Scotland Herald
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 09:28:27 +0000Rangers fans 'could face retrospective action from police' as Humza Yousaf warns fans actions could put Euro 2020 games at risk
Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has condemned Rangers fans for their celebrations at Ibrox yesterday, warning supporters could face retrospective action from police.
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Iain Macwhirter: Salmond blasted a blunderbuss, Sturgeon applied a subtle knife
Where Alex Salmond used a legal blunderbuss Nicola Sturgeon used a subtle knife to eviscerate the man she called her one time “bestie”. Steering one degree north of defamation throughout, she turned last week's hearing, which was supposed to be a...
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Special Report: Warning over 'tidal wave' of post-pandemic ME
THE coronavirus pandemic may be a "silver lining" for ME patients who have spent decades being neglected and even denied by medical science.
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Grandee Ming Campbell recommends shakeup of Scots law system amid Lord Advocate impartiality row
A SCOTTISH peer has suggested that the country’s legal system may need a rethink in the wake of questions about the impartiality of the role of the Lord Advocate.
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 04:57:00 +0000BBC examine 244 complaints over Sturgeon's 'inappropriate' 11 minute commentary of Salmond affair in Covid briefing
THE BBC is looking into hundreds of complaints about an 11-minute discussion about the Alex Salmond affair during Nicola Sturgeon's daily televised update on the coronavirus crisis.
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 07:30:37 +0000Scottish independence: Savanta ComRes poll gives No side a lead
A poll conducted in the aftermath of Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond giving evidence to the Holyrood inquiry has given staying in the Union a majority.
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 07:00:00 +000060 years on: The day the US Navy came armed with nuclear missiles
THE sun shone brightly over the calm Holy Loch on a beautiful early March day in 1961, as USS Proteus - 18,000 tons of American might - glided towards her foe.
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000NEIL MACKAY'S BIG READ: Filming murder - the inside story of an assassination that shook the world
Oscar winning documentary maker Bryan Fogel’s latest film The Dissident charts the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi Arabia. Here he talks to Writer at Large Neil Mackay about how the repressive regime has tried to undermine his wor...
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 05:11:00 +0000The great Scottish summer vacation rip-off: 'Pandemic profiteering' warning as prices soar
SCOTS are being warned of a staycation rip off - with concerns about holiday prices doubling in some cases as the UK eases restrictions on travel in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis.
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 05:01:00 +0000Scots island ferry price hike fury: Supply trucks charged five times more than campervans
ISLANDERS have blasted the "absolutely unacceptable" cost of lorries delivering vital supplies having to pay nearly five times more than a holidaymaker in a similar sized vehicle to take a ferry.
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000From Highland wilderness to outerspace: Meet the women leading the charge for the country's first space port
THEY spend their days tending their flocks in one of the most remote and pristine wildernesses in Scotland. But now female crofters from Melness are aiming to boldly go to the final frontier with their ambitious plans to launch rockets into space....
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Coping in covid: how our mountain rescue teams have had to adapt
THE snow covered beauty of one of Scotland's most challenging mountain ranges continue to draw in climbers, skiers and walkers, but for all its stunning views tackling it does not come without risk.
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Scotland's ancient woodlands 'increasingly under threat', MSPs told
SCOTLAND'S ancient and native woodlands are "constantly and increasingly under threat" and should be given greater legal protection, it has been urged.
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000Remembering the man who brought the Beatles and the Bee Gees to the Borders
by Loudon Temple
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 08:59:21 +0000Kate Forbes calls for cross-party support ahead of Scottish Budget vote
Finance Secretary Kate Forbes has called for opposition parties to vote to support the Scottish budget on Tuesday.
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 08:48:00 +0000Lord Frost calls on EU to ‘shake off remaining ill will over Brexit’
The Government’s chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost has called on Brussels to “shake off any remaining ill will” towards the UK for leaving the bloc as arrangements governing trade to Northern Ireland continue to prove contentious.
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 05:26:00 +0000DAVID PRATT ON THE WORLD: The stories of these remarkable women should never be forgotten
Tomorrow the world marks International Women’s Day with this year’s theme, “Choose to Challenge.” In words and pictures Foreign Editor David Pratt looks back at some remarkable women he has met in the most unforgiving places and finds thei...
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 08:00:00 +0000Donald MacLeod: 'We're all paying the price for government's lax-handling of Covid crisis'
Music promotor Donald MacLeod has joined The Herald's fantastic team of columnists - and he has a lot to talk about.
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 08:13:35 +0000Laurence Fox announces bid to run for Mayor of London
Laurence Fox has announced he is campaigning to be the next Mayor of London, standing on a ticket of lifting the lockdown more than a month early.
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 05:20:00 +0000Ally McLaws - Living with cancer during a pandemic: Why a swift and sudden end is no longer my preferred way to go
The knowledge that one day we will die is hardly a revelation. How we’d choose to leave this mortal coil, if given a choice, is another matter entirely.
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 07:00:00 +0000Covid Scotland: How many fines have been handed out by police
Data on how many fines Police Scotland have handed out during the pandemic since they were given the power to break up parties.
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Scottish Panoramas: a memorial to the man who formed the SAS
TRAVEL north from Stirling on the motorway and at the roundabout before Dunblane take the first left onto the B824. The road dips and rises and then the landscape opens up as the Trossachs fill your vision. That’s where you will find the memoria...
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Adventure Show presenter Dougie Vipond overcomes ski phobia to take on hills in the Cairngorms
Adventure Show presenter Dougie Vipond reveals how he had to tackle his phobia of going off piste for the new series of the BBC Scotland programme.
