Ministers have been accused of acting unlawfully by sanctioning two new paths through a historic Scots country house and estate regularly used by groups of vulnerable children.

MINISTERS have come under fire over the "scandal" of giving a £1.5m-a-month management and performance fees to ScotRail chiefs on top of massive subsidies and Covid payments which union leaders have condemned as "profiting from the pandemic".

Professor Angus Fletcher has discovered the incredible effects stories have on our minds. They flood us with mood-altering hormones, boost intelligence and even teach us how to be better lovers. Writer at Large Neil Mackay talks to the man behind the...

In April, the UK Commissioner on Race and Equalities, Dr Tony Sewell, reported that Britain is a “model” of diversity and positive race relations. The roof fell in. He received a barrage of hostile criticism from academics, journalists and politi...

A GP has warned that face-to-face appointments will have to be rationed permanently to ensure that the most urgent patients are prioritised amid staff shortages and surging workloads.

A LANDMARK Scottish Government policy on reducing alcohol abuse and death risks having no effect if it is not urgently reviewed.

The BBC has said it is “extremely sorry for the distress” caused to the mother of a murdered schoolgirl who says Martin Bashir took her daughter’s clothes and never returned them.

Boris Johnson has been accused of adopting a “more casual” approach to Britain’s national security as MPs warned the Whitehall machine was unable to cope with more than one major crisis at a time.

FOR most athletes, their Olympic memories last a lifetime. Alan Forsyth, however, has erased all trace of his already.

WATCHING the Tokyo Olympics through a Scottish lens, as most of us in this country invariably do, it was easy to believe British track and field is in a supremely healthy state.

I GET very dizzy halfway up the stairs. I stop, hold on to the banister and pause a few moments – then off I go like an old tortoise until I get to the top. It’s a humbling experience that requires a further few minutes on the side of the bed rec...

United States:  Making friends and enemies over the South China Sea

The trial of a new drug to treat a form of breast cancer has been hailed as “groundbreaking”, with results said to show a strong trend towards improved overall survival.

Boris Johnson is expected to push Joe Biden on the looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the potential of reopening UK-US travel and climate change during a visit to the White House.

New Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has launched a strong defence of the UK’s security pact with the US and Australia amid a deepening diplomatic row with France.

The documents, obtained by The Herald on Sunday, reference members of the “split away party” as being responsible for abuse against BAME SNP members, particularly online. =

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AT first thought, the roof of a shopping centre may not seem like an ideal abode.

As it rears its head from the depths of a Scottish loch, it is a work of art as surprising as any new creation by famed street artist Banksy.

Henrik Larsson, arguably the best foreigner ever to play in Scotland, will be 50 tomorrow but the Swedish striker will be forever young in the hearts and minds of the Celtic supporters fortunate enough to witness him in action.

Police have made several arrests after “racist and sectarian singing” took place during Orange walks which shut streets across Glasgow and led to condemnation of anti-Catholic bigotry.

If you already grow peppers, you might want to try something a bit hotter and chillies fit the bill. Climate change is making our Scottish summers a bit drier and warmer and this suits chillies down to the ground. I haven’t been scurrying around ke...

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There have been 6,116 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Scotland in the past 24 hours.

ONE of Nicola Sturgeon’s key advisers on the Covid pandemic has criticised the UK Government's decision to drop PCR testing for international travellers in England.

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“WHAT is it the average human lifespan? 75 years?” Andrew O’Donnell says. “You’re no going to see everything. No point rushing about. And time is strange. When you’re sitting in a bird-hide it goes pretty slow, don’t it?”

SNP MP Joanna Cherry has hinted at a possible career move as she accused her own party of “abuse, threats, bullying and smears".

A father has told how he has been “reduced to rubble” after a legal loophole in Scots law allowed his wife to take his children abroad and never return.

THE architect behind the original plan to build a crossing from Scotland to Northern Ireland insists it should be a “post-Brexit imperative” in the wake of the UK Government shelving the idea.

MORE than 50 Orange walks and loyalist marches are set to take place in Glasgow today.

THE BBC is to make a second series of Bodyguard starring Richard Madden, according to reports.

ONE of Scotland’s most senior doctors has warned the growing problems in the NHS as it heads into a brutal winter now go wider and deeper than the pandemic.

GREAT news for the hard of hair as Alex Salmond proves there’s life in the old scalp yet.

Hundreds of pupils are being kept out of school every day by parents amid worry over Covid-19 case rates and the revised contact tracing process.

UK ministers have been warned by a top UN official that the decision to cut the £20 Universal Credit uplift may be a breach of human rights laws.

Primary pupils will be helped to explore LGBT+ issues such as the difference between assigned sex and gender, using pronouns inclusively and stereotyping thanks to a book being donated to Scottish schools.

SCOTLAND is set to miss out on a second post-Brexit freeport after SNP ministers confirmed they have rejected UK Government plans and are intent on pressing ahead with alternative proposals.

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BRYAN EASSON has kept faith in the side which came up well short against Italy in the opening match of Scotland’s World Cup qualifying campaign on Monday, having made only one enforced change to the starting fifteen ahead of this evening’s do-or-...

AS a self-professed scrum bore, Alasdair Dickinson says he is licking his lips in anticipation of Glasgow Warriors kicking off their United Rugby Championship season next Friday night with a trip to Belfast to take on a powerful Ulster outfit, follow...

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THE mullet may be gone but the rest of him is back. Hamish Watson started  pre-season training with Edinburgh last week after a break following the Lions tour, and now the Scotland forward is looking ahead eagerly to the start of the United Rugby Ch...

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Nicola Sturgeon has said that she has no doubt Scotland will one day become independent seven years on from the first independence vote.

A MAN has died after taking unwell in Glasgow's George Square.

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WE’VE come a long way, haven’t we? A few decades ago, asking to be fed in a rural or Highland hotel after, say, 7pm would be met by a disapproving stare from your host, who presumably learned their customer care techniques in their previous role ...