The wealth of information that can be found in the Dictionaries of the Scots Language never ceases to amaze. The above is defined as follows: “A jocular nickname for the Royal Scots Regiment said to ...

DON’T mention the war? We never stop speaking about the bloody war in this country. Another week, another anniversary to remind us how Britain won it (no need to mention the Russians or the Americans ...

Leon Balogun has signed a new one-year deal at Rangers. The defender had been out of contract at the end of the season but has penned new terms to stay at Ibrox. Balogun will stay in Glasgow for the ...

Aryna Sabalenka beat her best friend Paula Badosa to reach the fourth round of the French Open. Second seed Sabalenka edged a tight first set against the former world number two, and then ran away ...

Everton are assessing “all options for the club’s future ownership” after 777 Partners’ proposed takeover fell through. Toffees owner Farhad Moshiri was tied into a period of exclusivity with the ...

Some of the things that have happened to me would probably be grounds for lawsuits’: one-handed pianist Nicholas McCarthy on his life and work ...

MIDGES are always worth moaning about. A reader told us he was in a shop in Whiting Bay when a local contractor, working in a glen where the little blighters were particularly vicious, was trying to ...

England, rated second in the world by FIFA, took a first-half lead through Beth Mead, but were pegged back by Elisa De Almeida’s sweet volley before Marie-Antoinette Katoto won it for third-ranked ...

A man has been charged after an ‘incident’ at Scotland’s home match behind closed doors against Israel last night. The Herald previously reported Pro-Palestine campaigners were staging a demonstration ...

Mike Tyson’s fight with Jake Paul in Texas has been postponed on health advice given to the former world heavyweight champion.

IT is that time of year when most of us are thinking longingly about a fortnight in the sun, on account of Scots not having seen it for months, unless we’ve sneaked in a wee winter break. The rain has ...

Rangers have confirmed five players have left the club. Ibrox chiefs have communicated the departures of Borna Barisic, Ryan Jack, John Lundstram, Jon McLaughlin and Kemar Roofe. All five players are ...