FORMER SNP Cabinet Secretary Aileen Campbell has been ordered not to give an “unfair advantage” to her new employers after changing careers at the Holyrood election.

THERE are calls for a review of Holyrood’s golden goodbye system after a former SNP cabinet secretary received £75,000 to help adjust to life after politics despite already lining up a new job while still in government.

TO MASK or not to mask - should that be a question left to the public to answer?

HE found worldwide fame playing Highlander Jamie Fraser in the cult series Outlander and has gone on become an author, producer and philanthropist.

Contemporary artist Damien Hirst has gifted a ‘Butterfly Rainbow’ print to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to thank staff for their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.

IT seems to be a strange and unfair predicament that the Scottish tourism and hospitality industry currently finds itself in.

OWNERS of tenement flats across Scotland are facing bills of up to £40,000 to ensure properties comply with strict Scottish Government targets to reduce carbon emissions.

Scottish companies have reported a rise in domestic sales and confidence for the second quarter, with an unleashing of pent-up demand as coronavirus lockdown measures were eased, but exports dropped following the UK’s European single-market exit.

WEST of Shetland-focused Hurricane Energy has seen a dissident investor increase its stake in the business significantly after plans for a controversial restructuring were blocked.

By Scott Wright

MAYBE Mother Nature is kind not cruel. Maybe rather than red in tooth and claw, she’s more into nudge theory when it comes to humans. Perhaps we can look at Covid as her way of giving us a gentle shove – a last chance, a final reminder, to get ou...

JASON Leitch has explained why he believes Scotland has some of the worst Covid rates in Europe.

ALEX Salmond has warned Scotland to “move forward with independence now” or watch Boris Johnson scrap the Scottish Parliament.

The Home Office is being urge to “do the right thing” and grant the grandmother of an orphaned boy permanent leave to remain in the UK so she can continue to care for the youngster.

SCOTTISH Leather Group has said it is on course to be carbon neutral by 2025 after investing heavily in support of a drive to reduce emissions associated with its production.

ON the topic of dubious books disappearing from the school curriculum (“Goodbye y’all: School calls time on ‘dated’ Mockingbird and Mice”, and “Blyton racism row rages on”, The Herald, July 5) who wrote the following, and of whom?

By Karen Peattie

By Karen Peattie

By Karen Peattie

THE heroes on the Covid frontline and the ongoing fight against the virus were the issue discussed by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

NATHAN MacQUEEN is aiming at a different target. The West Lothian archer was named earlier this year in the British squad for this summer’s Paralympics, his second call-up after taking part at the Rio Games five years ago.

A woman with Down’s syndrome is heading to the High Court to challenge legislation which allows abortions up to birth for babies with the condition.

The DVLA has issued a warning to all drivers in the UK.

You’ll no doubt be seeing a lot of mentions of ‘abrdn’ over the next few days. Admittedly, it looks a bit like the remaining tiles of letters you could be left with in the muttering, dying embers of a game of Scrabble as you try in vain to fash...

Scotland's own Outlander star Sam Heughan will fund three scholarships for budding stars at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow

Donald Rumsfeld, American politician

AT the end of Soylent Green, when Charlton Heston announces to the masses gathered to get their rations that the titular dinner-time staple is made from people, nobody pays any attention. That’s dystopian science fiction, but it’s appropriate, be...

The power of sport

Jaws of despair

Police have arrested more than 50 people in connection with disorder in Glasgow's George Square on the day Rangers lifted the league trophy.

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EDEN Mill has switched the bottle of its award-winning gin to a crystal cut glass design as part of a wider drive at the distiller to make its operations carbon neutral.

Jackson Irvine has penned a deal with Bundesliga 2 outfit St Pauli after leaving Hibernian on a free.

In life, as in art, sometimes one has to park ones preconceptions at the door. So it goes as I walk into the Maclaurin Art Gallery in Ayr for a preview of a retrospective featuring the work of Jolomo, or John Lowrie Morrison, to give the artist his S...

Boris Johnson has promised to tear up England’s coronavirus regulations at the next stage of the road map.

Six Scottish health boards are among the top 10 worst-hit regions in Europe for Covid cases according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

SNP ministers spent more than £1m of public money on legal advice relating to the collapse of Rangers Football Club, it has emerged.

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There have been 2,372 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Scotland in the past 24 hours.

BORIS Johnson is an “unthinking Unionist” who wants to reverse devolution, according to his former chief adviser Dominic Cummings.

LOVE was in the air last night as a happy couple got engaged in front of a large crowd at Glasgow Green.

The Great British Menu presenter talks to Prudence Wade about the flavours of her childhood, and discovering more about the food of her heritage.

Boris Johnson told Dominic Cummings that it would be “ludicrous” for him to become Prime Minister, according to the former adviser’s latest blog post.

“Gaslighting” has become shorthand for a form of emotional and psychological abuse that leads someone to question their capabilities, experiences, memories and ultimately, their grasp of reality. Its roots lie in Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 play Ga...

AN historic brewing site in Edinburgh, which was home to the Drybrough Brewery for nearly a century, has been put on the market.

EMBRACING the outdoor lifestyle and climate proofing parts of the city centre could be the way forward for Glasgow, according to a leading professor.

THERE'S a lot of grumbling in Edinburgh, as in many cities, about what people see as the war on cars. If you want to hit nerves or set off a blazing row, certainly in Leith where I live, just mention any of the following: Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, ...

The Prime Minister is expected to tell people in England that it will be left to their “judgment” to manage coronavirus risks as he prepares to restore freedoms on July 19.

It's common knowledge that the world's oldest football was found inside the panels of the Queen's Chamber in Stirling Castle. It's also a well-established fact that the oldest organised football club was founded by Edinburgh student John Hope in 1824...