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A MAN has been arrested and charged after allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old school girl in Aberdeen ...

THE UK is to launch its first military unit dedicated to defending satellites in a bid to counter growing threats in space ...

Scotland does not have as many drug deaths as some of its neighbouring countries in Europe, but it outranks them all in terms of the number of deaths per population, figures suggest

A HISTORIC Scottish walking route has been named one of the world's best travel experiences for 2027 by Lonely Planet.

SANDIE Peggie is at the centre of a second employment tribunal case in Dundee after taking action against the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union in a dispute over her gender critical beliefs ...

REFORM MSP Thomas Kerr has been slammed for "cosying up" with a far-right group that recently took to Facebook to glorify Nazism

AN ENGINEERING firm in South Lanarkshire has been placed into liquidation after it collapsed, resulting in 119 jobs being lost ...

Deaths from drug use in Scotland rose by 11 per cent last year, according to the latest figures

Police Scotland and bomb disposal experts assessed a suspicious item at Wellshot Road, Tollcross, Glasgow, on September 22, confirming no public threat.

ANDY Burnham has announced a new unit to tackle online misinformation as he warned the UK is facing an “industrial-scale assault” from hostile states including Russia.

North Ayrshire Council finds three bottles sold as Smirnoff vodka were fake, prompting licence reviews and a potential criminal investigation.

ANTI-RACISM campaigners have declared 'victory' after a planned far-right event in Edinburgh was cancelled.

A SECTION of the M8 has been closed following a crash as traffic begins to build during the morning rush hour.

TENANTS in an Edinburgh residential block have been hit with an almost 20% rent increase, with a tenant campaign group calling the move “appalling” ...

A MAJOR blaze has broken out at a former primary school building in North Lanarkshire ...

FIRE crews have extinguished a blaze after a lorry exploded into flames in the Highlands ...

STUDENTS at the University of St Andrews say a recent viral “anti-Scottish classism” story reflects a wider reality of accent, class and belonging inside the university bubble

MORE than 1000 people have backed a fundraiser for a 12-year-old bagpiper after he had “liquid” thrown at him during an “intimidating experience” when he was allegedly confronted by a social media influencer while busking in Edinburgh ...

THE family of a man who was shot dead has remembered him as a “deeply loved” father and son, as a fourth person was arrested in connection with his death ...

RELATIONS between the US and the UK are “more up” now that Andy Burnham is Prime Minister than when Keir Starmer held the role, Donald Trump has claimed ...

AN OVERWHELMING number of MSPs have backed a motion affirming that Scotland has a right to decide its constitutional future ...

Reform have thrown their toys out of the pram again – this time, over Holyrood’s debate on whether Scotland should have the right to choose its own future

Two fundraising pages have been set up to help restore a playpark which was damaged in a fire last night ...

THE Scottish Government is being urged to tear up contracts between the Caledonian Sleeper and a Spanish train firm blacklisted by the UN over illegal Israeli settlements ...

FORMER BBC DJ Tim Westwood has been charged with two additional offences dating back to 1991 and 2004 ...

The president of the National Union of Students says their work must be protected from 'outrageous' AI training plans

THE Scottish Government has been accused of “wilful ignorance” and committing an “act of climate vandalism” by the Greens after ministers welcomed a £500 million investment in Edinburgh Airport ...

THE King has said it is “remarkable to see the extent of all the engineering skills in this part of the world” when visiting the offices of GB Energy after it officially opened its headquarters in Aberdeen ...

THE SNP have seen a surge in donations off the back of their “hearts and minds” fund announcement, The National understands.

A MAJORITY of MSPs have backed a motion affirming that Scotland has a right to decide its constitutional future ...

A NEW website aims to provide “one place” where swing voters can find answers to key questions about Scottish independence, its founder has told The National.

REDUNDANCIES are looming as colleges in the Highlands and Islands have been “unfairly starved of cash,” a leading union has claimed ...

Reform UK MSPs have walked out of the Scottish Parliament during a debate on Scottish independence ...

Homelessness in Scotland has increased again, with the latest figures showing a record number of households living in temporary accommodation

THE new Scottish Labour leader has said he doesn’t like being called a unionist after accepting Scotland has the right to decide its future ...

THE Scottish Government will intervene after Forth Ports pulled out of plans for a direct ferry service between Scotland and Europe ...

A MAJOR local government shake up is not about “centralisation”, the Scottish Government has insisted.

THE Scottish Government has been urged to step in after catastrophic failings from a ministerial department and a regulator resulted in hikes to household energy bills in the Scottish Borders.

A BID for an Uber office in Fife has been approved after more than 400 objections were thrown out because they were deemed to be incompetent ...

ANDY Burnham will insist the UK is not “on the slide” as he makes his United Nations debut as Prime Minister.

IT'S less than a week until the Labour Conference is due to kick off in Liverpool, but already groups have signalled their intention to protest

A car-crash interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored has sparked fresh debate around the role of the media in enabling big tech firms

SCOTS are being encouraged to swap some of Europe’s most famous holiday destinations for their Scottish “dupes” as part of a new ScotRail travel map.

A NEW report has warned that oil and gas industries are declining at a faster rate than new green industries are growing –with thousands of jobs lost and not replaced

A NEW major £1.5 million pathway project in Renfrewshire, which aims to create a safer route for schoolchildren and residents to travel, has been completed ...

A NEW trade union has intervened in the row over an Israeli settlement-linked firm shortlisted to build ScotRail’s new suburban trains ...

Airbus BelugaXL5 diverted from Hawarden Airport to Glasgow Prestwick after thick fog prevented its planned landing in Flintshire, North Wales, Scotland.

AN emergency shelter at the summit of Ben Nevis has been found trashed with litter ...

JOHN Curtice has given his verdict on a new poll which found that most Scots think a second independence referendum should take place in the next decade or sooner ...

THE sentencing of podcaster James English for domestic abuse of his former partner has been postponed.