Climate scientists have warned that humans are unequivocally driving global warming – with impacts from heatwaves to rising seas and extreme rain already seen around the world, a new UN report warns.

Nicola Sturgeon has urged Scots to remain cautious amid the easing of restrictions in Scotland.

The majority of coronavirus restrictions have been removed in Scotland after the country moved beyond Level 0 at midnight.

The ethylene plant at Mossmorran is a meeting point between the two big pollution stories of our time, plastic and greenhouse gases.

The transition to renewable energy is making headlines - at last.

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TO what extent has the Climate Emergency also become a global rescue service for governments who fail in their day job? Glasgow City Council, which will host November’s Cop26 Climate Summit seem fully alive to the posturing opportunities it will pr...

THE right to work from home should be enshrined in Scots law to help combat climate change, according to a respected think tank which also calls for curbs on cruise ships being allowed in the nation's waters.

Scotland's alternative certification model (ACM) should be retained over the coming school year as it offers “real positives”, according to the boss of a major union.

A leading US entrepreneur has said Scotland provides good support for the kind of technology companies that could become global successes after taking on a key role at a firm he thinks has massive potential.

Results Day, when learners receive their certificates and find out their grades, is always a significant and important annual date in the calendar.

A NEW report from the United Nations will issue “the starkest warning yet” on the state of the climate crisis – piling pressure on the UK Government to pull its weight ahead of hosting the COP26 conference in Glasgow.

LIBERAL Democrats have warned that SNP plans to set up a publicly-funded National Care Service risk handing more power to ministers – claiming the plans will “cut local accountability out of the process”.

You may have seen the news that the UK Government has spent £163,000 on union flags in two years. You may also have seen the story about the row between neighbours in Ayrshire over a saltire. And you may have seen – although this is less likely �...

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The new majority owner of Ardgowan has brokered a deal with another of his drinks investments that will see the Inverkip site become home to an accompanying gin distillery.

A WIDOWER who aims to walk across all Scotland's major foot bridges with the "miracle" son born when his late wife was sick with pulmonary fibrosis says he will never forget the trauma of the disease.

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One of the grubbier aspects of the SNP Government is its persistent quest to show that devolution doesn’t work. It’s not that they wish to demonstrate giving some authority to Scotland is bad, they want us to believe that the cause of every probl...

MICHAEL Settle ("All leaders are equal … but are some more equal than others?", The Herald, August 6) has got it spot on: there are leaders like Nicola Sturgeon and Mark Drakeford, then there is Boris Johnson, the “great leader”, though many wi...

IF you are music lover, you will surely have your own favourites, but Rolling Stone magazine has compiled a top 100 of what is says are the greatest music videos of all time. Does it chime with your own choices?

CALLUM DAVIDSON has called for Scotland recognition for his goalkeeper Zander Clark after his stunning display against Motherwell.

A GREEN MSP would take on a position in the Scottish Government under a “New Zealand-style” co-operation deal being mulled over by civil servants.

Almost 40 per cent of Scots are less likely to back independence if separation plans appeared on course for the country adopting the euro currency, a new poll has revealed.

PUB giant Caledonian Heritable has acquired the staff accommodation building of the former Macdonald Marine Hotel in North Berwick.

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With new book Man Alive, Dr Jeff Foster is on a mission to address the gaps in men's health. Lisa Salmon finds out more.

Sunday's opinion page pieces highlighted the confusion as Scotland moves beyond Level 0 on Monday bringing an end to the majority of Covid restrictions. Here is The Herald’s pick of those editorials.

There have been 1,240 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Scotland in the past 24 hours.

SCOTS TV historian Neil Oliver has stirred up new controversy after stating that he and his wife will not let their three teenage children take the Covid vaccine.

SCOTLAND’S Health Secretary expects case numbers to rise when the country moves ‘beyond level 0’ on Monday – but failed to give a “cast-iron guarantee” that lockdowns will not be needed over the winter.

Lionel Messi was in tears as he bade farewell to FC Barcelona - but said he has not yet decided on his future.

As Ghosts returns to our screens, Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe tell Georgia Humphreys why the family show has resonated with people.

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A BUSY Glasgow restaurant had to close its doors last night due to "extreme flooding."

Nicola Sturgeon was challenged to oppose the Cambo North Sea oil field by young climate activists yesterday as she attended a carnival in Glasgow.

Great Britain will take home 65 medals from the 2020 Olympics, making Tokyo the second-most successful overseas Olympics after Rio 2016.

GLASGOW is seeking private investors to help fund a £30 billion plan for green investment in the city as it prepares to host the UN’s crucial climate summit later this year.

Having just about rode the wave of criticism for snubbing Nicola over a private meeting at Bute House, Boris turned up at Police Scotland’s training college in Fife. It was smiles all round when he announced the UK Government was “totally committ...

Boris Johnson ‘nearly drowned’ during a family summer holiday in Scotland last year according to reports.

Rising from the heart of Edinburgh’s Princes Street, it is the towering Gothic monument to Scotland’s literary hero that almost never was.

The Government has dismissed criticism of Dominic Raab for allegedly avoiding quarantine rules.

THE taxpayer is footing an £11,760 a day bill to charter an emergency ferry from an Isle of Man government-owned company to help support Scotland's beleaguered fleet and help maintain lifeline passenger and freight services, the Herald can reveal.

MINISTERS have been warned that a slump in bus passenger numbers will make some services in Scotland unviable and that action is needed to curb a decline in the nation's most favoured form of public transport.

More than 260,000 calls made to the national police 101 non-emergency number in the first six months of this year did not reach an operator, raising concerns over the effectiveness of the service.

Ahead of the make-or-break UN climate summit in Glasgow, council leader Susan Aitken tells our Writer at Large of her revolutionary plans to transform our largest city

CAMPAIGNERS have reiterated calls for a moratorium on new salmon farms in Scotland after data revealed the scale of mortality in the industry.