The loss of a town’s restaurant would be ‘severely detrimental’ to Midlothian it has been claimed in a row over turning public space into a car park.

Several train services between Milngavie and Westerton will not run this morning due to an ongoing issue.

A heartbroken community turned out to say their goodbye to a beloved pub owner as her coffin stopped by the bar in a 'final farewell'

Plans to give an historic village pub a new lease of life has been submitted.

Lecturers and other staff at the University of Edinburgh are beginning a further three days of strike action in a dispute over the university’s plans to make cuts of £140 million.

Scotland’s chief prosecutor has said that victims of sexual offences would not have their privacy intruded on unnecessarily, after a Supreme Court judgment.

Plans to build a Radisson hotel with a rooftop bar in a “deteriorating” part of the city centre and knock down a listed building will go before councillors for a hearing next week.

John Swinney has been told to stop 'wishing away' child poverty and take action as a charity boss warns against the 'judgy' attitude to the crisis.

Ed Miliband has been accused of "gaslighting" oil and gas workers over the transition to renewable energy.

A Scottish family-owned company has been sold in a 'once-in-a-lifetime' deal

Stuart Gardner and Mark Kirkwood bought the company rather than see it "closed down or sold off"

The Scottish law firm has revealed a partner hire in a 'key strategic area'

The drivers will not deliver fuel to Edinburgh or Glasgow Airports between 2:45 AM on Monday and 23:59 on Tuesday.

This week, The Herald is joining forces with The Scottish Beacon - a journalism network that brings together community-based news publications to work on shared projects - to shine a light on how the shift to green energy is impacting communities ac...

Edinburgh-based filmmaker Laura Carreira won two awards for her debut feature film, On Falling.

Dickson, 35, was last spotted near Calvay Crescent in the Springboig neighbourhood of the city around 10 PM on Monday, 10 November 2025.

Speaking to the broadcaster’s Bev Turner over the weekend, Trump was asked about the notorious Glasgow effect.

The government has also contributed £600,000 towards a relief fund coordinated by the United Nations.

According to the police, a 24-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the incident.

Up to 300 asylum seekers are to be housed at Cameron Barracks in the Highland city of 47,000.

The assets of a collapsed Scottish company have been sold

Saoirse Ronan, James McArdle and Alan Cumming honoured at Glasgow awards ceremony.

Engineer Simon Forrest posted about the mishap on X, remarking that he had already booked a four day stay in the airport’s mid-stay lot.

Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has warned UK asylum reforms could push many immigrants into 'destitution'.

15-year-old boy and a man aged 20 were taken to hospital

Neil, who has held senior positions at the BBC and the Sunday Times, hit out at the ongoing construction on Sauchiehall Street in a post on X. 

Jeremy Corbyn tells The Herald Your Party is likely to stand on the Holyrood list and could support a Yes vote, as internal rows over £800,000 in donations continue.

A Scot has been revealed to be among a group of five people in their 20s died in a road crash in Ireland on Saturday night.

Police have launched a manhunt after a woman was raped in a park in Paisley.

The death is being treated as unexplained, but not believed to be suspicious

The rollout of pension age winter heating payments has begun

Alan Cumming has said he has seen Nicola Sturgeon “blossom” since standing down as first minister.

The details of an investigation into Dr Hugh Hall, the former chair of Historic Environment Scotland, by the country's ethics watchdog have now been revealed.

Temperatures dropped to minus 7C in the Highlands

The comedian thanked the crowd for the award, and joked about his terrible trousers

Kelso Abbey’s crumbling ruins spark urgent calls for action as its 900th anniversary nears, with experts warning the Borders landmark is at risk.

A rural charity warns that so-called ‘green’ data centres could consume city-scale energy and derail Scotland’s net-zero ambitions without strict regulation.

Campaigners have begun landmark legal action to stop councils illegally denying homeless people their human right to some kind of roof over their heads as the number of breaches across Scotland have quadrupled over five years.

Data shows that those from private schools and the most affluent areas are most likely to benefit from support such as additional time for exams.

Homeless campaigners are taking bold legal action to stop councils from breaking the law by leaving people without shelter in an escalation of Scotland's housing emergency.

Be it through air strikes, boots on the ground or a CIA instigated ‘collapse,’ the ouster of  Maduro now seems to be Washington’s endgame writes Foreign Editor David Pratt

Each week, the self-righteous and highly judgmental journalist Rab McNeil puts one of the country's highly regarded sacred cows under close scrutiny in his Scottish Icons series. This week, River CIty feels the wrath of his Sauron-like gaze...

Greens call for urgent measures to protect Scotland’s red squirrels, urging ministers to set population targets and tackle threats from grey squirrels.

The Herald spent a week investigating plans for a major and controversial extension of Edinburgh's tram network. Here's what we found.

Hopes are rising that key historic sites in Dumfries and Galloway are on course to reopen to visitors after years behind fences and scaffolding.

The Teaching Slavery in Scotland project shows how teacher collaboration can improve professional learning and inspire classroom change.

Plans to transform Glasgow's former Watt Brothers store into a boutique hotel have been lodged with the city council.

Officers said that a 55-year-old man was taken to hospital where he is in a critical but stable condition

The shop had been selling stylish headwear since 1964.

A quantity of cocaine and cannabis were recovered