NICOLA Sturgeon is now personally involved in addressing Scotland’s horrendous levels of drug-related deaths, 1,264 at the last count ("Sturgeon announces £250m to tackle drug deaths ‘disgrace’", The Herald, January 21).

The UK risks becoming a “failed state” unless it makes reforms to the union, former prime minister Gordon Brown has warned.

THE SCOTTISH Conservatives have demanded the SNP sets out a ”Budget in the national interest” on Thursday as the party will formally call for legislation for a second referendum to be binned.

White envelopes will be used for the first tranche of coronavirus appointments for those aged 70-79 because blue ones were not ready in time, the Scottish Government has announced.

THE United Kingdom is dying and yesterday this state of mortal peril was given an official imprimatur. A suite of polls conducted by The Sunday Times, stalwart flag-bearer of our shared sense of Britishness, indicates that the Union is fast disint...

There is a yellow weather warning for snow and ice in place for large parts of Scotland.

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MINISTERS are 'deeply concerned' as helpline referrals about children living with domestic abuse rose by 30% during the pandemic.

Online fashion retailer Boohoo has bought the Debenhams brand and website for £55 million in a deal that will see the eponymous department store name survive, but the company’s remaining 118 stores close for good.

EVERY Sunday since the start of the year, viewers of the BBC’s Politics Scotland have been watching something of a broadcast beauty parade.

A GROUP of mainly ex-police officers want pharmacies licensed as “safe suppliers” and drugs to be legalised in a bid to address Scotland’s reputation as the narcotics death capital of Europe.

SCOTLAND has at least three identified cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa which it is feared is more resistant to the Covid vaccine, the Herald has learned.

THE BIGGEST platform for short-term let accommodation has warned that the SNP’s licensing plans for the industry pose “a significant barrier to Scotland’s economic recovery” from the pandemic.

MORE THAN half a million people are now waiting to sit their driving tests as the pandemic forces an emergency stop to assessments.

I’ll tell you what I’m going to do. I’m going to try to understand why certain Scottish voters, including me, behave the way they do. I’m also going to try to understand why, when politicians go on public forums, there’s so much nastines...

IF YOU’RE starting to get fed up with the same routines every day, why not shake things up and give yourself something to look forward to either through a new purchase or a  virtual experience. That could be anything from treating yourself to ...

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IT was one of the heart-warming responses to lockdown when businesses and communities came together to vulnerable people on their doorstep.

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TWO Scots firms have been ranked among the worst energy suppliers in Britain for customer satisfaction.

THE question is, do I really need to introduce Arlo Parks?

IT might be more than halfway through dry January but with the country in strict lockdown, it's not the easiest month to go booze free.

A PIPER Alpha hero who helped save the lives of three oil workers during the 1988 oil rig disaster has said he will sell his Queen’s Gallantry Medal at auction to ensure the events are not forgotten.

For centuries, the water of life has been crafted using just three ingredients with time-honoured and sometimes mysterious methods to create the perfect dram.

IT is said truth is stranger than fiction, but someone ought to tell producers of animated US sitcom The Simpsons this old saying as it emerges many of their historic plot lines have seemingly come to pass in real life.

Ever made your own marmalade? Ella Walker takes up the challenge for the first time, and discovers it to be a nostalgic, soothing joy.

Ottolenghi chef Sami Tamimi and recipe writer Tara Wigley, share their food memories with Ella Walker.

The Scottish Government is “actively exploring” tightening the rules around wearing face masks.

BEING appointed Celtic manager at the end of the 2015/16 season proved no impediment to Brendan Rodgers enjoying a hugely successful debut campaign at Parkhead.

More than 1,000 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Scotland in the past 24 hours.

WHERE does power lie?

DOUGLAS Ross has suggested it is not inevitable that the SNP will win a majority in May’s Holyrood election – stressing “absolutely everything is to play for”.

A prominent SNP politician calling for his party to draw up an alternative route to independence has called on colleagues to “seize the initiative” and not rule out May’s election being a “defacto referendum”.

NICOLA Sturgeon will “set out clearly” how she “did not mislead parliament” over the Alex Salmond affair when she appears before MSPs investigating the botched investigation of complaints next month.

Postman Nathan Evans is poised to enter the top 10 on the Official Singles Chart with his viral sea shanty Wellerman.

THE UK North Sea is the most attractive basin in the world for oil and gas firms that want to develop big offshore projects on a key measure, experts said this week.

NICOLA Sturgeon has stressed the SNP’s priority in pursuing independence is to hold a “legal referendum” amid suggestions the party could hold a wildcat poll if Boris Johnson continues to refuse calls for a second vote on the issue.

A boy is in critical condition after he was struck by a train.

A new documentary follows the successful rescue of a World War II seaplane to prevent it from ending its days as a wreck in the depths of Loch Ness.

Two women rescued from the slopes of a Scottish mountain have been charged with breaching lockdown resrictions.

A resident from the Western Isles has been airlifted to hospital after contracting coronavirus.

DEPUTY First Minister John Swinney has confirmed requiring people to wear medical grade face masks to halt the spread of mutated strains of coronavirus is "being actively explored” by the Scottish Government.

Nicola Sturgeon reached for her Rabbie Burns phrasebook to take down Prime Minister Boris Johnson during an interview on Sunday's edition of The Andrew Marr show.

Vaccinated people could still spread virus, warns Van-Tam

I HAVE reached the conclusion that if I'm to get through the coming weeks (whisper it, months) then I'll need to find a new hobby.

Yesterday's opinion columns covered the need for the Prime Minister to up the fight to keep the Union, concerns about high taxes in the wake of the pandemic and a call to up the ante of coronavirus vaccinations. Here is The Herald's pick of the ed...

Inshore fishermen and members of the Scottish Creel Fishermen's Federation blockaded Downing Street on Monday in protest over new trading rules which has left them unable to export their catch. 

It is reported that Mr Johnson is the first European leader to have spoken to the new president.

The Sunday Times commissioned a series of surveys across the four nations of the United Kingdom to gauge attitudes towards the Union..