Archive

Celtic were last night frustrated in their attempts to bring in another striker before the closure of the transfer window.As expected, the Parkhead side were successful in finalising a £5.5m deal for the Croatian under-21 internationalist Jozo Simunovic

ANDY Burnham is to launch a blistering attack on Nationalism, branding it a “dead-end towards division, separation and conflict”, and pledge to defend the United Kingdom at all costs.The Labour leadership candidate will also claim in a speech to the Royal

LAURA ROBSON'S comeback to the Tour remains a work in progress after she suffered a morale-sapping defeat in the first round here yesterday.The 21-year-old, in the early stages of her return after 18 months out with a wrist injury, put herself in a winning

CHARLIE CHRISTIE’S greatest moment at Celtic Park came in an Inverness Caledonian Thistle shirt. His son Ryan hopes it won’t be the same for him. Christie Sr was voted man of the match when the Highland team famously went ballistic back in 2000, knocking

VIRGIL van Dijk claims Celtic "did everything" to keep him at the club only for the lure of English football to prove too much.After months of speculation, the 24-year-old Dutch defender has joined Barclays Premier League side Southampton on

PARTICK THISTLEIT was a case of one in and one out at Firhill as Alan Archibald, the Thistle manager, enjoyed a busy transfer deadline day.Things kicked off yesterday morning as Robbie Muirhead was unveiled after completing a loan move until January from

NOW the real work begins. Both for Seb Coe and for UK Athletics. Coe's first priority as president of the International Association of Athletics Federations is to underpin the crumbling credibility of anti-doping, while the challenge for UKA, after an

THERE is a symbolism about Greig Laidlaw captaining Scotland at a Rugby World Cup. It is the thick end of three decades since his uncle Roy played scrum half in the inaugural one out in Australia and New Zealand, while four years ago he was distraught

THE Glasgow Rocks head coach Sterling Davis declared it was “just like Christmas” after taking the wraps off his new-look side yesterday as they began pre-season training at the Emirates Arena.The American has confirmed that Scotland caps Danny Huffor

SOMETIMES the announcement of a squad for a major tournament can be almost as dramatic as the matches themselves. There is a knack to keeping schtum as the minutes tick down to tournament deadline, then springing an almighty rabbit from the hat and leaving

GORDON Greer is optimistic his bright start to the new season with Brighton will help convince Scotland manager Gordon Strachan to hand him a start at centre half against Georgia on Friday night. Russell Martin of Norwich City is certain to be given the

SCOTLAND managed to let their chances of European Championship qualification slip through their fingers during 2007 but at least they were successful in securing an important player for the national team’s future. Not long before they departed for our

Tom Boyd says that Celtic fans will have to accept that they are now a stepping stone to the English Premier League. Just as Celtic hoover up the best talent from smaller Scottish clubs, Parkhead legend Boyd believes the sale of Virgil van Dijk

Former Celtic striker Chris Sutton has expressed his delight at being given the chance to run out in front of the Celtic support again. The Englishman will take part in the Jock Stein 30th Anniversary Charity Match, taking place at Dunfermline’

David Marshall has watched on proudly from the Scotland goal as close friend Shaun Maloney has emerged as a key figure for his country, as the seemingly endless quest to achieve qualification for a major tournament brings our national side back to

Andrew Trimble has been omitted from Ireland's World Cup squad, with Joe Schmidt gambling on selecting just two scrum-halves.The head coach has taken the calculated risk of only picking Conor Murray and Eoin Reddan at scrum-half, to make room for an extra

Tim Swinson admitted he had given up on his World Cup dream after being forced to undergo ankle surgery. But the Glasgow lock is now preparing to fight for a place in the team which kicks-off the tournament against Japan in Gloucester on September

Andy Burnham will pledge to fight nationalist politics which is leaving the world "fragmented, divided and less secure" in a thinly veiled attack on his Labour leadership rival Jeremy Corbyn. Mr Burnham will criticise those who question the membership

FOR a humble, softly spoken individual, John Hardie generates a lot of controversy. It started when he arrived from New Zealand in July, having left the Highlanders to throw in his lot with Scotland. It continued when he was named in the team to play

VERN Cotter has defended his decision to select John Hardie as his only openside flanker in his Scotland squad of 31 for the Rugby World Cup, despite the 27-year-old having played less than an hour of rugby since moving from New Zealand in July. Blair

