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A British surveillance plane which took off from Scotland spent several hours flying close to the Russian and Belarusian borders, as Poland accused the former of violating its airspace

Police probing a rare crime on a remote Scottish island have released a CCTV image.

UNISON warns lives could be lost after Glasgow health chiefs back £2m cuts to specialist addiction and complex needs services as drug deaths rise 11%.

A solar cooling start-up founded by University of Edinburgh graduates has secured £1.34 million to advance its technology.

Undersea tunnels linking Scottish islands could soon no longer be a pipe dream

A Scottish space technology firm is reaching new heights through international collaboration.

A much-loved pilgrimage walking route through the Scottish Borders has received global recognition after it was included in a 'travel Bible' for the first time.

Study finds surf therapy at inland wave pools, including Lost Shore Edinburgh, boosts wellbeing, confidence and connection for young people across the UK.

Edinburgh and Lothians East MSP Kayleigh Kinross-O’Neill said the plans were “out of touch” following a summer of wildfires and heatwaves.

The world's first community-owned whisky distillery has announced it plans to enter administration, after a series of financial and legal troubles

A new landscape hotel and 24-cover restaurant is to open in Argyll and Bute in November.

A council has launched a more than £5 million artificial intelligence transformation programme that could shape the future of public services.

Three people have been charged after Police Scotland uncovered the UK's first known nitazene lab in Patna, Ayrshire, amid serious organised crime inquiries.

A new housing development is taking shape in Pittenweem, offering a mix of new homes and restored historic buildings.

A major refurbishment project has been completed on a key part of port infrastructure in Leith.

Glasgow Distillery has released its first 10-year-old peated single malt, with just 550 bottles available.

St Andrews Links Trust ended 2025 with £52.4m in cash, appointed global agency CAA to grow its brands, and is preparing for major new investment projects

Pelagia Shetland has posted a rise in turnover and profit

Aberdeen-based Creegan Communications has appointed Emma Watt and Roisin Fowlie as it marks five years in business.

YOTEL Glasgow, a 257-room hotel opposite Glasgow Central Station, is for sale through Christie & Co, with VEGA bar ahead of its 2026 Hilton tie-up.

Constable Bethany Scott said the crimes had a significant impact on victims

According to Dr Irvine, only 19 students in total are enrolled on the 11 English and Scottish Literature programmes that are set to close.

Creative Scotland says its 'preference' is to sell or transfer ownership of the former Third Eye Centre and CCA building in Glasgow.

Pawel Sowa is the head chef of the GEAMAIR restaurant at the Craigellachie Hotel in the heart of Speyside.

It’s a very familiar pattern for big firms to make big promises to local communities, but end up causing big problems instead, Scottish Green MSP Patrick Harvie writes.

Blair Atholl, Dundee, Loch Lomond, Plockton and Oban have been named as 'dupes' for some of Europe's most popular travel hotspots as part of a new ScotRail travel map.

Plans for holiday lodges described as a 'blot on the landscape' have been given the go ahead on appeal after councillors welcomed the venture.

A major new housing and leisure development at an historic country house in the Scottish Borders is a step closer reality.

Welcome to The Herald's Business live blog, where we’ll be bringing you the latest developments from across Scotland’s business industry.

New documents reveal how Glasgow’s Queen’s Park Glasshouse was wasting heat, overheating in summer and surviving on a razor-thin financial model.

New NRS figures show Scotland's drug deaths rose 11% to 1,133 in 2025, with record cocaine fatalities and nitazenes linked to 247 deaths amid drug crisis.

Today's cartoon from Steven Camley - you can read the full story here.

UK-based online wholesaler Creoate has fallen into administration after 10 years in business.

Scotland’s poorest children face significantly worse health outcomes

Scotland’s data centre backlash grows as local campaigns oppose hyperscale AI projects in Hurlford, Larbert, Cato, Hermiston, Chapelhall and the Lammermuirs.

Sandie Peggie is taking her trade union, the Royal College of Nursing, to an employment tribunal, claiming it failed to support her during the NHS Fife dispute over single-sex spaces.

UK travel company Groupia has been rescued by Funktion Leisure after falling into administration in June 2026.

Transport secretary Stephen Flynn has offered to meet the 1,500-business A83 Rest and Be Thankful campaign amid a revolt over four-year convoy plans.

Ministers pushed ahead with the £166m Ardrossan Harbour ferry project despite a Transport Scotland warning over future budget affordability.

Motorists are being urged to avoid this stretch of the motorway

The number of vocational and technical qualifications pupils have attained has doubled since 2022, suggesting a shift in the role of high-stakes exams.

Scottish minister Hannah Mary Goodlad pauses hyperscale data centre planning until Christmas, promising new guidance on water, energy, EIAs and community benefits.

Scottish Forestry insists a £2.3m woodland grant to a Gupta-linked company remains valid even as ministers seek a court interdict against GFG Alliance and the tycoon faces a Serious Fraud Office investigation.

An East Kilbride engineering company that collapsed with the loss of 119 jobs has been placed into liquidation

Tom Kitchin backs Scotland’s hospitality campaign for a VAT cut from 20% to 10%, warning John Swinney that rising costs threaten jobs and local venues.

A blue diamond ring of “extraordinary rarity” could fetch up to £2 million when it goes under the hammer next month

The Shetland stars will be returning to comedy to play 'mismatched' travelling companions Cat and Garry in new show Rambling.

A prisoner was "briefly at large" after escaping from custody at a court in Scotland

Edinburgh-based UNA Watch launches modular, repairable GPS sports watch challenging Apple and Garmin, with replaceable parts, open software and £179 UK price.

Apology issued after David McCallum’s Glasgow Blue Plaque wrongly lists his Hillhead birthplace as Partick.