SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford has denied reports that he is set to quit as the party's Westminster leader.

ROMAN ABRAMOVICH has been sanctioned by the UK Government, freezing the Russian-Israeli billionaire’s planned sale of Chelsea.

WHEN Aberdeen released a statement on Tuesday afternoon announcing that Scott Brown had departed the club, it should have come as little surprise.

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THE Outlander star addressed the rumours that he will be cast as the next James Bond...

WHATEVER his other qualities, Ian Blackford has a talent for making headlines. Sometimes even useful ones.

A SERIES of deadly rail management failings have been blamed for the horror rail crash near Stonehaven in which three people died and six were injured.

TELEVISON star Martin Compston is bringing AC-12 co-stars to his home town of Inverclyde in aid of a very special cause that is close to his heart.

By Scott Wright

AS the brutal invasion of Ukraine has intensified in recent days, a growing number of Scottish companies have been reviewing their trading links with Moscow.

SCOTTISH councils face an “uncertain” financial future with “significant challenges ahead” as authorities attempt to spark a recovery from the pandemic, a spending watchdog has warned.

By Scott Wright

A new education super-agency is to replace Scotland’s school standards body as part of wide-ranging efforts aimed at boosting quality.

You’ve got to have a slogan if you crave success in politics and over the years there have been some memorable ones. “Britain Isn’t Working”, “It’s Scotland’s Oil”, “Education, Education, Education” and my personal favourite: “I...

Warnings have been issued by police and mountain rescue teams after six people have died on Scotland’s mountains in the last fortnight.

Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich has been sanctioned by the UK for his links to Vladimir Putin as the Government pressures Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

PROPOSALS for a housing and commercial development at Finnieston

THIS week throws up another massive game for Rangers, as they turn their attentions back to European football.

Parents in Oban managed to save almost 2,000 Gaelic educational books before the skip they were dumped in was removed.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) says Russia has confirmed the use of thermobaric rockets – often called vacuum bombs – in Ukraine and is also “likely” deploying private mercenaries.

An airstrike on a maternity hospital in the port city of Mariupol wounded women waiting to give birth and buried children in the rubble as Russian forces intensified their siege of Ukrainian cities.

A Motherwell IT services business is expanding after securing six-figure funding from existing investor UK Steel Enterprise (UKSE).

Hiring activity across Scotland surged again in February at a near-record pace, with “no signs” that the labour market is cooling.

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The firm appointed as the special administrator of the failed energy company, Bulb, in a £1.7bn taxpayer funded bailout has links to tax havens, our investigation can reveal.

By Ian McConnell

SCOTTISHPOWER and Shell have said they will make £75 million funding available to support the development of the windfarm supply chain in Scotland as they prepare to complete big developments off the country.

The owners of Scotland’s onshore wind farms will only pay “loose change” to communities this year, despite producing electricity with a market value in excess of £3 billion and soaring rates of fuel poverty in the country.

ARE they just incompetent or actively malicious? That’s the question I keep asking myself. When it comes to the UK government it is, at times, difficult to know. Some kind of conjoined clustershambles of both perhaps.The Home Office’s shabby, dil...

The golfing great was introduced by his 14-year-old daughter Sam who spoke of her father’s work ethic.

The Covid-19 crisis has turbocharged what was already a fast evolving picture for the retail sector in our towns and cities.

A women-led business angel network is launching a drive to increase its membership with official support.

Thousands more homes are to be built next to Glasgow's once-neglected canal amid evidence improvements are increasing life expectancy in the deprived north.

EMERITUS Professor Henry Maitles (Letters, March 9) is disappointed in Neil Mackay's article on the Ukraine war (“There can be no indyref while Putin is murdering Ukraine”, The Herald, March 8), claiming it is "simplistic and close to warmongerin...

Only season ticket holders can attend games for the foreseeable future as Roman Abramovich hit with sanctions.

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Our cartoonist Steven Camley's take on the horrific attack on a Ukrainian maternity hospital

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SCOTLAND’S updated strategic approach to future pandemic planning was published on February 22.

HOW wrong I was. Like many, I presumed the invasion of Ukraine would bring a halt to our self-cannibalising Culture Wars. I thought we’d put our differences aside, and realise, on the precipice, that the issues which unite us – the belief in free...

UNICEF are running their own campaign to help families and their children in Ukraine

Daniel Kawczynski MP described the call to allow more Ukrainian refugees in to Britain “illiterate and immoral”

For mums who love beauty routines which are cruelty-free and inspired by nature, ARRAN Sense of Scotland has a selection of perfect Mother's Day gift sets.

NICOLA Sturgeon has been criticised after suggesting that a no-fly zone over Ukraine should not be ruled out by Western leaders.

A RUSSIAN attack has severely damaged a maternity hospital in the port city of Mariupol, Ukraine has said, as warnings were issued that Vladimir Putin could turn to chemical weapons.

Nicola Sturgeon has said she still hopes to hold an independence referendum next year.

Scotland's schools standards body is to be replaced as part of efforts aimed at revamping the national education system.

LINE of Duty fans will be able to watch an exclusive AC-12 reunion – available ONLY to our subscribers.

THE UK Government is drawing up plans with other Western nations to ensure “alternative supplies” of oil and gas can be sourced in response to global efforts to ban imports of Russian fossil fuels that are funding Vladimir Putin’s invasion of ...

Lanarkshire-based Advanced Clothing Solutions (ACS) has signed a partnership with resale technology provider Reflaunt under which the Scottish firm will handle operations in the UK for some of the world's biggest fashion brands.