MATT Ritchie last night insisted there was nothing wrong with his challenge which led to the free-kick which Scotland conceded a devastating injury-time goal at. Ritchie, who had equalised with a stunning strike just before half-time, was penalised by
Theatre actress Patti LuPone has credited former Britain's Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle for Les Miserables reaching its 30th anniversary. Boyle appeared on the TV talent show in April 2009 singing I Dreamed A Dream, a song made famous by LuPone
GORDON STRACHAN last night sidestepped the question of his own future after Scotland's qualifying hopes for Euro 2016 crumbled on a brutal night at Hampden Park. Scotland were leading 2-1 courtesy of fine strikes from Matt Ritchie and Steven Fletcher
SCOTLAND and their long-suffering supporters have experienced some acute pain and unimaginable heartache in their time. But surely nothing can have compared to the sheer unspeakable agony of this cruel draw with Poland which extinguished their hopes of
A THUNDERBOLT from 30 yards hit Glasgow City as English title winners Chelsea claimed a tense 1-0 victory in the Champions League. However, there was enough on show from Scott Booth's team to suggest lightning can strike again and their penchant for overturning
They have largely looked one-dimensional all year in winning a second successive Six Nations Championship then going unbeaten so far through the World Cup but the suspicion was growing in Sunday that Ireland have been keeping something up their sleeve.A
Three weeks into the 2015 World Cup and little attention has been paid to the three time finalists, who remain unbeaten yet have slipped relatively unnoticed towards Sunday’s Pool D decider with Ireland.Having taken over from a controversial head coach
GOOD DAYFor Agustín Ormaechea, the Uruguayan who had the most mixed of nights as he led his team in their bid to show their fighting spirit in both the right and the wrong way against Fiji on Tuesday.Ormachea’s performance was so impressive that even
IT is just 301 days until the Rio Olympics. The next 10 months will pass inordinately quickly for the British athletes and with Team GB having finished in third position in the medal table at London 2012, expectations for next summer are high. It is unlikely
CRAIG LEE has been burning the candle at both ends as he strives to secure his Tour card. This week's British Masters represents the eighth of 10 events in succession and the Scot says he is starting to feel the strain.Lee arrived at Woburn for the first
The All Blacks are likely to maintain their record of winning every pool match they have played at World Cups when they face Tonga in Newcastle tonight but what will we have learned about them? In their opening match, against an Argentina side
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has apologised after suggesting on Twitter that Barack Obama is not a "real black President" of the United States. The 84-year-old posted two messages after Ben Carson, the African-American Republican 2016 presidential
THIS was the ultimate. The worst of the lot. One day Scotland will run out of stomach-churning ways to exit the running from major competitions, but for now the open season on the nation's football followers continues. It would have been bad enough
THE battle over Britain’s membership of the European Union has entered a key phase with the launch of the cross-party Out campaign, Vote Leave, bringing together Eurosceptic business leaders, politicians and academics.Vote Leave, supported by the three
Darren Fletcher reflected on Scotland’s calamitous conclusion to the European Championship qualifying campaign and was probably thinking the same as everyone else in the nation. Typical Scotland? “Yes, you could say that,” when asked to reflect on
STEPHEN Betham, the head coach of Samoa, has claimed that his country, along with Fiji and Tonga, have been unfairly treated by the Rugby World Cup authorities because of their reputation. Betham said that the three Pacific Island nations had been “tainted
VERN Cotter is confident that his Scotland squad can play significantly better against Samoa tomorrow after learning a lot from last week’s loss to South Africa. The head coach has made seven changes to the team that was defeated by the Springboks, including
RICHIE Gray may be the most instantly recognisable figure in the Scotland squad thanks to his height and his shock of blond hair, but he has no interest in seeking additional attention. Even on the special occasion of his 50th cap tomorrow, when a player
SCOTLAND.............2 (Ritchie 45, Fletcher 61) POLAND..................2 (Lewandowski 3, 94) That horrible sense of deja-vu. It started as it ended, Scotland in tatters as Robert Lewandowski ended their flickering aspirations of making it
SCOTLANDDavid Marshall: First action was to pick the ball out his net after being beaten by Robert Lewandowski within the opening three minutes. The shot went in at the near post – every goalie’s nightmare – but redeemed himself with two smart saves in
The crush and stampede last month outside Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca killed at least 1,399 people during the hajj pilgrimage, a new tally on Thursday showed, 630 more than the kingdom's official toll. The Associated Press count of the dead
Gary McAllister has accepted an ambassadorial role with Liverpool as the club have reorgansied their backroom staff ahead of the imminent appointment of Jurgen Klopp as their new manager. Following the sacking of Brendan Rodgers following last
