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The Herald, 17 Oct 2026

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ArticleStaff angry at plans for sur­gery over­haul

SURGEONS, nurses and NHS staff have reacted with anger to a secret blue­print for a massive over­haul of ortho­paedic sur­gery in Scot­land. Most only learned of the bomb­shell report’s exist­ence when The Her­ald revealed it yes­ter­day. The...

Staff angry at plans for sur­gery over­haul

ArticleSwin­ney’s delight as son joins him for party con­fer­ence

First Min­is­ter and party leader John Swin­ney arrives with his son Mat­thew for the second day of the SNP annual con­fer­ence in Aber­deen. Mr Swin­ney will make his leader’s speech this after­noon THE UK Gov­ern­ment is being cau­tious about...

Swin­ney’s delight as son joins him for party con­fer­ence

ArticleNational Park farms in pilot project to tackle effects of cli­mate change

THREE farms have been chosen to lead a project test­ing cli­mate-resi­li­ent and nature-friendly farm­ing meth­ods across Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. Glen Fin­glas, Shemore and Port­nel­lan will take part in the Resi­li­ent Farm...

National Park farms in pilot project to tackle effects of cli­mate change

ArticleMassive rise in attacks on teach­ers in cap­ital’s sec­ond­ar­ies

THE num­ber of attacks on sec­ond­ary school teach­ers in Edin­burgh has more than doubled, rising by 115% over the last four years. A Free­dom of Inform­a­tion (FOI) request seen by The Her­ald shows attacks rose from 38 in 2022-23 to 82 in 2025-26....

Massive rise in attacks on teach­ers in cap­ital’s sec­ond­ar­ies

ArticleUnion chief hits out at Mckee in clash over NHS reform

PUBLIC Ser­vice Reform Sec­ret­ary Ivan Mckee has been accused of being “dis­respect­ful” to NHS work­ers as ten­sions over the Scot­tish Gov­ern­ment’s plans to over­haul pub­lic ser­vices spilled into another heated SNP con­fer­ence event. The clash...

Union chief hits out at Mckee in clash over NHS reform

ArticleHe was ‘The Voice of Rugby’ – but what I would’ve given to hear him talk foot­ball

MY first memory of a rugby match was watch­ing Andy Irvine land­ing a pen­alty in the last minute of a Cal­cutta Cup game in 1974. Deep into injury time, with Eng­land lead­ing 16-14, Irvine – one of the finest sports­men ever to rep­res­ent Scot­land...

He was ‘The Voice of Rugby’ – but what I would’ve given to hear him talk foot­ball