MINISTERS have lost over £60m in public money through trying to salvage the shipyard company at the centre of Scotland's ferry-building fiasco, the Herald on Sunday can reveal.

Former pupils at elite private schools are stepping forward in what they describe as their ‘MeToo’ moment and revealing the brutality they suffered as child boarders. They want a complete overhaul of the boarding school system so what happened to...

“If you ever feel useless, just remember the USA took 4 presidents, thousands of lives, a trillion dollars and 20 years to replace the Taliban with the Taliban”. One of the jokes reported by the Arab news channel, Al Jazeera last week. To say tha...

Self-isolation forced tens of thousands of pupils to stay away from classrooms for at least two weeks over the last school year, sparking fresh fears that Scotland’s poverty-related attainment gap could grow.

IT was on target to smash records when the pandemic struck, but now Glasgow’s world class entertainment venue is looking to the future when it will host more performances the ever before in one single year.

SCOTS could be facing a winter of discontent as council staff and rail workers threaten to strike.

It was a clear and beautiful May morning, and Iain Cameron, aged nine and recently moved into a new Port Glasgow home with his family, was on the brink of a lifelong obsession.

IN a huge industrial unit three miles from the centre of Edinburgh, a dead god, ghostly figures, fantastic creatures and wild beasts will soon be brought to life.

A DEAR friend of mine lost his daughter to cancer last week. He and his wife caught a last-minute flight to the UK from their Tenerife home to be with her as she slipped away peacefully.

AILEEN Campbell has never forgotten the words of the visiting football coach who came to her primary school in the Sidlaw hills in rural Perthshire all those years ago.

THERE was a first chance to meet Pedro Martinez Losa at Hampden on Thursday when the new Scotland head coach was introduced to the media. His first tests will come next month with the opening World Cup qualifier in Budapest, followed by a home game a...

THE phrase “end of an era” is used all too often in sport.

A man is due to appear in court charged with the murder of his wife.

MOST of us have taken a gamble on a Fringe show after a few jars and lived to regret it.

An agreement between the two parties was announced on Friday

Speaking at a rally in Glasgow, Scotland’s Health Secretary Humza Yousaf took aim at Mr Raab and the UK Government

After a Taliban takeover and scenes that have shocked the world, Kabul remains a tinderbox and the fate of many Afghans hangs in the balance. Foreign Editor David Pratt, who has spent decades covering the country, examines where it might now be headi...

A Texan who launched a festival dedicated to Robert Burns says she is “baffled” by the lack of appreciation for his home town.

The row between Rangers and the Scottish Professional

Scott Robinson’s was the man of the hour as his cunning proved too much for Accies to handle.

Our spell-binding display of early summer roses is sadly over so we’ll have to face their ferocious thorns and prune to prepare for next year’s performance. We can always console ourselves with the modern cultivars that keep blooming till the fro...

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In When Ruby Wax Met... the star takes a look back at her iconic celebrity interviews - and it's a fascinating watch, as Georgia Humphreys discovers.

There was a time when I would have shuddered at the idea of eating and shopping alone. But as I sit on a minimalist wooden seat at Cafe Bao, in London’s Pancras Square, sinking my teeth into a perfectly plump bun, I’ve never felt less lonely.

The Black Ridge: Amongst the Cuillin of Skye

A major hospital has cancelled all scheduled operations for a further two weeks because of "significant pressure" on the local health care system.

CELTIC have announced an agreement has been reached to sign Croatian defender Josip Juranovic.

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IT seems reasonable to suggest that neither incompetence nor a callous disregard for human suffering would be desirable qualities for politicians in a government. Yet it seems that the Tory party has both in large measure.

READERS may recall when the fight for consumer justice on British television was built on little more than Esther Rantzen, a bevvy of random blokes, and some curiously-shaped veg.

CALMAC has apologised after more island ferry services were cancelled after another of its beleaguered ferry fleet was put out of action due to a fault yesterday (Friday).

MINISTERS have come under fire for failing to support green policies - after it sanctioned plans to cut nationalised ScotRail services in a new timetable.

THE emergency in Afghanistan is probably the worst failure of Western statecraft in decades, the biggest foreign policy crisis in a generation, a now almost inevitable humanitarian catastrophe, and an abysmal mishandling and dereliction of duty by th...

PITY the poor woman screenwriter pitching her stuff in the age of Fleabag. Since Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s comedy drama vacuumed up almost every prize from here to Bafta, commissioners have been after “the next Fleabag”.

THE UK Government’s statutory climate advisers have warned that Conservative ministers’ reasoning for supporting the controversial Cambo oil field “does not justify” investing in fossil fuel projects.

BUSINESS closures linked to food shortages caused not by the global pandemic but by Boris Johnson’s Brexit parochialism and board-game politics is galling.

SNP minister have been told to “urgently guarantee” that funding for a charity dealing with soaring levels of flytipping is protected after new figures revealed its budget was cut by 10 per cent in the space of four years.

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KAREN Burnett received a text message from her mother who was being treated in hospital telling her she had tested positive for covid.

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THIS column is dedicated to walking and ramblers' groups from across Scotland, where they can suggest the best routes to enjoy from their areas and further afield.

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SELF-DOUBT is every athlete’s greatest weakness. Those nagging doubts that creep in when you’re pushing your body to extremes, often in unfavourable and challenging conditions, to try to achieve a goal that may not even be possible.

It might not be remembered by the readers of my column, but one month ago I wrote a piece regarding Ange Postecoglou’s first competitive match as Celtic manager. Although they lost at home to Midtjylland, I felt that the way Celtic performed overal...

EFFORTS are being made to ensure tourism in Scotland is safe and sustainable to deal with an expected surge as pandemic restrictions ease.

Shetland's ORION project is planning an energy revolution – helping the islands transition from being almost totally reliant on fossil fuels to becoming a major centre for green energy, writes Anthony Harrington

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