Former prime minister Tony Blair has been asked to give evidence to a parliamentary committee looking into the failure to include UK victims of IRA violence in a compensation deal with Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Lawyers for victims of attacks
JURGEN KLOPP will be unveiled as Liverpool's new manager at 10am on Friday morning after the club called an Anfield press conference for "a major announcement".All negotiations have been concluded with the former Borussia Dortmund manager, who
Lionel Messi will stand trial in Spain on three counts of tax fraud and could be sentenced to nearly two years in prison if found guilty. Court documents made public on Thursday said a judge has rejected a request to clear the Barcelona player
THE chief whip of the largest Labour-run administration in Scottish local government has been sacked in the first clear out move by the new regime running Glasgow. James Adams was told by the recently appointed leader of Glasgow City Council he
SERIOUS concerns about the finances of three NHS boards have been flagged up to Holyrood by Scotland's official public spending watchdog. The bungled introduction of new technology at phone line NHS 24 - a project which is running more than £40
The European Union has taken measures to buttress its porous external borders and toughen up its migrant return programme in an attempt to build a credible refugee policy that would continue to embrace those fleeing for their lives yet punish those
Volkswagen's US boss has offered a "sincere apology" for the emissions scandal and vowed "this will never happen again". Michael Horn was giving evidence before a US House of Representatives sub-committee in which he admitted that VW had lost trust
DOCTORS have unveiled "really significant" results that show for the first time that a new drug can dramatically slow the worsening of multiple sclerosis. Three major studies involving Roche's big new drug hope ocrelizumab show that it cuts the
10:30pm Another shuddering set-back for Scotland. Congratulations to Northern Ireland for qualifying for a first
An advocate who overhauled police stop and search has said it could take years of training for officers to get used to the new regulations. John Scott QC, who chaired the government-appointed Advisory Group on Stop and Search, said the swift ban
A Bill to ban smoking in cars when children are present has passed its first hurdle in the Scottish Parliament. MSPs unanimously voted to agree the general principles of the Smoking Prohibition (Children in Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Bill brought
An American serviceman who was one of four men to subdue a gunman armed with an AK-47 on a train from Amsterdam to Paris, has been stabbed in the US. US Airman Spencer Stone is in a stable condition in hospital following the incident in Califronia
The family of a 14-year-old girl with an inoperable brain tumour have been "overwhelmed" by the heartfelt support shown by scores of young footballers and ex-World Cup stars alike. Junior sides and teams from the professional ranks, including Rangers
FIREBUGS torched high end cars in a plush conservation village in East Renfrewshire. Detective at Giffnock are appealing for information after three vehicles were set on fire in a driveway in Eaglesham on Wednesday. Three homes had to be evacuated
Hedgehog populations are in trouble. They've declined by 30% in the last 10 years alone and there are now thought to be fewer than a million left in the UK, according to the RHS.So, what can gardeners do about it? This year, the RHS and The Wildlife Trusts
The London market rose higher led by miners, despite a mixed session for lenders after European giant Deutsche Bank warned over hefty third quarter losses.Deutsche said higher impairment charges of €5.8 billion (£4.3 billion) and litigation costs would
NOTE to SNP MSPs: sometimes less is more. Take the thunderous applause at FMQs, for instance. Every time Nicola Sturgeon reached the end of a sentence it was like Last Night of the Proms.Dripping in bunting and fear, the Nationalist backbenches clapped
No matter how many pigs in blankets you've scoffed on Christmas Day, you can always make room for some pudding, can't you? The Japanese say we have a separate stomach ("betsubara") for dessert, and it's never more true than on December 25.In
Royal Bank of Scotland has raided Old Mutual to fill the newly created role of director of finance.Katie Murray, currently group finance director at Old Mutual Emerging Markets in Johannesburg, South Africa, is to replace retiring financial controller
DAVID Cameron's government is poised to"blow the Union apart," Gordon Brown has warned, unless it makes urgent changes to the Scotland Bill. The former prime minister accused the Conservatives of failing to devolve essential welfare powers to Holyrood
A COLLEGE principal accused of feathering his own nest with a £304,000 severance package may refuse to give evidence on the issue. John Doyle, the former head of Coatbridge College, in Lanarkshire, said he was bound by the terms of a confidentiality
Jeremy Corbyn's closest ally in Scotland has said he is "absolutely convinced" those in favour of unilateral UK nuclear disarmament will win the argument. Labour MSP Neil Findlay clashed with party colleague Jackie Baillie at Holyrood today over
Campaigners have welcomed the publication of proposed legislation that would give councils the ability to introduce rent controls in areas where there are "excessive" increases. The Scottish Government's Private Housing (Tenancies) Bill was hailed
THERE is a chill in the wind, the dew lies on the grass in the mornings so it must be the season for public sniffing, again. What is the etiquette for sniffing in closed public spaces? Meaningful looks are ignored and offers of paper tissues refused.
Extra staff are being put on duty as Glasgow Airport gears up for one of its busiest periods of the year.Close to 155,000 people are expected to pass through the terminal by Monday as people go away during the school half-term break for many parts of
THE BANK of England has highlighted the “restraining impact” of fiscal consolidation on UK economic activity, and signs of a slowdown in growth, after its Monetary Policy Committee held base rates at a record low. The MPC voted eight-to-one to
A TENTH person has been affected by an outbreak of E.coli which has been linked to venison produced by a Scottish game company. Health Protection Scotland said the person had eaten the affected products before the alert was issued. A total
Potato and daffodil supplier Produce Investments has warned a metal contamination problem could cost it up to £1.5 million and announced plans to close a packing site in Kent.The AIM-listed company, based in Duns in the Scottish Borders, had previously
Protests are being planned against 3,000 job losses at a city council, with unions warning of "horrendous" cuts across the country in the coming months because of enforced savings. Glasgow City Council is expected to have to make savings of £103
AFTER a century of decline, one well-known mammal is making a dramatic return to Scottish wildlife. The common pipistrelle bat is estimated to have grown in population by around 79 per cent over the last six years. Scottish Natural Heritage
ONE Direction had 12,000 fans screaming at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow and there was plenty of shrieking when Harry Styles tried to put on a Scottish accent. After what sounded like a "how are ye" he soon announces he is not going to try any more
German prosecutors have carried out searches in connection with their investigation into the Volkswagen emissions scandal, seeking material that would help clarify who was responsible for the cheating. The raids were carried out in Wolfsburg, where
The Health Secretary has sought to calm a row with junior doctors, insisting the new contract is not about saving money or imposing longer hours. In a letter to the junior doctors' leader at the British Medical Association (BMA), Jeremy Hunt said
Dame Helen Mirren has revealed she is "scared to s**t" of celebrity journalists, despite playing one in her new film. The 70-year-old actress, who portrays gossip columnist Hedda Hopper in Trumbo, said meeting her real-life alter-ego in person
The Bank of Scotland has unveiled its first polymer bank note, which was designed by a 13-year-old from Dundee. The limited-edition note featuring Pudsey Bear will be auctioned to raise money for BBC Children In Need. Only 50 will be printed
Profits at supermarket operator Asda, which is owned Wal-Mart, have surpassed £1 billion for the first time despite a decline in sales and slight loss of market share.According to recently filed annual accounts, Asda's operating profit rose 1.9 per cent
Sheku Bayoh's relatives have watched the CCTV and phone footage of the last moments of his life, their lawyer said today. His "heartbroken" family is now calling on Scotland's top prosecutor to release the CCTV pictures publicly as the probe into
SCOTLAND is the worst hit region in Britain outside London for 'missing voters' with over 230,000 at risk of disappearing because of new changes to the way we register to take part in elections, new research reveals. They could join the missing
Touch Bionics has launched a new prosthetic digit range which is said to make it easier for wearers to change grips. The i-digits quantum product, a partial bionic hand, was unveiled at the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association’s National
If you are a traditional office developer, still aiming at the same old business and professional occupiers who have served you well in the past, perhaps it’s time to look away now. The new kids on the block are the technology, social media and
The head of the exam board regulator has rejected suggestions that paying markers more will increase standards. School leaders have been complaining about a lack of confidence in the exam marking system, with the Headmasters' and Headmistresses
A recently created economic think tank has been forced to suspend its activities until the end of the year due to a lack of financial support.Fiscal Affairs Scotland, which only began work last year, has been unable to find sources of funding to make
Nicola Sturgeon has been called on to drop a controversial Bill that would shake up the governance of universities. Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said the plans would cause "huge harm" to the sector, damaging academic independence
Jeremy Corbyn struggled to contain his delight on social media after making the front cover of Rail Magazine. The new Labour leader's proposals to nationalise the rail network were the focus of the train enthusiast magazine's October front page
