Tributes have poured in for Herald columnist Fidelma Cook following her death aged 71.

Classified Ministry of Defence documents containing details about the British military have been found at a bus stop in Kent.

It was built, in all its Edwardian Baroque glory, as the civic headquarters for a place that was not yet a city, never mind a capital.

A CATAMARAN ferry which Scots transport chiefs wants to use as an "emergency" to ease Scotland's ferry crisis has been taken out of commercial service over "safety" concerns.

Ring the bells, stage parades – there’s an armistice in the sausage war. Airlifts of chilled meats to Northern Ireland have been put on hold as the warring sides agree to a pause in hostilities. However, this is only an extension of the grace per...

A DEADLY trench filled with more than a million tonnes of chemical weapons and munitions is still not being routinely inspected, with hundreds of lethal devices washing up on Scotland’s shores.

UNION leaders and workers have condemned the owners of for what they call the "sabotage" of a historic Scottish biscuit factory with Turkish owners - saying half of its work has already been lost to England.

A new online portal will allow every adult in Scotland to register for a coronavirus vaccine if they have not yet had their first dose.

THE SNP has called for an inquiry into the UK Government’s use of public funds to test opinions on the union.

SCOTS television presenter Andrew Marr has revealed the reason he was absent from his show last Sunday.

This last week has been highly emotional – punctuated with suspense and fear that the results of a scan probing the cause of extreme new back pain would reveal something very sinister.

Four corners: Each week, we bring you the most compelling stories from across the globe as viewed through the lens of our renowned foreign correspondent

Dr David Eagleman is the world’s leading neuroscientist. He’s unlocked how to create new senses for humans – from bat-like echolocation and ‘seeing’ heat to electromagnetism. As his new book shakes up the world of science, he talks to Neil ...

WHEN Rab Douglas first pitched up at Gayfield back in 2016, he couldn’t have known what was to follow. At the time the Red Lichties were sitting in the fourth tier, and the goalkeeper saw it as the perfect venue to see out his career and take his f...

JOHN Collins agrees with Steve Clarke’s assessment that the Scotland players perhaps over-exerted themselves when facing England at Wembley – leaving them vulnerable for the do-or-die clash with Croatia at Hampden on Tuesday evening.

IT is 20 years since Goran Ivanisevic defeated Pat Rafter in one of the most incredible, tense, and unexpected Wimbledon finals in living memory.

ABERDEEN'S imminent return to Scottish Building Society SWPL1 is not only a credit to manager Emma Hunter and her players, but also good for the game. The more teams representing wider Scotland in the top league the better.

JOSH Taylor insists that his victory over Jose Ramirez in Las Vegas last month will never be topped, no matter where his career takes him next – because it has been the 30-year-old from Prestonpans’ launchpad to superstardom.

FROM a city once at the heart of the industrial revolution to the crippling effects of the closure of the shipyards, Glasgow is a city that has endured difficult times more than most.

FROM the beginning of the pandemic, herd immunity has been touted as a sort of finish line or Holy Grail at which point the virus runs out steam and true normality returns.

Early last year Callum O’Dwyer would often lace up his running shoes and prepare to head out on another training run.

He was a brave hero who had saved the lives of stricken people from a watery grave – that alone must have made William Lamb an unlikely killer.

A man has died after police fired gun shots at a property in Milton Keynes where a second man was found dead and a young child seriously injured.

ITALY squeezed their way past Austria at Wembley last night to tee up a quarter-final with the winners of tonight’s clash between Belgium and Portugal after seeing off a spirited performance from Franco Foda’s men.

England’s biggest clubs, their coffers bloated by billions in broadcast deals, are preparing to buy up the best young schoolboys in Scotland after Brexit legislation put an end to their policy of doing that with the best kids in Europe.

ALUN WYN JONES and Justin Tipuric have been replaced by fellow Welshmen Adam Beard and Josh Navidi in the Lions squad which will fly out to South Africa this evening. Meanwhile, Irish scrum-half Conor Murray has taken over captaincy of the squad from...

MIKE Blair has hardly enjoyed the smoothest of starts to his summer stint as Scotland’s interim head coach, but he has insisted that he is happy with the squad he has been able to select for today’s ‘A’ international against England at Welfor...

THE dark cloud hanging over what should have been a bright afternoon for the Lions at Murrayfield was the shoulder injury picked up by tour skipper Alun Wyn Jones after just seven minutes of this pre-tour hit-out against a brave but ultimately out-cl...

Former chancellor and home secretary Sajid Javid will replace Matt Hancock as Health Secretary, Downing Street has announced.

Matt Hancock has resigned as Health Secretary, the day after video footage emerged of him kissing an aide in his ministerial office in a breach of coronavirus restrictions.

Matt Hancock has resigned as Health Secretary after admitting breaking coronavirus rules

There have been 2,836 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Scotland in the past 24 hours.

The SNP has claimed that Boris Johnson “risks jeopardising vital public health measures” by retaining Matt Hancock as Health Secretary.

RANGERS have unveiled their home kit for the 2021/22 campaign featuring a 'limited edition' badge to commemorate the club's 150-year anniversary.

THE things you don’t expect to talk to actors about, part 627: “See trying to get car insurance as an actor. It’s a nightmare. You’re in a red group.”

ANGE POSTECOGLOU sat down with the media for the first time yesterday and addressed the key questions that Celtic fans are asking following his shock appointment as the club's manager.

Pressure is mounting on Matt Hancock to resign after the Health Secretary was caught kissing a close aide in breach of coronavirus restrictions.

THE Scottish Tories are hunting for fresh blood.

A fresh analysis of artefacts from the Broxmouth hillfort has raised the prospect that everyday items were kept by iron Age people as an emotional reminder

IN 2018, Professor Heidi Larson wrote a piece for scientific journal Nature, following the Ebola and H1N1 swine flu outbreaks, contemplating what might happen if there were a bigger global pandemic. Its title was, The Biggest Pandemic Risk? Viral Mis...

The only thing wider than Louise Duncan’s margin of victory in the recent Women’s Amateur Championship was her smile at the end of it.

A relative stranger in the land she is entitled to call home, Nicole Yeargin pitched up in the UK a week ago with ambitions to make friends and influence people.

A SIX month delay in a response from the Scottish Government on correspondence from Glasgow City Council over funding for the reopening of the city’s culture and leisure facilities was bordering on contemptuous.

A FOUR-MONTH delay in the delivery of the two vessels for the lifeline Scottish ferry service might as well be a year for businesses in the islands.

SNP ministers have been accused of “environmental vandalism” for failing to prepare farmers for the climate emergency – after government advisers called for Scots to cut the amount of meat and dairy products consumed.

SO, that’s it all over for Scotland at the European Championships, but I don’t think Steve Clarke can look back with too many regrets.

THEY are powerful and emotion-charged recollections of moments in time from the pandemic.

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It was an idea which stemmed from the cancellation of flights at London's Gatwick Airport following reports of drone sightings close to the runway in 2018.