US senators are set to vote on whether Donald Trump will be held accountable for inciting the deadly attack at the Capitol after a speedy impeachment trial.

IT has taken more than a year for the UK to introduce hotel quarantine for international arrivals, but only a few weeks for the plan to descend into what can be politely described as a guddle.

Treatments for Covid-19 will soon be fast-tracked through the UK’s clinical trial system, meaning they could be available on the NHS in months rather than years.

THE Union of the United Kingdom is now at “real risk,” Lord Heseltine has warned, arguing that if the SNP lost a second independence referendum, it would swiftly begin the push for a third one.

The army will be on the "front line" of Covid-19 vaccination and testing the Defence Secretary has said.

AGENCY nurses should be entitled to the Scottish Government’s £500 thank-you payments alongside NHS staff, campaigners have argued.

AS they sought to convince us that all would be well in an independent Scotland, the SNP’s big heart did a lot of the heavy lifting. This party seemed to have discovered the Golden Mean of political engagement: they had a way of appealing over t...

MOST nights I sleep well, secure as I am in the rehabilitation clinic – no worries about being alone in a French once-farmhouse. But some nights the dark thoughts push through my constant fatigue and I lie there knowing there is no light at the ...

The latest Scottish weekly coronavirus figures have been released, highlighting hotspots of Covid-19 per 100,000 of the population and the risk in each neighbourhood.

A SURGE of businesses are expected to finally go bust this year as support peters out.

A LEADING climate scientist has warned that Scots should be told “to reduce our meat intake” or face hitting a tipping point in the fight against the climate emergency amid concerns the SNP have left key behaviour changes out of an ambitious b...

A BREAKDOWN in community supports and pressure on carers has led to more elderly Scots being admitted to care homes and at an earlier stage than expected, according to charities and families.

“DECEMBER 3rd, 1986. I want to be anorexic!!”

SHE could have done what most people do and trawl their phone or social media sites in their lunch hour, however Scotland’s latest crime fiction author put her’s to good use and managed to pen half her debut novel at her desk.

THEY were images which provided the inspiration for some of the settings of Sir Walter Scott’s poetry and The Waverly Novels and date back to the 18th and 19th centuries.

THESE days, what with digital technology and podcasting, anyone can have their own radio show. I’m pleased that Edwyn Collins and Grace Maxwell now have theirs.

Two Scottish ministers have called for more help for the whisky industry from the UK Government.

Today The Herald is launching a monthly series of articles focusing on Scotland's booming space sector. In the first of these Andrew Collier hears from AstroAgency's Daniel Smith and Trade Minister Ivan McKee about how the nation is well set to be...

Up-to-date geographical information is allowing global technology firm CGI to promote new walking and cycling routes that encourage ‘active travel’, reveals Nan Spowart

THE chief executive of Chivas Brothers has declared he is confident of a breakthrough between the US and UK to end the tariffs which have cost the Scotch whisky industry more than £500 million in lost exports, despite Washington deciding to retai...

Communities across Scotland have had their water supply unexpectedly lost in the last few days amid disruption caused by snow and ice.

THE cult of Cuomo, self-pitying KPMG staff and life on the frontline in A&E were the issues raised by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

A BRAND new 'amenity' housing development could be coming to Govan, after a planning application was submitted to Glasgow City Council.

IT seems love is not lost in lockdown. Despite 2021’s February 14 being like no other in living memory, romantic Brits are splashing out millions of pounds on what for many will be a “virtual Valentine’s Day”.

THE tramp around my exercise yard in the time of Covid has been accompanied by the understandable nagging from ageing limbs but also the more incomprehensible summons to times past.

SINCE Watergate, the grand-daddy of all political scandals, it has been commonplace to observe that the serious damage is often caused, not by the initial offence or row, but by subsequent attempts to minimise the damage.

Exports of Scottish salmon fell sharply last year after being hit by the Covid pandemic, according to new figures.

Scotland’s chief medical advisor has called the coronavirus strain known as the Kent variant Scotland’s “big problem”, blaming it for the stubborn number of cases across the country despite harsh lockdown restrictions.

MOURNERS have been urged not to turn up to funerals that are already at pandemic capacity.

THE ECONOMY has shrunk by its fastest rate in a century as thousands of businesses have been forced to close due to the pandemic.

SCOTLAND'S Health Secretary has rejected claims Government officials spent days "plotting how to spin" a report into hospital patients being discharged to care homes.

THEY called it a “revenant burial”. The grave was dug on the shoreline at Torryburn in Fife and the woman to be buried was called Lilias Adie. Before her death, Lilias had been accused of casting spells and consorting with the Devil and her neigh...

CAMPAIGNERS pushing for Scotland's third national park to be created in Galloway have pledged to redouble their efforts ahead of the Holyrood election.

The murder convictions of a nurse who was jailed for life for murdering four patients and attempting to kill a fifth have been referred to the Court of Appeal.

NICOLA Sturgeon may have to wait till next month to give evidence before the Holyrood inquiry into the Alex Salmond affair.

John Swinney has come under pressure to take "bold action" and seek the resignation of Scotland's exam body in an overhaul of the system amid significant disruption due to the coronavirus pandemic.

GOOD news. David Nobbs’ classic 1970s sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is returning to TV. Better news. It’s not the Martin Clunes version.

LEADERS from the Catholic and Evangelical church have teamed up in an unprecedented alliance to urge the Scottish Government to drop part of proposed new hate crime laws surrounding criticism of gender identity issues.

Ms Freeman said that the rollout would have to be scaled back in the next two weeks because of problems affecting supplies to the UK.

THE RATE of transmission of the coronavirus across the UK has fallen below 1 for the first time since July, new figures reveal.

STAYCATIONS within Scotland may still be possible this summer as coronavirus restrictions ease over the coming months, a public health expert has said.

TWO of the three troubled BiFab yards have been bought out of administration.

Friends and colleagues have expressed sadness after "one of a kind" Councillor Graham Lambie sadly passed away.

Restrictions are being put in place to try and stop the spread of the disease.

AVIATION bosses in the Highlands have been labelled “reckless” after 25-year plans for a £55 million expansion at Inverness Airport were drawn up.

SCOTCH whisky exports tumbled to their lowest level in a decade in 2020 as the ongoing effects of coronavirus and US import tariffs took their toll on overseas sales.

POLICE officers may have to share workplaces with council staff amid growing financial pressures facing Scotland’s single force.

During that time 830 people have tested positive for coronavirus, with the test positivity rate rising slightly to 5.2 per cent.

We had Theresa May’s “Brexit means Brexit”. And then the aggressive “Get Brexit Done” rallying call from Boris Johnson and former adviser Dominic Cummings.

THE SNP has been accused of a "shameless attempt to try and dupe voters" amid a row over a website domain.