM Kevin McKenna: It’s not hatred of Britain that’s the problem, it’s hatred of the people

Nicola Sturgeon has been steadily building up ‘international recognition for Scotland’

Letters: The Tories’ attacks on Sturgeon betray fear and ignorance

Ken Glass is a Legal Director of Gilson Gray

Agenda: Surrogacy law is no longer fit for purpose

Kenny Smith was intrigued by this newsagents spotted in London. He wonders if the shop owner regularly whacks customers with rolled up copies of their favourite magazines.

PREMIUM How a festival show could become Edam good idea

Jack Monroe has been hailed a working class hero for campaigning for hunger relief and providing low-budget recipes for struggling families

Issue of the day: Would you wash the sauce off spaghetti hoops?

The winners and losers from Birmingham Commonwealth Games so far - Susan Egelstaff

PREMIUM The winners and losers from Birmingham Commonwealth Games so far - Susan Egelstaff

New era for Scottish game as SWPL aim to capitalise on Euro 2022 - Alan Campbell

Alan Campbell New era for Scottish game as SWPL aim to capitalise on Euro 2022 - Alan Campbell

The excitement of Batgirl fades away as its release is shelved

As Glasgow seethes, was Batgirl shelved for the lowest of reasons?

Scots Word of the Week: Mince round

Thirteen sets of twins due to start the new school term in the Inverclyde area pose for a photograph at St Mary's Primary School in Greenock, Inverclyde, ahead of their first day at school last August

Letters: We should lower school starting age

Brian Donnelly: Anger as islands face 'perilous situation', call for ferry fiasco compensation

PREMIUM Brian Donnelly: Anger and dismay as islands face 'perilous situation', call for ferry fiasco compensation

The Bank of England this week announced a historic half-point rate rise

Letters: We need a sophisticated approach to the economic crisis

Trainline is the UK’s market leader in train ticketing with strong growth prospects in Europe

Returns from sustainable investments still on track over the long-haul journey

Herald View: The NHS situation is grim but changes can be made if the political will is there

Herald View: The NHS situation is grim but changes can be made if the political will is there

Andrew Bailey's Week: Yes, I am a total banker

Lila Palmer Picture: Daniel Welch

Agenda: So why does opera have such a problem with women?

Robert thinks supermarkets lack posh customers

Robert McNeil: Is it time to take the super out of our supermarkets?

Noel's House Party is famous for many things, including unleashing Mr Blobby on the world

Issue of the day: The return of Crinkley Bottom

Liz Truss at an event in Ludlow, as part of her campaign to be leader of the Conservative Party and the next Prime Minister

PREMIUM Brian Taylor: Will Westminster and Whitehall rule replace devolution under Liz Truss?

Radical Independence Campaign at the steps of the Royal Concert Hall August 28, 2014 in Glasgow. Photo by Mark Mainz

PREMIUM Kevin Mckenna: How independence can be rescued from the forces of conservatism

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

PREMIUM David Leask: The Sturgeon Twitter spat which recycled a myth about Putin’s war on Ukraine

Herald Diary: When the England team goes wrong

Herald Diary: When the England team goes wrong

Neil Mackay: Can Sturgeon harness economic fury to secure Scottish independence

Neil Mackay: Can Sturgeon harness economic fury to secure Scottish independence?

A member of the public passes a sign in Glasgow, near the film set of the new Batgirl movie Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Catriona Stewart: Batgirl, defeated by no one, meets her match in Glasgow

A CalMac ferry leaves for North Uist from Uig, on Skye (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)

Letters: Is the SNP government seeking to depopulate the Western Isles?

Tom Norris is managing director of Places for People Scotland

Agenda: Time to remove the stigma from social housing

Nightclubs and pubs are under pressure

Donald MacLeod: Cost of living crisis could be last orders for many much-loved pubs and clubs

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on alcohol deaths

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on alcohol deaths

Uri wore a Scotland shirt in his video on social media in which he said he was

Issue of the day: Uri Geller's 'mind power' warning to Russia

The spectre of Margaret Thatcher possesses the two candidates

PREMIUM Michael Settle: Margaret Thatcher’s ghost haunts the Tory leadership feast

Liz Truss should put down the gun she currently has pointing towards her foot

PREMIUM Andy Maciver: Please stop shooting the Union in the foot, Ms Truss

Bob Christie admits he can’t get through a single day without at least one sweeping generalisation. Though he thinks this sign just may have provided him with the greatest sweeping generalisation of all…

PREMIUM Herald Diary: It's time to rename Batgirl. How about Senga the Avenga?

Why Taylor Swift's topping chart of private jet users went viral

Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives

Alison Rowat: Pelosi has made her point on Taiwan, now it is time to head home

Mark Smith: The power of the future to change the present

Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey

Iain Macwhirter: Why is the Bank of England pouring water on a fire that is going out

Liz Truss ‘has developed Boris Johnson’s foot-in-mouth problem’

Letters: Truss is tactless when it comes to Sturgeon and Scotland

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon launches the second independence paper at Bute House

Gregor Gall: Do the SNP understand what being a 'Nordic nation' entails?