LAST week officials in Monroe County, Florida, announced plans to spend £1.3 billion in the next 25 years to raise 150 miles of roads, adding more drains, pump stations and vegetation to absorb the seawater, though they did not yet know where this m...

Hibernian have confirmed that David Gray has retired from football after seven years at Easter Road.

The Supreme Court will today hear arguments over whether the Scottish Parliament has the power to pass parts of two Bills passed by MSPs in March 2021.

THE field hospital set up to handle coronavirus patients to ensure hospitals were not overloaded will cost at least £7 million to dismantle, The Herald has learned.

By Kristy Dorsey

It’s probably a melange of an Aberdonian upbringing and my wife’s unkind characterisation that I’m “as tight as the submerged portion of a duck’s anatomy”. Whatever; I’m unrepentantly not a great believer in dining out.

IT would be easy to wonder why Andy Murray is still putting quite such an effort into regaining his place in the upper echelons of tennis.

Did Matt Hancock do the right thing?

THE UK is the poorest of its neighbouring countries, new analysis has shown.

Spare a thought for Wales. Robert Page's side looked spent as they were outfought and outthought by a superior Denmark side on Saturday evening with long-serving defender Chris Gunter taking to Instagram yesterday to complain about the injustice of a...

AT Westminster earlier this month a ripple of compassion disturbed the business of contempt. Dr Liam Fox, the former defence secretary, introduced a bill that would give parity of esteem to people with Down’s syndrome with other minority groups whe...

THE latest polling on independence is in, and it suggests a number of things. First, support for Yes is dipping a bit. Second, more people are doubtful that another referendum will happen soon. And third, the situation is highly changeable, probably ...

Funding to support children with special needs has fallen by more than £1,000 per pupil since 2012, according to Scottish Government figures.

The Queen is arriving in Scotland for the first official visit north of the border since the death of her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh.

FINE journalist that he is, Andrew Marr kept his scoop under wraps until he was ready to deliver it.

By Kat McInnes

One fired her father as coach, while another was the youngest player to bring a psychologist on tour with her. A third stepped away from tennis altogether to take on a different sport. The fourth? She imagined herself with a winner's cheque and, lo, ...

Name: Ally Mitchell.

AND then there was one. The Big Four of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Andy Murray has been whittled down of late.

FUN, feisty and formidable – and the thrower of the “most extravagant parties”.

A CANCER survivor whose parents and nearly all five siblings have also been struck by the disease said she was shocked to discover that over-70s can no longer refer themselves for screening due to Covid.

NEW environmentally friendly methods for laying housing foundations on peatland could help economic development in parts of the Highlands and islands, it has been claimed.

When British people think of politicians who made great speeches many would think first of Winston Churchill - and rightly so as he captured and articulated the mood of a nation at a time of great peril.

So, the Scottish school holidays are officially here ..!

The Defence Secretary and top UK military commanders are self-isolating after the chief of the Armed Forces tested positive for Covid-19 last week.

A UNIQUE take on the traditional evening book club has helped reduce social isolation and loneliness amongst Scots cancer patients during the pandemic.

THE question of resignation by Government ministers has been in the news as a result of the intensive attention given recently to the activities of Matt Hancock. Ministers have been known to resign from time to time on a matter of principle, such as ...

AT 330 million years old and 10 tonnes in weight, it's not exactly easy to move.But the UK's largest plant fossil - an enormous tree trunk - has successfully been transported to a new home for safekeeping during restoration work at the Royal Botanic ...

NEW environmentally friendly methods for laying housing foundations on peatland could help economic development in parts of the Highlands and Islands, it has been claimed.

A FAMILY had their car seized while on holiday in Dorset.

IT sounds like a plot straight from the pages of a spy novel - a high level Chinese security official, who knows plenty of secrets, defects to the United States. But is it in fact real life?

ONE of the difficulties faced by Scotland’s football team at the Euros was a lack of goals. Only one shot hit the back of the net in three games.

Strategic space marketing firm AstroAgency has been nominated for two awards from the British Interplanetary Society (BIS). The company’s virtual fortnightly networking event, SpaceBar, has been nominated for the Sir Arthur Clarke Education and Out...

ABERDEEN Renewable Energy Group has appointed its first chief executive as it looks to ensure North East Scotland capitalises on the opportunities that will arise amid the transition to a less carbon-intensive system.

ANGE POSTECOGLOU knows the extent of the rebuilding job he faces this summer as he aims to bring success back to Celtic Park.

THE golden generation still have dreams of silverware. One major rival has been overcome, but another now stands in Belgium’s way.

SCOTLAND know all about the talents of Patrik Schick after his stunning double at Hampden during the group stages of Euro 2020.

AYSHIRE hotelier Bill Costley has said he is optimistic about the prospects of the group he runs which is sitting on very strong bookings in spite of seeing revenues plunge amid the coronavirus crisis.

SCOTLAND will go into their full internationals against Romania and Georgia short of match practice as a result of the cancellation of today's ‘A’ international against England.

There have been 2,639 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Scotland in the past 24 hours.

INTELLIGENCE agencies should get involved in the investigation into the leak of CCTV footage from Matt Hancock’s office, a senior Tory MP has said.

Donald Trump has once again returned to the rally stage with his first campaign-style event since leaving the White House.

Jason Leitch has revealed that Scottish football could have full stadiums by August if Scotland's route out of the coronavirus pandemic continues to go to plan.

THE UK’S trade deal with Australia sets a “damaging precedent” for the future, Scotland and Northern Ireland’s agriculture ministers have warned.

LIKE most people Willie Sutherland planned to spend his 50th birthday on January 8, celebrating with friends.

A poll has suggested that support for independence has fallen in the past few months, and support for breaking up the Union is at its lowest point in a Panelbase poll for two years.

Tributes have poured in for Herald columnist Fidelma Cook following her death aged 71.

Classified Ministry of Defence documents containing details about the British military have been found at a bus stop in Kent.

It was built, in all its Edwardian Baroque glory, as the civic headquarters for a place that was not yet a city, never mind a capital.

A CATAMARAN ferry which Scots transport chiefs wants to use as an "emergency" to ease Scotland's ferry crisis has been taken out of commercial service over "safety" concerns.