Opposition gear up to defeat SNP over controversial school tests
EFFORTS to force SNP ministers to ditch controversial tests for five-year-olds will shift up a gear today as opposition politicians unite behind a...
Marianne Taylor: Creative solutions needed to save Glasgow’s precious CCA
ON that awful Friday night in June when Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building burned for a second time, few could have foreseen...
New technology ‘should mean shorter working week and better wages’
New technology should pave the way for a shorter working week and higher pay, a union leader has claimed. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16762743.new-technology-should-mean-shorter-working-week-and-better-wages/
‘The best people to study religion can be those not of any set faith’
IT was set up to be a bastion of Presbyterian tradition and for more than 400 years it has been a male-only preserve....
Artist’s nature dictionary captures how Scots once described our landscape
No-one wants to hear the sound of a splorroch but a huam is another matter, at least if you had lived in Scotland...
New chapter as book town marks its 20th birthday
IT began with an improbable plan to attract a few extra visitors to an ailing market town beset by economic woes. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16777467.new-chapter-as-book-town-marks-its-20th-birthday/
Scotland could be a world leader by treating elder abuse as a hate crime, says Justice Minister
Scotland could be one of the first countries in the world to treat elder abuse as a hate crime, according to Justice Minister...
We are 200 days away from a cataclysmic breakdown in health and social care
In some ways it is a matter of encouragement that people are aware Brexit will have a particular impact on social care. ....
Why time could be right for TV’s queen of calm to take Dimbleby’s job
She listens to Shannon and the Clams’ vintage-inspired pop, David Byrne, Springsteen and Bowie. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16775589.why-time-could-be-right-for-tvs-queen-of-calm-to-take-dimblebys-job/
Experts say Scots are right to be worried as poll shows concern over Brexit and the future of elderly care
Scots are more concerned about Brexit than people elsewhere in the UK, according to a major new poll. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16761386.experts-say-scots-are-right-to-be-worried-as-poll-shows-concern-over-brexit-and-the-future-of-elderly-care/