David Mundell is confident a deal can be reached on a "fair and sustainable" new funding arrangement for Scotland in time to allow Holyrood to get new powers over income tax and welfare in less than two years' time. The Scottish Secretary said
The First Minister has said she would welcome the publication of all Law Society documents relating to alleged irregularities with property deals carried out on behalf of MP Michelle Thomson. The transactions led to a solicitor being struck off
AN 82-year-old sailor who was rescued after a prolonged operation involving the UK and Norwegian coastguard has said he has been made homeless after his yacht sank. Solo yachtsman Julian Mustoe said he was "baffled" when his boat Harrier of Down
A video of a man being refused the sale of a scarf at an Official Rugby World Cup store because he wanted to pay with a Scottish £20 note has gone viral. Scots rugby fan Peter Mechan picked out a scarf in the merchandise store at the Fiji vs Uruguay
After its sell out last year, Glasgow’s own Dear Green Coffee Roasters have confirmed the festival is to return on the 17th October. The festival – held at The Briggait – runs from 10am until 7pm and will host the UK’s first Coffee Roasting Championship
Edinburgh Trams has been named Operator of the Year in worldwide industry awards.The trams project, currently the subject of a public inquiry after bursting its budget and over-running by three years, was given the accolade in the 2015 UK Light Rail Awards.The
Four stars Have you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist Party? With these words the House Un-American Activities Committee put the whole of Hollywood into a red, white and blue funk. Who would dare to stand up to Senator McCarthy
The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold amid mounting gloom over the global economy and signs that ultra-low UK inflation is here to stay for longer. Members of the Bank's nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted eight to one
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has suggested US president Barack Obama is not a "real black president".The 84-year-old founder of the News Corp media empire was praising black Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson and his wife on Twitter
A woman has been sentenced to three years in jail for an elaborate extortion plot which led a mother and daughter to kill themselves. Linsey Cotton concocted an elaborate plot to woo Michael McDonough, 33, which left his mother, Margaret, and sister
Glasgow AmericanaBruce CockburnSt Andrew’s in the Square, GlasgowRob AdamsFOUR STARSGlasgow Americana 2015’s train made its first stop in Canada with the now seventy years old Bruce Cockburn. I mention his age because, while Cockburn has the air of a
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says if her party wins Burma's upcoming general election, she will lead the country from behind the scenes - side-stepping a clause in the constitution that bars her from the presidency.If the November 8 vote is credible
A newly-opened glass walkway in a central China beauty spot has been shut down after cracks appeared in the structure, which was supporting dozens of tourists.The cracks appeared, accompanied by a loud bang, on the walkway in Henan province's Yuntaishan
Scotland need to draw or defeat Poland in their penultimate Euro 2016 qualifier in Glasgow tonight in order to keep their hopes of booking a place in the finals in France next summer alive. Lose, and their chances of participating in their first
Greece's left-wing prime minister has pledged to usher his handout-reliant country out of its financial crisis by 2019, softening the blow of creditor-mandated austerity with support for the poor.Romping home in an early-hours confidence vote, Alexis
Opposition MSPs have called for a culture change at Holyrood in order to counteract government "control" of committees. The Scottish Parliament's Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee is looking at how to improve the ability of
FINN Russell and John Hardie have both been recalled to the Scotland team to play Samoa on Saturday after missing out against South Africa through injury. Head coach Vern Cotter has made seven changes from the team that lost to South Africa - four in
A CITY centre car park in Glasgow has been sold by the council for £6.75million and is destined to become a 395 bedroomed hotel. The Ingram Street site, currently leased to National Car Parks Limited, was today approved for sale by the council's
PASSENGERS at Aberdeen Airport are going through security screening for a second time after a security alert. The terminal was evacuated as a precaution around 10am, but the airport tweeted that it was "business as usual" again by 11.22am.
BEER industry heavyweight John Dunsmore, the former chief executive of Scottish & Newcastle and C&C Group, has launched a craft brewery in his home city of Edinburgh. Edinburgh Beer Factory has been founded by Mr Dunsmore with wife Lynne
Oil prices will rise again by 2018 and reinvigorate economic activity in the North Sea, according to a billionaire Scottish Government adviser. Jim McColl, who sits on the Scottish Government's Council of Economic Advisers, told Holyrood's Economy
The Great British Bake Off final won by Nadiya Jamir Hussain was seen by an average of 13.4 million viewers, according to overnight ratings. It was the most watched television programme across all channels of 2015. The peak at 8.55pm was watched
For the most part our series listing the 50 Greatest Scottish Rugby players received a warm welcome last week, but not from one former international player.After the first day, no less, when only 10 names had been listed - those from places 41 to 50 so
THE Scottish Parliament is to spend £1.9million upgrading security in the wake of last year’s attack on the Canadian parliament by a lone gunman. Security measures, including a new kiosk in a service yard to the rear of the Edinburgh complex, will
THE election of Kezia Dugdale and Jeremy Corbyn as leaders of Scottish and UK Labour has failed to dent the SNP’s commanding poll lead. A new survey from TNS has shown Nicola Sturgeon’s party retain a huge 35 percentage point lead over Labour with
Nicola Sturgeon has tipped Britain's youngest MP Mhairi Black as a future leader of the SNP. The current SNP leader said the 21-year-old Paisley MP is "incredibly talented" and could lead the party "without a shadow of a doubt", in a video interview
Great British Bake Off champion Nadiya Jamir Hussain has her husband to thank for pushing her to apply for the show, when she believed she had no chance of making it on to television. The stay-at-home mother walked out of the Bake Off tent "a much
Virgin East Coast rail workers are to be ballot on strike action over the sacking of a colleague in Edinburgh. The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union has confirmed that nearly 1,400 members will be balloted after a CSA at Edinburgh was dismissed
Opera, Carmen, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Four stars Sexual harassment, domestic violence and a stage full of children smoking are just some of the elements of Scottish Opera’s revival of this spare staging of Bizet’s masterpiece first seen in Glasgow
Jeremy Corbyn has turned down an opportunity to be sworn in to the Privy Council amid continued uncertainty over whether he will declare allegiance to the Queen in person. The Labour leader, a lifelong republican, had the chance to attend a meeting
Here is award-winning cartoonist Steven Camley's latest cartoon. To see more of Steven Camley's cartoons or to buy, go here.
The BBC has launched a defence of popular programming like The Voice, saying that licence fee payers expect the BBC to "deliver entertainment". In "an evidence-based response" to Culture Secretary John Whittingdale's green paper on its future,
Jeremy Clarkson has revealed the former Top Gear trio have begun filming Amazon Prime's new motoring show. Clarkson, along with co-hosts Richard Hammond and James May left the BBC earlier this year, and signed a "very, very, very expensive" deal
Broadway show Therese Raquin has had a second act of bad luck - an injured Keira Knightley bowed out of a performance, forcing the evening show to be cancelled. Roundabout Theatre Company said its star suffered "a minor injury" and it expected
Troubled Randy Quaid says he could be deported from Canada next week, bringing years of issues with the country's border authorities to an end. In a phone interview from a detention centre in Laval, Quebec, the American actor said he was arrested
Daniel Craig has said he would rather "slash my wrists" than do another James Bond film. The star, who will reprise his role as the British spy for the fourth time in the forthcoming Spectre movie, told Time Out magazine he wanted to "move on"
Scotland's four richest families are wealthier than the poorest 20% of the population, a new report on inequality has revealed. Oxfam Scotland also calculated the country's 14 wealthiest families are better off than the most deprived 30%. The
US presidential candidate and golf course owner Donald Trump has begun the latest round in his legal fight against a Scottish offshore wind farm project. The Republican billionaire wants five Supreme Court justices to allow his appeal over the
Tooth picky TRICKY thing this tooth fairy malarkey. A reader was staying in her daughter’s house in Bearsden when her crowned tooth fell out and her seven-year-old grandson said she should put it under her pillow for the Tooth Fairy to come. Says
THE standard of opposition may be higher, but so to is the level of aspiration for Glasgow City.Little over six months on from a date in Paris that is the pinnacle of achievement for a club heavily laden with success, the journey to not only go that far
Former director of cleansing at Glasgow City CouncilBorn: September 29, l940;Died: September 25, 2015Stanley J Dagg, known as Stan, who has died aged 74, was the outstanding member of a small group of waste management officers who transformed and improved
Fair play Aldi, the supermarket has done it again with another sensational line-up of ales for its Scottish Winter Beer Festival. Starting its second week, Aldi's Scottish stores have been filling their shelves with beers from the majority of Scottish
GLASWEGIANS who lived in multi-storey high flats in the 1960s and 1970s are being asked for their recollections by researchers aiming to capture the social history of the city before it is lost to time and demolitions.The Red Road flats in the north of
ST JOHNSTONE chairman Steve Brown was last night in talks to extend manager Tommy Wright’s stay with the Perth club.And that has prompted Dundee United chairman Stephen Thompson to admit defeat in his bid to wrestle the Ulsterman away from McDiarmid Park.Thompson
In the scheme of great corporate crises, the Volkswagen debacle could scarcely be greater, yet who would bet against the German giant surviving and perhaps even thriving from the outcome of its appalling lapse?VW’s handling of the revelation that software
Given that the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre serves better than half the population, with an international reputation as a teaching centre to match, the idea that there could ever be an “unacceptable risk” to its quality of care is obviously
Observing David Cameron address his party in Manchester yesterday, you might not have guessed that this is a Prime Minister with a perilously slim majority, or a politician who has, as it were, pre-announced his departure. The Conservative faithful, granting
By Alison PhippsHome Secretary Theresa May told the Conservative Party annual conference: “What I’m proposing is a deal – the fewer people there are who wrongly claim asylum in Britain, the more generous we can be in helping the most vulnerable people
A TV advert encouraging people to use the new nationwide disclosure scheme for domestic abuse has been released by Police Scotland.The campaign - which will run for a month - informs people of their right to make a request under the scheme if they have
UNION leaders have written to ministers urging them to intervene in a long-running stand-off at a college.The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) urged Angela Constance, the education secretary, to step in after the principal of Glasgow Clyde College
A NEW archive has exposed the tribulations suffered by thousands of blind people who survived by busking or ended up in poorhouses in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. Feeling Our History was based on research by RNIB Scotland and focuses on so-called
A FORMER SNP MP whose property deals are at the centre of a police probe secured a £5,000 cheque for a pro-independence group from a convicted mortgage fraudster.Michelle Thomson also told her board colleagues at Business for Scotland (BfS) that she and
THE profit-making business arm of Scottish Water lost the contract to supply more than 100 public bodies despite being rated best for quality of service in the tendering process.The Scottish Government faced fresh criticism over its decision to hand the
SIX directors, including Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale, have stepped down from the DCM (Optical Holdings) business run by entrepreneur David Moulsdale.The raft of departures are noted in filings recently lodged at Companies House by the business, which
Credit where it’s due: David Cameron, a Tory prime minister leading the most right-wing party since the 1980s, has committed his government to abolishing poverty, inequality and discrimination. These are noble objectives. We should all earnestly hope
HEADTEACHERS have come under pressure to "inflate" the number of teachers in their schools in a national census, a union has warned. The claim came as the Scottish Government carries out an annual teacher census which assesses how many school staff
A SUDDEN gust of wind may have caused a plane with 29 people on board to skid off a runway and plough into grass, according to an official report. The Flybe Saab-Scania SF340B, operated by Logan Air, suffered extensive damage after its front landing
THE Scottish Government will not take a final decision on whether to allow fracking in Scotland until the Spring of 2017 at the earliest, ministers have announced. A public consultation on the controversial gas extraction technique, promised earlier
Whether it's having knickers thrown at him, the chest hair, the swinging hips or that unmistakeable voice, chances are Tom Jones will mean something to you.The 75-year-old - born Thomas Woodward and who started out in the working men's clubs of his native
SIMON BAINTesco has said its trading recovery means it has no plans to sell off major assets such as Scotland-based Tesco Bank, which contributed almost a third of group profit in the first half of the year.The bank which employs most of its 4000 workforce
THE first polymer banknote made by the Bank of Scotland is to be auctioned off for charity.The limited edition five pound note will go under the hammer to raise money for BBC Children in Need. Earlier this year the bank announced that its next £5 and
