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Whisky sets environmental performance standard for Scotland

In the future, successful businesses will be those that minimise their use of water, materials and carbon-based energy, reduce pollution – and create...

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New art gallery and revamped Observatory to open atop Edinburgh’s Calton Hill in November

A NEW £4.5m gallery and renovation project, atop one of the iconic hills of Edinburgh, is to finally open in November. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16976378.new-art-gallery-and-revamped-observatory-to-open-atop-edinburghs-calton-hill-in-november/

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Rest And Be Thankful remains shut after landslips leave 75-tonne boulder hanging over A83

Operators closed the route on Tuesday morning after around 2,500 tonnes of debris reached the catch-fences above the road following heavy rain. ....

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Heseltine: Thatcher blew UK’s North Sea oil windfall

MARGARET Thatcher squandered billions from North Sea oil on a short-term consumer boom when she should have i invested it, Lord Heseltine told...

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The Scotsman owner Johnston Press puts itself up for sale after strategic review

The Scotsman and Yorkshire Post owner Johnston Press has put itself up for sale after months of speculation around the company’s future. ....

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Universal Pictures to film on a number of Glasgow city centre streets soon

Glasgow is to welcome yet another major film production to the city from 24 October, when a Universal Pictures production will film on a...

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New Street Bins Sack The Plastic

Glasgow’s new, high-capacity street bins are set to revolutionise waste management in the city, preventing the disposal of over 850,000 plastic bin bags...

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Student anger after Scottish university cuts degree programmes

A Scottish university has been accused of axing courses to improve its position in league tables. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16974523.student-anger-after-scottish-university-cuts-degree-programmes/

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Groundbreaking course for TV writers “is something quite special in Glasgow”

TEN years ago, it dawned on Ann McManus and Eileen Gallagher, two Scots who had made their fortunes in London with the TV...

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Brian Beacom: Can the new BBC Scotland channel make Scotland happy?

TELEVISION channels, by their very nature, are programmed to disappoint. If you have an ethos, a plan, a demographic in mind, by that...