HOUSE gatherings to watch the Euro 2020 championship is Scotland’s biggest risk in the coming weeks, an expert has warned.

People are facing “unacceptable” delays of more than three years before leaving mental health wards, despite being well enough to be discharged, a Ferret investigation has found. 

The BBC has apologised following complaints that it continued to broadcast as Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen received emergency treatment during his country’s Euro 2020 game against Finland.

Zara Mohammed has just been elected head of the Muslim Council of Britain – one of the most sensitive jobs in the UK. Here, she talks to Neil Mackay about racism, terrorism and whether she might one day be Britain’s first female Muslim prime m...

It was shortly after the 2019 General Election that Labour’s equalities spokesman, Dawn Butler, said on BBC TV that “babies are born without a sex”. They are “assigned” male or female at birth apparently. Believing that sex is an immutab...

This September it will be five years since Aidan left Skye House, the adolescent mental health ward in Glasgow where he spent nine months.

Police Scotland has revealed the number of fines handed out for breaches to Covid-19 guidance in the past week.

A FORMER Spurs chief executive who oversaw Sir Alan Sugar's takeover of the north London football club has been accused of a conflict of interest after it emerged he stood as an expert court witness for former Rangers administrators having previou...

SCOTTISH hospitality representatives have made a new call to immediately lift Covid restrictions for pubs while accusing ministers of "double standards" in allowing official mass gatherings for the Euro 2020 tournament.

IAIN Macwhirter makes some salient points in his article on the future of exams and the SQA ("Somerville discovers something worse than grading by algorithm", June 13).

OVER a third of the Scottish Government's £3.2m funding to curb greenhouse gases has been spent on a "misguided" measure that some experts say will not have a major impact on climate change.

IT is, according to Ian Blackford, a “time for heroes”. It always is.

WITH the Euro 2020 football tournament (held over from last year) now under way, and Scotland due to play their first game tomorrow, you might want to look out your Glengarry bunnet, Lidl kilt and Saltire cloak … as you prepare to sit down in fr...

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THE BBC is facing an angry backlash over its coverage of the Euros game in which Danish star Christian Eriksen collapsed.

IF you want to get every second of light out of your summer, to find a place in Scotland where the dark never fully falls, then northwards is where you must head, towards the Simmer Dim.

Christian Eriksen is lucky to be alive but unlikely to play again after suffering an apparent cardiac arrest at the Euro 2020 tournament, according to a sports cardiologist who previously worked with the footballer at Tottenham.

ONE of Nicola Sturgeon's own economic advisers and one of Scotland's wealthiest men is gathering evidence for potential court action against the Scottish Government over the nation's ferry building fiasco.

The Ferret contacted all 12 NHS health boards who provided figures showing delayed discharges from mental health wards and eight responded.

Danish footballer Christian Eriksen has collapsed midway through his side's opening Euro 2020 match.

Boris Johnson escalated his dispute with the European Union by warning he will do whatever it takes to keep goods flowing from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.

Campaigners are continuing to press for urgent changes to "distressing and confusing" new guidelines that could see elderly care home residents pressured to wear masks.

AS many as 20,000 Scotland fans could be heading to London for next week’s crunch Euro 2020 match – many without tickets – supporters have warned.

NEIL Oliver has caused a stir online after going viral over “baffling” comments about lockdown and the Scottish Government.

Boris Johnson is facing legal action over his award of a peerage to a wealthy Tory backer against the advice of the official House of Lords watchdog.

WATCHING Tony Blair – war criminal and creepy message boy for Bill Gates – doing his world statesman act is never good for my blood pressure but his latest outing on the Andrew Marr Show enraged me.

A large fire which destroyed a recreated Iron Age roundhouse on the shore of Loch Tay has been described as “devastating” by the trust which runs the site.

MANY island businesses that depend on already infrequent or periodic elements of income, fear permanent closure as they count the costs of the Scottish ferries crisis.

ANOTHER two people have died in Scotland after contracting Covid-19, the Government has announced.

AN expert who advises the Government on its Covid response has dismissed claims by Neil Oliver that the coronavirus lockdown was the "biggest single mistake in world history".

THE most talked about and controversial media launch in years – Andrew Neil’s Fox News-inspired GB News ­– takes place tomorrow. Among its hosts, in a live Saturday evening slot that is a break from his normal brand of history presenting, ...

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AN SNP staffer was last night forced to apologise after sparking a row over comments calling for “disease-ridden” soft play centres to “stay closed forever”.

Scotland’s drugs policy minister has called for a four nations meeting to discuss reform of drugs legislation.

IN November 2019, three employees of the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) reportedly became sick with a flu-like illness and sought hospital care.

SCOTLAND’S Finance Secretary has warned that councils are “still sitting on unspent money” totalling £30 million to help prop up struggling businesses during the pandemic.

The areas in Scotland with the highest rates of Covid-19 have been confirmed in new weekly figures.

DURING Britain’s long occupation of Ireland they weren’t content merely to enslave its people and send them into forced exile. They also sought to eradicate their culture and religion by means of imposing on them a suite of laws forbidding use...

Politicians, celebrities and the public are sharing messages of support after Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen has received CPR on the pitch after collapsing during his country’s Euro 2020 game against Finland in Copenhagen.

The Queen has arrived for the start of her official birthday celebrations at Windsor Castle.

ROLL up, roll up and welcome to Michel Platini’s high-flying, continent-hopping super circus.

The European Union has been urged to back down in a dispute with the UK over Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading arrangements.

The Herald’s columnist Professor Linda Bauld has said she is “delighted” to have been made an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list, after putting in “many, many hours” with public health colleagues during the coronavirus pandemic.

I TOOK a taxi the other day for the first time in, I guess, about two years. It was good to be reminded about the certainties of life. These include death, tax breaks for the rich, and a taxi driver with an opinion.

MY brain goes into overdrive with the news that gas-guzzling petrolhead Jeremy Clarkson has turned to farming at nearly 60 years old. What? It’s as likely as Dwayne Johnson joining Ru Paul’s Drag Race.

Scottish television presenter, Jim White has announced that he is leaving Sky Sports News after over two decades.

Aer Lingus has announced that a number of regional flights have been cancelled after operator Stobart Air ended its contract with the Irish airline.

A SCIENTIST who has warned that humans could be facing extinction due to declining male fertility rates is leading the race to cure the problem.

A renowned whisky writer, a pop sensation, and a trailblazing female finance leader, are among those recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

POLICE are investigating after a high-value theft of e-scooters from a Midlothian business.