THERE may still be a dark cloud of uncertainty over foreign trips this year but there are strong signs it isn’t dissuading sun-worshipping Brits from booking overseas trips.

Scotland’s public institutions have sold off more than half a billion pounds worth of land and property between 2015 and 2019.

WHEN UK Conservatives revert to Union Jack idolatry you know they’re trying to conceal something large. An anonymous Chinese savant, quoted in 1937 by the great writer and philosopher Lin Yutang in The Importance of Living, reflected thus: “A ...

THE SCOTTISH Greens will draw up plans to create more than 100,000 jobs in a bid to power a sustainable recovery from the pandemic and face up to the climate emergency.

Action for Independence has agreed to stand down its candidates for the Scottish Parliament election after the launch of the Alba Party by Alex Salmond on Friday.

TO govern is to choose. To elect is, literally, to choose. And now Scotland’s voters are to have one more choice placed before them with Alex Salmond’s decision to launch a new party, seeking support on the list.

WHAT was a simple one-step process of exporting meat to France in December is now a resource-draining 23-step marathon.

AN investigation has been launched following the theft of a plaque at The Herald garden of remembrance taken just hours after it had been unveiled.

TODAY'S letters (March 26) from Maureen McGarry-O'Hanlon, Robert IG Scott and Alexander McKay will no doubt be the tip of an abundance of correspondence between now and the days before May 6 all setting out the problems with the current SNP Govern...

IT is the first sign of spring when the fields are full of fluffy, white lambs skipping and exploring the world around them.

A firm fixture on the pages of The Herald, Kevin McKenna is no stranger to sharing his opinions with thousands of Scottish readers.

STAGECOACH has signalled its expectation that government support for local bus services will be “in place for longer than previously anticipated” because of extended Covid restrictions.

by Ian Urbina

“HAPPINESS, the Peanuts creator Charles Schulz once claimed, is a sad song,” Laura Barton reminded us at the beginning of the second episode of her current Notes on Music series on Radio 4 (Tuesday, 11.30am), over a soundbed of gloriously lach...

LOCKDOWN secrets, the cost of the shutdown and the role of carers in Covid were the topics debated by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

Face coverings have become a part of everyday life as people quickly adapted to the coronavirus pandemic.

Hooked

IN the midst of the raging pandemic in a world that frequently feels as if it’s on fire, a row over a box of cereal is escalating across the Atlantic.

IT was always Calder Street for the great unwashed. I was one of them. The imminent renaissance of Govanhill Baths on the south side of Glasgow sparks both memories of a boyhood past and inspires hope for the future.

I AM sorry to be stepping in last minute for Fidelma Cook, who is too ill to write this weekend. I've all the respect in the world for Fidelma, and to all the loyal readers who have been following her ups and downs, her observations and deliberati...

Blue blood braw?

HOLYROOD has finally broken up, after a period that has often seemed interminable, even to those of us merely observing. No doubt the First Minister and the government reached that point with relief to have emerged intact, if not unscathed, from both...

ALEX Salmond is to stand for Holyrood in May’s election in a move that risks scuppering Nicola Sturgeon’s chances of winning a second SNP majority.

The Herald is delighted to announce an exciting new partnership with award-winning investigations platform The Ferret.

Scotland’s former first minister Alex Salmond is seeking to make a dramatic return to Holyrood, as the leader of the new pro-independence Alba Party.

NICOLA Sturgeon has insisted that the SNP is committed to “more powers” being handed to local governments in the next parliament.

We asked three of our top contributors for their opinions on the launch of the Alba Party in this special edition of Voices Live.

Joanna Cherry has dismissed claims she is planning to join Alex Salmond's new party.

While the official Albaparty.org adress has been promoted as the party's website, the version using a '.Scot' domain has been commandeered on behalf of another party

MPs and peers sanctioned by China over their condemnation of atrocities against the Uighurs say the penalties have “unmasked” the state.

Border Biscuits has said its new Dark Chocolate Ginger bar has sold five million since its launch last year.

THE SNP has described Salmond's Alba party as "predictable" and questions whether Salmond should return to public office.

he Alba Party will campaign for Scottish Independence

DOUGLAS Ross has rubbished suggestion his party could be overtaken by Labour at May’s Holyrood election – insisting that Anas Sarwar has “not found the right message” in support of the Union.

IT’S not actually called the Festival of Brexit of course. The working title for next year’s extravaganza is, in fact, Festival UK* 2022. But when the first news of what might be on offer under its auspices emerged earlier this week every news...

By Dr Marion Slater

Figures released by the Scottish Government have revealed that the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 recorded yesterday was 543

Several European countries including France, Germany and Italy suspended use of the vaccine last week

LABOUR leader Anas Sarwar has defended his family’s firm for not paying the living wage, despite promises to transition to better salaries four years ago.

ALEX Salmond is to make a public statement this afternoon after announcing he is to take legal action against the Scottish Government.

DOUGLAS Ross has set out his party’s campaign for a fair share of funding for the North East – warning communities have been short-changed by the SNP Government.

Entrepreneur Fallon Carberry, a hair and beaty business owner, is launching an online offering and UK wide delivery service for her latest venture Juicy Drinks.

By Alastair Cameron

Nicola Sturgeon has revealed she has received a date for her first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

THE Brexiters who pack the Johnson Cabinet really do give an 1,800 revolutions per minute cycle on a washing machine a run for its money when it comes to the intensity of the spin.

IF time is not measured by clocks, but by memorable moments and dates, then 26th of March 2020 is a day that my mother Margaret, myself and all our family will never forget. A moment in time that will be forever seared into our souls and, in grief...

THE head of the anti-independence Scotland in Union campaign has failed in a bid to get her old job back as an MP.

Scotland has the highest rate of Covid-19 infection in the UK.

Crerar, which runs seven hotels in some of Scotland's most picturesque locations, has reported a sharp rise in bookings following the announcement that travel restrictions will be lifted, and tourist accommodation allowed to re-open, from April 26...

CINEMA giant Cineworld has revealed the impact of theatre closures during the pandemic as it reported a pre-tax loss of over $3 billion.