Motorists have been told to avoid the area

Councillor Heap’s motion asked officials to clarify what level of “employment support and social security” could be offered to tenants of St Margaret’s House.

Could this help Gaelic thrive? More than £1 million is being allocated

Two Bulgarian siblings who assaulted girls during an incident in Dundee last year are due to be sentenced on Friday.

An ethics watchdog concluded that restricting a councillor’s freedom of speech was “not justified” – only to reverse its position at his disciplinary hearing and support a decision that ended with him being suspended for two months, The Heral...

Sexual crimes in Scotland hit a record high as victims face a median two-year 11-month wait for cases to conclude amid growing High Court delays.

Spey Bay Golf Club has been put up for sale at offers over £1.5m for the historic Moray links and its associated facilities

University of St Andrews Principal Professor Sally Mapstone will lead the "radical" second phase of Scotland's university reform project.

Could new proposals to turn some of the arts and culture hub into a hotel and student accommodation scupper the creative future of the complex?

Sally Mapstone leads Scotland’s university reform, with mergers, collaboration and shared services on the table amid a £200m sector sustainability gap.

New Public Health Scotland data shows 8.6 million antidepressant items were dispensed in 2025/26 — up nearly 10% since 2021 and 15% since 2020, despite a Scottish Government pledge dating to 2007 to bring annual rises to zero.

Fife-based civil engineering business Logan Bruce Limited secures creditor backing, safeguarding jobs

More than 100 humanitarian, human rights, and other civil society organisations have signed an open letter stating that a ceasefire in Gaza exists 'in name only'

New study finds Chaetomium globosum fungus in wheat seeds reduces Septoria tritici blotch, offering a potential alternative to chemical fungicides.

The finalists of The Herald Law Awards for Scotland 2026 in association with 123 Medical Services have just been announced with national firms, local offices and specialist teams amongst those who have made it through this stage of the judging...

The Herald cartoon today is on the NHS preparing for winter

Police are hunting a man who carried out an act of indecent exposure on a bench.

Straight and Narrow Drinks, a UK maker of low-calorie alcohol-free beverages, is set to close after entering liquidation.

Three people have been arrested after a suspected firearm was reported in Ladybank, Fife. Armed officers attended Victoria Street; no injuries were reported.

Two more men charged over Billy Watson’s death in Armadale, West Lothian. Six people now face charges after his death on September 12, Police Scotland says.

The organiser of an online child abuse vigilante group has been ordered to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work after admitting to harassing an innocent 70-year-old man in a case of mistaken identity.

MSPs from the SNP, Labour and the Greens rounded on Reform UK at Holyrood on Thursday, condemning its push for restrictions on face coverings as Islamophobic and a calculated attack on Muslim women.

Former Partick Thistle youth goalkeeper Luis Cameron granted bail at Glasgow Sheriff Court over alleged culpable homicide of barman Daniel Colrain after an assault.

Two major think tanks warn that typical disposable incomes are nearly £3,000 lower than before the crisis, with Labour now on course to preside over the worst parliament for living standards since modern records began in 1961.

Alan Cumming says Pitlochry Festival Theatre is committed to 'taking creative risks and raising the bar for what Scottish theatre can be'.

Stirling Council awards £120,000 contract to restore Bridge of Allan’s 128-year-old Paterson Memorial Clock, destroyed in a car crash in December 2024.

Welsh singing star Charlotte Church will be performing at the finale of Edinburgh's Hogmanay festival under plans to expand to the McEwan Hall for four days of events.

Machines With Vision has secured a valuable Network Rail contract after technology trials showed it could cut the time needed to locate suspected track defects

Canadian carrier WestJet has removed its Glasgow to Toronto route from sale months after it relaunched.

The multicultural celebration, which marks the traditional Hindu festival of lights, will include the display of the Diwali Idols in Princes Street Gardens.

A drug dealing former police officer was stopped three times in seven months with illegal narcotics in cars.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor: High Court hears Thames Valley Police’s criminal investigation continues despite unlawful raids at Sandringham and Royal Lodge.

Scotland’s winter NHS plan will target delayed discharge, hospital flow and care closer to home as ministers prepare for increased pressure on health and social care services.

A woman drove with a workman on top of her bonnet after a dispute over a parking space. Tracey Kelly, 56, ploughed into Frank Cochrane in Glasgow's Partick on November 14, 2025.

Best-selling author Sir Ian Rankin has suggested he would not have been able to go to university in Scotland under the current funding system.

Caledonian Trust told The Herald that it is in discussions with a 'preferred party' about purchasing the site, which has been used by Scot-ART since 2008.

Up to 50 serving officers with Police Scotland are currently suspended from their job over allegations of violence against women and girls

Coronation Street and Still Game actor Eric Potts admits making 83 indecent images of children and sharing five; he faces a prison sentence following guilty plea.

Six cases of alleged corporate fraud involving staff at Dundee City Council were reported to police last year, it has emerged.

One of Scotland’s most-visited light shows has opened its 25th anniversary show with organisers marking a quarter of a century since the popular sound and light event was first staged.

The row over pensions may not sound like the most exciting story, but it matters to everyone eventually. That is why politicians have a responsibility to give people accurate information.

Plans revealed for a new Hill House visitor centre in Helensburgh include a café, shop and interpretation facilities, with public drop-in session on October 15.

A Scottish hotel group has reported a decrease in turnover following the closure of two hotels

Coach operator Scottish Citylink has announced a new coach route between Glasgow Airport and Edinburgh city centre

Police are appealing for information after a man and a woman were struck by a van in Dumfries.

Rail passengers are being warned of line closures and changes to train services as a major upgrade to part of Scotland’s rail network gets under way this weekend.

Plans have been submitted for a second residential development on a prominent stretch of the River Clyde in Glasgow

Nine-year-old girl dies in A831 crash near Inverness as police appeal for witnesses and dashcam footage after collision between a VW Polo and Ford Ranger.

On Wednesday evening, the party announced that councillors Susan Rae, Jule Bandel, Claire Miller, and Kayleigh Kinross-O’Neill will not seek re-election.

The road was later reopened