KENNY MacAskill has announced his decision to stand for the Alba Party leadership. The former MP for East Lothian has been serving as the party’s acting leader since the death of Alex Salmond but will ...

When you look at the tiny nations that enjoy their own sovereignty, when you read of the small island states on course to become proud republics, when you see countries of a similar size to ours, but ...

Denis Law has been described as a “true Scot” by former teammate Alex Stepney as tributes poured in for the Manchester United ...

First Minister John Swinney hails Denis Law as ‘giant of Scottish football’ - Law remains the only Scottish player to have ...

Mr Swinney is also expected to take aim at the economic issues facing the UK, with pressure mounting on the Government from ...

Ahead of Donald Trump officially becoming the US president, The Herald examines if his potential impact on Scotland's climate change action.

REJOINING the European Union is Scotland’s “best hope for a more prosperous future”, John Swinney is expected to say in a speech in Glasgow.

THE SNP was accused of “scandalous” failure as crumbling healthcare services, soaring drug and alcohol deaths and spiralling poverty cast a shadow over the nation. Bleak figures show Scots’ life ...