THE leader of Inverclyde Council has written to ministers demanding new ferry contracts are handed to the shipyard firm at the centre of the ferry-building fiasco to preserve its future.

WITHOUT wishing to cause a consumer panic on a par with the Great Toilet Roll Rush of 2020, a serious shortage has come to my attention. It has been building for some time and has finally reached crisis point. Brace yourselves, people, for maverick T...

FOOD producers’ representatives have warned the supply chain is on the brink of collapse as shelves empty and firms brace for a future of Covid-closures and produce availability dictated by already decimated staffing levels.

LAST September Peter Krykant parked an old Ford Transit van, kitted out with clean needles, a sharps bin, Naloxone (an antidote to opioid overdose) and a defibrillator, in Parnie Street in Glasgow and opened the doors to the city’s addicts.

WORKING Scots are being let down by cuts to Universal Credit, the SNP has claimed, as it’s revealed almost 40% of claimants north of the border are in work.

With no connection to the UK national grid, Shetland looked to neighbouring Scandinavia for a low-carbon, sustainable heating system model to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, writes Anthony Harrington.

A teenager has died after getting into difficulty in Loch Lomond.

FUNNIEST joke ever? You could start a fight anywhere over that one. Few would quibble, however, over the inclusion of an Eric Morecambe classic on any shortlist.

THE sight of the greenish-grey hump of Ailsa Craig rising out of the waves often stirs fond memories. This granite jewel in the Firth of Clyde has become a familiar landmark for generations of Scots visiting the Ayrshire coast on day trips and childh...

Marshall Street Swimming Pool, London, Soo Burnell

By Kristy Dorsey

A RETIRED teacher says she feels like she is being "held to ransom" by errors in her vaccine status certificate which make it impossible for her to visit her son in Israel.

IT takes its name from the band of formidable young women from the Outer Hebrides who followed the shoals of herring around the British coast undertaking gruelling work to gut, cure and pack the fish for local merchants.

I said Ange Postecoglou had to be given time in the job before he can be judged but I did feel he got off to a good start with Celtic’s performance against Midtjylland on Tuesday.

A SPECIAL Scottish police squad set up to ensure public order during Brexit is to stay on standby until next spring, The Herald can reveal.

Andy Barrowman is talking enthusiastically about the future. He has been waiting for this moment almost from the day he stopped kicking a ball some six years ago.

ROYAL Bank of Scotland owner NatWest Group has agreed a deal to sell more assets in the Republic of Ireland under the plan to withdraw its Ulster Bank operation from the country.

IT is no coincidence that warnings of mandatory vaccine passports for entry into nightclubs in England - and potentially Scotland - have emerged in the same week that routine inoculation of over-12s has been ruled out.

As imagined by Brian Beacom

Whenever I see pictures of Greta Thunberg these days she’s wearing a ‘disposable’ mask. The characteristic volcanic indignation we associate with this climate warrior doesn’t seem to extend to the ecological hazard covering her nose and mouth...

NINE years ago, in a concrete playpen in the east end of London, a major bout of naïveté broke out in a bunch of sports reporters despite them having been heavily inoculated down the years with industrial doses of cynicism.

FARM owners who are the first in Scotland to produce smoked lamb say diversification will be key to the industry’s survival.

THE world’s most experienced 747 jumbo jet pilot is preparing to hang up his wings after more than 40 years of breathtaking views, famous passengers and a flight to Glasgow that almost ended in disaster.

Railways can exert an extraordinary influence upon the psyche, whether one is an onlooker, as in Mr Welsh’s masterpiece, or whether one is speeding to a pre-determined destination.

NORTH Sea focused EnQuest has received resounding support for a bumper acquisition in a success that suggests City investors still see potential in the oil and gas business in the area.

THE ongoing furore over the pingdemic and Test and Trace continued to dominate the newspapers comment sections.

By Luke Bartholomew

BEING Prime Minister is “like pulling a jumbo jet down the runway every day”. So said Boris Johnson, according to his one-time chief brainbox, Dominic Cummings.

SARAH Robertson claims it is vital Great Britain’s women’s hockey side builds early momentum in Tokyo if they want to pull off a repeat of their Rio gold.

Here is what's on today at the Olympics, all the team GB athletes competing on the first day of the 2021 games and the medal hopes.

DAVID Leask’s commentary highlighting the zombie fact of Scotland being the only country to become poorer after the discovery of gas and oil ("Scotland struck oil but got poorer. Really? Why some nationalists buy the myth", The Herald, July 23) is ...

FAMOUS for his “little grey cells”, Hercule Poirot is the fictional Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie in her debut novel. Now, 100 years on, he is being introduced to a new generation, in a very modern way - gaming.

Going for gold

Fidelma Cook passed away last month. We are running a selection of her columns as a tribute. This one is from April 2009. We hope you enjoy it.

IN another time, the week just passed would have been considered a good one for the UK left. The pitilessness of the right seemed to have been exposed in all its shame and then skittled. The anti-Islam activist, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka Tommy Robin...

THE Southside Housing Association has submitted plans for a proposed redevelopment of the former United Reformed Church Site on Mosspark Boulevard with an affordable housing development comprising 35 homes for social rent and associated amenity space...

Born: November 10, 1923;

I DIDN’T stay up to see the moon landing back in 1969. My parents clearly didn’t consider it that big a deal to wake their six-year-old son at 3.56am to see Neil Armstrong make that small step for man (sic), some 238,855 miles from Earth.

His comments during a trip north of the Border last week did nevertheless amaze, and not in any sort of good way.

SOME critical workers will be allowed to avoid self-isolation in Scotland under strict new rules aimed at combating staff shortages.

THE SCOTTISH Government has been urged to ensure the country isn’t “left behind” by a revolution in renewable energy ahead of the COP26 climate conference.

The Scottish Government have pledged to find a "suitable solution" for St Johnstone ahead of their Europa League clash with Galatasaray.

A PROFESSIONAL arena where female participation is mandated on having your bum on display.

A GLASGOW nightclub owner has warned mandatory vaccine certification to enter venues would turn Scotland “into a two-tier society”.

THE SCOTTISH Government has been told it “urgently needs to up its game” and back up promises to tackle the climate crisis with action – 100 days before Glasgow hosts the global COP26 conference.

TWO companies bidding to build hundreds of new homes in Stirling have called on the Scottish Government to back the move following the outcome of a new court case brought by the developers.

SCOTTISH Gas owner Centrica has underlined its desire to exit the oil and gas business even after increasing the valuation of its North Sea operation but has had second thoughts about plans to sell its nuclear division.

HIBERNIAN defender Paul McGinn has expressed his sympathy for team-mate Joe Newell after the midfielder’s maiden European appearance was cut short by much-maligned Icelandic referee Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson.

CELTIC are interested in signing Manchester City kid Yan Couto on a season-long loan.

GLASGOW has a history of constructing high quality, historically important office space. The city centre still has red sandstone Victorian buildings that remain among the most impressive and important in Britain. They are some of its greatest assets.