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Analysis ‘On a knife edge’ - can Britain’s economy avoid a recession?

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Ten reasons to embrace winter walks in Scotland this January

Some of the big winners at the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards.

Golden Globe Winners in Pictures: 15 photos of all the acting winners

Stock image of a woman browsing in a shop.

Watch: Expert gives financial outlook for 2025

Ray Wragg, from Sheffield, has given away most of his lottery fortune. Photo: Tom Maddick SWNS.com

I won £7m on the lottery but I still check the price of socks

Top Tropical Fish 2024: The 11 most popular types in the UK

Workers on Avanti West Coast are to stage a series of strikes after rejecting a deal aimed at resolving a dispute over rest day working.

The train operators with the highest cancellations as reliability hit

Officials inspect the wreckage of Pan Am flight 103 on December 21, 1988, in Lockerbie

Trial of alleged Lockerbie bombmaker 'will restore faith in justice'

Robbie Williams as a chimpanzee in 'Better Man'.

Better Man: What you need to know about the Robbie Williams biopic

The current school roll on Fair Isle is just two. Picture: PA

Teacher wanted for Scotland's most remote inhabited island

Harper Macleod said its corporate and M&A (mergers and acquisitions) team advised on 42 transactions in October, as business owners and acquiring companies acted ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ eagerly-awaited, maiden fiscal statement.

Why Budget triggered 'deal a day' for leading Scottish law firm

Activists demanding that rich countries pay up for climate finance for developing countries of the Global South protest at COP29 (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Sale of indulgences is alive and well at COP29

'I’m a golf expert: this is the one mistake that can knock 30 yards off your dri...

The bedrooms embrace modern indulgences whilst subtly honouring the hotel’s past.

Be the first to see £16m renovation of iconic seafront hotel, The Grand Brighton

Andrew Bowie is the new shadow Scotland Secretary

Andrew Bowie on GB Energy, and why Tories can win next election

Is your mouth watering yet?

Britain's 10 favourite tastes - from cheddar to chocolate

The Great British Bake Off - series 15 bakers

Calling all home bakers! Applications for the next series of The Great British B...

Watch: Silent Crime - The Untold Story Of Victims documentary

Watch: Silent Crime - The Untold Story Of Victims documentary

Barbra McWhirter's memory box

Hamilton care home resident shares inspiring story ahead of Remembrance Day

Ashley Fleming is a Partner and head of the immigration team at Harper Macleod

Do we have the skills required to hit offshore wind goals? - Ashley Fleming

Mark Cranston from Jedburgh, with his collection of over 4,000 bricks. Picture: Katielee Arrowsmith/SWNS

The Scottish man with the UK's biggest rare brick collection

An example of a battery energy storage system. These consist of one or more large batteries that store electrical power for use at a later time.

Colossal battery energy storage system to be sited near Scottish city

Mark Cranston who has built an amazing collection of bricks.

I have a collection of 4,000 bricks...each one tells a story

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer attends an Executive Session of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa.

Reparations debate shows politicians still afraid of the past Alexander Brown

Sir Chris Hoy and Sarra Hoy pose for a photo on the grid during the F1 Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone Circuit in July. Picture: Mark Thompson/Getty Images

'A real life superhero': Lady Sarra Hoy praises husband Sir Chris Hoy

Red Deer Stags in Scotland: 9 Places where you can see them rutting

Picts: 13 Facts about the ancient Scottish tribes that fought Romans

The traditional headquarters of Bank of Scotland on The Mound, Edinburgh, and now home to the Scottish HQ for Lloyds Banking Group.

BoS owner Lloyds says customers have two reasons to be more confident

Tesco has announced it will open its Stornoway branch, on the Isle of Lewis, seven days a week

Tesco announces Sunday opening in Scottish Sabbath stronghold

Sir Chris Hoy announces that his cancer is terminal

Calum Melville

Retentions have been a source of conflict in construction industry for too long....

Bank of England policymakers face a delicate balancing act when it comes to future interest rate decisions.

