EXCLUSIVE: Sunday Herald uncovers theft of data from every guest in 1300 Best Western Hotels in past 12 months
By Iain S Bruce

Scare stories about new system were placed by media company
By Paul Hutcheon, Scottish Political Editor

SNP attacks PM’s plans
By James Hamilton

Obama names his running mate, but still the Democrats face their convention with a growing fear of failure, reports Andrew Purcell in New York

Camorra fears as inquiry into murder is passed to anti-Mob squad
From Philip Willan in Rome

GEORGIA: Foreign Editor David Pratt, who has been travelling around war torn Georgia, reflects on a country still reeling from shock and looking for answers

SUNDAY HERALD EDITORIAL

Iain Macwhirter on the economy

Ian Bell on the new cold war

By Michael Grant

By Stewart Fisher

George Burley may not have had the best of starts as national coach, but friendly results like Wednesday’s are not the ones that matter. A good result for Scotland in Skopje will put the doubters back in their place – although it is a daunting task. Stewart Fisher reports

Fears for proposed rail link as government prepares to announce strategic transport plans
By Steven Vass, Deputy Business Editor

Domestic prices may rise, but exporters are benefiting from the weak pound
By John Phelps

By Steven Vass, Deputy Business Editor

The Sunday Herald is reporting live from the Hydro Connect festival being held in the grounds of Inveraray Castle. Full reviews of the bands and blogs by our correspondents Edd McCracken, Alan Morrison, Paul Dalgarno and Jamie Lafferty

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Playing an 18th-century duchess has taught Keira Knightley that the hounding of female stars is nothing new
By Craig McLean

As prices at the pump hit eye-watering levels more people are turning to home-made biofuel as an abundant, cheap and tax-free alternative to traditional fossil fuels
By Allan Burnett

HOMEFRONT: Fiona Gibson

Pagan ritual? Sexual ­fetish? Wanton cruelty? Nobody knows, but the bizarre and brutal crime of horse-maiming is still happening in ­Scotland
By Alan Taylor