Scotland’s greatest health, environment and economic threats continue to be climate change and its pollution-related causes. Several effective but often under-used or neglected tools are available to combat the threats. The Lancet’s recent update...

When we oldies get together over an Ovaltine or two, we don’t agree about much. There is, however, one topic over which there is little dispute. None of us would want to be young nowadays. Our generation has had the best of it, enjoying lives infin...

I’m taking the train down to London this week and my fellow passengers will know precisely where they are by the noises they hear, by which I mean a click, a hiss, and a glug-glug. They will hear these noises because my visit to England will be mar...

MY drinklessness, which started during the Covid, has now extended beyond lockdown. The time may soon be drawing near when I must stop denying I have a problem and seek professional help.

Have “people’s heroes” become Her Majesty’s unofficial opposition – and is that ok?

It’s little surprise when Mark Beaumont answers the phone from astride his bike on a two-mile jaunt from a breakfast meeting in St Andrew Square to the northern Edinburgh suburb of Trinity. He dismounts to take the call, walking the bicycle the res...

SNP ministers may have to cut budgets in order to fund public sector pay deals without extra cash from Westminster, the Deputy First Minister has warned.

A LEADING think tank has called for an end to free university tuition for Scots – amid a warning the current structure is leading to a “grossly unfair cap” on the number of Scottish students.

THE SCOTTISH Government has been accused of rowing back on a commitment to halt new waste incinerators being approved after the minister responsible suggested the decision will remain down to local councils.

A Scots travel blogger wants to showcase the best of her beloved homeland after being signed up as the main writer for Lonely Planet’s next Scotland guide.

A new partnership to speed up the development of healthcare technologies in Scotland is being launched today.

I can’t remember a time with as much disruption as the last four years. The Beast from the East, on/off Brexit deals, a pandemic with several lockdowns, an HGV driver shortage, the "pingdemic", and a decline in shopper footfall which has yet to ful...

Gin and 'wellness' might seem like a contradiction in terms "but it works", says Andrew Craig, the new owner of a Glasgow bar, spa and afternoon tea business themed around a spirit that is now predominantly made in Scotland.

MICHAEL Settle claims that the next election will be between a progressive Labour Party and a Thatcherite Conservative Party ("Strike woes could see Starmer’s Labour miss an open goal", The Herald, July 29). He must be privy to secrets which have b...

By Tracey Reilly

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Move over Wordle, you can now shake things up with its music spin-off Heardle.

If you have tried and loved Wordle, Quordle should be your next go-to brain teaser.

By Sarah Skerratt

THE history of the humble tie reaches back into the 17th century, but the Spanish Prime Minister says it is time to disband with the accessory to help save the planet.

FROM the poetry of the 18th century to the technology of the 21st, it is a meeting of two worlds, seemingly as far apart as could be.

THE next leader of our country could be Liz Truss, a lady with all the bubble and fizz of a glass of tap water discarded on a kitchen table on a humid summer’s day, an exhausted housefly floating on its surface, all hope of being tossed a miniature...

What is today's Framed? Some hints to help you guess the movie. Plus the answer for when you've given up!

The Edinburgh International Festival, the festival Fringe and the Tattoo are returning in full this year after the pandemic

Shepherd and Wedderburn is the largest Scottish-headquartered UK law firm, with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, London and Dublin. Its lawyers, many of whom are independently recognised as leaders in their fields, deliver comprehensive multi...

Conservationist Sacha Dench is beginning her first expedition since being involved in a mid-air collision which claimed the life of her cameraman.

Despite being less well-known than tropical rainforests, those in good condition in Scotland can contain as many as 200 species of lichen, mosses and liverworts in just one hectare

Scotland's rainforests may be less well known than their tropical counterparts but are just as special and even rarer, experts say.

THE SCOTTISH Greens will contest the next UK general election as a de facto referendum on independence if no legal route to a Holyrood vote emerges.

THE FRONTRUNNER to become the next prime minister has accused Nicola Sturgeon of “leading a campaign of deception” as she ruled out granting permission for an independence referendum.

THE SNP was told about sexual misconduct allegations about a now former council leader almost five years ago amid calls for him to quit the party after fresh allegations emerged.

CALMAC have been hit with £3.5m in fines in a year as concerns rise about the reliability of Scotland's ageing ferry fleet.

DEFENCE giant BAE Systems is preparing for a major milestone in the manufacture of the Ministry of Defence's Type 26 frigate series.

The under-fire chief executive of Scottish cricket's governing body who stood down following an internal investigation into bullying and during a probe that found institutional racism in his organisation has received a payoff.

SCOTTISH ministers have come under fire as it emerged they are continuing to breach international law by failing to put in place coherent measures to protect the nation's precious environment, landscape and wildlife.

“He is a conman. He is not someone anyone can trust. He lies as a matter of course to secure power. He is not fit to be leader and not fit to be prime minister”.

Exclusive

THANKS to the stunning strokes of Duncan Scott and his 30 fellow swimmers on Team Scotland, we have managed to make multiple appearances on the podium at the Commonwealth Games medals this weekend.

Kathleen Nutt

Government inspectors had to step in to prevent elderly people being injured at a home that has been threatened with closure.

Personal insights on stories from across the world by Foreign Editor David Pratt

IT is, we’re told, going to be the “most expensive winter in history” as the cost-of-living squeeze seriously tightens its grip on consumers’ pockets not just here but across the whole of Europe.

Natalie Logan MacLean remembers how she felt when she was about to visit Barlinnie for the first time.

The gentle click-clack of the knitting needles, the rhythm of knit-purl-knit, counting stitches and the feel of soft wool – knitting has come to be regarded as a therapeutic craft that brings comfort and calm satisfaction.

It had started as a typically peaceful evening on Linlithgow’s High Street, overlooked by the ancient royal palace where Mary, Queen of Scots was born, and kings took shelter from deadly rivals.

The Lionesses: a refreshing reset for the Beautiful Game

IN following the current Conservative Party leadership contest with a distinctly macabre sense of dread and foreboding, as Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak square-up and squabble over who is the authentic heir to Margaret Thatcher, I am left genuinely wonde...

WE like to think of the first day of school as a joyous occasion when children begin their educational journey to become well rounded individuals and earn important qualifications which will help them secure a good job and an independent and satisfyi...

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Move over Wordle, you can now shake things up with its music spin-off Heardle.