Bishops agree to child safety audit of church
SCOTTISH bishops have agreed to an independent audit of measures brought in to try to prevent a recurrence of abuse within the Catholic...
Gang jailed for money laundering
FOUR Latvian men who formed a “highly sophisticated” transnational serious organised crime syndicate which specialised in money laundering and fraud have each been...
Councils should house asylum seekers, say academics
COUNCILS should be given the job of housing refugees and asylum seekers as they would do a better job of it than private...
Scottish Tory MSP urged to distance herself from fox hunting group
A SENIOR Scottish Tory MSP is facing calls to “firmly distance herself" from a fox hunting group at the centre of a police...
Scottish artist Charlotte Prodger claims 2018 Turner Prize
A Glasgow-based artist has won the Turner Prize, the leading contemporary arts award. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17276076.scottish-artist-charlotte-prodger-claims-2018-turner-prize/
Theresa May warns MPs ‘only certainty would be uncertainty’ if they reject her Brexit plan
AFTER suffering the humiliation of three consecutive Commons defeats on Brexit, a beleaguered Theresa May faced MPs, warning them that the “only certainty...
Nigel Farage quits Ukip over party’s new direction
Nigel Farage has announced he is quitting Ukip. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17275952.nigel-farage-quits-ukip-over-partys-new-direction/
Plans to protect vulnerable witnesses ‘are a threat to justice’
PLANS to introduce extra measures to protect vulnerable witnesses in criminal trials are unfair and a “threat” to justice, campaigners have warned. ....
Damning report says inadequate elderly care in Edinburgh has barely improved – and some aspects have got worse
Health and social services are continuing to let down elderly people and their relatives and carers in Edinburgh according to a new report....
Theresa May to publish full legal advice on Brexit deal after Commons defeat
THERESA May has bowed to Opposition parties’ demands to publish the “final and full" legal advice on her Brexit deal after suffering a...
