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Minimum pricing: shopkeepers to scrap strong ciders ‘since no-one will buy them’

Shopkeepers have said Scotland’s new minimum pricing law could result in the cheapest strong white ciders being removed from shelves since “no-one will...

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Mother-to-be sacked because she was pregnant

A shop worker has been awarded more than £12,000 by an employment tribunal after being sacked because she was pregnant. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16195471.Mother_to_be_sacked_because_she_was_pregnant/?ref=rss

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Video: which ministers have left the Cabinet during Theresa May’s tenure?

Amber Rudd is the latest in a string of Conservative MPs to leave Theresa May’s Cabinet since the snap General Election last year....

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More than £1m in funding for artists and companies in latest Creative Scotland spending round

MORE than £1m in arts funding, including cash for writers, artists, musicians and festivals, has been announced by the nation’s main cultural funding...

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New measures considered to help jurors follows trials

FLOWCHARTS, simpler language and advance notice of the legal issues involved could soon be used to help jurors in Scottish criminal trials. ....

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Fresh light cast on the brave Scots who survived the bloody Battle of Dunbar

THEY survived defeat at the hands of Cromwell’s New Model Army and a forced march south to a brutal confinement which cost the...

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Demand to lift jail threat hanging over rape survivors

MSPs will today urge Scotland’s prosecution service to change a controversial policy which could see rape victims jailed for refusing to testify about...

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Ken Smith’s Diary: Blanket excuse; Ruddy hell; Amber gambler

Blanket excuse . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16195466.Ken_Smith__39_s_Diary__Blanket_excuse__Ruddy_hell__Amber_gambler/?ref=rss

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Camley’s Cartoon: Home Office calls for Sajid Javid

Framed prints of Steven Camley’s cartoons are available by calling 0141 302 6210. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16195468.Camley_s_Cartoon__Home_Office_calls_for_Sajid_Javid/?ref=rss

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Church treasurer jailed for 18 months after embezzling £70,000

A church treasurer who embezzled more than £70,000 from her local church has been jailed for 18 months. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16195472.Church_treasurer_jailed_for_18_months_after_embezzling___70_000/?ref=rss