LORD Willie Haughey has revealed plans to spend more than £1 billion on building 11,000 homes in Scotland over the next nine years, aiming to tackle shortages and transform the housing market.

"What do you do if a UK Government refuses to accept democracy? The fact I can't come up with a soundbite answer is no reflection on me." Nicola Sturgeon was speaking on the Andrew Marr programme about the latest Indyref deadlock. But she could ju...

THE number of confirmed Scots cases of Covid variants of concern identified in India has quadrupled in a week, the Herald can reveal.

John Swinney has condemned the action of Rangers fans in Glasgow on Saturday as “absolutely reprehensible”.

TODAY’S column begins with me going to the pub and drinking Guinness, but bear with me because the pub I visited, and where it is, and the people I was with, all of it does matter. And there’s truth to be found in pubs. Even late on Friday nig...

IN the snatched footage from the siege of Glasgow’s city centre that lit up social media on Saturday night a 10-minute video stood out. It was shot by observers above St Vincent Street, the road that forms the southern boundary of George Square....

GORDON Brown has said the SNP should submit its case for independence to rigorous parliamentary hearings in both Edinburgh and London to ensure voters are fully informed about the consequences of leaving the UK.

All mainland council areas in Scotland - except Glasgow and Moray - have moved from Level 3 to Level 2 Covid restrictions.

MICHAEL Settle asserts in his Analysis article ("Time has come for Labour to step up and reinvent itself", The Herald, May 14) that Labour has to reinvent itself. I would dispute the implication that the Labour Party has to conjure up some magic f...

MEMORIES of how titles were won and cups lifted can fade over time when you are a supporter of a club as successful as Rangers.

A NEW Scottish currrency would initially be worth around 20 per cent less than the pound, lowering household incomes and pushing up prices, an economist has warned.

“Have you apologised for being late for a meeting, blaming the traffic when you’ve been late for every meeting and appointment you’ve ever had in your entire life? Perchance have you phoned in sick for work on the hottest day of the year wit...

ON Tuesday, September 1, last year, in that normal-not-normal period between lockdowns, I did what I always do when I have the chance. I went to the movies. To the Macrobert Arts Centre in Stirling, where Christopher Nolan’s film Tenet, unfairly...

While some firms have struggled due to the pandemic, others such as Paterson Financial Planning have not only survived but thrived by embracing new opportunities, writes Andrew Collier

A FREE online programme launched to educate and entertain young people during the first lockdown has been so successful it is still remains popular even though pupils are now back at school.

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

GROWTH of Scotland’s private-sector economy accelerated in April to its fastest pace in eight months and overall employment increased for the first time since January 2020, amid a loosening of coronavirus-related restrictions, a key survey revea...

Lord Willie Haughey, whose entrepreneurial flair stretches back to his days as a young boy in the Gorbals on Glasgow’s south side, has hailed his move into building houses with Ediston as a “monumental shift” in the direction of his business...

Name: Connor Haggerty.

THOSE chilled out entertainers in The Green Brigade took it upon themselves to express how aggrieved all Celtic fans were feeling when the Parkhead club played their first game after Brendan Rodgers had departed for Leicester City back in 2019.

By Ian McConnell

Chefs and authors Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich want us barbecuing, and barbecuing well. Here's our verdict on their new cookbook, Chasing Smoke.

GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi’s Covid-19 vaccine saw strong results from its phase 2 trial and will now move on to a larger phase 3 trial as the drugs firms try to catch up with the competition.

THOUSANDS of people marched throughout Glasgow as part of a pro-Palestine rally yesterday

BY GEORGE MAIR

WHEN I started writing this column, the brief was to look at the world through a mother’s eyes, with the emphasis on the joys and challenges of family life.

By Carlos Alba

AN EXPRESSION of affection and comfort that can ignite “happy hormones”, they have been missing from our lives since the pandemic took hold. But Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon have given the thumbs up for the hug to return from today.

FOR Iain Cochrane, dealing with the crippling effects of depression and anxiety has been a lifelong battle.

Coronavirus restrictions have relaxed in Scotland, with most mainland areas moving to Level 2 as the country progresses out of lockdown.

ONE of Nicola Sturgeon's economic advisers and a former head of Scotland’s jobs quango have urged her to rule out a second independence referendum.

SCOTRAIL has said that staff who are covering for striking conductors and examiners have been forced to have Pot Noodle for lunch.

Police Scotland said Rangers fans had "damaged the image and reputation of Glasgow" as Rangers fans attacked each other and threw missiles at officers celebrating their team's first premier league title in a decade.

Millions of pounds and dollars have been raised and pledged to charities to help relieve the Covid epidemic cutting a swathe through India and it is good hearted and well-intentioned. Leaders throughout the world and royalty – including Prince Char...

There’s nothing to mark the time when the man who would change popular music and write his name into the history of literature stayed in a state-owned hotel in Glasgow. No plaque on the outside walls, no suite of rooms carrying his name, not eve...

Israeli air strikes in the heart of Gaza City have flattened three buildings and killed at least 42 people, making it the deadliest single attack since heavy fighting broke out between Israel and the territory's militant Hamas rulers nearly a week ag...

SCOTTISH tourism businesses are continuing to operate at well below usual levels, despite the easing of coronavirus restrictions, a survey of hotels, restaurants, pubs and cafes found this week.

Nicola Sturgeon has hit out at 'thuggish minority' of Rangers fans following ugly scenes in Glasgow city centre amid Rangers title celebration.

GLASGOW “may well” endure tougher Covid restrictions than the rest of Scotland for a second week, the country’s clinical director has said, as he urged the city's residents to get tested even if they didn't have symptoms.

There have been 292 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Scotland in the past 24 hours.

Police Scotland have condemned Rangers supporters who placed their officers at risk after fans attacked each other and threw missiles at officers as they celebrated their title win.

MORE than half of Scotland's lifeline ferry network is operating outwith its working life expectancy leading to new calls for a shake-up of the crisis-hit services.

THE rapidly-spreading Indian variant of cornavirus is “quite likely” to become the dominant form across the UK, Matt Hanock has said ahead of a major easing of restrictions.

Sunday's opinion page pieces looked at the "irresponsible" scenes in Glasgow as Rangers fans celebrated their Scottish Premiership title victory and the state of Scotland's education. Here is The Herald’s pick of those editorials.

SINCE the beginning of the pandemic, Australia and New Zealand have been hailed among the few countries to have kept Covid out and life largely normal.

One of Scotland's top police officers has predicted that more arrests will be made following scenes in Glasgow that saw Rangers fans gather in the city centre.

A poll has shown Scots are split on whether they believe the SNP has a mandate for a second Scottish independence vote.

IAIN Macwhirter is a journalist I used to respect. His article today ("An SNP landslide – but don’t expect Indyref2 soon", May 9) does nothing to help me regain that respect.

IT is either the most daring example of architecture to be imposed upon Scotland’s capital since a castle was built on a hill, or an unsightly steaming dog’s mess that detracts from its beauty.

A MAN is reportedly missing half of his hand after a firework he was holding blew up at Rangers celebrations.