Why Britain’s return to growth could put interest rate cut on hold

Scotland's West Coast is a beautiful place but the sea can be wild, as Harry Dwyer discovered (Picture: Peter Thompson)

Why Harry Dwyer's circumnavigation of UK is antidote to its toxicity Stephen Jardine

The Free Church of Scotland in Kenneth Street, Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis

The day I joined the Sabbath on a Scots isle when everything was shut

Sprucy Lucy from BrewDog and SPAR

BrewDog partners with SPAR to launch exclusive beer

Akshay Kaul, Director General, Infrastructure at Ofgem

Net zero is the route to secure, more affordable and cleaner power - Akshay Kaul

Prime Minister Keir Starmer with the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Keir Starmer's speech - 'false hope', taxes and politics 'exhaustion'

The 10 unusual breeds of dog that have soared in popularity this year

Part of Springfield's Bertha Park Village development on the outskirts of Perth. Picture: Alan Richardson

Scotland’s only listed housebuilder says home sales on the rise again

Illegal migrants leave an RNLI lifeboat that picked them up at sea while crossing the English Channel from France (Picture: Henry Nicholls/AFP)

Readers' Letters: Schengen Agreement is to blame for Britain's migrant crisis

The choice of electric vehicles (EVs) is becoming greater but prices remain too high for many motorists.

Why I will never buy an EV after 40 years of driving and 20 motors Scott Reid

Manette Baillie, from Benhall in Suffolk, does a tandem skydive at the age of 102.

Watch: Woman, 102, becomes Britain's oldest skydiver
Watch the moment 102-year-old Manette Baillie became the oldest skydiver in Britain as she jumped out of a plane at 7,000ft - in celebration of her birthday and...

Construction was the least optimistic of the main sectors in the latest FSB survey.

Small firms demand government action after ‘disheartening’ slump in confidence

Oliver Salter, 31, who owns Peter Scott shoe shop in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, Britain's smallest shoe shop.

Watch: Britain's smallest shoe shop proves tight fit at just 3ft wide

Hay's Way has made it to the NC500

I walked the NC500 - here are the unexpected discoveries I made

Alain Delon, pictured here in 1971, was often described as the most beautiful man in the world (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

Obituaries: Alain Delon, French actor who came to define the concept of cool

Duncan Scott with his Olympics medals at the Peak Leisure Centre, Stirling, where he was giving expert swimming tips to Learn to Swim classes. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Images

Scotland's Olympic hero ain't done yet as he targets LA and reveals Hoy message

John McNiven won numerous Scottish and British international ‘caps’

Obituaries John McNiven, all-time great Scottish weightlifter

Graeme Hartop is chief executive of Hampden & Co, the Edinburgh-founded private bank. Picture: Stewart Attwood Photography

Edinburgh private bank Hampden & Co reports double-digit gains

Perth-based Praveen Kumar’s premium Indian ready meals are available in major retailers and online.

£400,000 investment will help Scottish curry brand go nationwide

Here is the full list of every Team GB medal winner at the Paris Olympics 2024. Cr: Getty Images.

Here is every medal won by Team GB at the Paris Olympics

Celebrate National Afternoon Tea Week

How to Celebrate National Afternoon Tea Week in Glasgow and Edinburgh

Jane Inglis Clark of Edinburgh (pictured holding ropes), a founding member of the Ladies' Scottish Climbing Club. Members are pictured ahead of a New Year outing in 1909 (Picture submitted)

How world’s oldest female-only climbing club defied rampant sexism Susan Morrison

Great Britain's Josh Kerr during the Men's 1500m Round 1 at the Stade de France.

Why gold-spiked Kerr just can't fly under radar as he responds to critics

King Charles III unveils the Flow Country World Heritage Site plaque

Best pictures of the Flow Country as King Charles visits

Anjem Choudary poses for photographs outside the Houses of Parliament in London in 2010 (Picture: Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

The day jailed terror leader told me he wasn't 'going to kill' me Ian Johnston

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries