Quick quiz: Have you been paying attention to the news this week?
How fast can you answer these five topical questions?http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16129768.Quick_quiz__Have_you_been_paying_attention_to_the_news_this_week_/?ref=rss
Police motorcycle safety campaign gets into gear
Police chiefs have launched their annual motorcycle safety campaign as bikers begin to return to the road for the first time in several...
Analysis: Testing times for evaluation of school progress
CONCERNS over the effective monitoring of Scottish education have their roots in a complex mix of political posturing, union pressure and the ongoing...
Reverse Assange internet ban, Ecuador urged
THE Ecuadorian president is being urged to reverse a ban on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange using the internet or receiving visitors.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16129409.Reverse_Assange_internet_ban__Ecuador_urged/?ref=rss
Anti-Catholic bias in Scotland may be ‘default setting’ says spokesman
THE Catholic Church in Scotland has called for a review into the projects used to tackle sectarianism amid claims that “anti-Catholicism may be...
New openness law will make whistleblowing over patient harm ‘less necessary’, says medic
A NEW law requiring health boards and care homes to be open about incidents of harm will make whistleblowing “less necessary", one of...
Review over how Rangers is run after Dave King makes £10.8m shares offer over ‘forced takeover’
A WIDE-RANGING review of operations at Rangers FC has been launched after chairman Dave King was forced to bid £11 million for 70...
Scrutiny of literacy and numeracy at worst level in 60 years, warns academic
SCOTLAND has no reliable method of monitoring the performance of schools in literacy and numeracy for the first time in almost 60 years,...
Charities Enable and Sense Scotland in ‘merger’ to save £10m and avoid social care crisis
TWO of Scotland’s biggest charities are to pool their efforts in an effective merger which aims to save more than £10m and allow...
Bed blocking has cost Scotland’s NHS £360 million in three years
BED blocking has cost Scotland’s NHS more than £360 million over the last three years, sparking claims the health service is being mismanaged.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16129708.Bed_blocking_has_cost_Scotland__39_s_NHS___360_million_in_three_years/?ref=rss