SCOTTISH Equity Partners (SEP) has refused to deny speculation that it is preparing to offload 10 per cent of its stake in Skyscanner, the Edinburgh-based travel search engine.SEP, which has held a significant stake in Skyscanner since investing £2.5
One Big WeekendGlasgow and Edinburgh, Sat-SunWorth a shout for anyone fired up by coverage of last weekend’s Great Scottish Run, One Big Weekend gives runners of all abilities a chance to take part in a timed 5K race alongside hundreds of running club
Wright Johnston & Mackenzie (WJM) has agreed a merger with a smaller law firm in Inverness which it says will take turnover to more than £7 million.It has confirmed a tie-up with MacArthur & Co as part of a push to extend its services further into the
Landlords and tenants will have the opportunity to find out more about joint industry initiatives in tenant farming at a series of industry-led road shows.Five public events, supported by the Scottish Government, will take place in November with further
George SinclairJournalist and broadcasterborn 7th December 1928died 3rd October 2015.When George Sinclair joined BBC in Scotland in 1968 the nightly television news magazine Six Ten could hardly have been described as cutting edge. When he retired 20
SCOTLAND achieved only marginal growth in the second quarter as the services sector stagnated, official figures have revealed, prompting one leading economist to highlight the dangers of pushing up UK interest rates too quickly.Gross domestic product
A LACK of homes for sale is expected to fuel a rise in prices over the coming months, surveyors predict.The upbeat forecast follows a modest increase in properties coming onto the market meaning that demand is out-stripping supply.Last month saw a rise
NICOLA Sturgeon could win an unprecedented fourth award as The Herald's Scottish Politician of the Year after she was again nominated for the prestigious prize.The First Minister, who led her party to a landslide victory in Scotland in the General Election
A HIGHLY sensitive new blood test could quickly rule out a heart attack in patients arriving at hospitals with chest pains, a study has shown.Researchers claim the test could save the NHS a significant amount of money by ruling out an attack early in
RANGERS shareholder Mike Ashley has been criticised for using "disgraceful" and "unlawful" employment practices after losing a legal case against 50 former employees. The workers, who were employed by his ailing clothing chain USC, have all secured
TODAY is National Poetry Day (every day is of course a poetry day for readers of this space!). To mark NPD’s theme of “Light,” a hauntingly beautiful image of light ends the first of these verses from Edward Fitzgerald’s rendering of ancient Persian quatrains.from
The Scottish Seabird Centre has been awarded a £290,000 grant to develop plans to expand the popular facility into a new national marine centre.The charity based North Berwick, East Lothian, has been awarded development funding from the Heritage Lottery
A charity set up in memory of an aid worker from the Western Isles, who was kidnapped and killed in Afghanistan, has raised one million pounds.It is five years ago today that Linda Norgrove from Uig on the west of Lewis, died in a failed attempt by US
An Englishman's Castle (12)Simply Media, £19.99The What If? school of fiction is well-populated with fantastical alternate realities based on historical outcomes which never transpired. One of its most appealing sub-strands concerns what would have happened
Stand by your childTHE debate over the EU referendum has barely begun but a flavour of it emerged at last week's Law Society of Scotland conference.For Keith Ruddock, Weir Group's general counsel and company secretary, the institution conjured up an unusual
I ONCE took part in an experiment in time travel - of sorts. I went round to a family's house in Glasgow and we spent the whole night watching television shows from the 1970s. Starsky and Hutch. Basil Brush. The Generation Game. Dick Emery. The
DanceLive 2015, Aberdeen’s 10th festival of contemporary dance, springs into action tomorrow with an ambitious programme of live performances, workshops, films and interactive experiences happening all across the city, until October 20.One of these is
THE oil and gas industry has admitted it is facing "challenging times" as a new report warned whole areas of the North Sea oil infrastructure are at increased risk of being closedFalling oil prices has produced an 'increased risk' of the premature
A BOY from East Lothian has become the first child in the UK with a rare and deadly muscle-wasting disease to receive NHS funding for a breakthrough therapy.Cormac Fegan will begin receiving the drug Translarna for the condition Duchenne muscular dystrophy
THE SNP's opponents are understandably desperate to make the most of the rare opportunity presented by Michelle Thomson's possible transgressions in her property dealings ("Thomson reported to sleaze watchdog", The Herald, October 7). I don't
IN pursuance of her argument that Christianity, as much as other religions, is very much to blame for persecution, Caroline Lynch, former Chair, Scottish Secular Society, lists many nations whose religions persecute Christianity (Letters, October 6).
