A candidate for the Conservative Party has been suspended after he came under fire for making "heartless" comments about food bank users.

BREXIT is bringing a “slow-motion car crash” for Scottish firms with no sign of an early end to red tape wrangles ahead while some European hauliers are now boycotting Britain, say haulage and food industry leaders.

Nicola Sturgeon has warned of even tougher lockdown restrictions if new rules in place from Saturday don't reduce the rising case numbers.

AS the Conservative Brexiters look increasingly foolish over their chaotic European Union departure, a volte-face by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer on freedom of movement might have flown below the radar for many people. But his U-turn, while perh...

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Data released from the Scottish Government has shown how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted Scotland's schools and childcare services this academic year.

The cost of new car insurance in Scotland has dropped by £65 in the steepest annual price drop in two years, new analysis has revealed.

LIDL has beaten its German rival Aldi to be named the cheapest supermarket of 2020, according new analysis.

SCOTTISH fishing industry leaders say they will hold the Prime Minister's "feet to the fire" over his promise of compensation for Brexit export delays.

MILK in last? Or, shudder, in first?

A SCHOOL in one of Glasgow’s most affluent areas has seen the number of emergency food parcels handed out to families double in the current lockdown.

Furious students have demanded that rent for university accommodation be axed until access to campuses and face-to-face teaching are restored.

SARAH Ferguson, Duchess of York, has written her first novel for adults. The book – billed as an "immersive historical saga" – is titled Her Heart For A Compass and will be released by romantic fiction publisher Mills & Boon.

More than 80 per cent of Scots are in favour of stronger animal welfare regulations, a new survey has revealed.

I NOTE your report on the work of the first Citizens Assembly ("First Citizens Assembly sets out 60 visions for ‘a fairer Scotland’", The Herald, January 13).

By Mark Williamson

VACCINATION deployment, food parcel shame and failing university students were the topics raised by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

Character-defining moments don’t always come well-signposted. Sometimes critical moral decisions are thrust upon us suddenly before we’ve had a chance fully to recognise their significance.

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SCOTTISH Labour is looking for another new leader after Richard Leonard quit the post with immediate effect.

ONE of the favourite boosterish post-Brexit terms deployed by Boris Johnson to show just how the country can “prosper mightily,” unshackled from the confines of the European Union, is Global Britain.

A number of NHS staff have gathered outside Downing Street to protest the Government’s handling of the pandemic.

NICOLA Sturgeon’s husband has been accused of giving yet more contradictory evidence to the Holyrood inquiry into the Alex Salmond inquiry.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has confirmed that an ongoing ransomware attack is likely to be by serious international organised cyber-crime groups intent on disrupting public services and extorting public funds.