The trial lawyer who represented Alex Salmond is facing a five-month suspension after naming the former first minister's accusers on a train.

Scotland's GP surgeries face demand exceeding capacity with a senior doctor warning some could collapse under the pressure.

IT’S hard to find anything significant that Rishi Sunak has said in the past week of Cop27, his only quotable line on the issue being that the fight against climate change can become “a global mission for new jobs and clean growth”.

Nicola Sturgeon has urged all Scots eligible for another Covid-19 jab to go get the vaccine.

Residents have been evacuated from flats in Edinburgh after an early morning blaze broke out.

They have been romantically remembered by history as heroic paragons of virtue who would fight with fairness and offer a helping hand to a downed foe.

THE COST of the nation's most popular branded foods such as Heinz Ketchup, Dolmio sauce and Anchor butter have soared in the last two years with the worst examples doubling in price, "shocking" new research has found.

PATIENTS with an incurable lung condition are having their lives threatened as over one in ten (11.5%) wait more than a decade for a diagnosis, a study has found.

The firm has been sold for up to £5.1 million in cash.

In the hierarchy of human needs there is no doubt that Jaffa Cake and Mini Cheddars rank well below the requirement for ambulance crews and nurses, yet in grim times such as these the allure of small treats is often elevated beyond their inherent sta...

MSPs will today begin to examine more than a hundred amendments to the Scottish Government's gender recognition reforms following an SNP revolt last month.

By Scott Wright

By Scott Wright

RISHI Sunak has announced the construction a £4.2 billion contract to build five new Royal Navy warships on the Clyde and support 1,700 jobs in Govan and Scotstoun.

THE economic crisis is opening up a new front – perhaps a decisive front – in the battle over the constitutional future of Scotland.

WE await the Autumn Statement on Thursday with bated breath ("Chancellor in stark warning: Taxes must rise for everyone", The Herald, November 14). We simply cannot hear more of the same. We need progressive taxation, where those on higher earnings s...

Sales of Buckfast soared by 40% in the year after minimum unit pricing was introduced in Scotland, figures show.

MSPs are to quiz Keith Brown on why he wants Holyrood to refuse consent to a Westminster bill relating to unsolved historic murders and other violent crimes during the Northern Ireland Troubles.

The singer of a little-known Scottish covers band has said he was "flabbergasted times 1000" after being hailed for his vocal talents by rock legend Rod Stewart.

WHILE freedom of speech has been weaponised to attack "woke" proponents of cancel culture, many of its most enthusiastic champions are also supporters of the contentious National Security Bill (NSB), which reaches its third Commons reading this week.

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DON’T ask me why but Al Jazeera has just produced a documentary about the Outer Hebrides. It is called “Saving Paradise – the Scottish islanders trying to preserve their vanishing population” and it’s very good. It is on YouTube where 22,00...

AS THE Chancellor is expected to raise taxes and cut spending, it’s time we all re-evaluated our own budgets and made finances boring again.

Described as a game for 'cinephiles and casual movie watchers alike' it is inspired by the worldwide popular guessing games. 

Hints and answer for today's Wordle, 514.

Train your brain by putting your mind to November 15's Quordle word puzzle.

Rishi Sunak has insisted Russia is becoming a “pariah state” as he prepares to “unequivocally condemn” Vladimir Putin for his invasion of Ukraine.

WOOD Group has agreed to pay $115 million (£98m) to settle a legacy lawsuit inherited as part of its acquisition of Amec Foster Wheeler in 2017.

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ONE of the world’s most notorious Holocaust deniers has been arrested in a quiet Scots fishing village, two years after fleeing France following a conviction under strict anti-Nazi laws.

It’s been hard to escape the news in the past few weeks about the impact of former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget last month. That led to a period of mortgage rates dramatically rising.

The World Cup is edging closer, that extravaganza of football which unites people and nations of all creeds and colours.

BIDS are being sought from housebuilders for two parcels of land, which can accommodate 225 houses, at a new Scottish town which will eventually have thousands of homes.

The army major whose team make the wreaths said he was 'horrified'

'None of my male predecessors could ever have been mistaken for George Clooney, but no one ever commented on their looks or appearance'

Thousands of people line the streets to watch the parade every year.

RISHI Sunak has defended Dominic Raab after the Deputy Prime Minister was accused of rude and demeaning behaviour towards civil servants.

Lewis Capaldi's Someone You Loved has become the UK's most streamed song of all time after overtaking Shape of You by Ed Sheeran.

Climate activism group Extinction Rebellion held an action outside Barclays' Clyde Place Quay branch. 

At the edge of the Firth of Forth, in the deep waters of the North Sea, is a stretch of ocean that is set to be home to what may well be the biggest offshore wind farm in the world when it goes online.

TROUBLED fashion to homewares retailer Joules has this morning announced its intention to call in administrators.

The UK and France have agreed a new multi-million-pound deal to curb the number of migrants crossing the Channel.

ROAD safety campaigners have raised concerns at a rise in the number of deaths and injuries on Scottish roads while the number of motorcycling deaths doubled.

Nearly half of Scotland's wealth is held by 10 per cent of households, a new report has found.

The number of Scots in need of housing advice amid homelessness fears has soared by 53% in a single year.

Low-income families across Scotland could benefit as a "game-changing anti-poverty measure" is extended.

Rishi Sunak has suggested that expected tax rises and spending cuts are justified as their prospect has already "stabilised" financial conditions.

Elvis, Madonna and Oasis are among those who had to settle for second place.

TODAY, we launch our Christmas Appeal, asking you – our readers – to help buy books for children across Scotland this festive period.

NEARLY half of businesses in the Highlands and islands say a lack of reliable transport links presents a severe risk to their future viability amid in the wake of continuing problems with vital ferry services.