Scots jobs hammerblow concerns as French tyre firm feared to be shutting its Dundee plant
HUNDREDS of jobs are feared lost at a Scots Michelin plant amid concerns that the French tyre manufacturer plans to close it by...
Like father, like son: Heroes were badly wounded in world wars
A BLIND veteran who lost his hand to a sniper in a post-D-Day assault has discovered he lives in the same nursing home...
School music crisis as hundreds of tutors axed in the past decade
THE number of music instructors working in Scottish schools has plummeted to an all time low. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17203149.school-music-crisis-as-hundreds-of-tutors-axed-in-the-past-decade/
Councils need half a billion pounds just to avoid further cuts, ministers warned
COUNCILS need an extra half a billion pounds just to avoid further cuts to already stretched services, Scottish ministers have been told. ....
Parents campaign to end discrimination over nursery funding
A Scottish campaign aims to end a “crude and obstructive" postcode lottery of funding for parents who want to defer their child’s entry...
Why we delayed the start of school for our son
Sandra McGinley decided to give her son Joseph an extra year at nursery after concerns he was not ready for formal school. ....
Analysis: Child’s needs must come first – not funding
Professor John McKendrick, from Glasgow Caledonian University’s Glasgow School for Business and Society . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17201523.analysis-childs-needs-must-come-first-not-funding/
Two of Scotland’s biggest firms join forces to try and get motorists to go electric
TWO of Scotland’s biggest companies are are joining forces in a unique ‘go green’ move to create the electric car-buying equivalent of the...
Arthritis – Scotland’s hidden misery where half of sufferers feel isolated and even worry about intimacy
ARTHRITIS has become Scotland’s hidden misunderstood heartache creating an “epidemic of isolation" with nearly half of sufferers saying they avoid going out on...
‘I just wanted a hug from my dad’: Ali Douglas, broadcaster turned mental-health advocate
THERE’S a startling moment in the opening page of Ali Douglas’s book in which she writes about wading into the Spanish sea, a...
