Scotland Herald
Mon, 27 Oct 2025 07:39:24 +0000Thousands of jobs at risk as major North Sea oil player collapses into administration
More than 2,000 North Sea oil jobs are at risk after Petrofac filed for administration
Mon, 27 Oct 2025 07:22:06 +0000CalMac ferry makes final journey as ship heads to Denmark to be scrapped
A former CalMac ferry will be taken to Denmark to be broken up after being stripped for crucial spare parts
Mon, 27 Oct 2025 07:07:10 +0000Police issue warning over Bonfire Night in one Glasgow area
Police have warned anyone breaching a new Firework Control Zone in a Glasgow area will face arrest under special powers
Mon, 27 Oct 2025 07:05:00 +0000Why has Scotland been struck by a £1.7bn public pensions bombshell?
Scotland is engulfed in a £1.7 billion pensions fiasco that has left tens of thousands of retired public servants waiting years for the full value of their savings.
Mon, 27 Oct 2025 06:46:33 +0000Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman 'bought £10m home' before £145m court judgment
Baroness Michelle Mone and her husband reportedly bought a new £10million home weeks before a company connected to the pair was ordered to repay £122m to the government
Mon, 27 Oct 2025 06:30:00 +0000How education's 'best keep secret' has helped one man to change his life
HNC and HND programmes seem to be in decline, but they can be transformative for those who need a different route or a second chance.
Mon, 27 Oct 2025 06:30:00 +0000Patients at flagship hospital 'at serious risk of assault' amid hundreds of incidents
Patients and staff at a flagship hospital in Glasgow are at 'serious risk' of assault, it has been claimed as figure reveal hundreds of police callouts.
Mon, 27 Oct 2025 06:30:00 +0000'Inefficient' ADHD assessments queried as waitlist increases by 500 per cent
Wait times have also increased; with people in Glasgow City now waiting an average of 1,246 days to be seen; up from 238 days in 2021.
Mon, 27 Oct 2025 06:30:00 +0000Watchdog probe as Scots threaten 'heads must roll' legal action over pensions scandal
Britain's retirement rights enforcers are examining a miriad of complaints about a Scottish Government agency's failure to remedy a £1.7 billion public pensions scandal - which some believe is breaching the law.
Mon, 27 Oct 2025 06:27:00 +0000Revealed: Scots £1.7bn public pensions bill scandal locks out thousands
Scotland is facing a £1.7bn bill in a public pensions age discrimination scandal that has locked out thousands of retired people from their full nest eggs for years, it can be revealed.
Mon, 27 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000'It’s a great habitat': Beavers return to wild Highland glen after 400 year-absence
Seven beavers have been released in a wild Highland glen in a "major step forward" for the drive to restore the animals to Scotland’s landscape.
Mon, 27 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000Minister's last minute plea to MSPs ahead of 'watershed' land reform debate
Scotland’s Land Reform Bill returns to Holyrood this week, with hundreds of amendments and growing pressure from all sides. Ministers say it’s historic. Campaigners want more. Landowners warn of a bureaucratic nightmare.
Mon, 27 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000Revealed: Swinney demanded briefing from NHS Fife over Sandie Peggie press statement
Emails released through FOI show First Minister John Swinney asked civil servants for a briefing after NHS Fife’s controversial statement during the Sandie Peggie tribunal.
Mon, 27 Oct 2025 04:32:00 +0000Scottish entrepreneur acquires landmark waterfront marina
A Scottish tycoon has acquired a popular marina
Mon, 27 Oct 2025 04:31:00 +0000Meet the Glasgow pizza enthusiast on mission to simplify healthcare
Addy Mohammed and Karim Nassar have ambitions for Simple Online Healthcare to be supporting more than on million patients around by 2023
Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:01:00 +0000Scottish university launches world’s first online course in carbon dioxide removal
Heriot-Watt has launched the world’s first online course dedicated to tackling the excess of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the Earth’s atmosphere.
Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:01:00 +0000Waiting lists and missed appointments: nine in ten Scots say NHS needs reform
The figures were released as Enlighten hosts crunch talks in Edinburgh on Monday alongside Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS).
