ST JOHNSTONE are set to complete their sixth signing of the January window, with Canadian forward Theo Bair moving to McDiarmid Park on a permanent deal.

The young boy is the second fatality of storm Malik after a 60-year-old woman was also killed by a falling tree in Aberdeen yesterday.

SCOTLAND'S castles and ancient structures which have stood for hundreds of years could be left to crumble and ‘gracefully die’ rather than undergo work to repair their crumbling masonry.

GLOBAL accountancy and consultancy firm KPMG has withdrawn from bidding for Scottish Government contracts as ministers put their relationship under scrutiny after a string of scandals, the Herald on Sunday can reveal.

A NATIONAL alliance of 60 sustainable transport groups has called for a tax on frequent fliers while lambasting ministers' plans to curb avation's carbon emissions as "woefully lacking".

THE MIGHT of the Six Nations is being called upon to help a small island nation recover from a devastating tsunami.

Moves are under way to grant pardons and issue apologies to the thousands killed during the ‘Satanic Panic’ which reached its peak in Scotland in the 1600s. To find out what really happened, and why we should commemorate these grisly events, our ...

I'm not sure who was laughing loudest at the media's frustration last week over the non-publication of the partygate report: the Metropolitan Police chief, Cressida Dick, or Boris Johnson. Both have grounds to feel hounded by the press in recent mont...

THE SNP Government has been urged to act after air quality legal limits were breached last year – bouncing back from a historic low in 2020 due to the pandemic.

WHAT would be your specialist subject on Mastermind? It is a question I have long pondered and one that I have been mulling over again in recent days since the BBC revealed details of the new series of Celebrity Mastermind, which begins next weekend.

On a bumpy track high in the Himalayas, Karen Darke drew to a halt and paused to take in the view.

Life size, with their fine feathers, pin sharp beaks and beady eyes, they could almost take flight right off the page.

THE dust has barely settled on Tokyo 2020 but already, another Olympic Games is upon us.

Syria: Prison siege is reminder that Islamic State group is far from defeated

PARTYGATE is becoming another long-running Whitehall farce but the only people laughing, at the moment, are Boris Johnson and his loyal band of true believers.

SCOTTISH Cup specialists Hibernian will play their first game in the competition since the 2019 final when they travel to St Johnstone today. Thanks to the pandemic that's a gap of two years, two months and six days.

THIS week’s Icon might cause a schism among readers. With my usual lack of awareness, I hadn’t given the Protestant v Catholic daftness much thought, and had chosen a subject based purely on his importance in Scottish history.

Who is Carrie Johnson?

SOMETIMES the simplest questions are the most powerful, as for example, when a Freedom of Information request to the Office for National Statistics asked: “Please can you advise on deaths purely from Covid with no other underlying causes?” (FOI/2...

The area of international money transfers has been one of the most disrupted financial areas over the last few years - in a very good way. If you’ve ever tried to send money abroad before, you’ll know that the process is slow, the fees can be hig...

The Met office has issued an Amber ‘danger of life’ warning ahead of the arrival of Storm Corrie in Scotland on Sunday afternoon

"You never tire of watching a polar bear", says Doug Allan, the multi award-winning wildlife cameraman who has spent 40 years giving us a window into Sir David Attenborough's eyes.

JOE ARIBO lamented Rangers’ lack of focus as the champions shipped two crucial points in the Premiership title race against Ross County.

GIOVANNI VAN BRONCKHORST slammed his sloppy Rangers stars as the champions squandered two crucial Premiership points against Ross County.

For the Good of the World: Is Global Agreement on Global Challenges Possible?

The Spectator chair and former GB News host is in talks with channel 4 - despite calling it the “broadcast arm of the Guardian”.

PARTICK THISTLE'S trip to Arbroath in the Scottish Championship today has been postponed due to adverse weather.

DUNDEE vs St Mirren in the Scottish Premiership has been postponed due to safety concerns due to Storm Malik.

The Erskine Bridge has closed to all traffic and police are in attendance at the scene.

ABERDEEN vs St Johnstone has been postponed due to Storm Malik safety concerns.

Locals shared videos of police, ambulance and fire service vehicles at the scene of the fire on social media.

A Met Office warning is in place for much of Scotland for . Follow along as we provide updates on travel disruption and more for across the country.

AS warriors against wokeness would have it, you can hardly swing a cat (metaphorically, of course) without coming across a “trigger warning” alerting viewers to something potentially upsetting. Even news bulletins have them. So it would be the re...

SCOTLAND’S ferry network could be broken up under radical plans to revitalise the taxpayer funded service in a move that has raised fears that the most lucrative routes will be sold off to private firms.

HARSH winter weather and heavy rain have taken their toll on roads in Scotland's largest city in the past few years resulting in potholes on many key routes.

Moray Group, the expanding professional services business headed by legal sector veteran Rob Aberdein, is launching a new financial arm.

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YOU can hear the steel in Mark Fotheringham’s voice. It’s apt because he comes from a family of scaffolders. He was helping his dad with the family business this week before jumping in his car and driving the 240 miles from his house in the Forfa...

Profits at the restaurant group fell sharply in the year to April 2021

The UK’s largest marine infrastructure project has received a £30 million funding boost from the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) as it prepares to go operational in the next few months.

EDDIE Jones says he will send his England team out to “go after” Scotland at BT Murrayfield on Saturday, but has played down a suggestion from Stuart Hogg that both teams will be committed to open, attacking rugby in the Calcutta Cup clash.

IF Edinburgh were left kicking themselves for this defeat then they might have missed, two kicks proving crucial in this narrow defeat.

Kilmarnock took a massive three Cinch Championship points as they saw off Inverness with a 1-0 win that was more comfortable than the scoreline would suggest.Kyle Lafferty announced his return to Ayrshire with a fine ninth minute goal that set the to...

GLASGOW Warriors may have been without a host of internationals but they still put a superb display together in the west of Ireland to run out deserved six tries to two winners at the Sportsground in Galway.

MALKY MACKAY hailed Ross County hero Regan Charles-Cook as he continued his stunning scoring streak to frustrate top of the table Rangers.

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CELTIC will look to build on their recent good form this weekend when they play Dundee United.

Barty is the first Australian singles champion in Melbourne since Chris O’Neil in 1978.

IN a career spanning two decades as an antiques expert and auctioneer, there is a good chance Angus Ashworth has seen it and sold it.