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Mark Smith: Can we fix the taxi problem before it’s too late?

Mark Smith: Can we fix the taxi problem before it’s too late?

Usually when I get in a taxi, I ask the driver clever questions off the top of my head, like “busy tonight?” or “when does your shift finish?” But...

yesterday 30

Herald Scotland

Mark Smith

Roz Foyer: Your energy bills are about to go up again. Time to take back control

Roz Foyer: Your energy bills are about to go up again. Time to take back control

On the 1st of April the price of heating your home will rise by 6.4%. The cost of energy for a typical household will be £1,849, still sitting over...

yesterday 10

Herald Scotland

Roz Foyer

Ian McConnell: Baffling decision which tied Labour’s hands It flagged a 'small margin against the risk', which was a somewhat different tone to that from Labour

Ian McConnell: Baffling decision which tied Labour’s hands It flagged a 'small margin against the risk', which was a somewhat different tone to that from Labour

So when is a fiscal event major and when is it not? That has been one of the big questions in recent days, with not everyone agreeing with...

yesterday 9

Herald Scotland

Ian Mcconnell

Emily Gray: Figures show Scots even more unhappy with public services than English

Emily Gray: Figures show Scots even more unhappy with public services than English

Rising demand for public services coupled with a tight funding environment means the need for public service reform is more pressing than ever. In...

yesterday 9

Herald Scotland

Emily Gray

'Powerless, unheard, and forgotten: we must do more for victims of crime'

'Powerless, unheard, and forgotten: we must do more for victims of crime'

Kate Wallace, chief executive of Victim Support Scotland on what needs to change for victims “I want a robust system that keeps me and my family...

yesterday 8

Herald Scotland

Kate Wallace

Scotland’s role in the future of cancer research

Scotland’s role in the future of cancer research

Since the early 1990s, around 80,600 cancer deaths have been avoided in Scotland, a testament to the significant investment in world-class...

yesterday 9

Herald Scotland

Michelle Mitchell

'England is the outlier by charging university fees. We must not follow them'

'England is the outlier by charging university fees. We must not follow them'

The key message, or ‘story’, that many newspapers took from the recent report by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland was that...

yesterday 8

Herald Scotland

Peter Scott

Bitchy and backstabbing? Nicola Sturgeon hasn't seen anything yet

Bitchy and backstabbing? Nicola Sturgeon hasn't seen anything yet

“Whenever a friend succeeds,” said Gore Vidal, “a little something in me dies.” I thought of that when Nicola Sturgeon, having finally been...

sunday 3

Herald Scotland

Rosemary Goring

Yee-hah! Hit Scottish musical Wild Rose shows why we will always love country music

Yee-hah! Hit Scottish musical Wild Rose shows why we will always love country music

Why in tarnation is Scotland so fascinated with country music? What makes Caledonian hearts seemingly beat in perfect four/four time on hearing...

sunday 3

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Brian Beacom

How giving every school child a week in the wilderness can transform their lives

How giving every school child a week in the wilderness can transform their lives

Conservative MSP Liz Smith wants to change the law to ensure all children have the chance to experience five days of residential outdoor education...

sunday 3

Herald Scotland

Liz Smith

They say trolls live in the hills on my Scottish island - and I think I've heard them I like to imagine them to be small, almost rock-like, covered in moss with beady eyes and long, folded ears. But perhaps they’re larger, more grotesque and a murkish green, dragging their feet and hunching their shoulders.

They say trolls live in the hills on my Scottish island - and I think I've heard them I like to imagine them to be small, almost rock-like, covered in moss with beady eyes and long, folded ears. But perhaps they’re larger, more grotesque and a murkish green, dragging their feet and hunching their shoulders.

The hills on Rum are said to be home to trolls. I like to imagine them to be small, almost rock-like, covered in moss with beady eyes and long,...

sunday 2

Herald Scotland

Elle Duffy

John McLellan: Will we ever find out truth about Edinburgh whistleblowing scandal?

John McLellan: Will we ever find out truth about Edinburgh whistleblowing scandal?

Now Sir Keir Starmer’s bandwagon has been derailed in spectacular fashion by a litany of broken principles and promises, the chances of Anas Sarwar...

29.03.2025 8

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John Mclellan

Cue the call for Scottish ministers to take a leaf out of Westminster's book The Office for Budget Responsibility has concluded that the UK government is on track to build an extra 1.3 million homes by the end of the parliament

Cue the call for Scottish ministers to take a leaf out of Westminster's book The Office for Budget Responsibility has concluded that the UK government is on track to build an extra 1.3 million homes by the end of the parliament

There weren't all that many people that the Chancellor managed to convince, but Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement on Wednesday did persuade one key...

29.03.2025 1

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Kristy Dorsey

Basic Bank Accounts need to be easier for people to open

Basic Bank Accounts need to be easier for people to open

The ultimate form of financial exclusion is not having access to a bank account. Now for many of us, this may seem a strange comment because surely...

29.03.2025 2

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Sarah-Jayne Dunn

Mark Smith: It’s not over yet – the new battle to save Glasgow’s Vogue cinema

Mark Smith: It’s not over yet – the new battle to save Glasgow’s Vogue cinema

You may remember the story of the Vogue, the old art deco cinema in the north of Glasgow. It was very nearly demolished – I stood and watched the...

