ONE wag has compared the Holyrood committee investigating the Salmond imbroglio to Handforth parish council, whose warring ways went viral recently. Careful: Handforth might sue.

A new poll has found that backing for a breakaway Scotland is below 50 per cent when don’t knows are included

Here's how support for Scottish independence has changed since 2016.

New research has found that since 2014, obesity and excess body fat contributed to deaths at a higher rate.

Follow along live with the latest coronavirus lockdown news in Scotland.

Scattered snow showers and some sunshine is forecast over the rest of the day.

The pursuit of profits by salmon producers globally is creating significant environmental and social damage, according to a new report.

IT was a PMQs like no other.

THE new Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) should allocate capital to fund the regeneration of towns and city centres left reeling by the fallout from the pandemic, it has been declared.

CAMPAIGNERS are calling for "radical action" on suicide and access to counselling to combat a spiralling mental health crisis.

ROBERT Allen came within seconds of taking his own life on a railway platform in January 2019.

NEARLY half of UK exporters are facing difficulties in adapting to the changes in the trade of goods as a result of the new post-Brexit trading arrangements, a large-scale study has found.

IT was described as ‘unappetising and intolerable’ by Sir George Pickering, former regius professor of medicine at the University of Oxford.

AS we move closer to the anniversary of the first national lockdown, with still no sign of the economy fully reopening, it is natural to cling on to signs of a return to normal life beyond coronavirus.

A FORMER chief executive of one of Scotland’s biggest council spin-off companies has been fined for soliciting “benefits” from a key supplier.

A Lanarkshire firm is launching what is claimed to be a “first of its kind” service in Scotland offering manufacturers a circular sustainable solution for waste metal.

HOUSEBUILDING giant Persimmon has set aside £75 million to pay for work on potentially unsafe cladding on 26 multi-storey buildings constructed by the group.

NHS reform, vaccine fears and calls for an independent public inquiry were the issues raised by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

From tots to teens, TV gardener David Domoney offers advice on how to get your children interested in growing indoor plants.

A bunch of roses may spell romance to some on Valentine's Day, but the way to a gardener's heart is often a living rose - one that will last way beyond February 14.

IT is the latest social media sensation but there's a catch - Clubhouse is an invite-only platform purely for voices…and it’s apparently a magnet for A-list stars.

An alias, alas

MY criticism of the institution of monarchy has always been founded on one principle: we’re all equal. Monarchy provides an infinitesimally small number of humans extreme advantage simply by accident of birth. Monarchy asks that the rest of us s...

AS WE watch the vaccine roll out in the hope of a return to normality I wonder what “normal” will actually be? Lockdown has wreaked havoc on our economy and wellbeing. Our thoughts must now turn to recovery.

EDINBURGH-based Codeplay Software has been enlisted by the US Government to play an important role in the development of a supercomputer that could be used to simulate future pandemics.

Tom Gordon

BORIS Johnson is "panicking" about the threat of Scottish independence by beefing up union-promoting staff at Westminster, the SNP has claimed.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has backed the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in all adults, and has expressed confidence in its effectiveness at tackling variants of the virus.

A series of stunning satellite images published by Nasa show snowy Scotland, from space.

An independent Scottish publisher supported by public funds is to release a collection of Nicola Sturgeon’s speeches.

BORIS Johnson has urged the two million people across the UK in the top four priority groups, who are still to get their vaccinations against coronavirus, to do so soon as Monday’s target date of getting all 15m people inoculated nears.

Boris Johnson arrived at the last possible second, his arms everywhere and his hair even messier than usual, like Doc’s when emerging from another explosion in Back to the Future.

SCOTLAND’S Rural Economy Secretary has stressed that the Scottish Government will not start a war with the farming community over action needed to tackle the climate emergency.

Lord Dunlop is another of those Wikipedia Tories whose mark on public life has yet to be made.

An ‘extreme’ risk of wildfire is in place across coastal and island areas of western Scotland until Friday, the country’s fire and rescue service has warned.

Seafood sector representatives have said exports have "slowed to a trickle" amid what is described as Brexit "export crisis".

Nicola Sturgeon has thanked key workers as Scotland surpassed one million Covid vaccinations.

MORE than one million people in Scotland have had their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

NICOLA Sturgeon has urged the Holyrood inquiry into the Alex Salmond affair to compel the former First Minister to testify before it.

Health board staff are struggling to deliver housebound vaccinations due to heavy snow that has created treacherous conditions across Scotland.

MSPS have warned the head of Scotland’s prosecutors cannot be trusted to “mark his own homework” amid calls for a judge outside of the country to lead a public inquiry into malicious prosecutions.

A NOTABLE rate of Covid cases in two Scottish towns has prompted calls for anyone with "even the mildest symptoms" to be tested.

BORIS Johnson has been warned by the SNP that he risks leaving “a generation of children languishing in poverty” if he proceeds with plans to cut Universal Credit.

A FORMER deputy leader of the SNP has called for a "revolt" in the party to sweep its leadership out of power.

ALEX Salmond has delayed his response to a Holyrood inquiry pending a court challenge action that could have profound implications for his evidence.

NICOLA Sturgeon has repeatedly refused to say if she would resign if she is found to have broken the ministerial code over the Alex Salmond affair.

JEANE Freeman is to be a key witness in the trial of a former SNP MP accused of embezzling more than £25,000 from two pro-independence groups, a court has heard.