18 killed by bombing at Crimea college
An explosive device has killed at least 18 people and injured 40 others at a vocational college in Crimea in what Russian officials...
May’s blood red line on Brexit: protecting ‘precious Union of the United Kingdom’
THERESA May has vowed to protect the “precious Union of the United Kingdom" as she battles to keep her faltering hopes of a...
Groundbreaking tourist tax consultation begins
A TRAILBLAZING exercise aimed at creating a new Scottish tourist tax has got underway. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16988881.groundbreaking-tourist-tax-consultation-begins/?ref=rss
Scottish silk begins probe into policing of miners’ strike
IT MAY be more than 30 years since the end of the miners’ strike, but in communities across Scotland the effects of the...
Sturgeon’s tax advisers against hike for top Scots rate
NICOLA Sturgeon is highly unlikely to raise the top rate of income tax again in this parliament, advice from her economic advisers has...
Council strikes loom as pay deal rejected
THE prospect of strikes affecting Scotland’s council services has moved closer, after a key union voted to reject a £350m pay deal and...
Iain Macwhirter: Politicians need to stop trying to turn us all into victims
‘DEAR Misandrists. If you spread hatred against men, you should be worried. If we hear you, you’ll be reported. Yours, Police Scotland”. Could...
Rosemary Goring: A smacking ban would truly make us a civilised nation
IT’S Christmas, and your wife is helping you cook the family dinner. She has a weakness for cranberry sauce, and sticks her finger...
Scientists plot new flying drones based on dandelion seeds
FOR many they are one of the earliest memories of childhood and are associated with spreading seeds to far-off places. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16987245.scientists-plot-new-flying-machines-based-on-dandelion-seeds/?ref=rss
May told by Brussels to come up with ‘concrete proposals’ to break Brexit impasse
THERESA May will today be called on by the EU27 to come up with new “concrete proposals” to break through the talks’ impasse...
