Watch: The social media campaign that threw motor neurone disease into the spotlight
The Ice Bucket Challenge raised millions for MND research.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16085532.Watch__The_social_media_campaign_that_threw_motor_neurone_disease_into_the_spotlight/
Dozens of firefighters battle Glasgow tenement fire
Around 30 firefighters are tackling a fire in a tenement building in Glasgow.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16085523.Dozens_of_firefighters_battle_Glasgow_tenement_fire/
An intellectual vacuum left in his wake: World mourns Stephen Hawking
The celebrated physicist died aged 76 on Wednesday.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16085428.An_intellectual_vacuum_left_in_his_wake__World_mourns_Stephen_Hawking/
One pervading mystery for Stephen Hawking: women
Once asked what he thinks most about during the day, the physicist said: ‘Women. They are a complete mystery’.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16085307.One_pervading_mystery_for_Stephen_Hawking__women/
Prosecutors demand death sentence for Florida school shooting suspect
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, the suspect in the fatal shooting of 17 people at a Florida school.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16085228.Prosecutors_demand_death_sentence_for_Florida_school_shooting_suspect/
Trump arrives in California amid protests over border wall
President Donald Trump has inspected the prototypes for the “big beautiful border wall” he wants to build to separate the US from Mexico.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16085227.Trump_arrives_in_California_amid_protests_over_border_wall/
Career average move works against councils in equal pay disputes
WHEN they agreed back in 2013 that benefits from the Local Government Pension Scheme should be calculated on a career-average basis, councils across...
Analysis: Renewed focus on exams raises likelihood of ‘teaching to the test’
THE latest broadside to be aimed at Scotland’s reformed Curriculum for Excellence is that it has increased the stresses faced by pupils.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16084348.Analysis__Renewed_focus_on_exams_raises_likelihood_of____teaching_to_the_test___/
Scots fire chiefs blast “unacceptable” 3000 deliberately started fires in two months
FIREFIGHTERS had to deal with nearly 3,000 fires started deliberately last year with the majority causing major damage in fields, refuse and countryside.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16084373.Scots_fire_chiefs_blast__unacceptable__3000_deliberately_started_fires_in_two_months/
Ken Smith’s Diary: A sweater; Final thought; Monster bet
Wednesday musings from The Diaryhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16084559.Ken_Smith_s_Diary__A_sweater__Final_thought__Monster_bet/
