A MAN has been arrested in connection with the death of an elderly woman.

"I'M invincible now," I beam at the vaccinator. She is very quick to adjust my expectations, downwards and sharply.

The alternative assessment system in schools is driving senior pupils to self-harm and suicidal thoughts, a GP has warned.

ISLANDERS and travellers have faced another day of chaos as ferry operator CalMac has had to bring in another passenger ferry as technical problems hit two of its ageing fleet.

A new study reveals that many are still not prepared to voluntarily publish data to ensure customers are treated fairly and consistently.

IN a handy metaphor for Scottish Conservatism, Douglas Ross was self-isolating at FMQs. He joined the fray from a hotel room somewhere in the capital.

By Kristy Dorsey

By Ian McConnell

Argyll and Bute residents are getting the worst deal in Scotland over their council tax as a new study reveals a postcode lottery over bills.

THANK you, Neil Mackay for once again hitting the nail on the head regarding the present Scottish Government ("A brutal purge by Sturgeon is the only way to deal with SNP infighting", The Herald, June 3). Without the detail of Mr Mackay, I had reache...

THE LEADER of Edinburgh City Council has warned that the electricity grid “cannot cope” with a huge shift away from petrol and diesel cars – as he sets out the authority’s strategy to cut carbon emissions.

IT is a building which has reinvented itself on many occasions having previously been a home, a bank and a library.

Campaigners warn Earth Overshoot Day, is falling earlier than last year

By Ian McConnell

HE served Britain as an army doctor on the Western Front, picking up the military cross and bar and a nasty leg wound. Then he fought and won a seat in Westminster, rising to become an inter-war Scottish Secretary and then Chamberlain’s UK healt...

NORTH Sea oil and gas firms made progress on key measures amid challenging conditions last year but more sharp cuts in investment in the area are looming, the sector regulator has found.

A SCOTTISH shopping centre will open the first phase of a multi-million-pound redevelopment tomorrow, which includes a new nine-screen cinema.

EDINBURGH International Conference Centre has won the right to host a major healthcare event.

By Kristy Dorsey

People suffering from mild cases of Covid-19 may be experiencing symptoms common among those with severe cases, new research has found.

PLANS for GPs to hand over patients’ data to NHS Digital - and a smoking ban outdoors - were the issues raised by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

A CASUAL observer might imagine being rich and famous would make it easier to get a date, with or without the aesthetics, but some of Hollywood’s biggest names have turned to online dating…and it isn’t going that well.

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WE have done rather well as a species. Antibiotics, immunisations, sanitation, warm homes, welfare, art and literature, the internet, human and animal rights, aviation, space exploration and virtual reality, right through to milk made from oats an...

Nicola Sturgeon will update MSPs on the latest coronavirus statistics for Scotland before taking questions from opposition MSPs.

THE SQA is set to be overhauled as ministers bid to quell growing anger over its performance – and despite Nicola Sturgeon telling Parliament the agency has her full confidence.

Falkirk High School is set to close for a week from tomorrow (Friday) in a bid to tackle a rising number of Covid cases at the facility.

A LEADING feminist campaigner has been charged with a hate crime for posting allegedly homophobic and transphobic material on social media.

HEALTH Secretary Humza Yousaf has been forced to apologise for scaring families after wrongly claiming 10 young children had been hospitalised “because of Covid” and was accused of “stoking fear”.

Nicola Sturgeon has said she is “not concerned” about the SNP’s finances despite two high-profile resignations in the partyover the matter.

USUALLY around this time of year, the thoughts of football fans turn to their team’s preparations for the forthcoming domestic season.

The Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson has said she believes Scottish independence is 'inevitable'.

A pensioner who was found dead in her flat in suspicious circumstances has been named by police as Esther Brown.

BORIS Johnson has told Nicola Sturgeon and other UK leaders that their views on the constitution should not come before the pandemic recovery.

NICOLA Sturgeon hs confirmed the four nations summit on coronavirus has produced "nothing substantial yet" following the session this afternoon.

Portugal has been axed from Scotland's green travel list following concerns of a new coronavirus mutation and rising cases.

There have been 835 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Scotland in the past 24 hours.

A SCOTTISH property developer has brought forward a housing scheme that is claimed will be a “green technology” leader.

Here we are, staring down the barrel of a results crisis that is, if anything, a greater scandal that what we saw in 2020.

"Higher than normal" levels of Covid-19 have been picked up during routine waste water testing in a Moray town.

Scotland's two key national education agencies are to be reformed amid widespread anger over their performance in recent months.

NICOLA Sturgeon has admitted that Scotland has “not done well enough” in harnessing the economic benefits of renewable energy as she was pressed over failing to set up a public energy company.

Half of adults in the UK are estimated to have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to the latest figures.

By Deirdre Michie

COVID safety measures for the Euros fan zone on Glasgow Green are still "under consideration" with just a week to go, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

THEY were introduced in Edinburgh as a way of easing congestion and reducing carbon footprints.

NICOLA Sturgeon has been told to produce answers on what went wrong with her Government’s handling of the Covid pandemic, not hide behind “Scottish exceptionalism”.

NICOLA Sturgeon has said she will consider issuing a formal apology to the historic victims of forced adoption in Scotland.

A MAN has been left with "serious injuries" after he was attacked in broad daylight by two men with bladed weapons.

ZOE Ogilvie, a director of Scottish public relations agency the BIG Partnership, is joining the board of Aberdeen Football Club.