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THE collapse of plans to restore a ferry link between Fife and mainland Europe is a “huge loss for Scotland”, according to the shipping executive who led the latest attempt to restore the route ...

A SCOTTISH mum has told how she discovered a 2500-year-old island in the Highlands while exploring almost 300 lochs across the country.

A DAMAGED building in Gaza City housing about six displaced families collapsed on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people and injuring more than 25.

A number of headstones were damaged after a car crashed into Port Glasgow Cemetery yesterday.

Forth Ports pulls out of Rosyth-Europe ferry plans despite £6m government funding.

ANDY Burnham should push to make the UK an associate member of the EU after the bloc offered to open up the option for Canada, campaigners have said.

A MAN has been arrested just days after another man was allegedly shot dead in a town in West Lothian ...

Glasgow’s Govanhill named world’s fifth coolest neighbourhood by Time Out 2026, after Reform MSP Thomas Kerr called the diverse Scottish area a "ghetto".

There has been an increase in reports of assaults on women on the Caledonian Sleeper, MSPs have been told

The SNP have been urged to consider abstaining from Westminster if the UK Government continues to block a second independence referendum

The First Minister of Scotland has responded to the DUP’s criticism of Monday’s meeting of pro-independence parties in Cardiff

REFORM UK have sparked fury after the party launched a “vile” mobile game that aims to stop small boats reaching Britain with a Royal Navy vessel ...

SCOTRAIL'S managing director has apologised to travellers for difficulties with its new app, admitting to MSPs it “hasn’t been good enough”

THE richest man in Scotland has bought a historic estate on the shores of a beautiful loch for an undisclosed sum ...

A SCOTTISH news title is set to close after a major news publisher announced it was cutting more than 200 editorial jobs in a fresh wave of cost-cutting measures ...

Multiple BrewDog adverts have been banned after they were found to be in breach of advertising rules

Ireland’s President Catherine Connolly has been greeted by John Swinney at his official residence in Edinburgh, as her visit to Scotland begins

The historic Celtic Alliance meeting – which saw the three devolved leaders sign an agreement to put pressure on Westminster over independence – has not been without reaction ...

A ROW has emerged after George Galloway announced he would stand as a candidate in the by-election for Keir Starmer’s former seat in order to oppose Green leader Zack Polanski ...

The Scottish Government has announced tighter rules for AI data centre applications ahead of a vote on a moratorium on the projects

OXFAM has called on Scottish ministers to explain how they are preventing public money from supporting companies linked to serious violations of international law – including Israel ...

The Scottish Parliament is set to vote on whether there should be a moratorium on new hyperscale data centres

EUROPEAN Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday that she wants to open the door for Canada to become the European Union’s first associate member ...

AN OXFORDSHIRE village has voted overwhelmingly to become independent from the UK in a symbolic “referendum” in protest over plans to house more than 1000 migrants at a former military base ...

A number of supervisors at Babcock have been dismissed due to allegations that they have taken advantage of an incentive programme ...

ALL of Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour supporting acts have quit the remaining dates in solidarity with Macklemore, who was removed from the shows after he made several onstage statements supporting Palestine ...

TWO firms tied to almost two dozen high street pharmacies in Scotland that employ more than 400 people have fallen into administration ...

THE Labour government has been warned that the UK faces a cost-of-living emergency this winter unless it rolls out urgent financial support for households as inflation rises again amid surging fuel prices ...

IRELAND'S President has spoken of the “strong ties” between her country and Scotland ahead of meeting First Minister John Swinney on Wednesday ...

John Swinney is set to meet with Irish president Catherine Connolly on Wednesday as she begins a four-day visit to Scotland

Scotland's MSPs will vote on whether there should be a moratorium on new hyperscale data centres in a Holyrood debate on Wednesday

A Scottish fish farm has recorded a mortality rate of nearly 50 per cent over its most recent production cycle, it has emerged

A Labour minister has defended the UK Government’s decision to grant English whisky protected status

Unionists are set to gather for a summit organised by the Orange Order in response to the historic meeting of the Celtic Alliance leaders

Ed Sheeran has issued a statement after rapper Macklemore was dropped from his tour after making pro-Palestine statements

A Reform UK Senedd member has defected to Plaid Cymru, saying Nigel Farage's party has "no interest in the work I came here to do".

The right-wing English media is only interested in self-determination when it involves an Oxford suburb

SCOTRAIL has received thousands of complaints relating to its new mobile app since its chaotic rollout in July, The National can reveal.

OUTLANDER star Sam Heughan has urged MSPs to back a moratorium on planning applications for new hyperscale data centres in Scotland ...

An Edinburgh restaurant has been crowned one of the best restaurants in the world by Tripadvisor

A Glasgow MP has hit back after fellow politician Thomas Kerr described Govanhill as a "ghetto" during a speech at Holyrood.

LBC host James O'Brien has admitted that “ignorance” may have shaped his views on Welsh and Scottish independence ...

A RARE butterfly has been spotted near a Scottish loch for the first time

THE UK has been urged not to make itself "complicit in further harm" in Yemen after a report laid bare the hundreds of lives lost in US airstrikes – often supported by the UK – on the country.

MEMBERS of an anti-data centre campaign group have laid out a giant anti-AI message on the beach on the flightpath into Prestwick Airport

POLLING expert John Curtice has given his verdict on the significance of the historic meeting which saw the three devolved leaders sign an agreement to put pressure on Westminster over independence ...

TAOISEACH Micheal Martin has suggested Sinn Fein may set back the cause of Irish unity by aligning itself with Scottish and Welsh pro-independence parties

A Scottish rock band has reacted with fury after rapper Macklemore was dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour after making pro-Palestine statements

REFORM MP Sarah Pochin has gone on a furious rant complaining about how "indigenous white women" need to be "protected" amid an English village staging a revolt against asylum seekers.

NICOLA Sturgeon has raised the idea of abolishing the monarchy as it would “free Prince George” from the burden of becoming King ...