FROM the night before they queued to pay their final respects to a grandmother, public servant, a boss and the Queen.

THE only thing shocking about the remake of the Little Mermaid is that it comes with the realisation the original was released in 1990.

DOWNING Street has lauded France as a “long standing ally” and insisted relations with it are good in a bid to ease tensions before Liz Truss meets Emmanuel Macron today.

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Markets are braced for a fast and forceful increase in interest rates on Thursday as the Bank of England continues its game of catch-up with inflation. A 0.5 percentage point increase in the cost of borrowing is a foregone conclusion, though some sus...

Reading frequency among school pupils has plunged since the early phase of the Covid pandemic, according to research that is set to spark fresh fears over literacy skills and the attainment gap.

A TEENAGER who survived childhood leukaemia thanks to a breakthrough clinical trial says the experience has inspired her to train as a nurse.

Elderly people were bored, bedridden and restricted by outdated Covid rules at a Scots care home with long term staff shortages that advertises itself as giving “peace of mind” to relatives.

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DOES anyone know why Celtic Football Club is allowed to get away with its supporters displaying hateful banners and chanting at football matches? The latest manifestation has been the hoisting of a banner, during a minute’s applause for our late Qu...

BRITAIN is collapsing. Scotland is collapsing. On Sunday, The Herald published a lengthy article of mine investigating the extent of poverty in Scotland. The findings shocked readers, outraged them. One in four children live in poverty here. In order...

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Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on the Queen's reign September 20 2022

THERE are always two sides to statistics. Living in a peripheral place, I am for example wary of press releases which tell me proudly that “90 per cent of Scotland” will be covered by such-and-such. OK, I think. But that means ten per cent won’...

If I were to sum up the Scottish employment industry in one word, it would be “agile”.

The vast majority of those eligible are expected to receive their one-off payment by the start of October

Parliamentary business is to resume at Holyrood following the death of the Queen with several sessions taking place in the debating chamber this afternoon.

If you're not a fan of the hit games Wordle or Heardle then maybe try the movie spin-off Framed.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

With autumn just around the corner, there couldn't be a better time to capitalise on the change of seasons.

The Queen is to be laid to rest in a historic state funeral on Monday. Crowds of mourners are expected to flock to London, where global diplomats have already gathered. Her coffin will be taken in a grand military procession from the Palace of Westmi...

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THE presence of Spain's disgraced former King Juan Carlos at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth has prompted criticism at home, with one political party calling him a "criminal on the run".

LIZ Truss has been mistaken for a faceless “minor royal” during Australian TV coverage of the Queen’s funeral.

LONDON'S streets have been packed for the funeral service for the Queen held at Westminster Abbey - the building in which she was married and crowned Queen.

LIZ TRUSS and Kwasi Kwarteng are reported to be considering changes to personal taxes in Friday's mini-budget, potentially widening the tax gap across the Border.

A MAN has been charged following the death of a mother in Aberdeen.

ISLANDERS have accused CalMac of treating them with "utter contempt" as it emerged key ferries have been switched around due to the loss of a port for two weeks due to "critical" safety concerns.

IT is unbearable to learn that malnutrition in Scottish children is rising (“Thousands of Scots children are treated for malnutrition”, September 17).

NORMAL service will resume in politics this week, with the pace at Westminster notably brisk.

NEW Tory leaders like to cite two previous iconic occupants of No.10 as their political heroes. In recent times they’ve tended to channel their inner Margaret Thatchers and Winston Churchills. How refreshing then to see our new Prime Minister Liz T...

Teaching, like many other jobs, is becoming more difficult. Covid presented teachers with unprecedented and complex problems. In the main, they rose to the challenge, many going the extra mile to ensure youngsters, the most vulnerable in particular, ...

Some wouldn’t use the word “beautiful”, but I would. Below me is a long grey stretch of concrete. Behind is the bleakness of the moors. And ahead is one of my favourite views of my favourite city. There it is: house, hill, and high-rise, and as...

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Finland has a 1300km land border with Russia, fought two wars in the 1940s to defend its territory, and is now applying to join NATO. There, most knowledge of Finland ends. Which is a shame.

For many of us, a sense of loss can make us pause and re-evaluate what is important in our lives in the widest sense, perhaps with more clarity due to the importance we feel in making the most of our own time here on this little blue dot. The last 10...

Ministers have been warned a task force is needed to tackle the issue of poor-quality school premises after analysis revealed thousands more pupils are receiving lessons in educationally inadequate buildings.

Hurricane Fiona roared over the Dominican Republic on Monday after causing "catastrophic" damage across Puerto Rico.

American President Joe Biden was among leaders from around the world who paid respect to the Queen at Westminster Abbey on Monday morning.

Marking each year of the Queen's life, 96 lanterns lit up a Scottish monument as mourners paid tribute to the monarch on Sunday evening.

The final mourners have paid their respects to the Queen lying in state in London.

A mother and daughter from Stirlingshire have launched their first collection of designs using blank sheets of newsprint to create eco-friendly wrapping paper.

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‘COUNTY lines’ criminality – where city drug dealers establish dedicated mobile phone or other forms of ‘deal lines’ to supply and sell drugs to users in towns and rural areas, often using vulnerable groups to carry, store, and sell the dru...

The state funeral takes place on Monday with dignitaries from around the world set to attend.

AMIDST the grief laden history of today’s events, there in the crowd along the streets of London, and later as the Queen’s coffin is taken to Windsor, there will be mobile phones, held aloft, capturing photographs and footage. But at the weekend,...

GLASGOW author Denise Mina was on a train to the Bloody Scotland crime writing festival in Stirling, which ended yesterday, when she got chatting to the conductor, who told her about the time someone tried to bring a horse on the train by claiming it...

A man has died after getting into difficulty in the water at a beach in East Lothian.

A coffin marked RIP British Empire has been thrown into Dublin’s main city centre river.

Police are appealing for information following a fatal crash involving a vehicle on the A887 at Invermoriston.