LABOUR MSP Katy Clark has demanded the Scottish Government permanently commit to free lateral flow testing after the Health Secretary indicated universal provision could be scaled back.

SNP ministers have been accused of putting skilled jobs at risk after being “blinded by their ill-informed view of nuclear energy”.

FROM Line of Duty to Bodyguard, Jed Mercurio is the man to thank for penning some of the most popular shows of the century.

By Scott Wright

Energy bills are set to rise at least 14 times faster than wages this year, new research suggests.

BACK in November 2016, when Theresa May was still in Number 10, Boris Johnson had moved from being Mayor of London to Foreign Secretary and Clean Bandit were number one in the charts with Rockabye, Joe Corre -– businessman, activist, co-founder of ...

Russian troops have pushed further into Ukraine overnight, nearing the country's capital Kyiv on day 17 of the invasion.

Scotland's chief medical officer has assured the rising Covid-19 cases and the resulting higher hospital occupancy in the country are being "intensely scrutinised".

WHEN the Zoom call came it was a brutal one. Ethan Hamilton, then 21 and a Manchester United player since his earliest days at secondary school was being told the club was releasing him.

Omega Diagnostics’ ill-fated foray into Covid test manufacturing has been dealt a further blow from the Government after its kit failed to gain approval for self-testing in the UK.

BRITISH Chambers of Commerce yesterday flagged continuing concern over the weakness of UK goods exports to the European Union after data showed a sharp month-on-month fall in January.

WITH the news dominated by Ukraine, it was probably an opportune moment for the UK Government to slip out details on what - if it goes ahead - amounts to the biggest shake-up of general practice in the history of the NHS.

Thousands of commercial units are lying empty across Scotland’s town centres, sparking concerns that more businesses will shut as the cost of living crisis deepens.

By David Clark  

The financial pages are an anodyne realm for many, but the enormity of surging inflation’s forthcoming impact on people’s everyday lives is such that the story burst its usual confines of business coverage this past week and flooded throughout th...

By Ian McConnell

IN a world where we are more connected than ever it also feels like there is a big disconnect.

Post Office closures are cutting communities across Scotland off from vital services, with disabled people saying they are paying a premium without regular access to cash point and financial services.

An aid worker on the Ukraine-Romania border has urged people to support Ukrainian refugees with cash donations rather than material items.

High-profile Scottish entrepreneur Chris van der Kuyl has invested nearly £1.9 million to up his stake in Parsley Box, the Scottish direct-to-consumer ready-meals company.

ONLY men of a certain age, I suspect, will remember Whitehouse magazine. And probably few of them would admit to it. Whitehouse was launched in 1974 by David Sullivan, economics graduate, current joint chairman of West Ham United and, back in the 197...

As imagined by Brian Beacom

Shallots are one of our most under-rated crops. They’re much more nutritious than onions, are easy to grow and harvest, and can tolerate less than perfect care and attention.

TWO bald men fighting over a comb: that would be Nicola Sturgeon and Alister Jack on military matters (“Sturgeon ‘utterly irresponsible and completely naïve’ over Ukraine no-fly zone”, The Herald, March 11).

THE revelation that North Sea gas production is being ramped up in the wake of the war in Ukraine may have enraged the Scottish Government, which only a few short weeks ago aimed for the “fastest possible managed and just transition away from depen...

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on the move to ramp up North Sea gas production on March 12, 2022

THE local Co-op supermarket has been at it again. You turn up ready to spend, spend, spend on your card, but there’s a warning sign saying the system’s down and you can only pay with cash.

PERFORMANCES of Tchaikovsky have been cancelled, sparking debate over whether it is right to stop playing the Russian composer's work and other Russian cultural offerings.

Queen’s House

BY chance, I happened to be in Holyrood’s Garden Lobby as MSPs came slowly down the stairs, in solemn clusters.

A FEW years ago, a once influential Scottish blogger declared Russia to be a democracy.

MANY questions will require to be answered when the Ukrainian crisis passes and there is room once more for reasonable discussion about its causes and effects. For now, it seems, we must park them. To seek any nuance; any measure of detached reflecti...

A USUALLY apolitical friend phones me in a state of deep distress about Ukraine. It’s the first thing she thinks about when she wakes in the morning, the last thing she thinks about when she goes to sleep. She’s been waking up during the night as...

A main Glasgow train line is to close this weekend for two months while a major £32million project gets underway to improve punctuality for passengers.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Green finance THE Scottish Greens hold their first spring conference as a party of government today. Judging by the brochure, they’re learning the ropes fast, as it includes an absolute whopper.

Leading campaign group the Community Security Trust said questions should be asked about the standard of teaching at the University of Edinburgh

Pen & (Story)teller

THE Liberal Democrats will today send out a clear signal that they are willing to support a Labour Government at Westminster.

Here is everything you need to know about key law changes in April.

Craig Gordon insists it is vital that Scotland maintain their momentum ahead of the delayed World Cup play-off semi-final against Ukraine.

Kevin Nisbet has vowed to use his World Cup dreams as inspiration in his long road to recovery after undergoing knee surgery that is expected to keep him sidelined for up to nine months.

Craig Gordon admits lifting the Scottish Cup as Hearts captain would likely be the apex of a trophy-laden career.

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The UK economy rebounded by much more than expected from its coronavirus-related lull in late 2021, raising the likelihood of an interest rate hike next week.

LEGISLATION to hold an second independence referendum using Holyrood powers is to be introduced into the Scottish Parliament imminently, according to the Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie.

AN SNP minister has been handed special responsibility for refugee resettlement after Nicola Sturgeon confirmed she has asked the UK Government to be allowed to oversee for the Ukrainian community sponsorship scheme in Scotland.

A Turkish shipyard has won a £105 million contract to build two new CalMac ferries for its Islay routes.

MARTIN Compston has revealed he is learning Gaelic for an upcoming BBC documentary project.