Sunday Herald View

What was called the Mars bar standard was notionally used to judge the health of the economy, the smaller it got the more the pinch on our pockets. We now introduce the potato chip standard, a measure of our physical health, the bigger the serving – and portions are getting much larger – so too the expansion of our waistlines and general increase in our ill health.

One of the many questions those involved in the blighted refurbishment of the "Mack" – the destroyed Glasgow School of Art building – are refusing to answer is why a cheaper and flammable insulation was used and not one which would not burn. From their silence we may draw our own conclusions.

MUSLIM women in Scotland are pushing back against a patriarchal religious community with a new campaign for equality. A group has been set up with a simple aim – to give women equal footing in mosques.

THE referendum campaign on whether the UK should leave the European Union will not be viewed by historians as this country’s finest moment.

It’s a bittersweet victory for Scottish Prison Service (SPS) backroom staff who have won a hard-fought battle for equal pay.

We're all teed off Mr President

BACK INTO THE DARK ABOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS SAFETY

Peace had broken out in the Tory Party over Brexit although, given past form, by lunchtime today, when the leading figures have shuffled through the TV studios, hostilities may well have broken out again.

PRISON chaplains fear intelligence gathering they do as part of the Prevent counter-terror strategy is putting their lives at risk.

RICHARD Leonard's call on his Westminster Labour colleagues to “get a move on” with plans for federalism has kickstarted a debate about devolution that was largely dormant.