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Herald View: Looking for signs of optimism in the year ahead

Farewell then, 2023: a year in which we were horrified by the scale and human cost of the war between Israel and Hamas, were plunged into despair by Russia’s ceaseless assault on Ukraine, and witnessed, yet again, the relentless impact of climate change

Herald View: Scotland needs control over migration

A HERALD reader who recently spent two periods in a Scottish hospital counted five or six different nationalities among the staff who attended to her. On leaving for home she reflected, as many before and since have: where would our NHS be without people from overseas?

Herald View: A more caring view on migration and the EU? Yes to that

Eighteen months ago – it seems like a long time ago now – Nicola Sturgeon launched the first of a series of papers laying out the case for Scottish independence. The first of the papers was, said Ms Sturgeon, about refreshing the SNP’s arguments. With independence, she said, Scotland too would have the levers and the autonomy to help fulfil its potential.

HERALD VIEW Enough is enough: time for action on dangerous fireworks

There will be people in some parts of Scotland who are very relieved indeed that Bonfire Night is over for another year. People in the Niddrie area of Edinburgh for example, where the police faced young people armed with rockets and petrol bombs. Or Kirkton in Dundee where children as young as 10 were seen setting off fireworks. The fact that it is happening at all is shocking, but sadly it is no longer unusual. Bonfire Night has become the focus for dangerous and potentially deadly anti-social