Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter

Profile: Martin Williams

Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter:

Senior News Reporter

If variety is the spice of life, then my career must be a vindaloo. What else could explain a background that has involved revealing the plan to put Tony Blair in the dock over the Iraq war; that Little Britain stars described Motherwell in less than complimentary terms; unveiling Scotland's most valuable companies; and detailing the 1bn hole in the country's public sector pensions. All without a jug of iced water in sight.

Latest articles from Martin Williams

Boulder landslide threat shuts lifeline Scots road for two days - despite safety measures

Boulder landslide threat shuts lifeline Scots road for five days - despite safety measures

A NOTORIOUS lifeline Scots road has had to be totally shut for two days following fears of huge boulders falling from a nearby hill, it has emerged.

Scots energy firms join National Grid in revolt over regulator's curb on customer price rises

Scots energy firms join National Grid in revolt over regulator's curb on customer price rises

SCOTTISH energy firms are to join the National Grid in a rebellion over the UK regulator plan to stop them charging customers more on their gas and electricity bills.

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An unlikely partnership: Award-winning Scots rapper teams up with a bank to battle Covid impact

An unlikely partnership: Award-winning Scots rapper teams up with a bank to battle Covid impact

It is perhaps one of Scotland's most unlikely partnerships.

Scots energy firms apologise after being forced to compensate customers for overcharging

Scots energy firms apologise after being forced to compensate customers for overcharging

SCOTS energy firms have apologised after becoming among 18 gas and electricity suppliers who have were told to pay £10.4 million in compensation for failures to one million homes over overcharging.

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Ian St John passes away. Saint and Greavsie were made into puppets in the 80s ITV satire Spitting Image, which recognised their status as household names.

Family's grief as tributes pour in for a Scots football legend who became a TV star

TRIBUTES have poured in for Ian St John, the Scottish football legend turned one half of one of the finest double acts in sports broadcasting who has died at the age of 82.

'Deeply saddened': Scots football legend 'The Saint' dies at the age of 82

'A true giant': Scots football legend 'The Saint' dies at the age of 82

SCOTLAND and Liverpool football legend Ian St John has died.

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Scots energy firms ordered to pay millions in compensation for overcharging

'Regret': Scots energy firms ordered to pay millions in compensation for overcharging

SCOTS energy firms are among 18 gas and electricity suppliers who have been told to pay £10.4 million in compensation for failures to one million homes over overcharging.

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Vaccine concerns as Scots cases of Covid variants double in two weeks

Vaccine concerns as Scots cases of Covid variants double in two weeks

CONFIRMED cases of new variants of coronavirus that might be more resistant to the vaccine have more than doubled in Scotland in two weeks as a new Brazilian strain was confirmed to have hit the nation, the Herald can reveal.

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Respiratory deaths in Scotland rise despite smoking ban

Respiratory deaths in Scotland rise despite smoking ban

MINISTERS have come under fire for failing to curb the number of respiratory deaths in Scotland in the lifetime of the Scottish Parliament - despite the introduction of a no smoking ban.

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Covid made Scotland more united... the independence debate could tear us apart, study finds

Covid made Scotland more united... the independence debate could tear us apart, study finds

SCOTLAND has pulled together during the Covid crisis and is now a more united nation - but there are fundamental fears it will be torn apart by the Scottish independence debate.

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