Yesterday it was announced that the Duke of Edinburgh had died at the age of 99.

Freedom of information requests have found there were at least 1,395 breaches recorded and 73 people have faced disciplinary action.

It is, partly, our fault. To some extent, we get the election we deserve, while permitting the candidates to pay little heed to the huge, stomping, snorting mammoth in the corner of the room.

The BBC has established a dedicated complaints page for viewers following their blanket coverage of the death of the Duke of Edinburgh on multiple platforms.

HEALTHY patients under 30 have been given the AstraZeneca vaccine against official recommendations because clinics did not have alternative vaccines in stock.

AS the Covid storm abates we gather for the return of doves bearing olive branches indicating dry land. Is momentum building in the downward trajectory of the daily numbers? Have the vaccines begun to break the link between infection and death? Wh...

WITH their wide open spaces, slower pace of life and tight-knit communities, the Highlands and Western Isles are generally considered among the most desirable areas to live.

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

I AM beginning to feel like the character in Stephen King's Misery.

IN the 1950s, polio was said to be "second only the atomic bomb" as the thing Americans dreaded the most.

ISLANDS tourism leaders appealed again this week for an indicative date to plan towards reopening their businesses.

THERE were, at least for me, three aspects of the statement made with regard to the movement of patients from hospitals to care homes of particular interest ("Care home moves were ‘mistake’, says Freeman", The Herald, April 9). First, the identit...

Like molten lava, the hot topic of Do Not Resuscitate Orders (DNRs) recently erupted into the public domain with publication of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in England report: “Protect, Respect, Connect – decisions about living and dying ...

One of Scotland’s biggest scallopers is facing record fines after admitting a series of fishing offences.

THE stock thing to say is that Radio 4 comedy is a bit of an oxymoron. It’s not really true, though, is it? Without Radio 4 there’d be no Alan Partridge, no Mighty Boosh, no League of Gentlemen.

A TIRELESS champion for almost 60 years was how the Duke of Edinburgh’s role as chancellor of the University of Edinburgh was described.

YOU will know John Hassall’s work. The book illustrator, painter and poster artist is the man behind the famous poster from of 1908 of a fisherman skipping down the beach above the legend “Skegness is SO bracing.”

THE Duke of Edinburgh's connection with Scotland began years before he even set foot on the grounds of Balmoral with the Queen. When he was 13-years-old was sent to Gordonstoun in the Scottish Highlands and was among a handful of founding pupils.

Pictures of Prince Philip feature on newspapers across the globe after the death of the duke aged 99 on Friday.

A woman stalked by a hospital worker after he accessed her personal details has spoken for the first time about the impact of the crime on her life.

As imagined by Brian Beacom

A Scottish drone specialist has been enlisted to help cut the cost of monitoring electricity networks that cover much of the UK.

A warning has been issued over people disrupting the spectacular mating ritual of one of Britain's rarest birds - and threatening its very survival.

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WHEN brewing your perfect cuppa, could you fathom putting the milk in first? New research recommends doing just that.

IT’S a telling little moment, caught on colour film. The Duke of Edinburgh is making his way towards his car, having finished his official visit to Edinburgh’s Canongate Kirk, when suddenly a cluster of choirboys, to whom he has been talking, ...

NICOLA Sturgeon has led tributes from Scotland’s political leaders to the Duke of Edinburgh, who has died aged 99.

The Duke of Edinburgh has died, Buckingham Palace has announced.

The Duke of Edinburgh has died at the age of 99, Buckingham Palace announced earlier.

Buckingham Palace announced Philip’s death just after midday issuing a statement that spoke about how the royal family with join with people across the globe “mourning his loss”.

The Duke of Edinburgh has died aged 99.

NICOLA Sturgeon's feud with her predecessor and former mentor Alex Salmond has been likened to the warring families in Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet.

The Scottish Parliament will be recalled on Monday following the death of Prince Philip, it has been announced.

THE PUBLIC has been asked not to lay flowers for Prince Philip or gather near Royal residences.

Gun salutes marking the death of the Duke of Edinburgh will take place across the UK, in Gibraltar and at sea on Saturday.

 

SCOTLAND’S political parties have suspended their campaigns for the Holyrood election after the death of the Duke of Edinburgh.

There have been 285 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Scotland in the past 24 hours.

The makers of royal drama The Crown have said they are “deeply saddened” by the news of the death of the Duke of Edinburgh.

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme has “transformed” the lives of young people, the president of the UK’s largest teaching union has said.

A TRIAL examining whether a notorious lifeline Scots road can open for 24 hours a day was disrupted - after it had to be shut down yet again as a safety precaution due to an intense period of rainfall.

MPs are to return to Westminster early following the death of Prince Philip.

TV channels have cancelled their scheduled programming following the news of the death of the Duke of Edinburgh.

The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, has died at the age of 99.

By Ian McConnell

Tributes have been paid across the world to the “much-loved” Duke of Edinburgh after his death at the age of 99.

A group of 27 business leaders have backed a report commissioned by Sir Tom Hunter in calling for "radical" measures to boost economic growth.

NICOLA Sturgeon must take responsibility for the fatal  blunder which saw infected hospital patients moved into care homes at the start of the Covid pandemic, opposition leaders have said.

Boris Johnson has led the tributes to Prince Philip from Westminster after the announcement of his death.

NICOLA Sturgeon has said she may delay her plan for a second referendum and backed off  a previous claim that independence would be integral to Scotland’s economic recovery.