Joy Beverley's family has paid tribute to "the most wonderful woman" after the singer died at the age of 91. Her daughter Vicky said: "She was the most wonderful woman and inspiration, a wonderful mother and an unbelievable icon. "We're going

Morton hope to end their barren run in front of goal after signing Swansea City striker Alex Samuel on a loan deal until January 9.Jim Duffy’s side have found goals hard to come by this season, failing to find the net in three out of their four Scottish

Louis van Gaal took his total expenditure as Manchester United manager to over a quarter of a billion pounds following the signing of Anthony Martial from Monaco.United failed in their last-minute bid to offload goalkeeper David de Gea to Real Madrid

Lord Janner, who is accused of 22 sex abuse charges, will have his trial of the facts heard in the new year. The 87-year-old is accused of 15 counts of indecent assault and seven counts of a separate sexual offence against a total of nine alleged

Gleneagles, the host venue of last year’s Ryder Cup, will go head-to-head with the Bro Hoff Slott club in Sweden for the right to host the 2019 Solheim Cup.From the 10 initial expressions of interest that were submitted from a variety of nations around

Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn has spelt out his plan for publicly funded arts, saying the economy depends on a "flourishing" creative sector. Backed by celebrities including actress Julie Hesmondhalgh, he told an audience in north-east

THE way tennis deals with injured players has been one of the major talking points here at this year’s US Open and could yet prompt a change in the rules to prevent those with existing problems from risking further injury and denying others a place in

Google has unveiled its new logo in its biggest redesign since 1999. The search engine company said it tweaked its multi-coloured logo to make it easier for users to use it on apps and mobile devices. In a blogpost explaining the redesign,

The X Factor judges have been given their categories - and it looks like Simon Cowell is slightly disappointed with his chosen group. The TV mogul has been allocated the over-25s in a public vote, while Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, who had the girls

New phones and smartwatches from the likes of Sony and Samsung will be introduced at the IFA technology show when it opens in Berlin this week. The technology convention opens to the public at the weekend, but before then some of the biggest brand

And Then There Were None has been voted the world's favourite Agatha Christie novel. In a global poll carried out to mark what would have been Christie's 125th birthday on September 15, the classic murder mystery came top. The 1939 novel, widely

Experienced museum staff have been asked to donate a portion of their salary to new lower-paid workers in an in-house effort to resolve a long-running dispute over weekend payments, MSPs have heard. National Museums Scotland (NMS) staff have complained

NICOLA Sturgeon has ordered a comprehensive review of Police Scotland following a series of controversies that have engulfed the national force. The First Minister made the announcement as she unveiled her final programme for government before

A LORRY driver has been banned from professional driving for 20 years after an inquiry heard a "chilling" account of his dangerous manoeuvres on one of the deadliest roads in Scotland.Hugh Richardson, 54, of Newhall Street in Dalmarnock, Glasgow

Australian cyclist Michael Rogers was officially awarded an Olympic bronze medal on Monday – 11 years after the ride in which he earned it.The 35-year-old finished fourth in the men's individual time trial in Athens in 2004 but after winner Tyler Hamilton

DAVID Cameron is snobbish, Nick Clegg arrogant and William Hague sneaky.These are the views of Sidney Blumenthal, an unofficial adviser to US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.They are contained in the latest tranche of Mrs Clinton's emails to be released

ALL Scottish pupils will sit new standardised national tests in literacy and numeracy by 2017, the First Minister has announced.Nicola Sturgeon said primary pupils would be tested when they start school, after four years and before they leave to go to

A former political aide who has been diagnosed with a terminal degenerative condition has welcomed the Scottish Government's announcement it will provide voice synthesisers on the NHS. Gordon Aikman, who has been confined to a wheelchair by motor

Labour leadership candidate Yvette Cooper has called for Britain to open its doors to more refugees from Syria, arguing it should be possible to take some 10,000 people seeking asylum. The shadow home secretary said the failure to offer sanctuary

ITV panel show Loose Women has faced a backlash after running a poll asking whether it is "ever a woman's fault if she is raped".The vote, posed by panellists Ruth Langsford, June Sarpong, Nadia Sawalha and Janet Street-Porter, came in yesterday's

A LAST ditch bid to save a lifeboat station from the axe was made by crew members in person at the RNLI HQ. The delegation from St Abbs in Berwickshire said the plan flies in the face of popular opinion and handed over a petition with more than

