HERALD columnist Iain Macwhirter was joined by Kirsty Wark as he launched his book on next year's independence vote, The Road to the Referendum, last night.
Technology firms could be asked to pay more to fund the watchdog responsible for tackling illegal content online, the Prime Minister's adviser on the issues of childhood and pornography said.
Veteran BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has been jailed for 15 months at Preston Crown Court after he admitted 14 counts of indecent assault against girls as young as nine.
Murder detectives have released images of four rings that could prove vital in identifying a woman whose dismembered remains were found in a shallow grave.
As the song (almost) says, it was 43 years ago today that Black Sabbath were on top of the album charts, and England could last boast a US Open golf winner.
Veteran rocker Ozzy Osbourne's band Black Sabbath have stormed to the top of the charts with their new album - with the charismatic frontman saying the record was a tonic for all the "manufactured bulls**t" that usually dominates the airwaves.
GOVERNMENT ministers have intervened in a high-profile campaign against development plans by Scotland's largest local authority, even demanding the council's recorded views on protesters.
PRODUCERS of one of TV's most popular shows, Game of Thrones, considered shooting the hit series in Scotland but were unable to do so because of a lack of quality studio space.
SCHOOL police officers have intervened to protect pupils from online sexual grooming and shopkeepers seeking to sell cigarettes and illegal drugs to young people.
TWO sons of a Scots woman found dead off the coast of Crete are to return to the island this week to step up their campaign to find out how their mother died.
Defence ministers are to face questions this week over an emergency exercise that revealed how Scotland could be left to fend for itself after a catastrophic nuclear weapons accident.
THE Scottish Football Association (SFA) has apologised to Tartan Army fans after accidentally putting tickets on sale for the Auld Enemy clash before they were officially available.