THE disgraced finance secretary Derek Mackay and dozens of other former MSPs will tomorrow share golden goodbyes costing taxpayers more than £2.2million.

IT’S a good rule of thumb never to believe anonymous quotes, especially when they say just what you want them to. The Sunday Times launched a storm in March last year when it anonymously quoted Boris Johnson’s then senior adviser, Dominic Cumm...

The Children’s Commissioner in Scotland has told the UK Government there is “no excuse” for continuing to breach youngsters’ rights with the two-child policy on benefits.

THE current session of Holyrood will be the most important in Scotland’s “devolved history”, Nicola Sturgeon will say today, as she sets her sights on a new era with a referendum on independence.

PEOPLE observing the unfolding drama around the UK’s planned free trade agreement with Australia could be forgiven for thinking – given the noise from Conservative government figures promoting a deal and understandable furore over key aspects ...

AN SNP MP has been left red-faced after accusing the Scotland Office of spending money on social media advertising during the election period, when they did not do so.

A former Rangers administrator has insisted valuing the club brand was a "waste of money" after it emerged that it was effectively given away for nothing before being valued at £16m.

WEST of Shetland pioneer Hurricane Energy has posted a $625 million (£440m) annual loss after slashing the valuation of its oil and gas assets.

A WOMAN who moved to Scotland from England says she was left “at her wit’s end” trying to chase a missing vaccine appointment through the national Covid helpline.

MAY is the month, it seems, when the English try to change our minds. This week it is William, the Earl of Strathearn, and his wife Kate, touring the country in a bid to “shore up” the Union. Despite William’s sweet words and gentle manner, ...

I HAVE nothing against Angus but it is beyond doubt that the ancient county’s many assets do not extend to ferries or islands.

The name game

THIS has been something of a challenging time for the European Union. Earlier this week anger over the forced landing of a Ryanair plane upended what was already set to be a lively EU summit dinner, where leaders were due to discuss relations with...

A TRUST fund set up from the estate of a late Ayrshire bank manager has made a generous donation to Scotland’s covid memorial campaign.

It has been 39 years since the iconic golden eagle was registered as breeding on the island of Orkney.

SCOTLAND has produced an array of top female musicians and singers from Annie Lennox, Sharleen Spiteri of Texas and Lauren Mayberry of Chvrches to Amy Macdonald, Lulu and Liz Fraser of Cocteau Twins.

IT was astounding to read that half the people due to get the Covid vaccine at the Hydro in Glasgow over the weekend failed to turn up ("Half of appointments for vaccine jag missed at hub", The Herald, May 25). Whether this was due to letters going a...

KATE Mulholland says she cried “tears of relief” when she received her first Covid vaccination a few days ago.

THE comedian Les Dennis is to appear in a new production of HMS Pinafore for English National Opera in October as part of ENO’s 2021/22 season. He has now spoken about his new role which was announced earlier this month.

Legal aid solicitors will meet with the Scottish Government later this week to discuss options to improve a controversial Coronavirus fund which has seen just a third of the money pledged by ministers paid out to struggling firms.

PRITI Patel’s immigration plan and the anniversary of George Floyd’s death were raised by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

By Ian McConnell

Nicola Sturgeon has written a joint letter with Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford to Boris Johnson calling on the proposed coronavirus recovery summit to be a “meaningful discussion with substantive outcomes”.

The UK Government’ business secretary has said he is “not particularly aware” of the plight of almost 500 workers at a Scottish biscuit factory.

A Glasgow politician has said she was targeted with 'incredibly personal' abusive messages after publicly condemning the disorder in George Square caused by Rangers fans.

More than 1500 people responded to an appeal to get tested for Covid-19 in the Tullibody

Dominic Cummings will this week give testimony to MPs as part of an inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

RANGERS fans' celebrations of their first premier league title in a decade have cost the council £58,000 clean-up and repair bills.

Lidl has been ordered to stop selling one of its own brand gins after a court found there was evidence to suggest the supermarket was “riding on the coat-tails” of Hendrick’s gin.

Developers have scaled back £8million plan for flats in a conservation area of Glasgow after residents raised objections.

THE SNP has accused the Prime Minister of 'overt racism' following a report which found his comments about burka-wearing women to be insensitive to Muslims.

More proof that Westminster can be one of the smallest, most inward-looking villages in the world is evident in the build-up to Dominic Cummings’ appearance before MPs on Wednesday. 

THE SNP is to replace the Alba Party defectors on its committees today.

A PROBE into islamophobia within the Conservative party has found that Boris Johnson’s comments gave the impression the party was ‘insensitive’ to Muslims.

Glasgow-based Clyde Munro Dental Group has become the first to own more than 50 practices in Scotland with the latest addition of Mearns Dental in Newton Mearns.

By John MacMillan

AN independent Scotland would consider decriminalising drugs for personal use under radical plans put forward by the SNP.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon hailed the "major milestone"

“WHY can’t they all just get on!”

Pilot events involving 58,000 people have resulted in just 15 positive cases of Covid-19, according to the Culture Secretary.

AN investigation has been launched after fans complained that Euro 2020 Glasgow Green fan zone tickets were sold out before the official sale time.

THERE are "some signs for cautious optimism" that the Covid outbreak in Glasgow is stabilising, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

The number of Scots waiting a year or more for planned hospital treatment has almost doubled

THE Green Party has urged Scots to “actively resist” the Home Office after tough new immigration measures were announced by Priti Patel.

IT is difficult to believe now, but less than a year and a half ago there was concern that Glasgow had too many hotels.

A “pioneering” new study may pave the way for more treatments for Covid-19 variants and fresh coronaviruses in the future, scientist have suggested.

THE independent watchdog on policing during the pandemic has cleared Police Scotland of bias over two recent mass gatherings in Glasgow.

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s decision to choose Bristol as the location for its second centre of excellence for vaccine research is a “real vote of confidence” in the UK, the Health Secretary has said.

SCOTTISH pub chiefs have reacted furiously to the news a 6,000-capacity fan zone will be set up in Glasgow Green for Euro 2020 next month.

It is one way of getting in touch with the ancestors, though perhaps a bit more ghoulish than simply researching a family tree.