THEY are about to finish a season trophyless for the first time in over a decade, still have to appoint a new manager, are poised to lose a raft of important players and currently have no head of recruitment to oversee the major rebuilding job tha...

Around 40 firefighters are tackling a blaze at a derelict building in the centre of Glasgow.

The ALBA Party has protested their 'exclusion' from televised election debates by projecting their party's symbol on to BBC Scotland's headquarters.

FAR more voters recognise Anas Sarwar as leader of the Scottish Labour party than his predecessor, a new poll for the Herald has found.

The number of teachers signed off with stress has soared by more than a quarter in recent years, according to figures that are fuelling fresh fears over the Covid pandemic’s impact on staff.

THE Premiership table doesn’t lie. Indeed, it lays bare the truth about where Rangers and Celtic are right now and the gap between blue and green is there in black and white.

PLANNED operations in Scotland were slashed by more than 180,000 during the first 12 months of the pandemic, with some areas seeing waiting lists for orthopaedic procedures grow nearly ten-fold.

Welcome to our Covid-19 live blog, bringing you all the latest updates from across Scotland.

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ALEX Salmond has sugested he has the means to “destroy” Nicola Sturgeon.

FINALLY, the end of Schrödinger’s Election approaches, an election where independence is everywhere and nowhere at the same time.

UNIONS have called for urgent reform of the care sector in Scotland as it emerged one in ten are on zero hours contracts.

ELECTION week is a dismal time to try to persuade politicians to be rational, but once more unto the breach I go. In two days, Scotland goes to the polls in what few dispute is the most important election of the devolved era.

Officials at a Scottish mosque subjected an Imam to religious harassment by accusing him of preaching extremist views, a tribunal has found.

As the brouhaha broke out last month over the return of Cuthbert to shelves across the Aldi network, my younger son declared that he wanted to mark his 16th birthday with a Colin the Caterpillar cake – “the real one”, he emphasised, “not t...

The nightlife industry in Scotland has said up to 5,000 jobs per week could be lost without "immediate action to restart the sector" and scrapping rules like social distancing.

Glasgow’s newest vintage store opens its doors today with some prized mid-20th century gems synonymous with the city.

It is a place that is long associated with housing some of Scotland's most dangerous criminals.

Scotland heads to the polls on Thursday following an election campaign like no other.

By Ian McConnell

As a country we are divided over independence, we are divided over Brexit, but we cannot allow ourselves to become divided over tackling the climate emergency which is looming over our heads.

By Scott Wright

IT is April 1953 and the John Brown shipyard rings with gasps then cheers as Queen Elizabeth makes the much-anticipated announcement of the new royal yacht's name.

THE SNP cites Brexit and its negative impact on international trade between Scotland and the EU as its justification for another referendum on Scottish independence. Our company is a Scottish-based manufacturing business in the plastics sector that e...

Line Of Duty finale is a ratings smash

THE upcoming elections this week featured in the newspaper comment sections, with reflections on the ramifications for independence in Scotland.

Professor John Curtice takes your questions ahead of the Scottish election.

THE SNP’s depute leader has been accused of “appalling” and "shameful" insensitivity after saying the party wants the pandemic over partly to help it campaign for independence.

The Incident

OFCOM has been warned of potential court action through a legal complaint of BBC bias from Alex Salmond's Alba Party over election campaign coverage.

Scottish cashback app Swipii has hired a major player in the hospitality tech sector after smashing a fundraising target.

The BBC has defended correspondent Laura Kuenssberg over asking a non-Covid related question at a Downing Street coronavirus briefing.

There is “widespread misunderstanding” of economic facts among Scottish voters, as well as confusion over the SNP’s plans for independence, according to a pro-Union think tank opinion poll.

Police have identified a women whose body was found on a Highland beach in January.

It has become a vital tool in the way party leaders communicate with their supporters and voters at large.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has released a video on Twitter announcing that 50 million vaccines have been delivered in the UK.

A man has been charged in connection with attempted murder after a pedestrian was knocked down in Aberdeenshire.

Mark Smith shares his analysis of the latest polls ahead of the Scottish election.

NEVER has voting for Scottish self-determination seemed so dispiriting.

An officer injured when ugly scenes broke out at Manchester United’s Premier League clash against Liverpool is lucky not to have lost sight in his eye, Greater Manchester Police Federation said.

THE BBC director-general has said there is a “growing assault on truth” that poses a threat to societies and democracies around the world.

Considering what’s at stake, the run-up to May’s elections has been excruciatingly dull.

Is Scotland’s constitutional divide taking Scotland in the same deadlocked direction as Northern Ireland? Stormont’s Justice Minister, Naomi Long, has warned Scots about the dangers of the constitution dominating politics and creating a cleava...

VOTERS would rather Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar led the opposition to the SNP in Holyrood than the Conservatives' Douglas Ross, a new poll has found.

Archie Brennan (1931-2009), tapestry artist, formative director of Edinburgh’s Dovecot Studio’s modern era, and sometime pop artist of the textile world, was an innovator whose prolific output belied a life spent teaching and promoting tapestr...

As Thursday's polls move ever closer, it would only be natural to want to give the most informed decision when going to the ballot box.

The EU's executive branch proposed on Monday the easing of restrictions on travel to the 27-member bloc as vaccination campaigns gather speed.

Manchester United’s match at home to Liverpool was postponed after fans protesting against the ownership of the club broke into Old Trafford.

India has recorded 368,147 new coronavirus cases and 3,417 deaths as a catastrophic surge sweeps through the country.

A PLAN by Boris Johnson to invest billions in Scotland's transport network, among other union-boosting measures has come 'too late' to make an impact ahead of the elections, and described as "complete c**p" by party sources.