This is meant to be the independence election. Yet it has already followed HIS a well-trodden path towards avoiding the subject completely.

Follow along with the latest coronavirus news in Scotland and further afield.

Nicola Sturgeon has expressed her eagerness to receive her first dose of the coronavirus vaccine later this month.

I WAS talking the other day to Ian Hamilton, the Scottish nationalist who helped take the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey in the 1950s and someone who I think you could fairly call an icon, a high-celebrity of nationalism, so, naturally, I...

IT is quiet out there. Too quiet. Certainly too quiet for an election campaign. Where are the rallies, the standing room only press conferences, the famously heated debates?

Hairdressers and barbers have reopened this morning along with some non-essential shops, including garden centres and homeware stores, as lockdown measures are eased.

SCOTLAND'S leading hospitality group has described as "ludicrous" plans for vaccine passports saying ministers should spend more time helping pubs and restaurants survive in the coming months.

NICOLA Sturgeon has suggested that the pandemic could be driving more Scots to support independence – with the crisis potentially making people think “about the benefit of self-government”.

IT was inevitable that nationalists would seize on the LSE report on EU membership and the Velvet Divorce of the former Czechoslovakia (Letters, April 2), despite their earlier rubbishing of other opinions coming out of that academic institution. How...

TRACEY Thorn first met Lindy Morrison backstage at the Lyceum Theatre in London on March 31, 1983. Thorn was only 20 then, still a student. The Marine Girls, the band she was in at the time, were supporting Orange Juice that night. “I was terrif...

IT could be the perfect job for a chef who likes to lets off steam with a hill walk.

A family have said they are “devastated” after a woman died on a farm in Aberdeenshire.

For many people, there can be fewer things more daunting than financial advice and social media, but one Scottish entrepreneur is excelling in both fields.

THEIR luxury prams and high-tech baby carriers are beloved by celebrities, fashion conscious parents and Royalty alike.

DESPITE the colourful packaging and bring foil wrapping, chocolate is not a devil-may-care choice.

It will harness the power of nature to nurture youngsters who have come through abuse and trauma.

Name: Georgina Robertson.

It is indeed a funny old world when we are faced with a Scottish Parliamentary election in a few short weeks’ time and the focus of too many politicians is much more on whether we should have another referendum on independence two or three years fr...

SHE was the ultimate blonde bombshell of the silver screen in the 1950s. Now, nearly 60 years after she died, Marilyn Monroe is still making money and headlines.

SALARIES commanded in the senior ranks of the medical diagnostics sector have risen sharply amid the coronavirus pandemic and some are now double what they were five years ago, a Scottish specialist recruitment consultant has declared.

A RETAIL leader has hailed the reopening of more essential shops from this week.

Scots are being urged to stick to the rules as lockdown eases further and a further 343 cases are recorded in the past 24 hours.

Police were called to deal with large crowds in different locations across Scotland yesterday, after reports of violence, antisocial behaviour and drinking.

THE SNP is under pressure to drop one of its election candidates after it emerged she compared Theresa May rejecting an independence referendum with the actions of Adolf Hitler.

Alex Salmond’s Alba Party looks set to take 6 per cent of the list vote, up from just three per cent support.

NICOLA Sturgeon has suggested that vaccine passport trials could take place in Scotland – amid warnings from opponents the policy will “divide the country”.

LABOUR will push forward plans to end the use of zero-hours contracts in public sector contracts under any circumstances in a proposed tightening of fair work rules.

THE LIBERAL Democrats have set out their vision to widen healthcare, diagnosis and treatment services available at GP surgeries and pharmacies.

THE SNP has pledged to hold annual Citizens’ Assemblies if the party is re-elected – the panels potentially looking at assisted dying and reforming council tax.

Temperatures are expected to plummet to -7C in some parts of Scotland overnight as Arctic winds bring an end to the good weather.

The Proclaimers have publicly thrown their support behind Alex Salmond’s new Alba Party in the list vote during the upcoming elections.

SCOTLAND'S leading hospitality group has threatened to take ministers to court over its plans to release Scotland from lockdown.

A HIGH-PROFILE candidate for the Alba party has been referred by the Westminster authorities to the Metropolitan police over alleged fraud.

Sunday's opinion pages were filled with continuing claims of in-fighting with the nationalist movement - highlighted by a fraud probe.

Members of staff who were working at a Scots beauty spot have been 'physically and verbally abused', according to a local council.

Nicola Sturgeon has praised the role of Christian values during the coronavirus crisis and the sacrifices made by faith communities in her Easter message.

Nicola Sturgeon has condemned the "shamefully low" conviction rates for rape and sexual assault as she pledged to look at whether Scotland should retain its controversial not proven verdict.

Data on how many fines Police Scotland have handed out during the pandemic since they were given the power to break up parties.

SCOTLAND is missing its targets for providing affordable housing to buy and rent by 10,000, as the number of children in temporary accommodation has soared.

In an exclusive interview for Herald on Sunday readers at Easter, the Moderator of the Church of Scotland talks to Writer at Large Neil Mackay about the existential crisis facing the Kirk and how only a revolutionary reimagining of religion can sa...

HUNDREDS of academics have signed an open letter over concerns about changes to Scotland's census.

THE SNP has pledged to increase a fund to help costs for families whose children are in hospital.

Alex Salmond’s Alba party has failed to ignite the heather, at least so far. There’s five weeks to go and anything could happen, but last week’s opinion poll showing doesn’t suggest that Scottish voters were waiting with bated breath for t...

The Circling Sky

There is one thing you can be sure of following an interview with Alan Titchmarsh.

THERE I am, marching through Glasgow’s Pollok Park in the rain, one eye on the dog, the other on my step counter, when I notice the hound has dropped behind. This is quite annoying because like most middle-aged men I've become mildly obsessed with ...

A 53-year-old woman has died after a crash in South Lanarkshire.

A new study by the University of St Andrews reveals that ethically sourced chocolate can support wildlife.