THE tide of horror just keeps rising higher and higher. I wonder where it will eventually stop – if it will eventually stop.

Glasgow and East Renfrewshire are no longer Scotland's latest virus hotspots after a "concerning" rise in cases elsewhere.

“WHY can’t they all just get on!”

JEALOUS doesn't even begin to cut it.

NOW we have a new Government and Health Secretary it is timely that Professor David Kerr reminds us of his radical plan for the Scottish NHS of 15 years ago

A FORMER Rangers administrator has denied controversial former owner Craig Whyte had control of the selling of the club after its financial collapse and has defended a failure to seek a break-up sale including Ibrox to bring in more money to pay t...

THE Green Party has urged Scots to “actively resist” the Home Office after tough new immigration measures were announced by Priti Patel.

A YEAR ago I watched the news about the killing of George Floyd unfold on social media, and whilst my brain lurched between horror, disgust and disbelief at the devastating phone footage, my over-riding thought was: Again?

THE head of a UK cheque cashing firm who was investigated for an alleged £350 million money laundering scam for five years beforw it was dropped, is suing the Chief  Constable and Lord Advocate for £15m claiming malicious prosecution.

IT is difficult to believe now, but less than a year and a half ago there was concern that Glasgow had too many hotels.

Covid-19 has driven a surge in the number of Scots choosing to undertake degrees and other courses online, according to the Open University.

The US firm behind the launch of a collection of luxury Scottish resorts has appointed one of the country’s most acclaimed chefs in the latest phase of its Scottish golf coast project.

AROUND half of people booked to get their Covid jag in Glasgow's main mass vaccination centre failed to turn up over the weekend, according to reports.

WHEN writing about the obstacles and hazards of international travel last week, I unaccountably forgot to mention the risk of a dictator using a bomb threat and then a fighter jet to ground your plane, travelling between two quite different countr...

UK GOVERNMENT officials accomplished a whole new level of hypocrisy last week as they contemplated a tariff-free trade deal with Australia which would sell British farmers down the river.

It is known as the forgotten Dunkirk, the little known plight of the 51st Highland Division who were left in France.

Scotland’s prisons have seen a significant rise in remand prisoners due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with young people particularly affected, according to a new report.

THEY are the personal accounts, innermost thoughts and feelings of people trying to come to terms with how the pandemic has affected them.

A RARE inflammatory syndrome diagnosed in more than 250 children infected with Covid does not appear to cause serious lasting damage, according to a new study.

The occupiers of the car suffered serious injuries in the car crash

SCOTLAND'S lifeline ferry network faces longer disruption running into the Spring bank holiday weekend after it emerged plans to have its largest vessel back in service have been put off for a sixth time.

DATA analysis has been identified as the biggest growth area on the Scottish financial sector jobs scene by Core-Asset Consulting.

SCOTLAND is set to play a key part in a pioneering drive to clean up the air around us under plans that are being developed by a carbon capture specialist with around £250,000 official backing.

By Mark Williamson

Sniffer dogs: the new weapon against Covid-19

ROYAL Dutch Shell has underlined its belief in the potential of a North Sea prospect that was brought to its attention by a relative minnow.

THE challenge to supermarkets post Covid, the importance of getting vaccinated and border controls were the coronavirus conversations had by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

Starry-eyed

By Ian McConnell

NORTH Sea oil, once an opportunity, looks more like a source of future shame – no wonder there’s not enough talk of it, either in independence debate or the UK.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were reunited in Scotland when Kate joined William for the first time during his tour of the nation.

THE FOREIGN Secretary has suspended flights from the UK to Belarus following the 'outlandish' actions of the country's leader.

Fifteen years ago I submitted the Kerr report to the Scottish Government, with the support of civil society and all political parties, providing a framework upon which Scotland’s NHS would plan for the future.

The council leader has been told to “protect” the city’s reputation after Rhiannon Spear made the comments during Saturday’s Eurovision final. 

BBC bosses are set to be questioned by MPs following Lord Dyson's report into the 1995 Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales.

For much of Scotland, May has been a month when spring did not arrive.

THE HOME Secretary has announced plans for a wholesale reform of the immigration system, inclluding tougher action on illegal immigrants and a fully fdigital border.

Cineworld has said its UK reopening weekend topped expectations as animated comedy "Peter Rabbit 2" drew crowds after months of lockdown.

A TRADE union chief has called for three new vessels to be built wholly in the UK.

There will be a “very long transition” for farmers to adjust to competition from Australia under the terms of the proposed free trade deal, Liz Truss has said.

Max Mosley, the former Formula One driver, and ex F1 chief, has died aged 81.

The man captured on CCTV is described as being white, with short fair hair and a heavy build

The latest Covid figures have been released by the Scottish Government

Is Boris finally ditching Thatcherism with the invention of Great British Rail?

On Sunday, the Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board area reported a seven-day case rate per 100,000 people of 95.7

The autumn of 2012 was not a happy time for Edinburgh’s Castlebrae Community High School.

WE have a beguiling, new addition to the suite of everything-but-outright-independence options. It’s called Independence within the UK and has been constructed by the former Labour MEP, David Martin.

A massive Euro fan zone has been confirmed for Glasgow Green for the entirety of the tournament.

PEOPLE keep saying it was the constitution that decided the election in Scotland – and it was – but there’s a bit more to it than that.

Western outrage has grown and the European Union has threatened more sanctions over the forced diversion of a plane to Belarus in order to arrest an opposition journalist.