The head of the investigation into the death of Sheku Bayoh in police custody will "listen to the concerns" his family have in a meeting this week. Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Pirc) Kate Frame will meet on Thursday relatives

THE Scottish Government has confirmed its commitment to abolishing controversial fees for employment tribunals. The First Minister's Programme for Government outlines plans to scrap the fees, which many have claimed are denying workers access to

Ryan Christie has joined Celtic from Inverness Caledonian Thistle on a four-year contract, the Parkhead club have confirmed. The 20-year-old midfielder will return to Inverness on loan for a season, with the Scottish champions having the option

An "invaluable" set of architectural drawings has been donated to the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) to help with the restoration of its historic fire-damaged building. The 22 drawings of the Mackintosh Building were made by Queensland University

Two teenagers have been charged over an alleged petrol station hold-up. A man and a woman, both 18, are expected to appear at Wick Sheriff Court on Friday over the incident in Francis Street in the Highland town last week. About £100 in cash

Global shares slumped again after gloomy data from China ignited fresh fears over the strength of the world's second biggest economy.The FTSE 100 Index closed 189.4 points, or three per cent, lower at 6058.5 after heavy falls in Asian markets overnight

The world's' biggest home appliance company has made an approach to buy cooker maker Aga Rangemaster.Whirlpool Corporation, based in Michigan in the United States, is weighing up a cash offer for the British business.Aga recently said it had seen sales

SCOTTISH Salmon Company (SSC) has seen a fall in volumes in the first half of the year as a result of sea lice infections and jellyfish swarms at some of its facilities.SSC said it harvested 13,610 tonnes of salmon between January and June this year,

CELEBRITIES have offered their support to a Scottish musician's fundraising appeal which has raised almost £20,000 for a cancer charity.Carey Lander, a keyboard player with Glasgow indie band Camera Obscura, was diagnosed with rare bone cancer osteosarcoma

PREGNANT mothers who eat healthily are less likely to have children with asthma, according to two new Scottish studies.Researchers have unveiled new evidence that children are at greater risk of the condition if their mothers' diet is short of vitamins

MARTIN O’NEILL hopes a Georgia victory over Scotland on Friday night will re-ignite the Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2016 chances but revealed he won’t be “worrying himself into oblivion” about matters outwith his control.The Irish head into their double-header

Pope Francis will give all priests discretion during the Catholic Church's upcoming Holy Year to formally forgive women who have had abortions, in the Argentine pontiff's latest move towards a more open and inclusive church.In Church teaching, abortion

Southampton have completed the signing of defender Virgil van Dijk from Celtic for £11.5 million.The 24-year-old former Holland Under-21 international has signed a five-year contract with Saints after a successful two years in Scotland.A long-term target

An official in Kentucky who is continuing to deny marriage licences to gay couples said she is doing so "under God's authority".Rowan County clerk Kim Davis emerged from her office after some couples were denied the licences.She asked David

Keith BruceThe Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow will admit the first students to a new degree course tailor-made for deaf performers at the start of its new session on September 28.The eight students, seven of them Scots and another from Eastern

Vern Cotter has confirmed neither Blair Cowan or John Barclay will live out their World Cup dream after controversially axing both from his 31-man squad.It had been reported that the back-row pair had failed to make the cut for the tournament which kicks-off

AN employee of the National Museum of Scotland who fraudulently obtained postage stamps worth over £14,000 then sold them on eBay has been jailed for 12 months.Joseph McGuire, 46, of the Pleasance, in Edinburgh, earlier pleaded guilty previously to obtaining

KEZIA Dugdale has declined to say whether or not a victory for Jeremy Corbyn in the UK Labour leadership contest would be good for Scottish Labour but stressed how she would be “delighted” to work with any of the four UK candidates. Asked if her

A GROUP of burger van owners have launched a legal bid to overturn a ban on them selling snacks to children near school gates.The business owners have taken North Lanarkshire Council to court after they were hit by a 250 metre exclusion zone halting them

Don't panic! The cast of the new Dad's Army movie are ready for duty as the latest image released from the film shows. Toby Jones and Bill Nighy star as Captain Mainwaring and Sergeant Wilson in the big-screen adaptation of the BBC sitcom, due

