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Glasgow University is celebrating after it scooped the top prize in this year’s Herald Higher Education Awards (HHEA).

THIS was supposed to be good news. As Dominic Cummings persists in wreaking his Shakespearean revenge on his former boss, as the Westminster government announces a four-week delay to so-called Freedom Day, as everything Boris Johnson touches turns to...

AMID the heart-sinking disappointment of the pandemic restrictions being extended for several weeks came an even starker realisation about what is set to become the UK’s new normal.

IT has been fascinating to observe the gushing nature...

LIKE the rest of the country my overriding feeling leaving Hampden on Monday evening was one of huge disappointment.

A COALITION deal between the Greens and the SNP could be in jeopardy after an MSP tried to influence the talks before they had even begun.

FOOTBALL matches don’t come much bigger than Scotland vs England.

A SCOTTISH hydrogen technologies company is to create 100 jobs as it moves to help build a UK-wide refuelling network.

PUBS across Scotland are to lose out to the tune of £345,629 through a drop in the amount of alcohol sold for Friday's England v Scotland clash because of the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions.

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In the Kirby housing estate in London’s Southwark, residents have been decorating their neighbourhood with flags for every international football competition since the Euros in 2012.

OVERDOSE drug Naxolone must be available from every community pharmacy in a bid to curb Scotland's drug deaths crisis.

In this week's episode of The Brian Taylor Podcast, Brian is joined by Andy Maciver, Drew Hendry, Roz Foyer and The Herald's Alistair Grant.

Hundreds of NHS staff caring for cancer patients in Scottish hospitals are not being tested for Covid-19, data shows.

Boris Johnson’s Tories have suffered a humiliating by-election defeat as the Liberal Democrats secured a historic win in Chesham and Amersham.

HIS prose was elegant, perhaps insightful. Andrea Romano, an Italian sportswriter, was this week trying to explain how Scottish football somehow revels in its dismal, dismal record.

A person has died after being struck by a vehicle on the M8.

LAST month, a group of more than 20 human rights organisations made this stark statement to Boris Johnson: “There is no good reason to continue allowing child marriages to take place in this day and age.”

By Scott Wright

IN a row sparked by advertisers pulling their commercials from GB News, "boycott" has become one of the words of the week, but a glance at history shows they are nothing new.

GLASGOW-based technology business DeepMatter has been chosen to work with English universities on a project it is hoped could help speed the development of new vaccines and of anti-cancer drugs.

By Kristy Dorsey

THE Brexit disasters are coming thick and fast. As climate change accelerates, the Australian trade deal will fly inferior beef and lamb around the world to displace higher-quality Welsh and Scottish products, driving small farmers out of business. T...

By Scott Wright

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STEAMING MPs, people watching and the Prince Harry of politics were the topics raised by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

IN November 1989, Sir Nicholas Fairbairn, former solicitor-general for Scotland, spoke about his latest exhibition of paintings, which was taking place at Glasgow’s Washington Gallery.

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An art object will serve as the first NFT trophy in world football history for the best goal at the UEFA EURO 2020

Nicola Sturgeon will be quizzed by Douglas Ross and other opposition leaders at First Minister's Questions.

DANNY Wilson is confident that the calendar for next season will give Glasgow a far better chance of playing to a consistently high standard than they managed in the campaign just ended.

JAROSLAV SILHAVY has challenged his Hampden heroes to raise their levels once again and take a step towards the knockout rounds with victory over Croatia.

Scotland were handed a Euro 2020 boost after Kieran Tierney was declared fit and available for the game against England on Friday night.

AN ONLINE consultation has been launched today for plans for homes and commercial units at the Edinburgh Marina site.

NICOLA Sturgeon has confirmed her commitment to investigate separating the dual roles of the lord advocate as MSPs unanimously backed Dorothy Bain being named Scotland’s top law officer.

By Charlene Tait

THE SCOTTISH Government has been accused of “failing to live up to the rhetoric” of world-leading climate change aims after being unable to meet annual emissions targets for the third year in a row.

SCOTLAND fans have descended on London ahead of tomorrow's showdown with the Auld Enemy. 

NICOLA Sturgeon has admitted her party has “failed in aspects of drugs policy” amid claims that rehabilitation and treatment systems are “fundamentally broken”.

Scottish Government statistics show that 1,317 new cases of the virus have been recorded since Wednesday

Scotland's most infamous road which has become plagued with landslides is to be out of action again - for resurfacing work.

A UNION has accused the Dutch state-owned operator of Scotland's railway services of a "stunt" by "trying to turn" the Tartan Army against ScotRail staff.

THE Scotch whisky industry has this morning welcomed a five-year suspension of US import tariffs on single malt.

A BID for funding to transform Pollok Country Park stables will be submitted to a UK Government scheme after city councillors today gave the go ahead.

By Ian McConnell

WHISKY firms are raising a glass this week after the US agreed to suspend its tariffs on imports for five years.

AN A-listed office building in Glasgow city centre has been sold for more than £5.5 million.