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The poll in The Scotsman indicated the SNP is no longer on course for a majority in Holryood elections in May.

FOR many people, Wednesday is a humdrum day. Middle of the week, half way between weekends, a neither here nor there 24 hours. Not for viewers in Scotland, though. Our Wednesdays are astonishing.

A MALARIA drug championed by President Donald Trump as a potential cure for Covid has been found to increase the risk of dangerous complications by more than 400 per cent in a new global analysis led by a Dundee academic.

SCOTS have registered sharp rise in disillusionment with social networks such as Facebook, the travel industry and digital inclusion since the start of the coronavirus crisis, a national study has found.

TORY activists have hit out at party bosses for ignoring concerns about a Holyrood candidate who described party leader Douglas Ross as “out of his mind” and accused politicians and the media of "creating panic and fear" over Covid-19.

The SNP has been urged again to suspend two MPs now subject to a formal investigation of harassment.

It is one of northern Scotland’s most iconic archaeological monuments that provides a unique insight into the nation’s Iron Age past having emerged after a 14 year series of community excavations.

THE Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is drawing up plans to stage "mini Tattoos" in disadvantaged areas.

IN the course of this week, we have learned that there had been a cover-up of accusations of sexual harassment involving the SNP Chief Whip at Westminster ("SNP ‘protected’ Chief Whip accused of groping two men", The Herald, March 10), that the S...

Prosecutors have been given the green light to press ahead with an appeal in the case of a priest who was acquitted of child sex abuse charges.

IT has claimed the lives of more than 7000 Scots and left families unable to say goodbye while trying to cope with their grief in unprecedented times.

THE Tartan Army have had to wait a year longer than they expected for the chance to watch Scotland at a major finals once again as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.

AN ESTIMATED 7000 people in Scotland are believed to be living with undiagnosed cancer as a result of the "devastating impact" of the pandemic on cancer services.

Only 11% of Scots believe poverty can be tackled successfully under the country's current economic structures, a study found, as campaigners warned progress to tackle the issue has been "worryingly slow".

Award-winning Herald cartoonists take on the plan to branch out the Edinburgh Tattoo to tother areas smashing up against today's Covid restrictions.

By Ian McConnell

PENSIONS giant Legal & General (L&G), which is investing heavily in the housing market in Scotland, has said it is on track to achieve its growth ambitions in spite of the challenges posed by the coronavirus crisis.

A new documentary is set to delve further into the life of a wannabe mermaid who enjoys wild-water swimming in the chilly waters of the Scottish isles.

THE proposed takeover of Aggreko, the listed Scottish temporary power company, brought lots of questions when it was announced on Friday morning, and it is likely to be some time before we get a clear sense of the answers.

A firm that plans to use gravity to generate electricity has passed a key milestone in the development process.

THE fallout from the explosive interview by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex continued to dominate the comment sections of the newspapers.

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ACROSS all the world’s democracies, and perhaps even dictatorships, it would be difficult to find a more dysfunctional event than Scottish Secretary’s questions at the House of Commons.

SIR Keir Starmer will today attack the SNP’s “record of shame” in government as he launches Labour’s campaigns for “unity” in the May 6 elections across Scotland, England and Wales.

Human remains have been found in the search for missing woman Sarah Everard, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said.

THE Statistics regulator is reviewing a complaint made about coronavirus death statistics given by Scotland's National Clinical Director.

NICOLA Sturgeon has suggested that Scotland can emerge from the lockdown “as one country” with the levels system set to be relegated to a method to deal with flare-ups.

JOHN Swinney has survived a vote of no confidence in Holyrood despite claims he has treated the Scottish Parliament with "contempt".

Major UK supermarkets warned they were experiencing shortages of cat and dog food

Andrew Neil has said “any network worth its salt” could find a role for Piers Morgan as a “broadcaster of his calibre”.

"It is not in my interest to in any way to be seen to be abusing the position of First Minister"

Police officers administered naloxone for first time just two hours after they had completed their training on the spray.

A top Government equality adviser has resigned from her post blaming Boris Johnson’s administration for creating a “hostile environment” for LGBT people.

MEMBERS of a suspected crime gang, including a prisoner, accused of trafficking heroin and producing amphetamine worth millions of pounds from Scotland have been arrested as part of a major police operation.

A Scottish farmer has urged dog owners to keep their pets "under control" after her sheep suffered a horrifying attack over the weekend.

BORIS Johnson has denounced the Scottish Government for “failing” on the economy, education and crime as he declined to apologise for controversially withdrawing the UK from the EU’s Erasmus student exchange scheme.

THE Scottish Government has been branded “pathetic” for not engaging in the UK Government’s commissioned review into improving transport links across the UK, which will include looking at the possibility of building a tunnel between Scotland...

Edinburgh’s new Sick Kids hospital is finally set to fully open later this month - following a number of delays.

A police officer held over the disappearance of Sarah Everard has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

ELIMINATING the virus remains the “only sensible strategy” for suppressing Covid-19, Nicola Sturgeon has insisted.

BORIS Johnson has hit back at Brussels over a claim by the European Council President that the UK Government had imposed an “outright ban” on coronavirus vaccine exports.

Research on ways to prevent ice build-ups on the Queensferry Crossing will take place this year, after falling chunks of ice created dangerous conditions over the winter months.

THE SNP has come under fire over the handling of complaints of harassment against two of its MPs.

KEIR Starmer has demanded MPs should have a vote on pay increases for NHS workers as he directly accused Boris Johnson of “breaking promise after promise”.

Trust between Scottish pupils and the national exams body is in a state of breakdown following last year's results fiasco, MSPs have been warned.

Scotland's Transport Secretary has said “good progress” is being made on the sale of Glasgow Prestwick Airport - now a preferred bidder for the site has been selected.