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Exports to the EU from Scotland slumped by up to 25% two years after Brexit as trade with the rest of the UK rose, it has been revealed (2/5)
Regan's camp believes the party has given rival candidate Humza Yousaf an advantage
Isle of Skye venue crowned best restaurant in Scotland
MINISTERS have ploughed more than £25 million in “emergency” funding into the nationalised shipyard building two long overdue and massively over-budget ferries this financial year, it can be revealed
The further cash injection means that direct capital spending on the two lifeline ferries has hit £61.1m in this financial year alone
Scotland's 'floating' chippy charts course for 30 years cooking up a storm
The Scotch Whisky Association described it as an “unjustifiable” hike which would result in 75 per cent of the money spent on a bottle would go to the Treasury. 
‘When I saw the video, a beautiful young woman in a floral tea dress with soft curls around her face, happily loading laundry, shopping, baking for her husband and doing yet more chores, I thought it was a spoof created for International Women's Day’
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Scotch Whisky Association anger over Chancellor's alcohol duty hike
THE favourite to be Scotland’s next first minister is facing questions over his credibility after his account of missing a key vote on gay marriage was labelled “not true” by the SNP cabinet minister in charge at the time.
Former health secretary Alex Neil said Humza Yousaf arranged a ministerial meeting 19 days in advance as “cover” to avoid having to vote
Natalie McGarry loses embezzlement appeal but prison term reduced
PEOPLE of faith will be reluctant to enter politics in the wake of attacks on Kate Forbes over her moral views, the Catholic Church has warned.
The church's spokesman in Scotland Peter Kearney said political parties had helped foster a culture of intolerance towards people's "religious orientations".
The Vorobyov family were living in Bucha near Kyiv when the Russian invasion began on February 24, 2022. Tikhon’s mother went to help the sick and injured in Vorobianka, while the rest of the family stayed at home.
Ukrainian refugee family at home in Oban thanks to football
THE state-own shipyard behind the CalMac ferries scandal has been ordered to address dangerous working conditions or face prosecution, the Herald can reveal.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has given Ferguson Marine until the end of March to correct safety issues on the ferries and elsewhere on the Port Glasgow site