Mariupol citizens are "begging to be saved" as the situation inside its last stronghold has become dire, the city's mayor has said.

SHOULD you ever tire of the cynicism out there in TV land, pay a visit to The Great British Sewing Bee (BBC1, Wednesday), returning this week for an eighth series.

Sky Bluenose UNLIKE his polling numbers, Douglas Ross was reaching for the skies on Tuesday, as he visited Leading Edge Flight Training near Glasgow. Besides clambering into the cockpit for the photographers, he also did a broadcast interview in fron...

By ScottWright

SCOTTISH ministers have handed out more than £3.6 million in taxpayers’ cash to multinational arms firms, in a move that has led to questions about their commitment to human rights.

IT has been an unmitigated disaster. Brexit should never have been bullied through and certainly not at the worst possible time.

NICOLA Sturgeon has rejected claims that Vladimir Putin’s threats of nuclear war, and her party’s opposition to Trident has weakened the case for Scottish independence.

The remobilisation of our NHS and social care system, not just to pre-pandemic levels, but beyond is at the heart of the Scottish Government's work programme and will be for years to come.

The SNP have taken their eye off the ball on public services and nowhere is that more obvious that in our health service.

By Lee Halpin

A COMPANY owned by the Chinese government lobbied a Scottish minister to reduce the rent it will pay at a future wind farm in the North Sea, The Herald can reveal.

FEWER than half of eligible over-75s in the Highlands have received their Spring Covid booster amid a row over the decision to remove GPs from the rollout.

The ability to ensure that all who require care or medical treatment are able to receive it is a hallmark of a civilised society.

THE recent surge in inflation has taken a toll on confidence levels among Scotland’s small businesses amid concern about the outlook for the economy sectors leaders have warned.

HAS herd immunity been reached?

Throughout the 1990s, thousands of Scottish drug and alcohol addicted patients from all backgrounds and local areas were able to step out of their chaotic lives and find sanctuary and hope of recovery at addiction centres such as Castle Craig.

The smell of green scorched my nostrils, a heavy door gaped open, and I stepped into bedlam again.

THE mental health of our children and young people is never out of the headlines these days.

WHISKY giant Chivas Brothers is investing £88 million in two single malt distilleries on Speyside as it ramps up production capacity to meet growing global demand.

By Ian McConnell

FOR Highland GPs, the vaccines debacle is the tip of a much more troublesome iceberg.

From the ‘sick man of Europe’ moniker to the 1980s heroin epidemic - the impact of which we still feel today - Scotland’s health is a big part of our recent history and will continue to be a big part of our future as we build a greener and fair...

The SNP’s stewardship of our country’s healthcare, over the past 15 years, is woeful - and Scotland deserves much more.

IS A working-class hero still something to be? In an age of social media pile-ons and Twitter spats is it even worth putting your head above the parapet these days?

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ON Thursday night, the Elections Bill completed its stages in the House of Lords. Most public debate has focused on the need for voters to have ID when they come to vote – a passport, photographic driving licence or the like – which is an importa...

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Suppose you're thinking about starting a career as a cryptocurrency trader. In that case, you must already be aware that there are hundreds of marketplaces and brokerage platforms you can join. Each of these platforms provides access to many cryptos,...

Our cartoonist Steven Camley's take on secrecy and the Scottish Government on April 30, 2022.

HE was still at school when the Scottish Parliament was “reconvened” in the last year of the last century.

SEVENTY years ago, the moving diary entries of Anne Frank were published in Britain for the first time in words that continue to transfix the world, with the book remaining one of the most read through the generations, offering the most famous accoun...

BESIDES cornering the market in all things Yorkshire, Channel 5 is the place to go for a snoop inside the nation’s shopping habits. What better way to relax after a hard day’s shopping than going home and watching a documentary about shopping?

SO DO you know the old Liberal Democrat joke? No? OK, a motley crowd of LibDems are assembled. Up goes the chant. “Whadda we want?”

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YOU can only feel for the SNP’s NATO twins, Stewart McDonald and Alyn Smith. Having spent the last few years forming a robust tartan alliance against all manner of Russian iniquities the least they might have expected was for their fist-shaking to ...

IT hasn’t really been difficult, these last few months, to devote most of our attention to global affairs, from the climate crisis to the nightly barbarities being visited upon Ukraine.

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Kent Police uploaded a picture of a vehicle they stopped for not having insurance, an MOT or road tax.

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Conservative MP Neil Parish has rejected calls to stand down immediately while being the subject of investigations for allegedly watching pornography in the Commons chamber.

An internationally-renowned social enterprise dedicated to ending homelessness is being investigated by Scotland's charity watchdog.

A payment to help low-income individuals self-isolate is set to be cut by more than half from Sunday.

A body has been found in the search for a missing teenager from Aberdeenshire.

Hillwalkers and climbers have been warned of a months-long disruption to a Ben Nevis route due to a significant forestry operation.

Miller Homes is launching a “highly anticipated” three-bedroom Urquhart showhome at its new Millerbank development in Clydebank.

Neil Parish, the Conservative MP for Tiverton and Honiton, has had the whip removed after being accused of watching pornography in the Commons.

Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has been jailed for two and a half years for hiding £2.5 million worth of assets and loans to avoid paying his debts.

CALLS have been made for a judge-led public inquiry over Scotland's ferry fiasco to over come the 'transparency obstacles' faced by public finance auditors.

If you are looking at purchasing a property marketed as ‘Offers Over’, the main question you will probably be asking is “how much will I need to pay to get this property?”. The property experts from MOV8 answer the most common questions on th...

LABOUR has admitted deputy leader Angela Rayner was present when Sir Keir Starmer was filmed drinking beer with colleagues during lockdown after previously denying it.