Newsquest is proposing editorial cuts of 20 per cent at the Herald titles in Scotland and across the Romanes Media Group titles which it bought in May.

According to the National Union of Journalists some 20 jobs could go on the Herald titles in what is a third round of job cuts in the space of ten months.

The Sunday Herald was yesterday the only local weekly newspaper in the UK to increase sales year on year. The other titles in the group include The Herald, the Evening Times and pro Scottish independence daily The National.