A week long enforcement campaign has been launched across Scotland in an effort to crack down on fish crime

Emergency services are at the scene

Rail passengers: check before travelling as disruption hits some routes

James Cosmo lends his voice to a soldier’s powerful poem

The number of homeless people dying in Scotland has soared by 38% in just one year with 232 deaths recorded in 2025 as the country’s housing emergency claims an ever more devastating toll.

Scottish Government papers reveal the union compromises behind civil servants’ hybrid working as ministers move to mandatory attendance.

AECOM's Eloise John discusses Scotland's renewable energy future, the challenge of delivering net zero infrastructure and the lessons learned during her career.

A Scottish council has been urged to pull its funding from two companies with ties to the Israel Defence Forces

Scottish pubs are closing at an alarming rate as the hospitality industry calls for tax relief and government support ahead of the UK and Scottish Budgets.

More than 30,000 Scottish NHS waits still exceed a year, six months after John Swinney’s March 2026 target was missed, with ministers giving no new date.

Cost, confusion and complexity. Why The Herald has launched its Reset the Rates campaign

Turcan Connell appoints Megan McDonald as Legal Director to strengthen Glasgow and West of Scotland commercial property team and expand regional services

James Allan has been appointed director of the West Highland Way Trust, which aims to secure funding and protect the 96-mile Scottish trail.

Police Scotland is assessing whether Reform UK Holyrood candidates broke Holyrood election spending rules.

An 80-year-old man who died in a light aircraft crash near Loch Lomond alongside a 16-year-old boy has been named locally as Ian Haggis

Carnoustie Golf Links is lifting the lid on the skill, technology and hard work required to maintain one of Scotland's most famous golfing venues

John Swinney has been compared to dictators as McGill's Group threatens legal action over plans to bring buses in Scotland under public control.

A manhunt has been launched after a teenager was injured in a hit and run incident in Midlothian

A convicted criminal killed a woman amid claims his treasured watch had been stolen

An appeal has been launched to trace a man, James Booth, missing from Falkirk who has not been seen for two weeks

An 'area of interest' has been identified in the search for two missing men and their boat, which failed to arrive in Lewis on Tuesday night

In a wide-ranging interview with The Herald, Dr Ali Afshar, managing director of AMA (New Town) Limited, outlined his vision for the venue.

Scottish farmers warn UK food security is at risk as domestic production falls to 60%, food imports reach £67.8bn and farm profits remain under pressure.

A Labour government in Westminster should always have been a problem for the SNP, especially a deflated, too-long-in-government SNP which had failed to deliver on many of the left-wing policies it had promised. But Keir Starmer was so deeply unpopula...

THIS week’s Scottish Icon was a Broadway star and understudy to Barbra Streisand. She was also a secret habitué of the Barras.

Campaigners are outraged at the SNP’s stewardship of the sea. Our Writer at Large hears from them, and their fishing lobby opponents who have just hired an SNP minister as CEO

Seven years after the BBC Scotland channel launched with big ambitions, its audience is shrinking and its future is in doubt. I spent an evening watching it to find out what has gone wrong.

Property developer Dr Ali Afshar and award-winning architect Tony Kettle have joined forces to craft an ambitious vision for the arts and culture hub.

Amid claims of US meddling, oil-rich Alberta will vote on whether to hold a binding referendum on leaving Canada. Foreign Editor David Pratt examines what’s at stake

The University of Edinburgh's announcement that 90 specialist degree programmes will close has raised questions about the purpose of university.

John Swinney says SNP independence campaign has begun at Aberdeen conference, but Scotland remains divided as polls clash over a second referendum debate.

John Swinney used his SNP conference speech in Aberdeen to declare that the campaign for a second independence referendum has already begun.

John Swinney used his SNP conference speech to pledge bus franchising across Scotland by 2031, a new misogyny criminal offence before next summer, and a £30 million fund to tackle racism in communities.

A teenager who went missing from a Glasgow suburb has been found dead

A body has been found in a marina on a Scottish island, with police treating the man's death as unexplained

A Scottish Green MSP and one of the stars of the U.S version of The Office have been beaten to the rectorship of the University of St Andrews

Police Scotland have been told to publish a timeline for the re-vetting of officers, after the latest conviction for sexual assault

A pensioner and a teenager have been killed after a plane crashed near Drymen

Tuesday saw the junior competition programme reach its climax with the fluent learner events at the Royal National Mòd in Glasgow. In the Solo Traditional Singing Girls and Boys 13-15 categories, 15-year-old Flora Scott from Sir E Scott School in Ha...

In total, 210 attacks were recorded, including 39 instances of teachers being hit with a thrown object and 14 cases of an item being used as a weapon.

Scotland’s women’s health champion has pushed back on an SNP-backed gynaecology workforce scheme as Maree Todd pledged action on rural care and abortion services.

A confidential Scottish Government blueprint for orthopaedic surgery — revealed by The Herald — calls for 100 extra clinics and 15 extra theatres monthly, while surgeons, nurses and unions say they were never consulted.

Industry chief raises concerns after housing developer placed into administration

Strong economic growth, booming IPOs and rising domestic investment are boosting confidence in India's economic future.

Renewable energy developers are backing proposals that could allow Scottish councils to retain £78m a year from new onshore wind farms

John Swinney will tell SNP conference the stars are aligning for independence but three polls published this week show Scots are split on the constitution and rank it well below the cost of living in their list of priorities.

We have officially reached one of my favourite bits of the year. The midway stage of October when, if you’re out and about close to 7.30am, chances are you’ll catch the sun popping its head over the horizon soon afterwards.

Bill McLaren became the voice of rugby and a Scottish broadcasting legend. A new book reveals the shy man behind that unmistakable voice

Scottish Greens co-leader Gillian Mackay hesitates on whether Zionism is racist, citing Gaza, the West Bank and Palestinian self-determination at SNP conference.

Police and fire crews attend an incident on Whitefriars Crescent, Perth, as drivers and pedestrians are urged to avoid the area on October 16.