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Brian Beacom: The Great Escape isn’t a film, it’s a lesson in survival

CHRISTMAS time is traditionally a time of year when we look for guidance, when we stare up to the stars in search of...

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May warns Tories that replacing her as leader could ‘stop Brexit’

THERESA May warned the Conservative Party that replacing her as leader could delay or even stop Brexit as she received huge cheers in...

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Westminster diary of May’s day of drama

Westminster diary . . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17294278.westminster-diary-of-mays-day-of-drama/

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Eurosceptic Tory MPs keep up calls for Theresa May to quit

The Eurosceptic Tory MPs behind the confidence vote over Theresa May’s leadership last night refused to drop their demand for her to quit, in...

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The musician who broke code of Rosslyn Chapel’s roof dies at 85

The intricate chiselled symbols and curious carvings had left scholars perplexed for 500 years, while Rosslyn Chapel’s tangled mysteries even inspired a bestselling book...

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Scots comic aims to boost understanding of menstruation among men

It was a television advert for sanitary towels featuring blue ink instead of red that inspired musician Kev Sherry to create a new Scottish...

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Lower drink drive limit ‘did not cut crashes’ – or reduce alcohol intake

CUTTING the drink drive limit in Scotland did not reduce road traffic crashes and had virtually no impact on the nation’s alcohol consumption,...

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Analysis: why has Scotland’s lower drink-drive limit failure to cut crashes?

IT is four years since Scotland lowered the legal drink drive limit from 80mg to 50mg of alcohol per 1000 ml of blood,...

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French police name Strasbourg killer and the first of his victims

The man who opened fire near a Christmas market in the historic French town of Strasbourg, killing two people and leaving another person...

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Children admitted to adult mental health wards 98 times last year

Young people with mental health problems were admitted more than 100 times last year to wards which were not designed to treat them,...