29.03.2025 10

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Mark Smith

Brian Taylor: Spring Statement? Emergency Budget? More like political ineptitude

Brian Taylor: Spring Statement? Emergency Budget? More like political ineptitude

In government, confidence counts. To be blunt, seldom has a Chancellor appeared so ill at ease and disquieted as Rachel Reeves delivering her...

29.03.2025 10

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Brian Taylor

Andy Maciver: Let's learn from Elon Musk: we need million-pound civil servants

Andy Maciver: Let's learn from Elon Musk: we need million-pound civil servants

Long before Elon Musk gave government efficiency a bad name, I had an idea.  It had been festering since shortly after John Swinney became First...

28.03.2025 1

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Andy Maciver

Shifting Scotland’s narrative on homelessness and poverty

Shifting Scotland’s narrative on homelessness and poverty

Scotland’s well-known compassion isn’t necessarily as deeply embedded as the more socially conscious of us might like to think. I was shocked and...

28.03.2025 4

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Mike Findlay-Agnew

'Why this Scottish festival should be on every whisky lover's bucket list' It's the perfect time for whisky fans to visit since the distilleries put on a variety of events which would not normally be offered during the rest of the year.

'Why this Scottish festival should be on every whisky lover's bucket list' It's the perfect time for whisky fans to visit since the distilleries put on a variety of events which would not normally be offered during the rest of the year.

This past week, I had the pleasure of attending a Glen Scotia preview event for the Campbeltown Malts Festival which is taking place during the...

28.03.2025 2

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Moa Reynolds

Ian McConnell: Scottish city's climb all the more pleasing given challenges It was highly encouraging to see the Scottish city climb further up the global league table

Ian McConnell: Scottish city's climb all the more pleasing given challenges It was highly encouraging to see the Scottish city climb further up the global league table

It was highly encouraging to see Scotland’s biggest city climb further up the league table of global financial centres when the latest rankings...

28.03.2025 10

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Ian Mcconnell

Neil Mackay: Putin just gave Trump the wink on force against Greenland… be afraid It makes you pine for the good old days of the Cold War. That wasn’t a typo, I meant ‘good old days’, not ‘bad old days’.

Neil Mackay: Putin just gave Trump the wink on force against Greenland… be afraid It makes you pine for the good old days of the Cold War. That wasn’t a typo, I meant ‘good old days’, not ‘bad old days’.

This article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. It makes you pine for the good old days of the Cold War. That wasn’t a...

28.03.2025 20

Herald Scotland

Neil Mackay

Ian Murray: The SNP have proved unfit to handle public money wisely Scottish Secretary Ian Murray says Labour is safeguarding the UK's national security and economic renewal. He calls on John Swinney and the SNP to "up their game."

Ian Murray: The SNP have proved unfit to handle public money wisely Scottish Secretary Ian Murray says Labour is safeguarding the UK's national security and economic renewal. He calls on John Swinney and the SNP to

By now, no one can doubt the scale of the security and economic challenges facing Scotland, the UK, and Europe. In no period since the end of the...

27.03.2025 10

Herald Scotland

Ian Murray

Brian Wilson: Frankly, Nicola, we'd love to know the facts of the Salmond case

Brian Wilson: Frankly, Nicola, we'd love to know the facts of the Salmond case

It has been quite a week for anniversaries. Five years on from Alex Salmond being found not guilty of all the charges brought against him. Five...

27.03.2025 10

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Brian Wilson

Local dramas in one of Scotland's most coveted areas have to be seen to be believed

Local dramas in one of Scotland's most coveted areas have to be seen to be believed

Welcome to the beautiful south side of Glasgow. Gorgeous blonde sandstone tenements, leafy streets, segregated cycle lanes, community-run back...

27.03.2025 20

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Marissa Macwhirter

This Labour government is devoid of the courage or ingenuity to meet today's crises

This Labour government is devoid of the courage or ingenuity to meet today's crises

The world has changed, as the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, reminded us on Wednesday. Who could disagree with her? The new Trump administration has...

27.03.2025 5

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Mark Mcgeoghegan

Brace yourselves for the confected outrage over new sex education guidance Tomorrow, the Scottish Government is going to publish something that will, almost without doubt, attract not just quite a bit of attention, but also a significant helping of mindless and confected outrage.

Brace yourselves for the confected outrage over new sex education guidance Tomorrow, the Scottish Government is going to publish something that will, almost without doubt, attract not just quite a bit of attention, but also a significant helping of mindless and confected outrage.

This article appears as part of the Lessons to Learn newsletter. Tomorrow, the Scottish Government is going to publish something that will, almost...

27.03.2025 1

Herald Scotland

James Mcenaney

Neil Mackay: The Irn-Bru company shames the very spirit of Scottish enterprise

Neil Mackay: The Irn-Bru company shames the very spirit of Scottish enterprise

I’m beginning to feel like Benjamin the Donkey in Animal Farm. Benjamin lived so long, the world turned him cynical. He knew that whether the pigs...

27.03.2025 2

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Neil Mackay

Why I paid money to watch shots of buildings and streets for 90 minutes

Why I paid money to watch shots of buildings and streets for 90 minutes

How well do we know the city landscape surrounding us, the urban jungles we have created as a reflection of ourselves? Do we exist within it as a...

27.03.2025 3

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Derek Mcarthur

Why the reign of Charles I has lessons for today

Why the reign of Charles I has lessons for today

Today (March 27 2025) marks the 400th anniversary of the death of James VI and I and series of commemorative events are taking place throughout the...

27.03.2025 3

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Dr John Young