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| Westminster sketch: Wibbles, wobbles, jabbers and a ‘cordial’ confession at PMQs

Australia's Scottish contingent celebrate as World Cup last-16 spot is secured

Australia's Scottish contingent celebrate as World Cup last-16 spot is secured
The Socceroos have a strong core of Scottish-based players in their squad in Qatar.

Issue of the day

The January 6 insurrection

January 6 rioter Stewart Rhodes might be the stupidest insurrectionist of the lot
He's been convicted of sedition after his organisation tried to keep former president Donald Trump in office.

Sir Keir Starmer’s seeming new-found fondness for Brexit is blossoming at a time when polling has been indicating a big majority of people in the UK now think leaving the EU was a mistake

Opinion Ian McConnell: Starmer must raise head above red wall and see Brexit's awful reality

Grant Sugden, CEO, Waverley Care.

Agenda Working towards a world without HIV

Whaddya mean we can't just bomb the States?

Opinion Guy Stenhouse: What do you mean we can't bomb USA? It was in our manifesto

The NHS is likely to remain on a

Opinion Rosemary Goring: Soon the NHS could cease to exist. Is that what we really want?

Many libraries are offering a warm space to anyone who needs it over this winter

Opinion Sean McNamara: Why our libraries need to be open to all

The Supreme Court in London ruled Scotland could not hold a referendum

Opinion Adam Tomkins: Supreme Court ruling is good news for nationalists

A full review of important Glasgow streets like Sauchiehall Street is underway, setting out the vision for what role these streets will play in a reshaped city centre

Opinion Stuart Patrick: How to breathe life into our city centres

Doddie Weir and Martin Hannan (inset)

PREMIUM Doddie bravery has inspired me after my Parkinson's diagnosis - Martin Hannan

Ted Joyce from Falkirk says there clearly was one job that was too big… spelling.

Herald Diary Who judges the judgers, eh?

SFA lead the way on the heading debate that's only just getting started - Liam Bryce

SFA lead the way on the heading debate that's only just getting started - Liam Bryce

Extinction Rebellion Scotland blockade the road and demonstrate outside the Ineos oil refinery at Grangemouth. PA Photo. Picture date: Friday October 23, 2020. See PA story ENVIRONMENT Ineos. Photo credit should read: Jane Barlow/PA Wire.

opinion Vicky Allan: Nuclear at Grangemouth? Is this seriously a way to save the planet?

Lost in the Jordanian desert in M&S skinny jeans and a handbag

OPINION Catriona Stewart: We were lost in the Jordanian desert but found and cared for

Energy markets must work for those they serve, not the other way around

Opinion Kristy Dorsey: Energy markets must work for those they serve, not other way around

Dr Calum MacKellar, Director of Research, Scottish Council on Human Bioethics

Agenda There can be suffering in assisted dying too

The pressures put on the NHS have made private care the only option for some

Opinion Natasha Radmehr: Private health insurance was a luxury. Now it feels like a necessity

Crimes that cause deliberate, indelible, life-altering harm to another human being should carry a mandatory life term, just like murder

Opinion Neil Mackay: Rape should carry a mandatory life sentence

Angus Robertson MSP told Channel 4 News that if the public were unhappy with their governance then the SNP wouldn't have won eight consecutive elections

Opinion Brian Wilson: Scottish democracy cannot be defined as a dictatorship by the minority

Time to pack it up for the Yes side? Hardly

Opinion Lesley Riddoch: No, it’s not time for the Yes side to give up

Kevin McKenna: The Heidi Crowter abortion ruling should concern us all

Opinion Kevin McKenna: The Heidi Crowter abortion ruling should concern us all

A large number of Scots are not anti-democratic – they just take a different view to Nicola Sturgeon

Opinion Mark Smith: Dear Nicola Sturgeon, we are not who you say we are

Clare Sweeney, Head of Junior School, Kelvinside Academy

Agenda How to make a success of raising the school age

The NHS is under severe pressure and we are all paying the price

Opinion Doug Marr: The health chiefs are right: we all need to pay more for the NHS

PriceRunner UK say searches for luxury advent calendars are up 400 per cent this year versus last year

Issue of the Day Luxury advent calendars benefit from 'lipstick effect'

The influence that Twitter has is why its potential demise matters

Opinion Theo Tzanidis: The fate of Twitter matters to us all

Michael Beale developed a reputation as the brains behind the operation when Steven Gerrard was manager of Rangers.