Hillary Clinton was repeatedly warned by a key confidant that the UK's Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition would rapidly fall apart in the wake of the 2010 general election, according to newly released emails. Sidney Blumenthal, an unofficial

SCOTLAND head coach Anna Signeul has confirmed that her side has their best-ever chance of qualifying for a major championship finals after announcing her squad for this month's friendly against Norway and the opening Euro 2017 group match in Slovenia.The

GROWTH in UK manufacturing activity slowed in August from an already-sluggish pace, and the sector’s workforce shrank for the first time in 26 months as export orders continued to fall, a survey has revealed.The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply

A legal challenge to the election of Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael will be broadcast live and in full in what is believed to be a television first for a court hearing in Scotland. The Election Court will sit on Monday and Tuesday at court

A HIGHLAND swimming pool was evacuated following a chemical spillage, less than a week after a more serious leak at a public pool in Fife left 19 people with breathing difficulties.Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) was called to attend the chemical

Singer Joy Beverley, one of the three members of 1950s group The Beverley Sisters, has died. A family friend confirmed Beverley, 91, died on Monday after she reportedly suffered a stroke last week. Her son, Vince, 67, told the Express &

Plans to make smoking in hospital grounds illegal are "inhumane, vindictive and petty", MSPs have heard. Simon Clark, director of the pro-smoking campaign group Forest, said the move would penalise patients and staff who smoke and be difficult

AROUND 60,000 people have visited a statue dedicated to broadcaster, author and outdoors enthusiast Tom Weir. The tribute to the presenter, best known for his long-running show Weir's Way, was installed eight months ago at Balmaha Bay on the east side

Everyone likes cake right? I mean sometimes I tell a white lie and say I don’t but I really mean yes, I want a bit of cake. Baking isn’t really my forte but I’m competitive and stubborn enough that when I put my mind to something I can normally

The UK's biggest holiday park operator is to be created in a £960 million merger deal. Parkdean and Park Resorts are joining forces to form a combined business with 73 sites serving 1.8 million customers. The firms said the merger would tie

Giving people statins before an operation could cut their risk of dying or suffering complications, research suggests. The cholesterol-busting drugs are normally only prescribed for patients with heart conditions or who are at risk of heart attacks

A satellite image shows the main building of the ancient Temple of Bel in the Syrian city of Palmyra has been destroyed, a UN agency has said.The image was taken a day after a massive explosion was set off near the 2,000-year-old temple in the city occupied

Men can now expect to live until 79 while women can hope to enjoy their 83rd birthday, official figures show. Over the last 100 years, life expectancy at birth has increased by almost three years per decade, according to an analysis of data from

AN OLD friend of former secretary of state Hillary Clinton played a major role in advising her on US politics and even her dealings with President Barack Obama's White House despite holding no formal government position.The State Department has released

Authorities in Thailand have arrested a man they believe is the main suspect in a bombing at a shrine in Bangkok two weeks ago that killed 20 people.Prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said the man is a foreigner and was arrested in eastern Thailand near

A WOMAN suffered a head injury after being hit by a bus on Princes Street in the centre of Edinburgh. Police Scotland said road closures are in place at the west end of Princes Street and Lothian following the accident. A Police Scotland spokeswoman

Hungary has suspended all traffic from its main rail terminal and cleared the station of hundreds of migrants trying to board trains for Austria and Germany.Migrants chanting "freedom, freedom" congregated outside the station after being pushed

Accident and emergency (A&E) departments in Scotland's hospitals have produced their best performance against waiting-time targets in two years. A total of 95.8% of all patients were seen and either admitted, transferred or discharged within

BREWDOG has opened up a fresh fundraising drive by offering a bond to investors. The BrewDog Bond, available from today, promises investors 6.5 per cent of interest per year on investments starting from £500. The capital will be returned to the

Havelock Europa has announced plans to cut around 10 per cent of its workforce as it warned profit and revenue will be “materially lower” than current market expectations.The retail, education and financial services fit-out specialist employs around 400

CYCLISTS taking part in the 50-mile Glasgow to Edinburgh Classic Challenge will be free from traffic for the first time in the event's 17-year history.The full length of the Pedal for Scotland Classic Challenge route will be closed to motorised traffic

Faroe Petroleum has agreed to buy stakes in two UK North Sea fields for up to $20 million (£13) from Australia’s Roc Oil.The deal will result in Aberdeen-based Faroe increasing its holdings in the producing Blane field and the Enoch development, which

