What are nerve agents and how do they work?
Chemical weapons are now suspected of playing a part in the collapse of a Russian double agent and his daughter.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16072896.What_are_nerve_agents_and_how_do_they_work_/
Poisoned Sergei Skripal kept ties to Russian intelligence, fellow exile claims
The former double agent maintained ties with intelligence officers at the embassy of the country he betrayed, it has been claimed.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16072897.Poisoned_Sergei_Skripal_kept_ties_to_Russian_intelligence__fellow_exile_claims/
Bill to end period poverty receives 96 per cent backing in consultation
Labour MSP Monica Lennon has proposed the legislation at Holyrood in a bid to tackle the problem.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16072898.Bill_to_end_period_poverty_receives_96_per_cent_backing_in_consultation/
EasyJet flight hit by lightning as it flew from Edinburgh to London
An easyJet flight was struck by lightning as it flew from Edinburgh to London Stansted.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16072899.EasyJet_flight_hit_by_lightning_as_it_flew_from_Edinburgh_to_London/
Russia’s tame state media accuses Fleet Street of ‘wild theories’
British journalists are “Russian to judgment” about the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16071799.Russia___s_tame_state_media_accuses_Fleet_Street_of____wild_theories___/
“Everyone has a sexuality – it is part of them as a whole person”
THE College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists would welcome this report from Scottish Care into a neglected and taboo area.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16071801._quot_Everyone_has_a_sexuality_____it_is_part_of_them_as_a_whole_person_quot_/
SNP income tax rise will rise almost nothing as rich will dodge it
RAISING the top rate of income tax in Scotland will generate virtually nothing because the rich will avoid paying it, the government’s independent...
Why it will take a change in ethics, not just rules, to end abuse of secret shell firms
Last year an MP fired a shot over the bows of Scotland’s legal establishment. The SNP’s Roger Mullin was campaigning for reform of...
Sex row minister expected to be housed in Holyrood’s worst office
DISGRACED Mark McDonald is likely to be housed in one of Holyrood’s worst offices when he returns next week after being shunned by...
Scottish Care report says elderly care home residents have a right to a sex life – even if they have dementia
Sex and sexuality are a “basic human right”, and residential care homes should support people to express this if they want to –...
