ALEX Salmond is threatening to pull out of the Holyrood inquiry into his legal fight with Nicola Sturgeon’s government in a row over censored evidence.

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SNP chief executive Peter Murrell is expected to give more evidence to a Scottish Parliament committee on Monday.

Britons face needing a third jab this year amid concerns about the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine’s effectiveness against the South African coronavirus variant.

SCOTLAND’S media marketplace became even more crowded yesterday with the launch of BBC Scotland’s The Sunday Show.

THE coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa and is feared more resistant to the Covid-19 vaccine has registered a worrying rise in Scotland, the Herald has learnt.

EIGHT years after I first began seriously to consider that Scotland should arrange its own affairs the prospect of independence seems beguilingly close. A run of 21 consecutive polls (or is it 22?) indicates a clear majority in favour not only of ...

LAST year’s Glasgow Film Festival was one of the last arts events to go ahead before coronavirus closed everything down. Unfortunately, a year on, it hasn’t been so lucky, and things are still some way from opening up.

From billionaires to celebrities and even Saudi Arabian royalty sculptor Mark Stoddart has seen his work snapped up and shipped all over the world for his exclusive clients.

THE 80th anniversary of the Clydebank Blitz next month will be a sombre reminder for a Scottish family of heroics performed by a long-dead relative in the first war.

I DON’T know about you, but I’m sick and tired of the badly-scripted pantomime that passes for contemporary politics.

THE property expert leading work on plans for one of the biggest office developments in Scotland for years has insisted it will be a success despite the challenges posed by the fallout from the coronavirus crisis.

SCOTLAND  could become a world-leader in the care of adults born with heart defects following the major expansion of a national unit with internationally renowned specialists.

Who would have thought that, in the difficult and divisive debate over the constitutional future of the United Kingdom, one of the issues that mattered was my car. My little blue Toyota Yaris. The 2008 automatic (one previous owner) that’s sitti...

ONLINE retail giants like Amazon should be slapped with a one per cent online sales tax ahead of the March 3 Budget, says Tesco.

ANAS Sarwar has called on the Scottish Government to end the “scandal” of child homelessness after analysis by Scottish Labour suggested that it had soared by nearly 40 per cent to a record high in just four years.

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A project to create a 1930s-style cocktail bar, and restaurant and events space in Glasgow's landmark art deco Beresford building will get under way today.

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was neurotic about become too associated with AIDS during the early health campaign, her former health secretary has said.

THEY were once regarded as solely decorative features of our homes, dotted around to improve the aesthetics and on occasion - in centuries past - to act as status symbols. But new research has found that the humble house plant is now helping to re...

A SPORTING contact informs us there was some sort of competitive event at the weekend, where fine and upstanding Scottish chaps defeated a most hideous English rabble. At least that’s how our contact describes the occasion.

Nicola Sturgeon is today under renewed pressure over a botched investigation into harassment claims against Alex Salmond after suggestions Scottish Government lawyers may have misled the country’s highest civil court.

IN pursuit of Africa’s Big Five – elephant, lion, buffalo, rhino and leopard – camera-toting tourists and gun-carrying “hunters” spend small fortunes. Uncle Opie and my son, Matthew, his apprentice, pursue the small edible six around us ...

There was a sign of the resilience of some in the food and beverage sector this week as research showed 11 restaurants opened new premises in Glasgow last year despite the coronavirus pandemic.

There have been 584 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Scotland in the past 24 hours.

LABOUR needs to be a patriotic party and be proud of the Union flag, Ed Miliband has insisted, as he dismissed claims something had gone wrong with the party under Sir Keir Starmer given it was still behind the Conservatives in the midst of the coron...

Gregor Townsend has backed his Scotland stars after certain members of his squad decided not to 'take the knee' prior to yesterday's Six Nations clash against England.

PORT officials were warned about the safety of having two huge oil drilling vessels berthed off the North Ayrshire coast nearly a fortnight before one broke free from its moorings threatening a "disaster", the Herald on Sunday can reveal.

DOUGLAS Ross has insisted he and not Boris Johnson is leading the Conservative campaign for the May Holyrood elections but refused to say if the Prime Minister will be a help or a hindrance to it.

Scotland fans are celebrating a historic win in their opening 6 Nations match with Gregor Townsend's men securing their first victory at Twickenham since 1983.

THERE is “no plan” for the UK Government to issue Britons with so-called “vaccine passports,” Nadhim Zahawi, the UK Government’s Vaccine Minister, has insisted as he suggested annual vaccines or a “booster in the autumn” could be req...

ED Miliband has insisted his Shadow Cabinet colleague, Scottish peer Lord Falconer, is “very very sorry” after describing the pandemic as a “gift that keeps on giving for lawyers”.

SNP MP Neale Hanvey has been sacked from his frontbench role after he backed a campaign to sue a parliamentary colleague.

I WAS impressed by Helen McArdle's pointed article on the deficiencies of our self-isolation/quarantine system in contrast to those of many other countries and the crucial role these have played in the level of infection ("How Scotland’s ‘tougher...

SCOTLAND'S biggest ferry operator CalMac is reviewing the need to run a full service of empty ferries during the Covid-19 pandemic, after coming under fire for wasting fuel and damaging the environment - a day after promoting its green credentials...

Rain drenched the windscreens of the tiny open top sports cars and their gentlemen drivers, turning the 1956 Le Mans 24-hour race into a treacherous battle between man, the elements and their engines.

PRIVATE schools are calling for a further delay to plans to make them pay full business rates in Scotland, citing the ongoing impact of the pandemic.

A suspension of out-of-town developments for five years and the introduction of a levy on online shopping to breathe new life into Scotland's Covid crisis-hit town centres is being suggested by Scottish Government advisers.

A SCOT who lost his legs at an off-road motoring event is pursuing a £1m damages claim against the governing body for four-wheel racing in the UK which will have "far reaching implications" for sport.

Billy Hutchinson has journeyed from UVF killer to helping forge the Good Friday Agreement. He’s just brought out his autobiography. Here, in conversation with Writer at Large Neil Mackay, he discusses the risk Brexit poses to peace in Ulster, the d...

SCOTS care workers have told of feeling devalued, 'policed' and demoralised that they could earn more money working in a supermarket.

ON a bright, cold winter’s day proud grandfather Ally McLaws pushes the newest arrival in the family along in his pram.

CAN I ask you a personal question? When it comes to class, how do you describe yourself?

Singer Michael Ball has dedicated his BBC Radio 2 show to “the nation’s hero” Captain Sir Tom Moore.

Staff at Ryanair, who were tested for Covid-19, have raised concerns over the way in which an outbreak of the virus at the airline’s headquarters was handled.

BREXIT has triggered a rise in anti-Scottish sentiment in England, according to academics who have uncovered a “surprising” number of experiences of hostility south of the Border.

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Once upon a time, you might have been scoffed at or called ‘lazy’ for getting food delivered. But in our pandemic-ruled reality, we are being actively encouraged to get food deliveries where possible rather than taking trips to the supermarket...