Pub group Punch Taverns is set to post a slight fall in annual earnings as it continues to offload pubs to cut its debt pile.The firm, based in Burton-upon-Trent, said in an update it expects to report underlying earnings of between £193 million and £200

DAVID Cameron has ditched plans to ask voters a Yes/No question on whether or not Britain should continue its membership of the European Union after the elections watchdog suggested such a question could be deemed as “biased”. However, a rejigged

Two chippies are preparing to go head-to-head for the title of Scotland's best fish and chip shop. Cromars in St Andrews and Moore's Fish & Chips in Castle Douglas will compete for the title of Independent Takeaway Fish and Chip Shop of the

THE first of 40 new-look trains has been unveiled by ScotRailThe two-carriage Class 158 trains will be painted in ScotRail’s 'Saltire' livery and receive revamped interiors including modern carpets, finishes and toilets as part of a £14 million overhaul

Singer Ellie Goulding was forced to plead with music fans after scuffles broke out during her appearance at a gig in Glasgow. Footage posted online appears to show women brawling during her performance at Sunday's Summer Sessions event in the city's

Indie rockers The Libertines are heading to Glasgow this Sunday for a surprise gig.  The group, who headlined at T in the Park in July, announced several shows across the UK to support their first album since 2004, Anthems For Doomed Youth.  

Mumford & Sons are heading to the SSE Hydro this December as part of their UK tour.  Gigs in Scotland announced that the group will play the Glasgow venue on Sunday, December 13 and tickets for the show go on sale Friday, Septmeber 4 at 9am

An actor who starred in Scottish crime drama NEDs has been jailed for violent assaults like those throughout the award-winning film. Craig Kerr played a character called Rebel in the 2010 flick, which was directed by Scots film-maker Peter Mullan

12:12am Well, that's all folks! Thanks to all those who contributed and to everyone who logged on to the site to keep

The transfer window in England is creaking to a close and the usual frenzy of last gasp purchases will roar on until the deadline arrives at 6pm tonight. Southampton made a major move by snapping up Celtic’s Dutch defender, Virgil Van Dijk, on

The case of Lord Janner, who is accused of 22 child sex abuse charges, will be brought before the Old Bailey - but the peer will not be compelled to attend. The 87-year-old is accused of 15 counts of indecent assault and seven counts of a separate

Game of Thrones has made the Guinness Book of Records for the largest TV drama simulcast. This comes after episode two of season five was broadcast in 173 countries simultaneously. Actress Maisie Williams, who plays Arya Stark in the show,

The BBC's CBeebies Storytime app has had more than four million story downloads since it launched a new library feature in June. Top choices include The Clangers Space Tangle, voiced by Michael Palin, and Little Red Riding Hood, voiced by Maxine

Talking Heads writer Alan Bennett has criticised the Government as "deplorable". Speaking to the Radio Times, the 81-year-old playwright attacked the current and former prime ministers as he ruled out writing about politics: "I think this Government

Nicola Sturgeon will today set out how she plans to use new powers that are coming to Holyrood both "creatively and ambitiously". As MSPs return to the Scottish Parliament after the summer recess, the First Minister will outline her legislative

Former prime minister Gordon Brown has hailed Labour's first leader Keir Hardie, who died 100 years ago this month, as its greatest hero. Writing in the Radio Times, he says: "Without him there would have been no reforming government of 1945 and

Scottish entrepreneur Michelle Mone and Sex and The City star Kim Cattrall will be joining other influential women to guest edit BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour. Woman's Hour Takeover week runs from Monday September 14 to Friday September 18. OBE-holder

COMPETITION for this year’s Heraldfashion.co.uk Awards is hotting up as the deadline for entries is fast approaching. Run in association with Zero Waste Scotland, Love Your Clothes, the gala awards ceremony for top online fashion businesses for

GOOD news for Glasgow book lovers - the new Waterstones store has opened in Byres Road. We liked the comment of crime writer Alex Gray when she cut the ribbon at the official opening and declared: "God bless this shop - and all who sell in her."