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 20:05:48 +0000'He touched so many lives': Life of Glasgow DJ to be celebrated on Thursday
Friends and loved ones of Keith McIvor, aka JD Twitch, will come together to remember the Optimo disc jockey at St Luke’s in Calton.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 19:58:00 +0000Europe’s cocaine empire shattered as Italian gangsters hit with huge sentences
Over 1,000 years of jail time handed to Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta mafia in a sweeping Europe-wide crackdown targeting the network behind the cocaine trade.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 19:28:21 +0000One step closer to building Nelson Mandela statue in the Scottish city he loved
A statue of Nelson Mandela is one step closer to being built in Glasgow — and the public have been asked to help select a design.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000Grangemouth’s collapse shows how Scotland’s just transition fell apart
Grangemouth was meant to be Scotland’s test of a just transition where no worker is left behind. Its closure shows how far that promise has fallen.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 17:09:01 +0000Revealed: How many officers quit Police Scotland over the last two years
225 officers have left for other jobs and 117 have retired on medical grounds, while 286 officers cited ‘personal reasons’ for their departure.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:39:32 +0000Serious assault in Scottish town sparks police probe into attackers
The 56-year-old, who suffered injuries to his face, was attacked by a group of three men on Arran Place around 3.30 PM.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:07:29 +0000Man taken to hospital after serious crash with Ferrari supercar
The road crash took place around 8.50 PM on Saturday on Stenhouse Drive in Edinburgh, just west of the Stenhouse Grove junction.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000Landmark Scottish shopping centre to be sold at £220 million
A landmark Scottish shopping centre is being offered for sale in off-market negotiations
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 15:52:14 +0000This Southside care home could be torn down in bid to build 63 new flats
The triangular site is bounded by Titwood and Mindard Roads, between the Shawlands and Strathbungo districts of the city.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 15:31:00 +0000This is a superb vehicle for the soloist and the SCO strings
Music Review: SCO/Ibragimova, City Halls, Glasgow
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 15:43:09 +0000Empty £220k supercar abandoned in bog sparks mystery among islanders on Skye
An empty supercar discovered off a road on Skye has sparked a mystery among islanders.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 14:56:07 +0000The future of this vital Scottish mental health charity lies in the balance
A vital mental health charity may close as many as 16 of its Scottish branches amid a ‘future-proofing’ bid, a whistleblower has said.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 12:25:32 +0000First base rounded in effort to build Edinburgh's first ever dedicated baseball field
A baseball club in Edinburgh has announce a major milestone in its ambitious effort to build the first dedicated baseball field in the capital's history.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 14:25:03 +0000Warning ahead of nine days of disruption on rail route between Edinburgh and Fife
Rail passengers are being encouraged to plan ahead for journeys between Edinburgh and Fife over nine days in January, while essential engineering work to electrify the line takes place.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 14:11:41 +0000Search for jewel-theft gang behind slew of break-ins in West Lothian
Police believe a group of three men are behind the house break-ins, in which valuable jewelry was taken.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 13:38:25 +0000Scottish fugitive described as ‘one of UK's most wanted men’ arrested in Portugal
An Inverclyde man described as ‘one of the most wanted men in the UK’ reportedly faces extradition to Scotland after he was apprehended by police in a Portuguese coastal town.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 13:33:46 +0000First look inside Dunfermline's new £155 million Fife College campus
Dunfermline’s new £155m Fife College Campus will welcome its first students on Thursday.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 13:28:56 +0000Sacked jazz musician says he will never perform in Scotland again
A listing for the jazz artist’s live album ‘Eternal Light’ states: “[This] is more than a concert; it is a farewell to Scotland.”
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 13:10:47 +0000Costs of public inquiries forcing ‘tough’ decisions on tackling crime – police
Police Scotland say the “considerable” costs of public inquiries are forcing “tough” budget choices and hitting local policing.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 12:40:48 +0000Scottish High Court delays could reach two and a half years, SCTS warns
Average High Court waits could rise from 10 months to over two years by 2030, as SCTS warns system risks being overwhelmed by serious crime cases.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 12:13:05 +0000'Chronic underfunding' leaving Scotland's colleges on brink of insolvency
Colleges Scotland boss warns institutions could become insolvent within months unless ministers reverse real-terms funding cuts.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 11:48:36 +0000Teen arrested after two men seriously injured in Aberdeen 'street disturbance'
Police are appealing for information after two men were seriously injured in a 'disturbance' in Aberdeen.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 10:40:14 +0000TV auctioneer heading to Scotland to search for country’s undiscovered attic finds
TV auctioneer Charles Hanson is heading to Scotland next month in search of country’s undiscovered attic finds.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 10:39:32 +0000Kaye Adams says her ‘name dragged through the mud’ after BBC bullying probe report
Loose Women’s Kaye Adams says she is “distressed” after being suspended from BBC Radio Scotland amid a bullying investigation.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 09:59:30 +0000Suspects arrested over Louvre heist
A number of people have been arrested over the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre museum in Paris, the city’s prosecutor has said.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 09:45:17 +0000Murder and rape among 10,000 arrest warrants currently outstanding in Scotland
Serious offences including suspected murder and rape are among the more than 10,000 arrest warrants in Scotland currently outstanding, figures show.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 09:22:05 +0000'An unfortunate landmark': Number of people in Scotland’s prisons hits record high
The number of people in Scotland’s prisons has hit a record high, the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has said.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 08:00:00 +0000Could AI rescue Edinburgh’s struggling public services after years of budget cuts?
As Edinburgh faces deep budget pressures, the council turns to AI - hoping to transform public services and rebuild efficiency after years of cuts.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000He wasn't born a Scot and didn't sound Scottish but Compton Mackenzie was a Scotsman
THIS week’s Icon is another passionate Scot born in England. These things can’t be helped.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 06:30:00 +0000How Catherine Connolly won the Irish Presidential election and what it could mean
In recent years the rise of the right across the world - or the western world at least - has felt somewhat inevitable
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000Explained: Why are Scotland's teachers to be balloted on new strike action?
The country faces a wave of industrial action from teachers unhappy that a critical SNP manifesto commitment is not being delivered.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000The ScotWind scandal: How Scotland lost out on its own energy wealth — again
The Herald investigates how Scotland’s ScotWind leasing deal echoes past mistakes — selling off the nation’s energy wealth to overseas interests once again.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000'Stress, upset, anger': Inside the 'complete meltdown' in Scotland's heritage body
Historic Environment Scotland has been described as 'in complete meltdown'. The Herald finds out what is going on behind the scenes in the heritage body