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All the world on stage: David Greig to adapt sci-fi classic Solaris for new Lyceum production

IT is the haunting sci-fi story which inspired a classic Russian movie, as well as Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16684263.all-the-world-on-stage-david-greig-to-adapt-sci-fi-classic-solaris-for-new-lyceum-production/

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Tories call for new laws to protect Scotland’s police dogs

NICOLA Sturgeon is being urged to give police dogs the “protection they deserve" by pushing forward with plans to make attacking them a...

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Review of miners’ strike policing calls for evidence

SCOTTISH communities scarred by heavy-handed policing in the miners’ strike are being urged to share their stories with an independent review set up...

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Report: Living wage could boost greater Glasgow economy

GLASGOW and the other councils of the Clyde Valley could get a £27m boost to their economy if just a quarter of their...

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BBC faces strict quotas to ensures it delivers on promises on Scottish content on new channel

BROADCAST regulator Ofcom is planning to impose strict quotas to ensure the BBC delivers on promises for the new TV channel for Scotland...

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Demand for tough new law on crimes against the elderly

CRIMINALS who prey on the elderly must face tougher sentences, campaigners will tell Scotland’s new minister for older people today as they demand...

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The casual joke in Kabul that almost cost STV journalist Mike Edwards his life

MIKE Edwards has had travel in his blood from a remarkably tender age. “My dad,” he says, “worked on the railway. We were...

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Asylum judges ‘ignored’ church evidence of two Glasgow-based Iranians’ Christianity conversion

A SENIOR Scottish judge has strongly criticised two immigration tribunals for failing to properly consider evidence from representatives of one of Scotland’s largest...

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TV Review: Vanity Fair is no dusty bonnets and carriages affair

Vanity Fair . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16683731.tv-review-vanity-fair-is-no-dusty-bonnets-and-carriages-affair/

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Concerns over possible chilling effect of Salmond’s fighting fund

ALEX Salmond’s crowdfunded legal action over sexual misconduct complaints could having a widepread chilling effect on women suffering abuse, campaigners have warned. ....