Sets have been built, rehearsals are under way and the countdown has begun. Everything is in place for the April 25 launch of the Rupert Murdoch-owned TalkTV. What could possibly go wrong? Plenty. Ask GB News.

You know things are bad when God is against you. The UK Government is planning to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, but according to the Archbishop of Canterbury sub-contracting out our responsibilities in such a way is opposite to God’s nature. “Th...

Writing in The Herald last week, Andy McIver suggested unionists can kill nationalism stone dead by offering a middle way in a binding referendum.

From the steps of the Royal Concert Hall there are clear views along Sauchiehall Street and down Buchanan Street, with a glimpse of Argyle Street in the distance. Stand here and at first nothing seems out of kilter, but it doesn’t take long to star...

MANY of us who supported Scottish independence in 2014 were immediately pessimistic about the chances of getting to vote for it again in our lifetimes. The UK Government would surely now be wise to the undercurrents which had swept so many citizens i...

Professor Jason Leitch says he is still worried about the “overwhelmed nature” of the health service as the legal requirement to wear face coverings comes to an end in Scotland.

Police have arrested seven people following a 'complex' police operation conducted at the Celtic v Rangers game.

Two men have been charged with attempted murder after a 45-year-old was hit by a car in Edinburgh.

Police are investigating alleged sectarian and anti-Catholic chanting from Rangers fans following yesterday's match against Celtic.

Boris Johnson goes into a new week ready to defend his premiership again as he prepares to insist to MPs there are bigger issues to focus on than the partygate saga.

Ukraine has vowed to “fight absolutely to the end” in Mariupol where the port’s last-known pocket of resistance is holed up in a sprawling steel plant laced with tunnels.

People are no longer legally required to wear face masks on public transport and in most indoor public spaces in Scotland as the rule moved into guidance on Monday.

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SCOTLAND has the chance to become a global leader in terms of women’s entrepreneurship according to a former senior banker who is leading work on plans for a pioneering centre that could help provide a big boost to the economy.

SOME cancer patients are missing out on potentially life-saving Covid antivirals because they are being wrongly told they are not eligible, campaigners have warned.

I HOLD a subjective view that the UK has a fairly unhealthy relationship with critical national infrastructure projects.

Name: Belinda Jarron.

THE team at Scotland’s leading burns unit has been praised for helping to nurse a severely injured patient back to life.

PEOPLE are being offered the chance to ‘grow’ back in time at a Roman-themed garden.

I WONDER what sort of parallel universe Jane Lax (Letters, April 14) occupies. Amid the revelations of serial Downing Street lockdown parties and subsequent police fines for Prime Minister Johnson and his colleagues, Ms Lax tells us there is nothing ...

By Derek Mitchell

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TPOLEMICIST Douglas Murray is in a frustrated mood. The London-based writer, whose father hails from Lewis, has a new book coming out, a hard-hitting piece of extended journalism titled: The War On The West: How To Prevail In The Age Of Unreason.

IT is a term traditionally used to describe innocuous shades of products, from lipstick to tights, but the use of ‘nude’ is now off the agenda in one leading high street store in an effort to promote diversity.

A WEST of Scotland seafood company that supplied top-end chefs with hand-dived scallops has this week said it is to cease trading.

NICOLA Sturgeon has been reported to the police for appearing to flout her own Covid rules on wearing a face covering.

Ukrainian troops in Mariupol have refused to surrender after Russia issued a warning that those who do not put down their weapons would be "destroyed".

A motorcyclist has been airlifted to hospital following a crash which saw a busy motorway closed to traffic.

Hundreds of bikers have taken to the streets of Glasgow in the first Easter Egg Run since the start of the pandemic.

Labour has called for the findings of an investigation into Rishi Sunak by Boris Johnson’s independent ministerial interests adviser to be made public.

SCOTLAND is entering a transition towards an endemic phase of Covid-19 as the last remaining legal restrictions are set to ease on Monday, the health secretary has said.

THE SNP is facing calls to withdraw the party whip from two MPs after it was reported that sexual harassment complaints have been upheld against them.

ORANGE Order processions will increase sixfold year on year as loyalist parades are ramped up now that pandemic restrictions have been lifted.

NICOLA Sturgeon has admitted there is still no date for a Holyrood Bill for a second independence referendum despite saying it January it was just “weeks” away.

Russia has said it will guarantee the lives of the remaining Ukrainian troops defending the besieged city of Mariupol who surrender in the coming hours.

Boris Johnson will deliver a statement to MPs on Tuesday regarding fixed penalty notices issued in the partygate saga as fresh claims emerge about his conduct, according to reports.

By Paul Dobson and Rob Edwards

AFTER 28 years of teaching, Jane Rainbow was looking forward to retirement. Her decision to leave the job she had loved had been fortified by a recent investment in a fledgling oil and gas firm that was now paying out a stunning 10 per cent dividend ...

THE SNP Government has been accused of playing “constitutional roulette” with the devolution settlement after lobbying UK ministers with five options to rewrite the Scotland Act to push through legislation deemed incompetent by the Supreme Court.

The greased piglet was wriggling and squirming last week and for a moment it looked as if Boris Johnson’s goose was cooked, if you’ll excuse the mixed metaphor.

THE 2017 council election in Glasgow was a land6mark victory for the SNP and the ultimate humiliation Labour which had held power in the city for almost 40 years.

Scotland’s “prescriptive” approach to sex education is normalising underage sexual activity and risks perpetuating child exploitation, according to a leading analyst.

A WOMAN has been sexually assaulted near Ashton Lane in Glasgow.

THERE is always a curious jumble of emotions when a long-running TV series ends. While part of you desperately craves everything tied up neatly in a bow, there is a melancholy about not getting to hang out with all your favourite characters anymore (...

For thirsty travellers arriving in the northeast harbour town of Wick, battered by the elements, whipped by the North Sea winds or just weary from the road, a stiff drink may well have been in order.

They emerged from the intense heat of the furnace, every day, simple objects that would revolutionise kitchens up and down the land.

TIMING may not be everything in politics but it’s pretty close. Getting it right is invariably crucial to ensuring a policy is a roaring success rather than a whimpering failure.

What did you watch on TV last night – or, more importantly, how did you watch it? On the BBC? Channel 4? A streaming service? On your laptop? Your phone? Perhaps you didn’t watch any telly at all and scrolled through YouTube?

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