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Gordon Brown: austerity will be here until doomsday under the SNP

AUSTERITY will be “here until doomsday” under the SNP and its proposals for independence, Gordon Brown has insisted. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16293699.Gordon_Brown__austerity_will_be_here_until_doomsday_under_the_SNP/

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Ex-Army sergeant jailed for attempted murder of Scottish wife with sabotaged parachute

The Scottish wife of a former Army sergeant has sat in court to see her “wicked” husband jailed for life with a minimum...

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IFS think tank confirms SNP Growth Commission means ‘austerity’

THE blueprint for independence laid out by the SNP’s Growth Commission implies a decade of austerity and public service cuts, the country’s leading...

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Creative Scotland “fell below standard” for quangos, MSPs say in damning report

THE actions of Scotland’s national arts funding body “fell well below the standard" required for a quango, a damning new verdict by MSPs...

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Chamber of Commerce and The Herald tie up again for this year’s Inspiring City Awards

By Martha Vaughan . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16292943.Chamber_of_Commerce_and_The_Herald_tie_up_again_for_this_year___s_Inspiring_City_Awards/

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Bus driver fights for life after six hurt in Edinburgh Airport tram crash

A driver is in a critical condition in hospital after his bus was involved in a crash with a tram on the outskirts of...

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Watch: How Storm Hector destroyed a Scottish Open marquee

IT’S not a day for golf with Storm Hector about. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16292037.Watch__How_Storm_Hector_destroyed_a_Scottish_Open_marquee/

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Primary teachers ‘losing 70 hours a week’ to new standardised testing

PRIMARY teachers are losing around two weeks-worth of classroom time trying to oversee new tests for five-year-olds, it has been claimed. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16291901.Primary_teachers__losing_70_hours_a_week__to_new_standardised_testing/

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Glasgow under fire for dropping congestion charge plan to tackle “pollution crisis”

GLASGOW has come under fire for dropping plans to look into congestion charging in the city to help tackle a “pollution crisis". ....

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May facing Commons bust-up after her ‘compromise’ Brexit amendment is rejected

THERESA May is facing her biggest parliamentary bust-up yet on the Brexit Bill after a promised compromise designed to keep critics in her...