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 09:35:02 +00005G in Scotland: rollout to be accelerated with new scheme
The Scottish Government has announced a new scheme to accelerate the rollout of 5G, the programme will help identify public buildings where masts can be installed.
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 07:57:19 +0000Queen ‘will not watch’ Harry and Meghan Oprah interview – report
The Queen will “ignore” the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s much-anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey, it has been reported.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 14:54:52 +0000Bennylyn Burke: Man arrested in Dundee over disappearance of woman and two children
A man has been arrested in Dundee in connection with the disappearance of a woman and two children.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 14:32:51 +0000Rangers fans urged to follow coronavirus restriction after Ibrox gathering
There have been no arrests following a large gathering of Rangers supporters in Glasgow.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 14:45:54 +0000Coronavirus Scotland: Second doses given to more than half of care home residents
The second dose of Covid vaccines have been delivered to more than half of care home residents.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 15:10:28 +0000Holyrood stresses low risk to MSPs after staff get Covid-19
Holyrood’s chief executive has stated that a small number of workers in the Scottish Parliament have contracted Covid-19.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 14:01:59 +0000Coronavirus Scotland: 555 new Covid cases in 24 hours and 12 deaths
There have been 555 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Scotland in the past 24 hours.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 13:26:17 +0000In pictures: Thousands of Rangers fans gather outside Ibrox Stadium
Rangers fans have swarmed the streets surrounding Ibrox Stadium this morning.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 12:20:43 +0000Kevin McKenna: The lie embedded at heart of 'progressive Scotland'
THE day after Nicola Sturgeon’s marathon filibuster in Holyrood’s Committee Room One an SNP party political broadcast said everything about what really matters in Scottish politics.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 15:00:00 +0000Robot dreams: Rosemary Goring reviews Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Klara and the Sun
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 05:30:00 +0000Brian Taylor: Sturgeon’s inquiry performance was thorough, respectful, controlled and capable
PERHAPS, on reflection, the Conservatives should have consulted the seminal work on constitutional theory and practice before demanding the immediate departure of the First Minister.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 11:31:25 +0000Rangers fans flout Covid-19 restrictions to gather outside Ibrox
A large crowd of Rangers supporters have flouted Covid-19 restrictions and gathered outside Ibrox this morning.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 11:30:00 +0000Peter Murrell: Nicola suffers from mild amnesia at home, too. She forgets I’m not an employee My Week
As imagined by Brian Beacom
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Struan Stevenson: Sturgeon swimming against the tide but ultimately doomed
NICOLA Sturgeon is a very big fish swimming in a very small and polluted pond. Let’s face it, we should never have expected her route map out of lockdown to be anything other than different from England’s.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 10:04:51 +0000BBC release response following complaints over Sarah Smith Alex Salmond report
The BBC has released a response following a number of complaints following a report by Sarah Smith on the News at Six.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 11:30:00 +0000Herald View: Room for optimism, but Holyrood must play its part
ANY Budget that is not thoroughly reckless is bound to be a balancing act or, in a more cynical formulation, the Chancellor seeing what he or she can get away with. That was especially true of this week’s announcements by Rishi Sunak.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Glasgow Eusebi’s owner says 'indoor dining is finished' and calls for greater strategic direction
A GLASGOW restaurateur has voiced frustration about an apparent lack of strategic direction for the city’s hospitality trade, saying “the only way back” is outdoor dining.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Coronavirus leading to Scottish dementia cases surge
THE pandemic is leading to a surge in dementia cases in Scotland amid growing evidence about how Covid-19 'attacks the brain'.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Apple apocalypse: We've come to rely so much on computers – but once they go down, we are lost
IT sits in its original box in front of me on the table taunting me with its unreachable treasures. Treasures is not too strong a word to me, for the names, the numbers, the shortcuts and passwords to my daily needs. I don’t want to even think o...
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Coronavirus Scotland: Why Brazil's Covid variant turned herd immunity on its head
BY October last year, at least three quarters of people living in the Brazilian city of Manaus were testing positive for Covid antibodies.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 07:00:00 +0000Covid Scotland: Places with most coronavirus cases this week
The latest weekly coronavirus figures have been released, highlighting hotspots of Covid-19 and the risk in each neighbourhood.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 08:31:07 +0000Downing Street spends £2.6m on renovations for White House-style press briefings
Downing Street has spent more than £2.6 million on refurbishments to hold White House-style press briefings.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Workers fall through Sunak protective net again: Opinion
CHANCELLOR Rishi Sunak’s “can’t protect everyone” mantra might as well be “won’t” for many across occupations including health and social care and construction.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Big Read: Whisky collectors use the appliance of science in the battle against fakes
IT was an auction sale worthy of a celebratory dram. By the time the hammer fell on what whisky experts had dubbed “the perfect collection” of rare and vintage whiskies, more than £6.6 million had changed hands.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Letters: Forget Sturgeon, what about the calibre of her underlings?
REGARDING Rebecca McQuillan's article ("The Tories overplayed their hand – most Scots still trust Sturgeon", The Herald, March 5), while the Conservatives overplayed their hand on the eve of the First Minister's evidence to the committee, it is com...
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 15:56:01 +0000Brazil variant: no further cases in Scotland
No further cases of the new Brazilian coronavirus variant have been identified in Scotland, health officials have said.
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 14:12:48 +0000Lib Dems: Holyrood elections will be a ‘battle for the soul’
A leading Liberal Democrat said the upcoming Holyrood elections will be a “battle for the soul of the country”, as he hit out at Nicola Sturgeon’s “entitled” SNP.