TIM Farron, the Liberal Democrat leader, is MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, in Cumbria, which doesn't quite border Scotland but is served by ITV Border television.Last week he took a break from watching Scottish politics on telly and paid his colleagues

Heather Watson admitted last night that the stress of the occasion had got to her as her winless US Open streak continued with a 7-6, 7-6 defeat by the American, Lauren Davis.The 23-year-old has now lost in the first round here for five consecutive years

TONY Blair has been called on by the SNP to give “full disclosure” to MPs following claims he was part of an effort to save the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi during the 2011 military intervention.A biography of David Cameron has claimed the former

FORMER Georgia manager Klaus Toppmoller reckons the former Soviet nation can stun Scotland again after they recalled keeper Giorgi Makaridze.Gordon Strachan's men travel to Tbilisi for the crucial Euro 2016 qualifier on Friday.Former Bayer Leverkusen

GERMANY manager Joachim Low has guaranteed the World Cup winners will pick up six out of six points from their double-header against Scotland and Poland.The Scots face Germany in a week's time, after their trip to Tbilisi to face Georgia on Friday. The

TAB RAMOS, the USA coach who launched Gedion Zelalem onto the international stage, believes playing at Rangers can turn the midfielder into America’s star player at the 2018 World Cup.Zelalem, who has been an instant success in two appearances for Rangers

THE SNP have called for a full House of Commons debate on the new controversial tranche of peers and their “suitability” to sit in the House of Lords.The latest appointments to the Upper Chamber of 45 peers, mostly Conservative, have left David Cameron

Today, the Scottish Government will unveil its final programme before the 2016 elections and there are both risks and opportunities for the First Minister and her team. Nicola Sturgeon says it will be a bold and ambitious final year, but by the end of

Nick Kyrgios’s mouth has landed him in plenty of trouble this year but as Andy Murray prepares to face the young Australian in the first round of the US Open today, one thing will not have gone unnoticed. The boy can play.Murray knows Kyrgios better than

THE story of Scottish art and its impact internationally is to be examined in a four-part documentary fronted by acclaimed Glasgow artist Lachlan Goudie.The four-parter which covers 5000 years, from the earliest Neolithic art to the present day is described

AN SNP branch is said to be “in meltdown” after a majority of local executive committee members resigned in protest at the party leadership allegedly trying to parachute in its preferred council election candidate. But the claim which centres on

Can any of us completely shed the influence of our formative years? I ask this question in the wake of the outcry following Chrissie Hynde’s remarks about young women, rape and blame.In looks and style, Hynde defies the date on her birth certificate but

Wallets Marts sold 67 store heifers in Castle Douglas yesterday to a top of £1350 per head and 275.5 pence per kilogramme to average £984.03 and 220.4p (+6p on the fortnight), while 219 store bullocks peaked at £1255 and 237.2p to level at £980.50 and

GROWTH of the UK’s private sector economy accelerated in the three months to August but the export picture remains weak, the Confederation of British Industry’s latest growth indicator report has signalled.The indicator, which takes in the manufacturing

IT IS time to sit down and discuss the importance of bacteria in Rugby World Cup selection. Also twists, pulls, niggles, tears, concussion and all the other ailments that can lay a player low for a day or two without having any effect at all on their

CAMPAIGNERS will take a petition with more than 13,500 signatures to the RNLI HQ today in an effort to save a lifeboat station facing closure.The Save St Abbs Lifeboat Campaign has gained widespread support and the petition is backed by the Scottish and

By Aileen McLeodOur land is at the heart of our economy and the backdrop to our society. It provides employment, food, water, places to be more active in and it attracts visitors from around the world.But with these benefits come responsibilities. We

As the previous leader on the success of this year’s Edinburgh festivals highlights, Scotland punches above its weight when it comes to arts and culture.With this in mind, we can surely look forward to BBC Scotland’s major new series on the history of

YOU may have heard of the term “parallel universe”. It is described by Wikipedia as “a hypothetical self-contained reality co-existing with one’s own”. I think I may inhabit one myself. Often, when making a suggestion in a domestic situation – proposing

Legacy Property Developments has agreed a deal worth around £600,000 to buy Old Churches House Hotel in Dunblane.The property, formerly an ecumenical conference centre and retreat, has been run by The Fusion Group in recent years on behalf of owners ACTS.Fusion

Film director Born: August 2, 1939; Died: August 30, 2015 Wes Craven, who has died at the age of 76, has a claim to have reinvented the American horror genre three times in his career as a film director that stretched over more than 40

MO’s Cookie Dough, founded and run by Scottish-American entrepreneur Morag Pavich, has launched a £400,000 fundraising drive to fuel growth and won a major contract that will see it supply Waitrose stores throughout the UK.The Glasgow-based business,

