Andrew McKie: We should not be fixated on making the offensive an offence
IT’S refreshing to hear the United Kingdom’s most senior police officer, Sara Thornton, suggest that there are some things that the police shouldn’t...
Catriona Stewart: Is swapping “woman” for “menstruator” really progress?
IT’S Movember and moustache growers across the country will be sprouting a cornucopia of facial hair arrangements aiming to raise money for the...
Artist offers new portrait of the Army
THE artist describes them as portraits of extraordinary, but ordinary, people. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17195457.artist-offers-new-portrait-of-the-army/
Holyrood consultation opens on smacking ban
PARENTS are being asked their views on a smacking ban, as the Scottish Parliament launches a consultation on making it illegal to hit...
Danish tycoon Anders Holch Povlsen splashes out on Highland estate
He is already Scotland’s biggest landowner, holding the title deeds to more than 222,000 acres of vaste swathes of the country’s forest, fields...
Snub for middle class tax breaks ‘will make school leadership crisis worse’ headteachers warn
HEADTEACHERS have warned the Scottish Government a looming tax gap will further cripple the education system by making it harder to recruit school...
Rangers fight £200k court claim ‘over services provided’ by convicted criminal
RANGERS are fighting a legal claim for well over £200,000 for services claimed to have been provided by convicted criminal Rafat Rizvi. ....
Bridge defects delay £745m Aberdeen bypass yet again
THE opening of the £745m Aberdeen bypass has been indefinitely delayed because of problems with a bridge over the River Don, the Transport...
Police union warns of football hooligan ‘resurgence’
SCOTLAND’s police union has warned of a creeping return of football hooliganism after what law enforcement sources call a “toxic” series of matches....
Ultras and pyros: Police Scotland on the new threats football faces
THE atmosphere, say police sources, was “toxic”. Edinburgh’s two big football teams clashed on Wednesday night. So too did some of their fans....
