Moderate drinking linked to lower risk of Alzheimer’s and heart disease
PEOPLE who drink moderately in middle age are less like to develop dementia than those who abstain from alcohol completely, research has shown....
Edinburgh Festival Fringe eyes The Mound for a revamp in 2019
THE Fringe is to revamp one of the key stages of the city’s festival experience. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16590626.edinburgh-festival-fringe-eyes-the-mound-for-a-revamp-in-2019/
Rugby bosses will meet Old Firm police bill if Murrayfield becomes home of Scottish football
RUGBY chiefs have pledged to foot the bill for policing Old Firm matches should Murrayfield become the new home of Scottish football. ....
‘Don’t mention God’ in tourism drive, SNP ministers told
MINISTERS have been warned against using God, golf, children or Sean Connery to promote Scotland overseas. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16590213.dont-mention-god-in-tourism-drive-snp-ministers-told/
First women’s football game in Europe was played in Carstairs
A historic church document has revealed a tiny Scots village was the controversial venue for Europe’s first game of women’s football almost 400...
Parents’ anxiety over school tests blamed on ‘information vacuum’
THE controversial roll-out of primary school tests took place in an “information vacuum” for parents, a national body has said. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16589941.parents-anxiety-over-school-tests-blamed-on-information-vacuum/
‘My heart stopped beating for 27 minutes’: pensioner’s cardiac arrest at school nativity
WHEN Stephen Nardone turned up to watch a local nativity play he had no idea he would experience a Christmas miracle of his...
Jeremy Corbyn to meet asylum seekers facing eviction in Glasgow
JEREMY Corbyn will meet asylum seekers threatened with eviction in Glasgow today as he calls for those fleeing persecution to be housed by...
VIDEO: Trump dealt double blows as ex-lawyer alleges he directed Stormy Daniels payment
Michael Cohen admitted campaign financing offences as the president’s former election chief was also convicted of crimes. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16590656.video-donald-trump-dealt-double-blows-as-ex-lawyer-alleges-he-directed-stormy-daniels-payment/
Police slammed after prisoners brought to court in their underwear
PRISONERS were stripped of “human dignity" after being brought to court dressed only in their underwear or their pyjamas, a damning inspector report...
