ONE of Scotland's biggest employers has breached the law by failing to pay the minimum wage to thousands of low paid workers across the UK, the Herald on Scotland can reveal.

MINISTERS have presided over a 'tsunami' of nearly 5000 job losses in aviation across Scotland after failing to provide direct pandemic support, while using over £1.2 billion of public money to support buses and trains and its own airports, the Hera...

THE CHAIRMAN of the Scottish National Investment Bank has warned that crucial private sector funding needed to get tidal power and green hydrogen industries up and running is being put off by a lack of proven technology – denting the SNP-Greens’ ...

Disinformation by hostile states and homegrown extremists threatens the fabric of society. It’s time to act, Stewart McDonald, the SNP’s Westminster defence spokesman, tells Writer at Large Neil Mackay

UP TO 400 more elderly and sick Scots will die this winter due to fuel price increases, campaigners have warned.

Turkeys really were voting for an early Christmas last week. That’s because of reports that around 50 per cent of them might be saved because of a shortage of CO2 gas used to humanely kill Yuletide turkeys and then process their meat. What mordant ...

SCOTLAND'S model of teaching children about LGBT history could be exported around the world.

OBERT WHITEFORD knows the pain and countless sacrifices that come with fighting for a living.

HIBERNIAN'S strong start to the season will be tested at the Penny Cars Stadium when they meet Celtic in today's top SWPL 1 game. It's the start of a huge eight days for the Edinburgh club, who lead the table on goal difference following convincing w...

PEAK to any Olympian, and they will invariably say their Games experience, or experiences, were the highlights of their sporting career. In fact, often, it’s one of the greatest moments of their entire life. I know I fall into this category.

Red deer antlers from the Isle of Mull, a laser tape measuring device and the world’s first flat pack solar power kit are among an eclectic group of items set to show how technology in Scotland is responding to the challenges of climate change.

As you read this column this morning I will be linked by technology to a great pal of mine as he pounds the streets of Berlin raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Thirty years ago, the town of Vukovar in Croatia lay under siege, signalling the start of the bloody break-up of Yugoslavia and the horrors to come. Foreign Editor David Pratt covered the battle and today returns to find a place still haunted by the ...

THE good news is that Covid cases in Scotland are now rapidly in decline. The more puzzling aspect is that no one is exactly sure why - or whether it will last.

Padraig Harrington’s side trail 11-5 heading into Sunday’s 12 singles matches.

Executive produced by Louis Theroux, new docu-series The Bambers: Murder At The Farm is a real-life whodunnit, as Danielle de Wolfe discovers.

Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia kept Europe’s slim hopes alive.

I AM Labour by background and instinct, and have been for independence for a while now, on the basis of: why wouldn’t you?

A man is in hospital after being found injured in a Glasgow street following a suspected shooting.

Former UK Government energy minister Brian Wilson is to chair a new taskforce being set up by Scottish Labour to look at how jobs can be created and protected as the country moves to greener forms of power.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of primary school teacher Sabina Nessa.

Ferry passengers are being warned to expect cancellations across Calmac's fleet today amid a spate of bad weather.

Abbey Court Care home has just had its first Covid outbreak.

Scottish ministers are demanding urgent action from the UK on immigration, in a bid to address some of the problems being caused by labour shortages.

THE MAGICIAN

Gardeners love and hate what the weather throws at us and the extremes of climate change are piling on the agony. Dramatic fluctuation in weather patterns will intensify, perhaps more quickly than we imagine and many of our plants won’t be able to ...

Dressed for success? Given one of Team Europe’s official Ryder Cup jackets retail at just over £2000, Padraig Harrington’s men certainly look the part at Whistling Straits.

A BRILLIANT 70 from Matthew Cross helped Scotland land a precious World Cup qualifying win against Papua New Guinea.

HERE’S a thought I had the other day (reader’s voice: “Oh lordy, here we go”): all the world’s a stage, and I shall never strut upon it. Indeed, I’ve never strutted on it, never disported myself, never “performed” for an audience. I�...

Makar Kathleen Jamie is inviting Scots to help create a collaborative nature poem. In her first job since being named Scotland’s new national poet, she’s asking fellow writers and members of the public to submit a single line of nature poetry, ei...

The leaves are only just starting to turn now, a reminder that autumn is a time of promise and glory, of rich colours and high woodland drama. What better time to start planning a few autumn walks?

It’s a very tight Premiership at the moment, with the top six clubs separated by just four points. It’s also strange when you consider that Rangers and Celtic are at opposite ends of the top six. That hasn’t been the case too often over the yea...

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SCOTLAND'S lifeline island ferry network is suffering a new wave of disruption and cancellations over the September weekend - after it emerged one of its ageing fleet of vessels will be out of action for the third time in three weeks.

SCOTLAND is punching above its weight in employee owned businesses – but could do better with more support from the Scottish Government, according to an adviser to the sector.

THERE are only so many wheels that can fall off a wagon before it grinds to a halt in the dust.

Teachers are to consider a demand that national guidance on supporting transgender pupils be pulled amid fears over excluding parents and the risk of legal action.

SCOTTISH Labour has claimed the SNP-Greens co-operation deal is “a greenwashing stunt ahead of COP26” – accusing the junior partner of having “sold out” its values in exchange for power.

Glasgow Warriors new Australian international No 8 Jack Dempsey says he can see similarities between Rory Darge and Michael Hooper after a stunning display from the young openside at Kingspan Stadium on Friday.

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DENISE MINA, AUTHOR

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. Over the coming weeks, The Herald Magazine writers will be suggesting some of their fa...

BEN Fogle’s voice drifts down a slightly crackly line on an early September morning. He is on the road and calling from an unspecified location in rural Wales, yet the adventurer and TV presenter has Scotland on his mind.

By Scott Wright

IT is, in truth, rather a long time since my courting days. By deliberately deploying such an archaic term, which I would not remotely have used in my eager youth, I am reminding myself of the passage of years.

TO be honest I had to take a deep breath before listening to Julia Bradbury on Monday morning on Women’s Hour (Radio 4). The former Countryfile presenter had revealed at the weekend that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and this was her fi...

By Ian McConnell

AT the beginning of the pandemic, the frailties of the care sector were exposed as the virus swept through premises claiming the lives of thousands of elderly residents.

By Jason Hollands

While holidays closer to home have been encouraged over the past year many of us have taken advantage of the beauty that the north of Scotland has to offer, but two brothers each took on the challenge to run some of the country’s most iconic routes...