Opinion Michael Beale is a lauded coach, but does he have the stature to be Rangers manager?

Protests at World Cup shine a light on just causes but can they really affect change?

Susan Egelstaff Protests at World Cup shine a light on just causes but can they really affect change?

SWPL: Hibs lead the way again with league match set for record crowd

SWPL: Hibs lead the way again with league match set for record crowd

Our writer at large Neil Mackay found himself talking about an unrecognised midlife crisis as he interviewed psychotherapist Andrew Jamieson

NEIL MACKAY'S BIG READ The truth about me and my midlife crisis ... on the psychotherapist's couch

Brian Donnelly: Is it ok for Sunak to sign Scotland up to trade deal with Qatar?

opinion Brian Donnelly: Is it ok for Sunak to sign Scotland up to trade deal with Qatar?

A mother and baby in Nepal where EMMS International has been helping girls into healthcare courses

Agenda: Cathy Ratcliff: Bridging the gap left by the missing generation

Malcolm Tucker, as played by Peter Capaldi in Armando Iannucci’s political satire, The Thick of It, used dark arts to manipulate the press and public

Does this perception stand up to muc

David Leask: Not all political spin is as dark and controversial as Malcolm Tucker

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on the ownership of our high streets

Camley’s Cartoon: Our struggling high streets

Scots Word of the Week: Athole brose

Scots Word of the Week: Athole brose

The Herald was first with the news of Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s sacking as Rangers manager

Christopher Jack: The story behind breaking the story

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon: All I want for Christmas isn't you...

Robert McNeil: How Scotia demeans herself to bring in the spondulicks

Robert McNeil: How Scotia demeans herself to bring in the spondulicks

Poet Len Pennie has the popularised the Scots language online with her Scots Word of the Day on Twitter

Lennie Pennie: Time to end a stigma that all women face

Rishi Sunak and Nicola Sturgeon

Brian Taylor: Supreme Court is a huge challenge for Sturgeon – but also for Sunak

The typical household is currently paying at least £2,500 a year for energy alone, crippling budgets

Issue of the day: Should GPs be able to prescribe 'warmth'?

You can’t blame NHS workers from seeking better lives abroad. One nurse from Perth, is now enjoying a much more rewarding life in Perth, Australia. Others will assuredly follow in his wake.

Herald View: The founding principles of NHS should be up for debate

Rangers' Fashion Sakala, John Lundstram and Malik Tillman during a training session at the Rangers Training Centre

PREMIUM Rangers are short of squad assets to help fund the new boss rebuild - Chris Jack

Soup kitchen and foodbank at Central Station run by Homeless Project Scotland

OPINION Catriona Stewart: Why the basics like food should never be thought of as privilege

Nicola Sturgeon

Neil Mackay This rotten week summed up every dysfunction at the heart of Scottish political life

Yes supporters gathered outside the Scottish Parliament for a rally on Wednesday in response to the Supreme Court ruling

Kevin McKenna At Large 'That verdict has been absolutely brilliant for our movement'

Nicola Sturgeon responds this week to the decision by judges at the UK Supreme Court (Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Michael Settle: Can Sturgeon's daring 2024 election gamble succeed?

Can Labour, with Sir Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar, come up with a significantly enhanced devolution settlement that can break the deadlock?

Opinion Andy Maciver: Will the SNP see that a new unionism can work for us all?

Scotland's festival scene

Opinion Donald MacLeod: The new alcohol proposals that drove me to drink

Michelle Supple, Deputy Chief Executive of Age Scotland

Agenda Why older generation should seek the financial support they’re entitled to

Emma Laslett was one of the finalists on Brain of Britain, described as having an

Issue of the Day Woman's Hour embroiled in 'trans' row

The beautiful Caerlaverock Castle, home to many historic events, is currently shut by the government

Opinion Mark Smith: Why are so many of our historic places still closed?

The entire Sturgeon strategy on independence has been a mess from the get-go and now risks completely unravelling

Opinion Neil Mackay: It’s not the Supreme Court holding back independence, it’s the SNP

Black Friday is a dystopian hell – how many will abstain from the proceedings this year?

Opinion Susan Swarbrick: Getting ready for the Black Friday blues

The capricious gods of Brexit must be appeased if Sir Keir Starmer is to fulfil his destiny (Jacob King/ PA Wire)

Opinion Rebecca McQuillan: Sunak and Starmer have yet to admit that Brexit was a mistake