Claire Taylor has joined The Herald to ensure rural Scotland has a louder voice.

By Tavish Scott

AN SNP employee has said he has “no faith” in Nicola Sturgeon’s promise to learn lessons about the handling of complaints of harassment within her party after his own complaints against two MPs were bungled for “years”.

Nicola Sturgeon is to give a statement on the progress of the fight against Covid-19 in the Scottish Parliament today.

The First Minister is due to give a statement on Tuesday afternoon.

MINISTERS are facing a £5m claim in a dispute over a secret deal that paved the way to the nationalisation of the shipyard at the centre of Scotland's ferry building fiasco.

It was judged one of the top ten buildings created in Scotland since the Second World War.

Why the milkman is making a return

ALONGSIDE the maxim about people in glass houses should come a twin saying about people in palaces and how they shouldn't moan about money.

SNP ministers have been told to draw up a blueprint to level with the public about “potentially contentious issues” including cutting meat and dairy consumption – while taxing high carbon foods has been pointed to as a potential "radical" so...

THE pensions giant that is buying the Standard Life brand has underlined its belief in the name’s value amid expectations the market will grow strongly in coming years as it posted strong growth in profits.

THERE is much debate today over the Rangers celebrations in Glasgow over the weekend, with criticism of fans, the club, the police and anyone else you can think of ("Sturgeon tells Rangers fans: You’re risking lives by celebrating title win", The H...

IT might be the last thing on your mind when you are facing a terminal cancer diagnosis just how you are going to heat your home and clothe yourself.

ONLINE Covid symptom checkers used by patients in the UK are failing to pick up signs of severe illness and may stop some people from seeking medical help in time, a study has found.

YESTERDAY was International Women’s Day which, as a father of four girls, I take a keen interest in. Notwithstanding my wife and my daughters, though, I had a couple of other women on my mind.

He is due to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Tuesday.

AMATEUR archaeologists have discovered how ancient Scot's had a penchant for hazelnuts while shining a light on 10,000 years of history in one part of Scotland through a dig on a country estate.

By Ian McConnell

NORTH Sea focused NEO Energy has clinched another bumper acquisition in the area as it continues its rapid expansion despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus crisis.

A SCOTTISH fintech firm has hailed a hike in revenues and two major contract extensions.

FEARS about what the takeover of Scottish businesses by investment firms will mean for Scotland heightened last week even as Rishi Sunak left generous tax breaks for wealthy financiers in place.

“You think cold swimming is crazy? Women work two-thirds of the world’s hours for one-tenth of its income,” read a large placard held up out of the water by Holly Farquhar as she took her morning International Women’s Day swim.

AN INDUSTRIAL estate in the Scottish capital has sold for £8.5 million amid strong investor demand for industrial and logistics sites during the coronavirus pandemic.

IN the middle of a pandemic that has killed more than 2.5 million people worldwide, it might seem obvious that jumping around in close proximity to thousands of others, plenty of them three sheets to the wind, in Glasgow's George Square, or huggin...

THE jibe that Boris Johnson is the best recruiting sergeant for independence is a Nicola Sturgeon favourite. The Prime Minister’s terrible personal poll ratings in Scotland suggest it’s a line likely to resonate with many Scots. So don’t exp...

Letter-perfect

Follow live as Nicola Sturgeon provides an update on the coronavirus lockdown in Scotland.

Police Scotland have hit out at the  “lack of support from Rangers Football Club” after fans breached lockdown rules and gathered in Glasgow.

BT Sport has said that what is believed to be a first-ever all-woman pundit panel fronting the coverage of a live  English Premier League game was not a one off.

It's understandable that many people have questions about the policing of the events at the weekend.

DOUGLAS Ross has called for the re-opening of gyms and schools in Scotland to be accelerated when Nicola Sturgeon updates MSPs on her Government's exit from the lockdown on Tuesday.

BORIS Johnson has warned there is a “big budget of risk” in reopening schools but insisted the biggest risk was not reopening them.

POLICE are hunting an attacker who sexually assaulted a teenage woman near a Scots golf club.

BORIS Johnson has refused to be drawn into the row over the Duchess of Sussex’s racism claim against an unnamed member of the royal family but a senior UK Government minister accused Prince Harry of “blowing up his family”.

Harry and Meghan’s televised interview with Oprah Winfrey has been the focus of headlines around the country today.

ALL SECONDARY pupils in Scotland will be offered a test twice a week when they return to classrooms full time after the Easter holidays.

JOHN Swinney has taken a swipe at the lack of leadership from Rangers Football Club for not asking fans to halt celebrations despite vital public health rules.

THE UK'S statistics watchdog has been urged to investigate claims about coronavirus deaths made by Scotland's National Clinical Director.

THE broadcast regulator has dismissed concerns that the Scottish Government's regular televised updates on coronavirus on the BBC were a platform for SNP views.

Hoskins Architects has hailed a double success in the Civic Trust Awards, for the refurbishment of Aberdeen Art Gallery and Strawberry Field, a visitor and training centre for young people with learning disabilities in Liverpool.

THE continued detention of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s by the Iranian authorities beyond her five-year jail sentence is “outrageous,” her husband Richard has insisted, as he unsuccessfully tried to deliver a 160,000-signature petition, deman...

THE SCOTTISH Government has accused Westminster of a “systematic attack” on Holyrood’s powers after publishing a dossier the SNP says show the erosion of devolved authority.

Hugh MacDonald joined The Herald's fantastic columnist line-up earlier this year, and has since brought us his musings on the pandemic, Glasgow and being a pensioner.

THE "long-term scarring" to the UK economy from the Covid-19 crisis could be smaller than in past recessions, the Governor of the Bank of England has suggested.

By Stephanie Kelly

PENSIONERS who have been vaccinated against Covid are mixing more than their unvaccinated peers despite guidance not to change behaviour. 

Deputy First Minister John Swinney said that the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 recorded yesterday was 501.

A HOLYROOD committee has criticised the SNP's failure to review dog control legislation in the face of ongoing attacks.

The UK Government’s Union Unit is a relatively new wheeze but so far, there’s been little unity within its ranks. As Oscar Wilde nearly said, “To lose one leader may be regarded as a misfortune, to lose both looks like carelessness”. With ...

The First Minister warned that the celebrations could jeopardise plans to ease Covid lockdowns.