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Tory MSP faces ethics probe over lobbying row
SCOTLAND’S ethics watchdog has been asked to investigate a Conservative MSP who resigned from his party’s front bench in a £50,000 lobbying row....
Scots caught up in terror attack to return to city
Two Scots caught up in the terror attack in Manchester arena are to return to the city one year on. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16233817.Scots_caught_up_in_terror_attack_to_return_to_city/
Heritage body hits out at housing plan for Culloden
Scotland’s leading heritage group has expressed strong opposition to what it describes as a “flawed” planning system, following the controversial approval of a...
Time to recognise the courage and sacrifice of those in the Middle East trying to make their lives better
He cut a lonely figure in the otherwise near deserted cemetery. Around him stood some 1,300 headstones, markers to those who had fallen...
Artists aren’t even arrested anymore: Fringe boss laments lack of festival controversy
THE FRINGE has long been the home of the avant garde, the cutting edge and the shocking. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16234249.Artists_aren__39_t_even_arrested_anymore__Fringe_boss_laments_lack_of_festival_controversy/
Ken Smith’s diary: Made a Bond; Coining it in; A dog’s life
In his engaging diary entry titled “Made a Bond”, Ken Smith offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of whisky bonds—a practice deeply...
Dundee Waterfront chief: £1bn project has entered ‘real phase’
DUNDEE’S £1 billion Waterfront regeneration has moved into its “real phase”, one of its prime movers has claimed, with efforts now being stepped...
Bad behaviour soars as pupils no longer fear punishment
BAD befhaviour in Scottish schools has hit unprecedented levels amid claims pupils no longer believe they will be punished for disobedience, a teachers’...
Major new Alzheimer’s study finds three new genes linked to disease
A STUDY analysing the DNA of more than 300,000 individuals has uncovered three new genes associated with Alzheimer’s disease. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16233085.Major_new_Alzheimer_s_study_finds_three_new_genes_linked_to_disease/
Kenny MacAskill: SNP has failed to make this ‘crisis’ resonate on the streets
CRISIS? What crisis? These words were attributed to Jim Callaghan during the Winter of Discontent and were seen as showing complacency about the...
