Business grandees warn of Brexit threat to jobs as they back second referendum
More than 70 prominent current and former business executives have thrown their weight behind the campaign for a People’s Vote, arguing that Brexit...
SNP appoints first woman as party chair
Kirsten Oswald succeeds Derek Mackay, who has been in the role for the last seven years. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17199975.snp-appoints-first-woman-as-party-chair/
Angler gets stuck up cliff after fleeing angry seals
Emergency services used ropes to rescue the man near Eyemouth. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17199974.angler-gets-stuck-up-cliff-after-fleeing-angry-seals/
Songs and poetry at ‘healing service’ outside synagogue
A gunman entered the Tree of Life just as Shabbat services were beginning and killed 11 people. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17199976.songs-and-poetry-at-healing-service-outside-synagogue/
Boyzone to battle for glitterball glory in Strictly Come Dancing charity show
The Irish singers will be hoping to wow fans as part of BBC’s Children In Need appeal. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17199979.boyzone-to-battle-for-glitterball-glory-in-strictly-come-dancing-charity-show/
Swinney in teacher pay row over claims of 31% increase to probationer salaries
A fresh war of words has broken out between the Scottish Government and the main teaching trade union amid claims that probationer teachers...
Andy Maciver: the Tories are right on directly-elected lord provosts
Adam Tomkins is not a typical politician. At least not yet. I hope he doesn’t become one. Too few of our politicians have...
Revealed: ailing health board planning to shrink workforce by 10%
ONE of Scotland’s most financially chaotic health boards is considering “unbelievable" plans to “reduce” its workforce by 1300 in a bid to balance...
Fighting climate change? It’s mostly about the ten per cent.
LAST week, MSPs were delivered a hard-hitting report by a climate change expert. It said what we are doing now, and what is...
Paul Hutcheon: the “tax gap” row is about politics, not economics
TORY Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Budget last week has thrown into sharp focus the diverging policy choices made by the UK and Scottish Governments...
