Colin Mearns

A new mural of Winston from Still Game in Glasgow.

The work by artist Tap End Tef can be found on the gable end wall at Mikaku on Queen Street.

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Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar holds a victory rally in Hamilton, Friday 6th June following Davy Russell's win in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Scottish parliament by-election. @heraldscotland.bsky.social

Wonderful trip to Gourock outdoor pool, Sunday 1st June 2025. The pool uses filtered seawater from the Firth of Clyde and is warmed up to a very pleasant 29°C. A great place to spend a rainy Sunday with the bairns. Honestly, it really is!

The Robert Burns statue is removed from Glasgow's George Square for restoration.

It is the first of 11 bronze statues to be removed during the renovation, and will be returned in 2026.

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'I’ve made this 6am pilgrimage ahead of the RSPB’s International Dawn Chorus weekend at a time when the birdsong morning symphony is at its most intense' 🐦‍⬛

I made a pilgrimage to a wetland paradise - and confessed my 'sins'👇

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Gallus wee squirrel snaffling their breakfast from our bird feeder and tormenting Matilda. Pretty productive morning for a squiggle I reckon. 🤣🤣

Amy Macdonald performing during a pop-up gig at Princes Square, Glasgow, this afternoon, Friday 25th April 2025. Photographed for @heraldscotland.bsky.social @glasgowtimes.bsky.social @scotnational.bsky.social

'The Scottish Bowel Screening Programme is an amazing thing'

A powerful piece from our own Colin Mearns, whose life was saved by an NHS Scotland test 👇

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Late last year, our photographer @mearnscolin.bsky.social was diagnosed with bowel cancer

A simple NHS Scotland test saved his life

Thank you, Patrick, that's very kind. Hope all is well with you.

NHS Scotland saved my life - here's why everyone needs to do the bowel test Colin Mearns did a routine bowel test where doctors found a malignant tumour - the early catch saved his life

In December 2024 I was diagnosed with bowel cancer. A simple test saved my life. Some words about my experience with cancer are in @heraldscotland.bsky.social today. V happy to say I am now cancer free. #bowelcancer www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenew...

A view of Loch Katrine in the Trossachs, Scotland on a beautiful spring day. Loch Katrine is the main source of Glasgow's fresh water. Photograph by Colin Mearns.

Loch Katrine, Trossachs, Scotland. Monday 7th April 2025. I mean, honestly, just look at it....🌞🌞

Rebecca McCurdy shadowed lifesaving ScotRail conductor Dominic Quilty.

Here's why it was an unforgettable experience: heraldscotland.com/news/2489533...

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"Doing what you can where you are": How The Community Newsroom is rebuilding trust in Govanhill Greater Govanhill and The Ferret are working together to bolster local news, combat polarisation and enact positive change in a Glasgow community.

How The Community Newsroom is rebuilding media trust in Govanhill

✍ @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social spoke to @karingoodwin.bsky.social & Rhiannon Davies for the Sunday Edition. Pics by @mearnscolin.bsky.social
@greatergovanhill.com @theferret.scot

Full story: tinyurl.com/32tcsejd

A black and white photograph of people on the Trongate, Glasgow, Saturday 25th Jan 2025. I just loved the sunlight reflecting from the buildings behind me. Made a lovely change from the storm shenanigans the previous day. Incidentally, the building on the left is the Britannia Panopticon music hall, the world's oldest surviving music hall and where in 1906, a 16 year old Stan Laurel made his stage debut.

Trongate, Glasgow, Saturday 25th Jan 2025. I just loved the sunlight reflecting from the buildings behind me. The building on the left is the Britannia Panopticon music hall, the world's oldest surviving music hall and where in 1906, a 16 year old Stan Laurel made his stage debut.

Happy Caturday!

Firefighters have rushed to a Glasgow street following the collapse of a building.

It is understood that the building was meant to be torn down in a controlled demolition but collapsed early.

FULL STORY: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2487744...

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Linda Allan, the mother of Katie Allan touches a photograph of her daughter as her husband Stuart looks on at a press conference at the Kimpton Blythswood Square hotel Glasgow regarding the decision into the joint Fatal Accident Inquiry into the deaths of both Katie Allan and William Lindsay who both took their own lives in 2018 at Polmont Young Offender’s Institution. Photograph by Colin Mearns for The Herald & Times Group Friday 17th January 2025

Linda Allan, the mother of Katie Allan touches a photograph of her daughter at a press conference, Friday 17th Jan 2025 regarding the joint FAI into the deaths of both Katie and William Lindsay in 2018 at Polmont YOI. Photographed for @heraldscotland.bsky.social & @glasgowtimes.bsky.social

Beautiful late afternoon light (and gorgeous clouds) at Dunoon today, Wednesday 8th January 2025.

The Glasgow International Comedy Festival (GICF) has unveiled its biggest line up to date ahead of its return in March

FIND OUT MORE: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2484329...

A photograph taken at night of Hope Street in Glasgow city centre at the junction of Oswald Street and Argyle Street.

Hope Street, Glasgow City Centre, 2nd January 2025.

A cottage framed by trees at Culzean, South Ayrshire. Photographed on Boxing day, 2024.

A lovely cottage spotted on a Boxing day stroll.

Glasgow’s creative exodus: Is the south side the new west end? Its bohemian golden age is over. Alasdair Gray’s favourite Hillhead haunts have been sold off. The Scotsman Group, formerly known as G1, bought Oran Mor in 2022. In the same year, the Ubiquitous Chip

The west end's bohemian golden age is over. Alasdair Gray’s favourite Hillhead haunts have been sold off. The kind of artists and writers that once crawled around the area have been priced out. As a whole, it has traded coolness for commerce.

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Thank you, Louise. I think I'll remember this little guy for quite a while too. Just adorable.

A grey squirrel eats a croissant while sitting in a tree on Gray Street in the West End of Glasgow, Wednesday 11th December 2024. Photographed for @heraldscotland.bsky.social @glasgowtimes.bsky.social & @scotnational.bsky.social

Squirrel. Croissant. Tree. Glasgow.

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A squirrel enjoys a croissant in a tree on Gray Street, in Glasgow's Kelvingrove.

Our photographer @mearnscolin.bsky.social saw the squirrel run across the road with the croissant in its mouth, before it ran up the tree and enjoyed its meal.

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Education specialist James McEnaney and photographer Colin Mearns visited Scotland's newest special school

TAKE A LOOK INSIDE: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2477587...

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