LIZZIE Graham is feeding horses as she tells the story about how she ended up working on riding tours in Mallorca, and co-writing Wild Guide Balearic Islands.

THE phrases ‘National Health Service’ and ‘crisis’ have long been umbilically linked. A punishing and seemingly endless cycle of budget cuts, staff shortages and excessive waiting-times, to say nothing of people waiting for hours for a hospit...

AS word spread that media mogul Robert Maxwell had gone missing from his yacht off the coast of Tenerife, a grim farce began unfolding in London.

What time do you call this? By 7am, Mary Whitehouse would have fed the birds, prayed, and done her daily exercise before having breakfast with her husband. Suitably fortified, she would begin the day’s work of turning back the tide of filth she rec...

MINISTERS have come under fire after it emerged that the Scottish benefits from a £105m ferry contract to Turkey was £35,000 and a week long "holiday" for apprentices.

FOR Denise and Brian Curry it has been a long and painful five years since their daughter died while on a hen weekend with friends in Spain.

A SCOTTISH theme park company is to close a number of its attractions during the Easter school holidays because it is unable to get the numbers of staff to open.

Transport is the toughest problem in hitting Scotland’s climate targets. In recent years, it has become the largest source of emissions, and despite an unceasing flow of consultations and policies, there has been precisely no progress in cutting em...

A CONSERVATIVE council candidate in Glasgow has apologised for tweets in which he described drug users as “junkies” and women as “sluts”.

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FREIGHT companies say they have been “let down” by the Scottish Government and are considering moving their business away from Scotland due to a lack of progress in upgrading two vital trunk roads.

MICHELIN-starred chef Tom Kitchin’s Bonnie Badger and a hotel saved from closure by the community are helping lead a showcase of East Lothian fare at the first Gullane Food and Drink Festival starting next week.

"I honestly don’t think there’s anything better than a fish supper. I’ll single one out too – the City Restaurant in Nicolson Street."

After decades buried beneath layers of paint and wallpaper, the beautiful interior décor of Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson’s masterpiece mansion, Holmwood House, slowly emerged in bold, opulent colour and a rich array of patterns.

A TINY picture-perfect cottage in Fort William, a maximalist dovecote folly in Culloden and a towering church conversion on the Black Isle are among the contenders as the search for Scotland's Home of the Year begins this week.

IT might be a while before it becomes official, but those behind the campaign to have Scotland's football landmarks recognised as a world heritage site are now stepping up the fight.

Fast fashion group Quiz is set to return to profitability as the “encouraging momentum” reported in the run-up to Christmas continued into the first three months of this year.

FACEMASKS have become the most visible symbol of the Covid pandemic and, as such, an easy distraction.

NORTH Sea-focused Viaro Energy is eyeing more acquisitions in the area and has beefed up its board in support of its push for growth.

LAST weekend was a big one for Scottish octogenarians on radio. On Saturday it was Alex Ferguson talking about dancing and socialism on Radio 4, while on Sunday Richard Holloway discussed dogma and why he didn’t care for sermons on Private Passions...

THESE are exceptional and testing times as various factors have combined to create greater levels of volatility in all aspects of the road haulage industry than most of us have ever seen.

By Luke Bartholomew  

Scotland’s transport infrastructure needs to change and adapt to the new realities of a post Covid-19 economy as well as supporting the transition towards net zero.

The window of opportunity to take action to mitigate against severe climate change is right now, it won’t last.

DANCE

THERE is not much cheer in our news just now, what with the damaging fallout from Brexit, the continuing onslaught of Covid and now the horrors of the onslaught by the deranged Vladimir Putin’s Russian forces on the innocents of Ukraine. At a time ...

Older people at risk of heart failure are enjoying a new lease of life after a pioneering treatment that sees them leave hospital after just two days.

Building schools in city centres and increasing cultural attractions and public services will be key to their recovery, according to a national taskforce.

HOW come all dads were good at DIY and we aren’t? Maybe they weren’t good at it. They were just at it.

Blondie's Clem Burke on Debbie, Dylan, drumming ... and JK Rowling

DENIS Thatcher called it “miles and miles of bugger all”. The Americans said any attempt to defend it would be a “futile voyage to nowhere”. And almost everyone – the Americans, the Soviets and even senior figures in the British government ...

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on the cost of living crisis as war in Ukraine rages on.

IT is one of the biggest entertainment and media firms in the world with a name we all instantly recognise from childhood on. Now Disney is to promote transgender and non-binary characters in its movies and is using more gender inclusive language i...

Jollibee Glasgow

SEVERAL salient questions were posed this week on the subject of the incomplete ferry order at Inverclyde. Potent, reasonable inquiries.

WE delude ourselves that it’s our privilege to have been born into the most advanced edition of humanity. That science and technology, having unlocked more of the universe’s secrets than in any previous age – and at a greater rate – have best...

It follows a frosty start to April across much of the UK on Friday with the mercury dropping to as low as -8C

Minimal Democrat HURRAH! IT’s election time again. Although for some politicians, the campaign is over already. When nominations for May’s council contest closed this week, Stephen McCabe, the Labour leader of Inverclyde council found he’d been...

Tuxedo tussle

NICOLA Sturgeon will not introduce an independence referendum bill into Holyrood ahead of next month’s council elections, The Herald can reveal.

A passenger plane bound for a Scottish airport was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after it took off today.

Wildlife crime has increased in Scotland by more than 10 per cent over the last year, according to new statistics released by the Scottish Government.

THE managing director of Scottish wholesale firm Dunns Food and Drinks has said energy price hikes will cost the business hundreds of thousands annually.

Sandy Bannerman: An appreciation

Government officials have begun receiving £50 fines over parties and gatherings during lockdown.

AN ALLY of Boris Johnson has indicated the Prime Minister “would probably” confirm if he was issued with a police fine as party of the partygate fiasco.

Today, the domestic financial crisis which we’ve long dreaded has finally arrived.

It’s time to spread the word: Scotland’s much-loved book festivals are marking a new chapter after two years of online gatherings with hundreds of events planned this year. So if you’re staycationing, why not combine stories with sightseeing? A...

FORMER Skyscanner Business Intelligence leader Brian Hills has been announced as the new chief executive of The Data Lab, Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI.