WHAT a difference a week makes when it comes to interviewing the Prime Minister.

Again and again throughout the pandemic leaders spoke of “following the science”, presenting their conclusions to extend, ease or impose tougher lockdown restrictions in conjunction with experts bearing charts and graphs depicting Covid’s progr...

IS there something about Castlemilk that the political classes aren’t telling us? This sprawling housing scheme, deep in the south side of Glasgow, is a hardy and resourceful community. Like many others of its ilk across Scotland, it has endured ec...

Tony Blair condemned and promised to address what he called Rip-off Britain. That’s the same Tony Blair whose government greatly ramped up use of Private Finance Initiatives (PFI).

NOT a single Afghan family has yet been permanently settled in Edinburgh as hundreds have been temporarily housed in hotels due to a shortage of suitable accommodation, the Herald can reveal.

Sarah Smith’s parting shot as she embarks on a new BBC job as North America Editor has caused a storm. The BBC’s former Scotland Editor said she was relieved to be heading for a country where she would be “gloriously anonymous” after years of...

Would you give Derek Mackay another chance? Would you be open to the disgraced minister coming back to public life in some way? I’m guessing by the remarks made by readers in the Herald comments section that the answer to the question is probably n...

SCOTTISH Labour will be letting down unionist voters if they allow the SNP to retain control of local authorities after May’s election, the Conservatives have warned, after Anas Sarwar ruled out "formal" coalitions with any parties.

NICOLA Sturgeon will today (MON) meet a top European diplomat as he travels to Scotland to seek to build closer ties with the country post Brexit and as the First Minister prepares to step up preparations for indyref2.

THE SNP has called for an “emergency Budget” to be held by the Chancellor to give more support to those facing a cost-of-living crisis.

NICOLA Sturgeon is being urged to scrap Scotland's vaccine passport scheme for late night bars and clubs as she prepares to publish an updated strategic framework on Covid tomorrow.

The Prime Minister has said his “living with Covid” plan will bring the country “towards a return to normality” as he intends to scrap the requirement to self-isolate in England.

A yellow weather warning for wind remains in place for parts of Scotland this morning as Storm Franklin sweeps across the country.

JACK ROSS has turned down the opportunity to return to St Mirren as first-team manager, according to reports.

A leading public health expert has warned that removing all Covid testing in Scotland would leave the country “driving blind” into the next phase of the pandemic, amid fears that testing could be scaled back as the UK Government removes the legal...

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“We are facing a demographic time bomb,” was the statement from a colleague in the rail sector, the best description I’ve heard yet of the challenge which almost every sector in Scotland will recognise.

Name: Zsolt Stefkovics.

SCOTLAND’S top entrepreneurs have paid tribute to one of Scotland’s most successful family businesses.

By Ian McConnell

QUIZZED by a listener to their Go Radio Business Show, Sir Tom Hunter and Lord Willie Haughey have spoken candidly about their own experiences of setting up in business – and what they wish they’d known when they were first starting out.

SCOTLAND'S hospitality bosses have urged Nicola Sturgeon to scrap the country's vaccine passport scheme for the sector and end the legal requirement for customers and staff to wear face masks.

NICOLA Sturgeon will today meet a top European diplomat as he travels to Scotland to seek to build closer ties with the country post Brexit.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

By Aoife Deery.

WHAT will history say about Scotland’s eviction of nuclear power? When Torness commenced generating in 1988, it was our third nuclear plant, the other two being Hunterston A and B. The Torness site was chosen with space for a future Torness B.

THE terms ‘mum’ and ‘dad’ have been cancelled in a number of British schools which are encouraging other expressions to be used instead to avoid discriminating against ‘non-traditional’ families.

NEVER let it be said the Diary is merely a conduit for the conveyance of frivolous humour, for our primary role is to provide sound advice to readers. In this respect we are much like the government’s Sage committee, only with slightly less Chris, ...

A PLAY about three officers on a nuclear submarine has won a new award created by Outlander star Sam Heughan for students at his former drama school.

The controversial podcast saw musicians Neil Young and Joni Mitchell remove their music from the platform.

Andrew Neil will return to broadcasting with Channel 4 after stepping down from GB News last year.

JAKE DOYLE-HAYES had to wait a while to register his first goals for Hibernian but they could have hardly arrived at a more opportune time.

ROSS MCCRORIE reckons it would have been easy for new manager Jim Goodwin to sit in the stands at Fir Park on Saturday.

ST MIRREN midfielder Alan Power had nothing but good things to say about his team-mates after their 1-1 draw with Livingston on Saturday.

EVE MUIRHEAD likes to bemoan those damned “Curling Gods” but she admitted someone upstairs was finally looking benevolently down on her.

OLI KEBBLE insists that his focus during the last month has been 100 percent on helping Glasgow Warriors in their push for a top four finish in the United Rugby Championships, but he believes that his form during that period has been good enough to w...

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EVE MUIRHEAD gave Bruce Mouat an extra morsel of motivation to turn Beijing silver into glistening gold in Milano-Cortina.

A TORY MSP has been labelled "pathetic" after suggesting the Greens were to adopt the Confederate flag - a symbol of white supremacy – as the party's new logo.

VERDANT Leisure has acquired a site in Perthshire which has planning permission for around 300 holiday homes.

STEVEN NAISMITH has been granted permission by Hearts to speak to St Mirren about the club's managerial vacancy.

THE SNP has claimed Westminster is “engulfed in sleaze, corruption and criminality” after reports emerged that a secret group of ultra-wealthy Tory donors were granted privileged access to the Prime Minister, ministers and advisers at the heart ...

Boris Johnson has repeatedly refused to say if he will resign as Prime Minister if police find he broke his own public health laws at a series of parties held at No 10 during Covid lockdowns.

BORIS Johnson has admitted tough sanctions being imposed on Russian interests may not be able avoid an Ukraine invasion – as the Prime Minister warned Vladimir Putin may be “thinking illogically” about his imperial plans.

The third storm in the space of a week will hit Scotland on Sunday afternoon and last until Monday, bringing yet another 'danger to life' alert.

SCOTS ministers have been accused of denying people their right to legal representation after hundreds of solicitors quit a vital scheme.

GB dominated throughout and sealed a 10-3 win on the ninth end.

The woman was taken to ninewells hospital in Dundee following the crash

MARK McGhee will look to harness the experience of the senior players at Dundee as the Dens Park side look to stay in the top flight.