THE letters from David Stubley and David J Crawford (October 7) on signs of a police state have particular resonance for me. In 200I en route to participate in the perfectly legal G8 protest in Genoa, I was arrested on arrival in Italy, detained overnight
IN 2014 when Israel was at war with the Hamas Palestinians, Israeli aircraft inadvertently hit a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) school which was being used by Hamas operatives as a launching pad for mortar and rocket attacks on Israel
SCOTTISH Labour has urged Westminster's sleaze watchdog to launch a full investigation into whether former SNP MP Michelle Thomson broke parliamentary rules or brought the House of Commons into disrepute over her property dealings. Jackie Baillie
SCOTTISH police women have secured the same maternity rights as their English colleagues. A new deal has been agreed allowing up to 18 weeks' paid leave for women, starting next spring. The change comes after a lengthy battle from the Scottish
THANK you for covering the unsuccessful attempt by John Walker, at the Court of Appeal in England, to ensure that his husband would benefit fairly from his decades of pension contributions, should Mr Walker die first (“Gay man loses fight on pension
Scotgold Resources has raised around £570,000 in its latest rights issue to help fund development of its Cononish mine in Argyll.The AIM-listed miner welcomed the 84 per cent take-up of the offer, which was not underwritten, leaving a shortfall of over
THE controlling instincts of the SNP Government come to the fore again, this time in relation to the Higher Education Governance Bill (“Leading scientist warns new university plans threaten SNP’s reputation”, The Herald, October 6). Their proposals threaten
BOWLEVEN, the Africa-focused oil and gas company, has named oilfield logistics veteran Billy Allan as a non-executive director and chairman designate.Mr Allan, a director Partick Thistle Football Club, is a former chairman and chief executive of Aberdeen-based
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher looks heavenwards while visiting the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988 as if she even expected the seagulls of Glasgow to pass judgement on her visit. By her side was her ever supportive husband Denis. Somewhere in the archives
Suffragette (12A)four stars Dir: Sarah GavronWith: Carey Mulligan, Meryl StreepRuntime: 106 minutesSARAH Gavron’s drama tells the story of the women’s suffrage movement through the experiences of Maud, an East End of London laundry maid played by Carey
The Big Knights (U)four starsDirs: Neville Astley, Mark BakerVoices: Alexander Armstrong, David RintoulRuntime: 70 minutesANOTHER example of children’s animation being funnier than comedies for adults, The Big Knights, from the makers of Peppa Pig, is
Sicario (15)four starsDir: Denis VilleneuveWith: Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del ToroRuntime: 121 minutesEARLY on in Denis Villeneuve's slow burn but highly satisfying crime drama, the forces of law and order come across a scene to make even the
“I can’t say that I totally understood it,” admits Colin Farrell, scratching his head. The Irish actor is talking about the first time he read the script for his new film, The Lobster, a brilliantly surreal comic parable that took the Jury Prize when
IT has looked for some time like it would come down to this game. Now, the day of reckoning has arrived for Gordon Strachan, his players and for Scotland. It could be a memorable night at the National Stadium, or an evening to forget. Here, our writers
If his pre-match comments are anything to go by, Robert Lewandowski will be heading to Hampden for tonight’s penultimate European Championship qualifiers against Scotland with the band-aid in his kit-bag. Scotland can only hope that as Poland leave
