Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An bayyana cikakkun bayanai game da jaridar a ranar 21 ga Nuwamba, 2014 bayan "The Guardian" ta sami kwafin wata wasika da Newsquest ke rarrabawa ga 'yan kasuwa da ke sanar da bugawar da ke tafe. Jaridar 'yar'uwa ta "The Herald" da "Sunday Herald", "The National" za ta zama jaridar yau da kullun ta farko a Scotland don tallafawa' yancin Scottish, kuma ana yin gwaji ne don amsa buƙatun daga masu karanta "Herald" don jaridar 'yanci. A lokacin da
Bayan zaben raba gardama na 'yancin kai na 2014, "Sunday Herald" ita ce jaridar da ta goyi bayan yakin neman zaben "Ee", kuma ta ga karuwar rarraba ta da kashi 60% a cikin makon da ya gabata kafin zaben raba gardama da kuma kashi 111% a cikin makon da ya biyo baya. An sanar da Richard Walker, editan "Sunday Herald", a matsayin sabon editan jaridar. A ranar 22 ga Nuwamba, Walker ya gaya wa taron magoya bayan Jam'iyyar Scottish National Party (SNP) da suka taru a Glasgow ta SSE Hydro cewa masu wallafa "The National" za su gwada jaridar har tsawon kwanaki biyar, amma za ta zama ƙari na dindindin ga kasuwa idan akwai buƙatarsa. Kwafi zai biya 50p, yayin da sigar kan layi kuma za ta kasance ta hanyar biyan kuɗi.