DOUGLAS Ross has slated an SNP MSP as a “sad individual” after he attempted to compare two politicians at Scotland’s Euro crunch match against England.

“We’re seeing numbers of patients that we would expect in the midst of winter - in a bad winter - in summer,” said Dr John Thomson.

The Scottish Government has responded to claims by Manchester mayor Andy Burnham that travel restrictions imposed on his city were “unnecessary” and without warning.

John Bercow, the former Conservative MP who became the scourge of Brexiteers as Commons Speaker, says he has switched allegiances to join the Labour Party.

IT IS a rare occurrence for an Irishman to find himself a member of the home team at Murrayfield, and it is not every day that a tour of South Africa kicks off in Scotland. Yet Tadhg Furlong, for one, will feel well prepared for this novel situation ...

A SECOND 1-0 friendly win in five days brought the curtain down on Stuart McLaren's four game (and four month) stint as Scotland interim head coach. Will it have been enough for the Scottish FA to give him the job permanently?

The Scottish Greens have accused Scotland’s biggest rail provider of “attacking” striking staff online.

At Question Time last week, Keir Starmer, avoided all mention of Dominic Cummings' latest substack broadside against Boris Johnson.

IT stands on a bleak moorland, a distance away from the nearest village and houses some of what the courts deem to be some of the country's most dangerous individuals.

Scotland's public finance watchdog is to probe claims of a misuse of public funds through the forfeiting of £25m to complete two lifeline vessels as part of a secret deal to pave the way for nationisation.

COME on. All together now. O flower of Scotland, when … Some of you are not joining in. What’s wrong with you? Oh, you’re Scottish? I see.

He was, witnesses said, targeting the young and the unvaccinated.

The US Department of Defence is about to tell the world what America really knows about UFOs (spoiler alert … aliens have never been here). Writer at Large Neil Mackay uncovers the lies, hoaxes, mistakes and madness which explain why millions of us...

SCOTLAND is trialling a move to take the country coinless - leading to concerns about the impact on fundraisers and the homeless.

NEW fast-track cancer diagnosis centres planned across Scotland could lead to lengthier journeys for patients in rural areas, a former head surgeon has warned.

Iran: Hardliners grab power

A major report on the roll-out of Curriculum for Excellence will be failing pupils if it is too soft on Scotland's school standards body and its national exams agency, according to a senior politician.

The younger generation of Scots fans have finally become aware this week of what it’s like to follow our international team at major tournaments. As I said in my column last week, and I was trying to avoid being negative, we are very used to going ...

Scotland’s sadistic colonial past, links with slavery and brutal persecution of women branded as witches are to be explored in National Trust of Scotland properties in an “open and honest” telling of the nation’s history.

FOOD and drink exports to the European Union almost halved in the first quarter of this year in the wake of the official Brexit.

Summer has arrived along with the promise of a bumper fruit harvest from now until autumn. Is yours as good as usual?

Human Nature

Good things come to those who wait. It has taken Barry Windsor Smith some 15 years or so to finish his new graphic novel, Monsters (Fantagraphics, £25). The result is a grand, grim, bleakly beautiful slab of a book that is as monstrous in size as it...

TYTA

Style and SubstanceThe Beech Hill Hotel can trace its origins to the 1900s, when the original building graced the shores of Lake Windermere in Cumbria.It has evolved to offer family-friendly four-star accommodation in one of the most scenic areas of ...

Officers in Glenrothes are trying to find 14-year old Sarah Wilson and 12-year-old Teigan Scott

Nicola Sturgeon hailed the Scotland men's team's 'gutsy' performance as she revelled in their efforts securing a first point at Euro 2020 with a goalless draw with England.

The race is on between the Covid-19 vaccine and a third wave of the virus but there are grounds for cautious optimism, advisers to the UK Government have said.

WHO are you? Don’t answer that. It was a rhetorical question. I know roughly what you are: educated, pleasing to behold (at one time), mildly inebriated at this time of the morning. What I’m trying to say is: who do you think you are? Again, don�...

Just out: Shetland-based author Jon Dunn followed in the wing-beats of one of the world’s most remarkable avian species in his quest to observe and photograph the hummingbird. Having traversed the creature’s diverse territories from Alaska to Chi...

Schools will receive a record £215 million funding for efforts to close the poverty attainment gap this year, with the new Education Secretary saying such work is “more vital than ever” due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The force added 25 of the arrests were in central London while five people were arrested in the vicinity of Wembley

BLESSED be the fruit, for the new series of The Handmaid’s Tale (Channel 4, Sunday, 9pm) is due for delivery. Hard to believe Margaret Attwood’s stirring vision of a patriarchal dictatorship was published more than 35 years ago and is still going...

IT is not about the winning, it is about the taking part. Aye, right. No-one would ever say such a thing about a war, or Euro 2020, which we will draw a veil over for obvious reasons. (That goal! What did we ever do to the Czech Republic to deserve t...

Former Rangers administrators have been accused of negligence through a failure to get advice on a sale of parts of the club including Ibrox and effectively selling the brand for nothing after it financially collapsed and was sold for £5.5m.

JEFF Horton of London’s legendary 100 Club is telling the Oasis story.

SHE was found abandoned in a Spanish port in the early 1990s and was destined to be scrapped.

ENERGY giant Drax has underlined its willingness to complete one of the biggest infrastructure projects in Scotland in decades, with the right support.

On Tuesday, Israel lifted the requirement for face coverings to be worn indoors in public spaces such as supermarkets and banks.

THE former head surgeon at Scotland’s busiest rural general hospital has urged health chiefs to ensure its long-awaited replacement is “future proof”.

TELL us what you do all day said the assistant editor to the lowly journalist fly. It’s for a Saturday column that goes behind the glamorous facade of The Herald to reveal the whirling cogs within.

IN 1972, the Japanese photographer Masayoshi Sukita travelled to London and blagged a photoshoot with Marc Bolan. It was the start of his association with the cream of pop talent of that decade and beyond.

THE UFC Apex arena in Nevada will again be virtually empty tonight but the only spectator that matters to Casey O’Neill will be there by her side.

A £63m plan to exploit NHS medical records has been criticised for failing to offer patients a choice over whether their personal health data is shared with hundreds of researchers.

Thousands of pounds worth of drugs have been recovered by police after stopping a car on the M74.

Police have launched an attempted murder investigation after a man was hit by a vehicle in Newmilns in East Ayrshire.

By Scott Wright

BY LOUISE CAHILL

More than 1,200 cases of coronavirus have been identified in Scotland during the past 24 hours - it's the third time this week that cases have been as high as they were six months ago.

A person has died after being hit by a train in Falkirk.