Russian troops have struck a Ukrainian military training base on Sunday morning, as the offensive nears the Polish border.

MORE than half a million pounds of taxpayers money has been spent by ministers with private consultants Ernst and Young to advise on ferries since 2015 in a move described as "scandalous".

TWO key Scots energy firms have raked in over £1.3bn in profits in the two years after the regulator brought in a price cap to protect consumers from soaring bills.

NICOLA Sturgeon could risk the SNP deal with the Greens and bring her majority government to an end if she softens her opposition to North Sea oil and gas production as some senior figures in her party want, The Herald has been told.

SCOTLAND'S rural affairs secretary is being urged not to relax rules which encourage farmers to grow verges and let wildlife flourish in their fields in the wake of the war in Ukraine.

It doesn’t really make sense. Why should Boris Johnson cease to be unfit for office just because of the war in Ukraine? Yet Douglas Ross, the Scottish Conservative Leader, was right to uncancel him last week. Boris Johnson, like him or loathe him, ...

The way we work is changing. Millions now work from home, and the shift is accelerating daily. It is the biggest upheaval in work since the Industrial Revolution. Writer at Large Neil Mackay looks at how life has altered and meets the woman behind �...

CAST your mind back a few weeks ago to when the main concern of the day wasn’t the bombing of a maternity hospital, the murder of people cowering in their basements, or the imminent threat of nuclear war, but whether Boris Johnson had broken lockdo...

VICKY McClure is best known to many police drama fans for her role as Detective Sergeant Kate Fleming in the BBC’s Line of Duty – the onscreen trio that we’ve come to watch and love in the hit show, with Vicky describing them as her “best ma...

SERENA WILLIAMS has never been one to bite her lip when she has got something to say. In a world in which athletes are, all too often, media trained to within an inch of their lives, Williams’ frankness is a refreshing change.

Stealing a dog could become a specific offence punishable by up to five years in prison as plans for a new law are to be debated at Holyrood.

Nicola Sturgeon has called for Scotland to be a "super sponsor" for Ukrainian refugees as the UK Government gears up to launch a sponsor scheme.

THERE was fleeting confusion when I mentioned my subject for this weekend's column to my husband over dinner, my idea being to discuss the joys of hit Netflix show Bridgerton, soon to return to our screens for a second series.

As the conflict in Ukraine begins to attract both volunteers and mercenaries to enlist on both sides, our Foreign Editor examines their motives, likely impact, and dangers they pose

The SNP has been accused of breaking a pre-election pledge to tackle a “dementia tax” by doubling support for self-funding care home residents.

PATIENTS with muscular and neurological disabilities are being left to deteriorate while NHS hydrotherapy pools previously used for physiotherapy lie empty, campaigners have warned.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

EVERY evening at 6pm I watch Lyse Doucet and her colleagues from BBC News describing, from Ukraine, the Ukrainian people’s anguish. I despair and yet I cannot stop watching. To do so would be to turn my back on the suffering and fear of fellow huma...

They are synonymous with the croft houses, bothies and farm buildings of rural Scotland and inspired the design of a new Highland cinema.

Two places in Scotland have been named among the best spots to visit in Spring, according to Tripadvisor.

Scotland captain Stuart Hogg voiced high praise for scrum-half Ali Price, who marked his 50th international appearance with a man-of-the-match performance in his team’s bonus point win over Italy in Rome.

IT wasn’t the polished performance they were looking for, but Scotland picked up the bonus-point win they needed in Rome yesterday afternoon, scoring five well-taken tries along the way, to generate some winning momentum ahead of next weekend’s s...

Rumour has it Derek McInnes was an even happier man than Dougie Imrie by the end of this bruising, helter-skelter Cappielow encounter.

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THE war in Ukraine must not be used to justify the increased production of fossil fuels, Patrick Harvie has said.

SCOTLAND can be an independent country that opens it doors to refugees and lead Europe's transition away from fossil fuels, Lorna Slater told the Scottish Greens conference as she launched a fierce attack on Boris Johnson.

The leader of Glasgow council has called for the city to “step up and apologise” for profiting from slavery.

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.

The apartments, which will be available for short-term guests and long-term residents, are due to open in early 2024,

AT his press conference last week to discuss his team selection for the game against Italy, Gregor Townsend insisted he was a positive, glass-half-full sort of person.

Italy head coach Kieran Crowley felt that yesterday’s performance was a major step forward for his team, despite the Azzurri suffering their 36 consecutive Six Nations defeat. However, he also expressed disappointment that much of his players’ go...

The Portugal forward single-handedly turned a pulsating game in his side’s favour.

CHRIS BROOKMYRE, AUTHOR

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A hydraulic crane arm was stolen from a building site in Aberdeen in a robbery that would have taken "several hours" earlier this week.

UK residents willing to house Ukrainian refugees under a new sponsorship scheme will need to take people in for a minimum of six months, according to reports.

FROM yet another European high on Thursday night, it's back to the domestic grind for Rangers this weekend.

CELTIC are chasing down yet another domestic treble.

Measures to increase energy efficiency in Scots homes amid sky-rocketing energy prices have been confirmed by the Scottish Government.

He sits, a little stooped, on his plinth.

SIMONE Buchholz is telling the story of how Glasgow came to be at the heart of her latest crime thriller River Clyde. It all began almost two decades ago when the German author arrived in Scotland to visit friends.

The Queen will not attend the annual Commonwealth Day service due to be held on Monday, Buckingham Palace has announced.

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.

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.