TROUBLED fashion to homewares retailer Joules has this morning announced its intention to call in administrators.

The UK and France have agreed a new multi-million-pound deal to curb the number of migrants crossing the Channel.

ROAD safety campaigners have raised concerns at a rise in the number of deaths and injuries on Scottish roads while the number of motorcycling deaths doubled.

Nearly half of Scotland's wealth is held by 10 per cent of households, a new report has found.

The number of Scots in need of housing advice amid homelessness fears has soared by 53% in a single year.

Low-income families across Scotland could benefit as a "game-changing anti-poverty measure" is extended.

Rishi Sunak has suggested that expected tax rises and spending cuts are justified as their prospect has already "stabilised" financial conditions.

Elvis, Madonna and Oasis are among those who had to settle for second place.

TODAY, we launch our Christmas Appeal, asking you – our readers – to help buy books for children across Scotland this festive period.

NEARLY half of businesses in the Highlands and islands say a lack of reliable transport links presents a severe risk to their future viability amid in the wake of continuing problems with vital ferry services.

RONALD Reagan liked to joke that the nine most terrifying words in the English language were, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”

ELON MUSK’s purchase of Twitter has already brought us a few unintended delights. A small army of social media’s most sanctimonious and narcissistic users have either left the micro-blogging site in protest or are threatening to do so. It’s the...

COVID lockdowns meant politicians and health experts shared their wisdom from the comfort of their own homes. The interviews provided a nightly through-the-keyhole experience. My wife and I even tried to anticipate Professor Linda Bauld’s latest fl...

THE pro-independence blogger Wings Over Scotland is back on Twitter and at first I was unsure how to feel: I disagree with most of what he says and I don’t much like the way he says it. But you know what: Twitter’s done the right thing. I’m gla...

PLANS for more than 600 homes on reclaimed land in a major Scottish harbour redevelopment have been approved.

THE gloom. The feeling of impending dread. The resignation. You don’t need an economics degree to get the message about Thursday’s budget.

THE downturn in Scotland’s private-sector economy deepened in October, a key survey shows.

This month’s Scottish Emergency Budget Review was the latest in a series of events that will set the path for Scottish fiscal policy this year and beyond.

The UK singles chart turns 70 today and to mark the fact here's our decade-by-decade pick of the songs which have hit the number one spot

I WORKED in the NHS for 30 years; I am a passionate supporter of it and unfortunately due to factors beyond my control I currently have to rely on it for what is to me urgently required but not readily available treatment. There is no doubt that the ...

By George Eckton

AS a learned citizen of the world, of course you, dear reader, absorb the contents of The Herald to boost your knowledge of events at home and abroad, but many of us also turn to the BBC which began broadcasting 100 years ago.

THE teenage son of Richard Allison, from Giffnock, has reached the age where he can legally enjoy an alcoholic beverage. So a few cans of beer were brought into the house at the weekend, sot Richard could accompany his offspring while the lad sampled...

A pledge by the first SNP government to ensure all six rural hospitals in Scotland are staffed by three general surgeons "at a minimum" has not been met and may be threatening lives, a doctor has claimed.

By Scott Wright

A pledge by the first SNP government to ensure all six rural hospitals in Scotland are staffed by three general surgeons "at a minimum" has not been met and may be threatening lives, a doctor has claimed.

Train your brain by putting your mind to November 14's Quordle word puzzle.

Described as a game for 'cinephiles and casual movie watchers alike' it is inspired by the worldwide popular guessing games. 

Hints and asnwer for today's Wordle, 513.

What to do with your paper poppy after wearing it for Remembrance Day this November.

HUMZA Yousaf has said he is willing to discuss “phasing in” a controversial shake-up of Scotland’s care services after complaints it was being rushed in the absence of key details.

THE company behind the Laphroaig and Bowmore whisky brands this week unveiled a plan to restore Scottish peatlands.

HUMZA Yousaf has said he never considered resigning over record waits in A&E as he refused to say if the problem would be fixed within five years.

THE SNP Westminster leader has been urged to correct the House of Commons records after using “completely fictitious” figures to boast about Scotland’s renewables potential.

EVERYONE will pay more tax and see public service cuts, the Chancellor has said ahead of Thursday’s autumn statement.

The Boss has been thrilling tramps like us for 50 years.

As we head from one crisis to another, we appear to have forgotten about the biggest threats facing us. The climate and biodiversity crises haven’t gone away, they are only getting worse.

A COALITION of environmental groups are demanding radical changes to decades-old Scottish Government system of funding for farming, while it emerged the proportion of greenhouse gas emissions coming from agriculture has risen.

ISLANDERS have faced severe food shortages after a lifeline ferry was sidelined due to steering issues, the Herald on Sunday can reveal.

UK GOVERNMENT plans threatening nuclear and radiation safety laws in a “Brexit bonfire” have provoked resistance from regulators and trade unionists, opposition from Scottish ministers, and alarm from campaigners.

By Kathleen Nutt

SCOTLAND’s health secretary is demanding the UK Government provide extra funding for NHS pay to stop “catastrophic” strike action by nurses this winter.

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Some may well think 1980s style - with those boxy shoulder pads, electropop tunes and mullet haircuts - would be best parked in the past.

Small but mighty, the elusive natterjack toad might be hard to find but certainly likes to be heard: its distinctive and very loud call can carry over 2kms.

IT was the first official women’s football international. Fifty years ago this week Scotland v England took to the field at Ravenscraig Park in Greenock.

A MOTION which could see Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater forced out of their roles as co-leaders of the Scottish Greens is to be voted on by party members later this month.

THE Scottish Greens have set out their red lines over gender recognition reforms as the SNP attempt to dampen a new Holyrood revolt.

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THE hitherto-unknown phenomenon of backbench revolt against the SNP Government has been in evidence (“First Minister to face new SNP internal revolt on controversial Gender Recognition Reform Bill”, November 6). Perhaps the MSPs were concerned by...