May confirms high-skilled migrant workers to be given priority post Brexit
HIGH-skilled migrant workers will be given priority over those who head to the UK for low-paid jobs under new immigration rules after Brexit,...
Leonard to face Labour MSPs over Dugdale legal row
RICHARD Leonard will today try to face down the biggest crisis of his leadership, as he confronts Labour MSPs furious at his handling...
Girl with back-to-front heard climbs Ben Nevis to help others
The first surgery on her heart took place when she was just two days old, and she has gone under the knife more...
Neil Mackay: We must not risk a Brexit which could unleash Northern Ireland bloodbath
I HAD forgotten how many murders I covered as a young reporter in Northern Ireland in the 1990s until I was spring-cleaning my...
Fines up five-fold at Scots tax collector
SCOTLAND’S devolved tax collector saw a five-fold increase in fines last year. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16953552.fines-up-five-fold-at-scots-tax-collector/
Scotland’s ‘lost world’ celebrates a decade of conservation success
IT covers 10,000 acres and has so many rare species living within it that environmentalists have described it as a “lost world”. ....
Scotland has failed to tackle unacceptable levels of child poverty, report claims
SCOTTISH ministers have failed to take “decisive steps” to eradicate child poverty, a new report has claimed – with almost one in four...
Margaret Taylor: Forget strikes, equal-pay women should get marching
WHEN the Labour Party was ousted from government at the 2010 general election, departing Treasury secretary Liam Byrne left a note for his...
Scottish Tories to lead charge against any Boris bid to oust May
SCOTTISH Conservatives are to lead the charge against Boris Johnson’s push for the Tory leadership, warning that if he succeeded, it would be...
Hammond forecasts post Brexit ‘dividend’ once deal with Brussels is sealed
PHILIP Hammond has predicted there will be a post Brexit “dividend” as he insisted the party’s political challenge was to ensure “21st century...
