Not being the Brain of Britain and certainly not being equipped with the prophetic facilities of Nostradamus or the Brahan Seer, nevertheless I do feel justified in writing what I have always wanted to write – I hate to say I told you so but I did.

By Scott Wright

CHAMPAGNE. It’s a French thing. Right? Well, not according to Vladimir Putin. The Russian President has declared that only sparkling wine produced by local producers can now be called “champagne” in Russia.

A WARNING has been issued that a failure to get on top of soaring cases could lead to overseas countries restricting travel to stop importing the Delta variant.

IT is the most visited civic museum service in the UK with more than four million visitors a year.

PART of the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech last week seemed almost comical.

SNP ministers have been issued a “wake-up call” after it was revealed the Scottish Government has not even reached the halfway point of its own renewable energy targets.

By Ian McConnell

By Ian McConnell

ONE of Scotland’s biggest dental groups has won backing from private equity investors in a multi-million pound deal.

By Kristy Dorsey

IT has been darkly amusing hearing epidemiologists, clinicians and statisticians trying to avoid estimating the acceptable mortality rate from the next Covid wave: 5,000, 10,000, 20,000? How many deaths is too many? “Not our job,” they say. “It...

GENE edited meat will be “on our supermarket shelves and on our dinner plates” in three to five years say scientists who have struck a deal to produce the world’s first pigs resistant to a devastating respiratory virus.

By Kristy Dorsey

Most graduates spend a bit of time planning their next move.

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By Kristy Dorsey

By Ian McConnell

By Scott Wright

IS there not something exquisitely ironic about Aileen Campbell, the ex-cabinet secretary tasked specifically with “tackling inequalities" receiving a benefit payment of £12,102 just for giving up that task, this on top of the generous reward all ...

By Debbie Horne

An Instagram post by Brewdog has been banned for making misleading claims over an alcoholic drink.

AN end to lockdown in sight and what working from home means for housing inequality were the topics discussed by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

By Claire Taylor

Author Charlotte Mendelson tells Ella Walker to find the small joys in growing stuff, and to not expect a glut of anything.

I FULLY support the Prime Minister's decision to make mask wearing voluntary in England ("Warning crisis is ‘very far from over’ as Johnson pledges easing of restrictions", The Herald, July 7) and hope that the Scottish Government follows it.

Time’s running out

A FEW days ago we had a visitor from Clapham. He has an accent that reminds me of my grandfather, who was born within the sound of the Bow Bells, thereby qualifying him as a proper Cockney. Or so my mother – who quickly lost her southern accent on ...

IN Aesop’s fable, the sun and the wind compete to see which of them can remove the cloak from the man’s back as he walks along the path.

THE Lions’ game against the Bulls on Saturday was postponed last night after four players in the Pretoria-based squad tested positive for Covid-19.

Children will one day be taught about how close England came to Euro 2020 glory, according to a Scottish MP.

A rustic and delicious dish that combines interesting flavours to create an unusual but impressive brunch. Great accompanied with a summer salad and crusty bread.

NEIL Oliver has said he “firmly predicts” the country will be back in lockdown at some point before the end of the year.

The Macallan Estate in Speyside today hosted the launch of the new Hybrid Bentley as the two brands announced a partnership focused on carbon neutrality, the use of sustainable materials and sourcing from local suppliers.

SCOTLAND centre Huw Jones has joined English Premiership champions Harlequins, just a week after ending his four-year association with Glasgow.

PRITI Patel has set out the UK Government’s controversial new laws to tackle illegal immigration and reform the asylum system.

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The Scottish Government has confirmed an additional 2363 cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the last 24 hours.

The biggest hospital in the Highlands has been placed in 'code black status' due to rising Covid patient admissions and high numbers of staff isolating.

THE UK Government has been urged to show caution on its relaxation of coronavirus restrictions following an announcement about further easing on self-isolation rules.

Andy Murray has hit back at Piers Morgan following the former Good Morning Britain host's comments over tennis ace Emma Raducanu.

KATE Forbes has claimed there are signs Scotland's surge in cases is "stabilising" - while insisting “fundamental differences” remain between Nicola Sturgeon’s and Boris Johnson’s plans to lift all remaining restrictions.

THE number of patients stuck in Scotland’s hospitals depite being well enough to leave has reached its highest record since the Covid lockdown began.

LABOUR has claimed that the grant awarded to the poorest students has been cut by more than £1,000 in real terms under the SNP Government.

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

Grime artist and chef Big Zuu's debut cookbook has heart, flair and flavour. Ella Walker finds out more.

Competition is part of life. As Darwin explained, it is the most competitive, aggressive and smartest who survive and thrive in the great evolutionary struggle. So while primitive humans threw spears at woolly mammoths in the hunt for food, by the ti...

Livestock should not need to travel unnecessary distances for slaughter, so supporting the rollout of local abattoirs across the country has to become a national priority.

Ross County have been forced to shutdown all of their football operations following a Covid-19 outbreak in camp.