Happy #BurnsNight2019! My favourite Robert Burns fact is his connection to abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who called him “the man who taught me a man’s a man for a’ that.”…

IT was revealed last week that Nigel Farage’s political vehicle, Reform UK, had received a donation of £9 million from the secretive former…

The prime minister and his counterpart in Denmark want a concerted effort to weaken human rights across Europe. This isn’t pragmatism – it’s cruelty, says Steve Valdez-Symonds, refugee and migrant rig...

Professor John Robertson OBA The Herald today, has: Leading scientists, land managers and environmental campaigners have set out what must be done to save Scotland’s ancient forest, sayin…

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The milestone is one of a number of new measures taking effect on St Andrew's Day from the Scottish Languages Act.

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Professor John Robertson OBA The above video excerpt is already out these across social media. I’m just giving another wee push and, importantly reminding folk that location pricing is never,…

Professor John Robertson OBA Today, BBC Scotland and the Scotsman, have the above, and: The UK government has said it will not offer financial support to keep the Exxon Mobil plant at Mossmorran op…

KEIR Starmer has addressed the closure of the ExxonMobil site in Fife which threatens more than 400 jobs.

Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS