WHEN you arrive at a situation in Scottish politics where only the Tories hold true to their core beliefs you know you’ve reached a bad place.

Firefighters have been battling a “well-developed” blaze at a golf course in West Lothian.

A teacher faces being struck off after posting a video about Ruth Davidson’s pregnancy which makes a string of allegedly offensive, discriminatory and prejudiced remarks.

Tributes have been paid to an NHS worker and her daughter after attacks that left both dead and the man believed to be their killer fatally injured in a car crash. 

SHE’S a big girl – immaculate white uniform, hair pulled back into bunches – and a wry kindness seeps from her.

SCOTLAND'S biggest ferry operator CalMac has come under fire for wasting fuel and damaging the environment running a full service of empty ferries during the Covid-19 pandemic - a day after promoting its green credentials.

ENERGY prices are to rise up up to £96 a year as it emerged that the number of households in debt to their electricity provider is already at a five-year high because of the financial squeeze in the Covid-19 pandemic.

THE founder of MoneySavingExpert.com has urged all households across the country to compare energy prices urgently as bills are set to rise by up to £96 a year.

THE funding of furlough has come under the spotlight after being dubbed a “mad" financial merry-go-round by Scottish hospitality industry leaders.

The latest weekly coronavirus figures in Scotland as Covid rates continue to drop across the country.

POLICE have confirmed they are investigating reports of racial abuse of three basketball players who were forced out of their home in Glasgow.

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A lifeboat crew have saved the crew of a fishing boat that was seconds away from crashing onto rocks.

I SPOKE to a man recently who had begun the stressful process of finding a care home for his father.

What started out as a business venture by a Glasgow scientist 170 years ago has erupted to become one of Scotland’s most important industries – a sector that remains key to economic growth over the coming decades.

I TOTALLY agree with the sentiments in your Agenda item ("Ensuring public trust in the electoral process", The Herald, February 4). I am particularly in agreement regarding the safety of electors and staff in the diverse polling stations throughou...

HE ended up serving six months in jail after ordering a pepper spray online.

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Nicola Sturgeon announced a phased return to school for pupils across Scotland in front of Holyrood this week.

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IGNORE the photograph. Mary Portas has lost her red bob. Right at the start of her new series Mary Portas: On Style, Portas told us she’s grown it out during the pandemic.

WHEN to ease lockdown, the new variant risks and NHS funding were the issues raised by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

February has started off with a chilly start as temperatures have dropped across the country.

WHEN you arrive at a situation in Scottish politics where only the Tories hold true to their core beliefs you know you’ve reached a bad place. The main parties which fancy themselves as representing left-wing and liberal values have abandoned th...

FEW people will have realised that the new BBC Scandi-noir mini-series The Investigation has a bizarre Scottish connection. The gripping plot follows Copenhagen Police Chief Jens Møller, as he tries to solve the 2017 murder of Swedish journalist ...

A mother and daughter were among the three killed in three incidents police believe are linked.

HE was the last surviving Watergate burglar, whose arrest nearly 50 years ago ultimately led to the downfall of Richard Nixon’s presidency. Eugenio Martinez has died at the age of 98, but the scandal of the events of 1972 and his role in them en...

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DOUGLAS Ross has accused the BBC of showing bias and a lack of impartiality, saying concerns are growing about how the broadcaster in Scotland “trots out” SNP lines.

KATE Forbes is under growing pressure to perform a U-turn and maintain financial support for newspapers struggling to cope with the coronavirus pandemic.

A NEW independence party which was dogged by paperwork problems has finally been registered to stand at May’s Holyrood election.

The coastguard’s search and rescue helicopter team in Stornoway has been providing "invaluable" support to the NHS by transporting Covid patients from Barra.

The Scottish Government and Lord Advocate have announced plans for "bold reform" in order to strengthen the police complaints system and reach “gold standard”.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged the public to continue following the rules despite successes with the vaccine rollout.

Actor Christopher Plummer has died aged 91, his manager has said.

A major incident was declared overnight after 22 vehicles became trapped in snowdrifts

The first of a new wave of asymptomatic community testing sites will open in Fife on Wednesday, Deputy First Minister John Swinney has said.

SCOTLAND'S only pro-basketball side has registered disgust while detailing racist abuse which resulted in three of their players forced out of their homes.

French Connection has been targeted with two takeover approaches from investment specialists looking at snapping up the troubled retailer.

CLAIMS staff at a mass vaccination centre were told to throw away unused doses at the end of their shift have been attributed to "teething challenges".

A specially adapted coach and a car are being used to administer Covid-19 jabs in remote parts of the NHS Tayside area.

THE text came at 6.30am in the morning. Positive. Not the best start to the day.

EVERYONE across the UK aged over 50 should receive a Covid jag "by May," the UK Government’s Cabinet Office has announced, after Downing St said at first it was wrong and then, minutes later, made clear it was right in a chaotic briefing with j...

A LEGAL bid to find out if Holyrood has the power to hold a second independence referendum has been thrown out of court as “hypothetical, academic and premature”.

A Covid-19 patient who spent two months in an induced coma on a ventilator woke up to the news that he is going to be a grandfather.

Deputy First Minuster John Swinney said that 48,165 first-dose vaccinations had been delivered as of 8.30am this morning.

THE SNP has been criticised for failing to resolve its investigation into disgraced former minister Derek Mackay a year on from his resignation.