The new companion website of two of Scotland’s biggest newspapers is due to go fully live today.

heraldscotland.com will feature content from Newsquest’s Glasgow-based Sunday Herald and The Herald on one website.

The new platform replaces the out-going sundayherald.com and theherald.co.uk and marks a significant stage in the company’s £1m online project, which was first mooted in spring last year and was expected to be completed by the end of 2008.

The website of the titles’ sister paper, the Evening Times, is due to be getting a similar online overhaul before this year is out.

Donald Martin, Newsquest Glasgow’s editor-in-chief, told staff in a memo: “We have huge hopes for this site, along with eveningtimes.co.uk, which will be redesigned and relaunched later this year, in fulfilling our ambitions to grow digital audience and complement our print titles.

“The launch reflects many months of hard work by the editorial, technical and marketing teams to ensure the site design reflects best practice and builds on our £1m investment in the Atex editorial production system and I am grateful to them.

“The site aims to become the most competitive destination on the web for breaking news from and about Scotland, a hub for reader debate about topical issues, and a magnet for increasingly important user-generated content which can complement staff reporting.”