A girl about three years old is performing cartwheels on Bothwell Main Street with the insouciance of youth as if everyone should do the occasional cartwheel. A similar aged boy is trying to spin round on the spot using one hand on the pavement as the

AN entrepreneurship professor believes Scottish businesses need to be better at “scaling up” and have greater international ambitions.Les Charm, from Babson College in Massachusetts, United States, is in Scotland this week giving a boot camp to the latest

Drummer Ken Mathieson’s Classic Jazz Orchestra plays two concerts in September and October. The band, which specialises in jazz from the 1920s through to the 1960s with new arrangements of popular and less often aired tunes, plays for Linlithgow Jazz

LIZ CAMERONThe news that the vital upgrade to the A9 at the Berriedale Braes in Caithness is likely to be delayed further by a public local inquiry is not just bad news for the businesses and residents of the north of Scotland and visitors to the area

BBC One's adaptation of DH Lawrence's classic Lady Chatterley's Lover has sparked speculation over its sex scenes before it even airs. The latest screen incarnation of the 1928 novel about an aristocratic woman's affair with a lowly gamekeeper

If the UK Government wants to sell Trident renewal to Scots voters, I'm not sure George Osborne makes the ideal salesman. The Chancellor's intervention in the referendum campaign was a near disaster. Almost from the moment he issued his diktat on the

TRUDIE Goodwin is in reflective mood as she talks about her thirteen year stint in ITV drama series, The Bill. Her overview reveals the demands, the constraints and the plusses which a stint on a serial can bring. But to begin, the actress focuses

PUPIL discipline and attainment improved under a £100 million school rebuilding programme, a new study shows. Research by academics from the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) found pupils from East Dunbartonshire were generally much more

A pioneering stem cell treatment that promises to become the cure for all chronic diseases has been developed by a Scottish doctor in Florida. Dr Dipnarine Maharaj, a former senior registrar at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and a specialist in oncology

I HEARTILY endorse Colin McKellar’s plea for Glasgow City Council to devote more attention to clearing of drains (Letters, August 31). However, he fails to address the major cause of the problem: uncontrolled kerbside parking.I frequently visit the Broomhill

THERE has been much discussion about Steven House’s ignominious resignation from his job as Scotland’s top cop (“House quits with vow force will learn from its mistakes”, The Herald, August 28) . Let’s look to the future. His successor must reposition

I WRITE regarding the claim by John Pentland, convener of Holyrood's Public Petitions Committee (Letters, August 28), that I did not "set in context" that a petition, to be accepted, must call for action that is within the Parliament's powers

Before this year's Edinburgh International Festival – his first as director - Fergus Linehan issued a promise but also some reassurance. The promise was that there would be some changes to the festival, particularly to a music programme that he saw as

MAERSK Oil has underscored the appetite among major operators to continue to invest in the North Sea after unveiling plans to start production in the largest field to be discovered in the basin in more than a decade.The Danish energy giant has handed

THE last five lines of Emma Lazarus’s sonnet were engraved on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty (1886), welcoming desperate immigrants from Europe into the New World in the late nineteenth century. Now, ironically, Europe itself is the goal of the

AN air war over economic investment has broken out with Nicola Sturgeon accused of rushing out an announcement on ferry jobs in an attempt to overshadow George Osborne’s trip to Scotland with major announcements on defence and North Sea gas jobs.

I AGIREE entirely with the conclusion of your editorial that justice has not yet been done in the matter of the Glasgow bin lorry crash (“Justice and families of bin lorry victims”, The Herald, August 29). Evidence from the Fatal Accident Inquiry

THE CAMPAIGN to erect a statue in honour of Scots world boxing champion Benny Lynch is growing momentum. Already, high profile Scots such as actor Robert Carlyle and writer Irvine Welsh leant their weight to the plans. Carlyle, currently starring

A monstrous creature from the distant past, named after a Trojan War ship, could have stepped straight from the pages of Greek myth. The newly discovered sea scorpion lived 467 million years ago and grew to a length of nearly six feet. It was

A SPECTACULAR display in the skies over Edinburgh Castle brought the curtain down on the annual festival as a quarter of a million revellers watched the fireworks finale. More than 400,000 fireworks lit up the city’s sky to the sounds of the Scottish