market's mood for the week. Today's figure is expected to confirm that there is a slowdown in high street spending and February's 3.1% rise was an aberration.

meet in London tomorrow to discuss the consequences of the Government decision to scrap the National Dock Labour Scheme. maintained, those pledges may not be worth a great deal. Over the weekend ...

A plane full of Scottish holidaymakers had to be diverted to Bristol following reports of a “sexual offence” being committed mid-flight. Police arrested a passenger after the flight from Edinburgh ...

Ministers say there is "merit" in a move to scrap Scottish Government-owned ferry and port owner CMAL to be merged into a new ...

When 50 or more Scottish writers gather to address an issue of pressing public concern, you know it’s time to look to the skies, imagine the vast expanse of the universe and consider the infinite ...

ON Monday (Letters, June 3) one of your correspondents accused Ruth Marr (Letters, June 1) of being "blinkered" while another labelled her as "predictably sycophantic". I think, though, that it is her ...

North Lanarkshire parents say their children face an unsafe walk to school of over two hours if the council doesn’t reinstate their local ...