IT was Donald Trump’s birthday on Tuesday. He turned 76. Alas, it is too late to send a gift, though you can probably, for a donation, still sign the “official” card organised by his son, Donald Trump Jr.

I know what you expect me to say. You expect me to say that Nicola Sturgeon’s new push for independence is outrageous, a blatant example of ignoring the 2014 referendum, and worst of all, a failure to talk about the real problems of independence �...

Technology consultancy AND Digital has opened its third office in Scotland as it works towards its goal of employing 500 people across the country.

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NHS workers in Scotland are to be consulted informally about possible strike action after union leaders insisted a 5% pay rise being offered is "simply not good enough".

NATIONALISED ScotRail is having to cancel nine in ten of its usual services as the nation's railway which is already on an emergency timetable is further crippled by a UK-wide strike next week.

IF the ambitious language used in press statements is anything to go by, Scotland can look forward to a bright economic future when its first green freeports are up and running.

It was one of the defining episodes of the 1960s – a student-initiated revolt against the old order that led to a general strike and economic paralysis across France.

IT’S a fourth-generation farm on the outskirts of Glasgow and like many in the industry it is now looking to diversify to survive and secure a long-term future.

By Ian McConnell

IT is unclear how well Covid funding reached “those who most needed it” or the impact it had, according to a report by Scotland’s public spending watchdog.

By Scott Wright

By Ian McConnell

RACIAL discrimination “will push more vital staff out of the NHS” unless more is done to tackle the problem, a leading doctor has warned.

SO the constitutional debate has restarted ("Independence ‘would make English trade challenging’", The Herald, June 15). Independence is the “wrong priority” say the Tories, as their priority is not dealing with the cost of living, inflation ...

By Karen Peattie

By Karen Peattie

By Karen Peattie

Wordle's tougher and more challenging cousin, Quordle is a daily headscratcher. Here are some tips to help you crack the puzzle and the answer when you give up!

What is today's Heardle? Some hints to help you guess the song and artist. Plus the answer for when you've given up!

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

What is today's Framed? Some hints to help you guess the movie. Plus the answer for when you've given up!

THE launch of Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘indyref2’ campaign was a strange ‘scene setter’. The only scene it evoked was Act 2 Scene 4 of King Lear – the part where Lear is incapable of answering a simple question.

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Indyref2 June 16 2022

FOR some unfathomable reason many Scots are now boasting of their previously-unmentioned Hungarian heritage. Surely this has nothing to do with a certain 4-0 drubbing of the English footy team.

WITH Boris Johnson said to be running out of steam, and Keir Starmer accused of being boring, the latest edition of Prime Minister’s Questions might have been called, with all due respect to Norman Mailer, The Knackered and the Dud.

Professor Ciaran Martin said the debate to secure a second independence referendum was a ‘battleground’.

Housed inside a huge Covid secure, stars and stripes big top, Circus Vegas combines all the elements of a circus with the glitz, glamour and spectacle of Vegas.

I’VE been to a few Bute House press conferences and they’re generally fairly pedestrian. So when I say the one Nicola Sturgeon and Patrick Harvie held on Tuesday to launch a new independence prospectus was the most surreal I’ve ever attended, p...

Nicola Sturgeon kicked off a new campaign for another independence vote on Tuesday.

The premium Scottish gin brand is looking for one lucky person to become take on the tastiest summer gin-ternship going.

Nicola Sturgeon launched a renewed case for a second Scottish Independence referendum on Tuesday.

Toxic plants which can cause massive blisters and ulcers have been spotted in Scotland.

Boris Johnson's adviser on ministerial interests has resigned.

THE SCOTTISH Government has been accused of setting a timetable for a “wildcat” referendum next year after the SNP’s Constitution Secretary said his administration plan to hold a second vote on independence next October.

A woman who was repeatedly sexually abused has told an inquiry she was beaten with a broom handle after telling the very people who were meant to protect her.

Manesh Gill, 39, met his victim after setting up an account on the dating app under the name of Mike.

A man has been charged in connection with a suspicious package that forced the evacuation of Buchanan Bus Station.

There was no timeline; no strategy; no fresh ideas and some senior figures in the SNP had no prior clue about what was being proposed.

THE SNP’s Stuart McDonald has called on the UK Government to back his bill to introduce paid leave for the parents of premature and sick babies.

THE local government minister has shrugged off calls to stop spending £20m on another independence referendum - and use the money to properly fund public services.

Third-quarter revenues at WH Smith beat pre-pandemic levels for the first time with the return of tourists and more people travelling to work.

Unions have deemed a 5 per cent pay offer for NHS staff "disappointing" despite it being a record pay deal from the government.

The seven-year-old girl came across a needle in the grass while playing at a park in Bellsbank near Corserine Terrace.

POLICE Officers in Scotland have moved a step closer to industrial action after being treated with “utter contempt” over pay negotiations.

PRITI Patel has been accused of “putting our country to shame” after insisting she will press ahead with her plan to send refugees to Rwanda despite an 11th-hour legal ruling by a European court which halted the first departure.

SIR KEIR Starmer has accused Boris Johnson of trying to perform a "Jedi mind trick" on the country over the state of the economy.

A STREET has been cordoned off as police cards have swooped on a supermarket forecourt in East Dunbartonshire.

THE PRIME Minister has criticised “foolish” plans to potentially impose a trade barrier between Scotland and Englad as he ignored renewed calls for the SNP to seek independence.

Scotland has confirmed another monkeypox case as Europe remains the epicentre of an escalating outbreak.