Abortion has been decriminalised in Northern Ireland after a landmark law change came into force at midnight.

JK ROWLING has spoken out against the Gender Recognition Reform Bill in Scotland saying it "will harm the most vulnerable women in…

MICHAEL Gove has called on the Scottish Government to publish an "itemised list" of how it has spent money it was given to prepare for…

Political broadcaster Andrew Neil is set to launch a 24-hour, TV news channel that will rival the BBC and Sky.

GB News will make its debut on British TV this month with the chairman of the network, Andrew Neil set to be a prominent role as the channel looks…

Known for her passion for the Scots language, Lennie Pennie has now joined The Herald as our newest columnist.

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More than half of Scots are in favour of Scottish independence.

WATCHING Nicola Sturgeon at First Minister's Questions today made me very angry at her complete disrespect for the Presiding Officer, who was trying…

JK Rowling has launched a new "women-centred and women-delivered" service for female survivors of sexual violence in Edinburgh.

SCOTTISH boxer Josh Taylor has called Scotland a 'fascist state under [Nicola] Sturgeon's SNP' on social media in a remarkable outburst.

IF hubris and hypocrisy were terminal illnesses Ian Blackford would have died on national television this morning (July 8). While being interviewed…

Neil Oliver has said that he believes Scotland choosing independence would be a “step backwards” and would ‘infringe’ on his human rights.

Beloved Scottish actor Sam Heughan has said the character he plays in his new movie is a "more authentic" version of 007 - but admits he…

IT was instructive to be an unwitting attender at the Rangers celebrations last week. Heading for the Clyde tunnel on the way home after a holiday…

SCOTTISH boxer Josh Taylor has called Scotland a 'fascist state under [Nicola] Sturgeon's SNP' on social media in a remarkable outburst.

FOR months now we have been embroiled in a series of debates about the process, but not the substance, of achieving independence. First the Supreme…

THE SNP Westminster leader has been urged to correct the House of Commons records after using “completely fictitious” figures to boast about…

THE SNP has confirmed its MPs will vote against the Brexit deal when it comes before the Commons on Wednesday.

The European flag will continue to fly at Edinburgh City Chambers despite Scotland and the UK leaving the EU, the capital’s Lord Provost has…

THE SNP and the Scottish Greens will draw up and publish a joint government prospectus on independence which will be put to voters under plans to…

Half of Scots would vote for the SNP at the next General Election if it could mean leaving the UK, a poll has found.

Quietly resilient and guaranteed to make us smile, these hardy flowers can currently be seen in all their glory the length and breadth of Scotland,…

NICOLA Sturgeon has been reported to the police for appearing to flout her own Covid rules on wearing a face covering.

The UK Government is to investigate whether to block the Scottish Government's gender recognition reforms.

THE most talked about and controversial media launch in years – Andrew Neil’s Fox News-inspired GB News ­– takes place tomorrow. Among its…

IT is teatime on a Wednesday as the faces of Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish pop up on my computer screen. We've arranged to talk – via the…

IT is teatime on a Wednesday as the faces of Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish pop up on my computer screen. We've arranged to talk – via the…

Durham County Council boss Simon Henig has asked senior officers to find a way to force Dominic Cummings to pay tens of thousands of pounds of…

IT was Christmas Eve in Darwin, Australia when Dave Krantz and his partner heard the faint sound of an animal crying somewhere in their back yard.

Ewan McGregor has shifted his support from No to Yes as he backed Scottish independence in a recent interview stating that “it’s time” for…

IT was surreal to see Nicola Sturgeon smiling and shaking hands with a man whom she avowedly detests, as a Tory, namely the Prime Minister…

THERE is a wonderful sequence in the book, and subsequent film, Fight Club in which those who are members of the never-to-be-named association…

THERE is talk of the possibility of the Holyrood parliament closing if there is an outbreak of the coronavirus in Edinburgh. If all it can do is…

IT has been apparent for some time that the parliamentary system at Holyrood is not working at all well. The recent exchanges about the ferries…

GB News will make its debut on British TV this month with the chairman of the network, Andrew Neil set to be a prominent role as the channel looks…

As the debate around what the future holds for the Bute House Agreement, SNP MSP Fergus Ewing writing exclusively for the Herald on Sunday raises…

THE SNP will be ousted from power in the capital after Labour and the LibDems agreed a deal with the Tories to seize control.

IS there an argument that Piers Morgan right now has the most important single voice in Britain? I know what you’re thinking: the TV…

NICOLA Sturgeon has condemned the “stench of sleaze” around the Conservative UK government which she said is “becoming quite overpowering”.

THE LEADER of the Scottish Conservatives has said the SNP does not speak for Scotland during a furious debate on a controversial government trade…

The Prime Minister's official spokesman said this afternoon that Mr Johnson has "fully supported devolution"

NICOLA Sturgeon’s threat to hold a second independence referendum without Westminster consent is opposed by most Scots, according to a new poll.

THE UK Government hid key parts of Brexit planning from devolved administrations, leaked documents show.

Poet Lennie Pennie, the woman behind the online phenomenon of Scots Word of the Day, on the courage of domestic abuse survivors

EVERYONE has something that they’re really, really into. Some people like cars, or football, or yoga. I love the Scots language.

THE SNP and the Scottish Greens will draw up and publish a joint government prospectus on independence which will be put to voters under plans to…

THE Scottish Government faces a penalty of up to £190m because of irregularities in spending hundreds of millions in Euro funds which have…

THE SCOTTISH Greens have called for the monarchy to be scrapped as the head of state in any independent Scotland – and called for a democratically…

A SCOTTISH Government prospectus for an independent Scotland featured a large image of an English wind farm on the front page by mistake, it has…

A FUNDRAISER for the Scottish Crannog Centre has raised £12,000 so far to rebuild the iconic centre after it was almost totally destroyed by a…

“I CAN only think that Miss Pennie is related to someone within The Herald's management team, otherwise how could an immature little Girl, even…

THE Scottish Government has ditched plans to publish an "annual economic case for independence”, it has emerged.

MPs have threatened to sue Boris Johnson for failing to protect UK democracy from Russia.

Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has accused the First Minister of having “sacrificed the rights of children in Scotland” as part of a…

IT has been apparent for some time that the parliamentary system at Holyrood is not working at all well. The recent exchanges about the ferries…

Scotland's border with England should be policed to prevent day-trippers from entering or leaving the country if lockdown measures are lifted down…

The last time I wrote an article about the Scots language, the comments were a bit of a mixed bag. A few people dropped by to announce that they…

IN an interview this week with Kay Burley on Sky News, Nicola Sturgeon talked enthusiastically about Scotland’s "leadership role" in…

NICOLA Sturgeon apparently has said that she has not seen any evidence of criminality in the procurement and construction of the two ferries at…

“I CAN only think that Miss Pennie is related to someone within The Herald's management team, otherwise how could an immature little Girl, even…