Stevie May hopes a no-nonsense dressing room inquest is the start of a healing process from a harrowing Viaplay Cup campaign and helps solve St Johnstone’s problems before the Premiership kick-off. Steven MacLean savaged his squad to leave them
As St Mirren turned on the style on Saturday afternoon Conor McMenamin was hoping that one observer was taking particular note. With Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill among the crowd as the Paisley side steamrolled their way over the top of
IT can often be difficult to extract joy from football at this time of year, with players and teams still finding their feet, form and fitness, even in quasi-competitive matches such as the League Cup group stages. But the Motherwell supporters
Jonny Hayes reckons Aberdeen will unleash their secret weapon this season through born-again midfielder Dante Polvara. The Dons were successful in their final -pre-season game before this weekend’s big kick off when they won in London. Aberdeen
Michael Beale admits it is only natural that there is ‘noise’ around several of his Ibrox fringe men this summer as he seeks to trim his Rangers squad in the coming weeks. The Englishman completed his ninth signing of the window on Friday as Danilo
Darcy Graham has set his sights firmly on Stuart Hogg’s national try-scoring record after adding another two touchdowns to his own tally on Saturday. The Edinburgh winger’s brace in the 25-13 win over Italy at Murrayfield took his total to 18.
Scotland’s World Cup warm-up games against Italy and Georgia are no doubt valuable preparation in all sorts of ways, but the double-header against France this weekend and next is the real meat in the four-fixture sandwich. The aim of starting the
Max Verstappen’s invincible streak continued at the Belgian Grand Prix with another crushing win. The double world champion started sixth but took the lead at Spa Francorchamps on lap 17 of 44 before taking the chequered flag 22.3 seconds clear
Vera Pauw has called on the Football Association of Ireland to reach a decision on her future as Republic of Ireland coach ahead of the team’s final World Cup match against Nigeria. Pauw’s contract is up at the end of the tournament, with Ireland
The owner of one of Scotland’s largest city’s top restaurants was said to be “devasted” after it was revealed the business had gone bust. The surprise closure prompted an outpouring of support for the team behind Brian Maule at Chardon d’Or as
The fixtures for the Viaplay Cup second round have been drawn. The five Scottish European representatives Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Hearts and Hibs enter the competition at this stage. And they were joined by Airdrie, Ayr United and Motherwell
BUSINESSES have been left with bills of more than £86million by the collapse of the firm overseeing the Scottish Government’s flagship recycling project, it has emerged. The scale of the financial wreckage left by the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS
A murder probe has been launched after a 27-year-old woman was killed in a collision between cars following an ‘altercation’ and a chase through the streets. Two vehicles, a black Volkswagen Tiguanand a silver Vauxhall Vectra, collided on the B902
ANYONE hungry? Have your brekkie or lunch noo, then, before this week’s Icon turns your stomach. Icon suggests positivity, some person, thing or place of which to be proud. Probably not someone who killed and ate 1,000 people. On the other hand
Doctors are urging the Scottish Government to hold urgent talks over the future of the country’s care sector, amid warnings that homes are closing at the rate of one a week. Professor Andrew Elder, president of the Royal College of Physicians of
SOMETIMES I feel we are guilty of being too quick to judge the Scottish Greens over some of their more ambitious initiatives. Oil and gas workers are troubled by the Greens’ plans to dismantle their industry, while the deposit return scheme – opposed
Pressure on the Bank of England could be cooling as policymakers look set to raise interest rates further, but with an end to the prolonged hiking cycle in sight. Most economists think the Bank will raise the base rate by 0.25 percentage points
Perfection can wait. Scotland were understrength and out of sorts for much of this match, but they found a way to win. And, given that they still have three World Cup warm-ups to play, that is perhaps the main thing. As Gregor Townsend said after
RISHI Sunak will visit Scotland tomorrow to announce a major investment in green technology designed to offset carbon emissions from North Sea oil and gas. The Prime Minister is expected to boost work on carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Aberdeenshire
The draw for the second round of the Viaplay Cup will take place today. Dundee and Inverness play the final group stage fixture of the tournament this afternoon ahead of the draw for the last 16 of the competition. And the draw will see the
When you are captain of the national side for the first time, a winning start in the role has to be the priority. Rory Darge got that all right, but, like head coach Gregor Townsend, the Glasgow forward was quick to acknowledge that there had been
Watsonians got their Super Series Championship defence off to a winning start with a gritty 11-3 win over Ayrshire Bulls at Millbrae. The Myreside-men led 3-0 at half-time through a Jason Baggott penalty but Bulls struck back through Brad Roderick-Evans
Gregor Townsend has indicated that he will try to pick his strongest team over the next fortnight when Scotland play their second and third (of four) World Cup warm-up matches against France at home and then in St Etienne. Speaking after a solid
There’s an awful lot said and written about heat pumps. Some of it is sensible comment; some of it unfortunately isn’t. But while there’s a debate to be had about how to decarbonise heating in homes effectively and affordably, and while heat pumps
Manchester United have a reached a deal in principle to sign Atalanta striker Rasmus Hojlund, the PA news agency understands. Having wrapped up the signings of Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount and Inter Milan goalkeeper Andre Onana, a deal has been
Portobello beach, Monifieth, the River Tay at Stanley Mills, an area around the Craigie Burn in Perth. These are just a few of the sites we know have had sewage-related problems over the last month. Comedian, Phill Jupitus, in the picturesque fishing
For 13 precious years Pasha the chocolate Labrador was a devoted companion; there for school runs, family holidays, daily walks and, as the children grew up and the house fell quiet, a steady, loyal, unconditional presence. “He was my baby,” says
Spin doctor-turned-podcaster Alastair Campbell is fond of referring to Boris Johnson as “the turd you can’t flush away”. After weeks of revelations, resignations, claims and counter claims about what did or did not cause him to have his Coutts
Rangers put down an early season marker after retaining the Glasgow Cup with a last gasp winner at Broadwood yesterday afternoon. Fran Alonso’s side had led for the bulk of the game after Amy Gallacher’s sixth minute opener only for Rangers to
A series of key world events have been recreated in Lego at at the National Museum of Flight in East Lothian. From Saturday August 5, Brick History will depict some of the events which shaped the world with over 30 models. Running until November
Terence Crawford has become the undisputed welterweight champion after a dominant performance against Errol Spence Jr in Las Vegas. Crawford unleashed a flurry of punches in round nine to a wobbly Spence who could not defend himself, forcing the
Figures showing that more than 300 patients with mental health problems had to stay in hospital waiting for care – including one patient who had their discharge delayed for more than nine years – have been branded “intolerable” by Scottish Tories.
When my constituent Jagtar Singh Johal was bundled into the back of a van by unidentified men who later turned out to be police in Jalandhar, Punjab, in November 2018, I can’t say I was much of an expert on Indian politics. But in the intervening
West Dunbartonshire’s representative in Westminster, Martin Docherty-Hughes, was at an important meeting of Sikh lawyers last week. He wanted to hear what they had to say about the Bloom Review, the British Government’s investigation in to how
Life as an Olympic athlete, or an aspiring one, goes in four year cycles. Everything is gauged in terms of the proximity to the next Olympic Games. Which is why the fact that the “One Year To Go” milestone for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
ANAS Sarwar’s household has received almost a quarter of a million pounds in unearned income since he made a public show of relinquishing his stake in a family business. Newly published accounts show the Scottish Labour leader’s wife has enjoyed
GIVEN the recent extreme weather resulting in wildfires and floods, there is no doubt that urgent action needs to be taken by the world to combat climate change, thought to be one of the main causes of such disasters. However, Patrick Harvie’s assertion
Professor Kate Britton is embarking on a scientific quest that will revolutionise how we think about our nation’s deepest history and ancient ancestors. She talks to Writer at Large Neil Mackay IT’S not hard to imagine Professor Kate Britton one
To my shame, I had my doubts about Manuel Garcia-Ruffo, the Mexican actor who plays the title role in The Lincoln Lawyer (Netflix, series two, part two, from Thursday). As a fan of Michael Connelly’s Mickey Haller crime novels, I had my own idea
SCOTTISH Labour is facing a “nightmare scenario” over the gender reforms it supported at Holyrood which have now been rejected by Keir Starmer. Sources fear the Scottish and UK Labour parties could find themselves on opposite sides of a courtroom
SOMEONE has been having a go at Darren McGarvey on Twitter. This is not news. Rarely a day goes by without a pop being taken at the Orwell Prize-winning provocateur. But today – he tells me wryly – he has been criticised for not being contentious enough
She has the sleek lines, glorious sundecks and sparkling white hull of a billionaire’s super-yacht. The 72m Scillonian IV will surely be Britain’s flashiest ferry when – if all goes to plan – she goes in to service three summers from now. The
The SNP’s secretary responsible for tackling the climate crisis has accused Tory ministers in Westminster of “playing politics” with net zero while the planet burns. On Thursday, UN Secretary General, António Guterres announced that “the era of
There were significant bits of history made at the FIFA Women’s World Cup this week. Katie McCabe, who spent a loan spell at Glasgow City some seasons back, scored the Republic of Ireland’s first ever Women’s World Cup goal with her former club
Killearn Village Gardens Killearn Stirlingshire G63 9NL Beautiful Plots Killearn is one of Scotland’s prettiest villages and tomorrow, many of its garden owners will be opening their gates in aid of Scotland’s Gardens Scheme (SGS)
FOUR CORNERS: Foreign Editor David Pratt’s weekly digest of stories from around the world Niger: Latest coup underscores diminishing Western influence in troubled region In recent years it’s been derisively dubbed the “coup
Darren McGarvey has spoken of how literary titans JK Rowling and Irvine Welsh helped him to establish himself as an author. Speaking exclusively to The Herald’s Dani Garavelli, he explained how the backing he received from the creators of Harry
For seven years, Bilson Eleven has maintained a reputation as one of Glasgow’s best dining experiences, with reservations for their tasting menus notoriously difficult to come by. When we speak, owner Nick Rietz, 39, has just returned from a well-earned
HUMZA Yousaf is set for a “thumping” in his first big electoral test since taking over as SNP leader, party insiders believe. The First Minister faces a collapse in SNP support in the Rutherglen & Hamilton West byelection, which is expected to
A SCOTTISH Labour candidate who works for a charity calling for an end to the two-child benefit cap has been urged to “stand up to her bosses in London” and do the same. The SNP accused Kirsty McNeill, an executive director of Save the Children
We have a job that we must admit we have not been doing very well… And that is to support our education sector by giving them our backing publicly and celebrating all that is good. We have a responsibility not only to highlight the issues
If you can’t seem to crack today’s Wordle word or you want to know more about how the game works, look no further. The aim of the popular game is to find a 5-letter word in only six attempts and there’s a new word to guess daily. The game uses
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