A NEW  'Scotland House' hub in Rome would be "most welcome", according to Italy's ambassador to the UK.

KEY Scots ports which are being considered for financial incentives and lower business tariffs are being controlled by overseas interests and with links to offshore tax havens, the Herald on Sunday can reveal.

SCOTLAND'S children's commissioner has warned ministers that strict policies on wearing school uniform are an unlawful breach of pupils' legal rights.

SCOTLAND has produced only around one in 20 of the offshore wind jobs forecast by ministers as it aimed to make the nation the green energy capital of Europe and the destination of choice for a renewables jobs revolution by 2020.

THEY were jubilant scenes in Beijing as Great Britain’s Olympic gold medal winners celebrated their victory with the images beamed across the globe.

THAT it takes six years and countless court actions for a group of female athletes to achieve equal pay says much about the world we still live in.

Great men don’t make history, history makes great men – or so Hegel is supposed to have said. Never has that seemed more apt than today.

As Russian forces lay siege to Kyiv and other cities and the death toll rises, Foreign Editor David Pratt follows the latest dramatic events in an invasion that has shocked the world

SCOTLAND'S pine martens have been garnering some impressive column inches lately.

IF there has been one startling realisation brought about by the ongoing UK energy crisis – with its soaring gas and electricity prices – it is that I have morphed into a coddled creature I barely recognise.

AFTER last year’s Glasgow Film Festival had to retreat online due to the pandemic, there’s an added thrill to seeing it return to cinemas this year, with the usual array of premieres and special guests, including Alan Cumming who stars in My Old ...

They arrived in a small margarine tub; just a few little beans lovingly nurtured by a lifelong vegetarian in his garden at home.

TEAM GB’s Olympic medal winners have inspired armchair curling enthusiasts to have a go on the ice themselves.

IT has been a refreshing change to see how UK politicians of different stripes have been showing an uncommon unity in the face of the Ukraine crisis but this sense of solidarity could trigger unexpected consequences for our domestic politics.

OBESE patients have “died waiting” for weight-loss operations during the pandemic, according to one of Scotland’s leading bariatric surgeons.

Giant squid shrunk to the size of carrots, mutated lizards, mosquitoes on the London Underground that can carry West Nile fever, super-cockroaches and monster bacteria: nature is responding to climate change in ways never imagined. Writer at Large Ne...

The small, sandy beach of Traigh Ban Nam Monach gently hugs the shoreline on the Isle of Iona, offering anyone lucky enough to stand by the water’s edge delightful views towards Mull and the tidal island of Erraid.

It has been voted the world’s best rail journey and takes in some of Scotland’s most spectacular scenery.

IT is deplorable how other people sometimes depict Scots as violent, drunken, welfare scroungers. We’re quite capable of depicting ourselves like that, thank you very much.

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IT is good to see Iain Macwhirter outlining and analysing the SNP’s economic failures so skilfully (“Never has SNP’s lack of an industrial policy been so obvious”, February 20). He correctly identifies Nicola Sturgeon’s antipathy to "capita...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy named Warsaw, Bratislava, Istanbul, Budapest or Baku as alternative venues for peace talks with Russia

The First Minister said that asking refugees to be migrant seasonal workers is “not the route” people seeking refuge should rely on.

Mr Johnson also said the West is “tightening the economic ligature” around Russia

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy named Warsaw, Bratislava, Istanbul, Budapest or Baku as alternative venues for peace talks

SCOTLAND skipper Stuart Hogg insisted that his team will look to themselves rather than blame the quality of the opposition when trying to explain why they came up well short against France in yesterday’s match at Murrayfield.

Locals reported hearing an explosion before seeing flames engulf a property in Broomage Crescent

THERE is no shame at all in losing to a French team of this quality. But there will be a lot of disquiet in the Scotland camp about both the scale and the nature of the defeat as the home team’s hopes of challenging for the Championship were compre...

Stuart Hogg Asked plenty questions but France weren’t giving him anything – will have nightmares about dropped pass with line at his mercy. 6

Tears were shed as the crowds chanted “please help Ukraine” and “slava Ukraini” (glory to Ukraine)

Police say the drug seizure is a significant step in fighting organised crime in Scotland

The Glasgow Hunt Sabotuers have actively attended fox hunts in an attempt to stop the use of hounds illegally and welcomed the new Bill.

Officers stopped and spoke to people in 53 cars and 20 pedestrians in Cumbernauld during the early hours of Saturday morning

THERE is one clear winner this week in the competition to see which show can make the biggest publicity splash. By order of their legions of devoted fans, the return of Peaky Blinders (BBC1, 9pm, Sunday) is one of this year’s genuine television eve...

HALF of Scots pensioners are worried about running out of money in retirement as over a quarter of a million admit they have never sought any financial help over pensions.

SCOTTISH exports, imports and wider business links with Russia could be affected to a greater degree as deepening Nato sanctions look set to bring reciprocation from Moscow.

I could not decide whether #CancelKarenDunbar (BBC Scotland, Thursday), a documentary exploring comedy and offensiveness, had come along just at the right time, or had missed its stop.

A TOP European diplomat has said he is hopeful a closer relationship will result "as soon a possible" from ongoing post Brexit talks between the EU and the UK.

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HENRY McLeish has called for ministers to put a second independence referendum on the "back seat" while they tackle reducing the prison population.

ONE of the SNP's most senior parliamentarians has called for Scotland to "maximise" North Sea gas production in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and fears over global shortages.

WITH two rounds of the Championship to go, it was perhaps inevitable that Gregor Townsend wanted to emphasise the positive aspects of Scotland’s play in their 36-17 defeat by France yesterday.

Melvyn Jaminet Not the full-back’s best day with the boot but he did manage three conversions to help nudge his team’s total along. 7

EACH weekend we ask well-known faces from across public life to share their favourite place. This latest instalment sees comedian Craig Hill talk about a surprising sight on a Scottish hillside that took his breath away.

From Daniel Craig to Bill Forsyth, the week's best TV films

By Iain Macdonald

There are currently 14 banana trees in David Buchanan-Cook’s bathroom, sprouting up to seven feet tall in their pots and with broad glossy leaves springing from their skinny trunks.

IF France get beyond Scotland at BT Murrayfield this afternoon and go on to clinch their first Six Nations championship for 12 years, then they will owe a debt of thanks to JIFF.

THERE have been many classic encounters between Scotland and France over the decades and everyone will have a favourite. Looking back over the history of matches played in Edinburgh there have been some games which have been more important than other...

Pierre Schoeman v Uini Atonio