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SCOTLAND’S Deputy First Minister will deliver a speech at Plaid Cymru’s annual conference as the SNP aims to build on the historic Celtic Alliance, The National can reveal ...

A SCOTTISH hotel and holiday company based in the Highlands has fallen into administration ...

A LABOUR MSP is reportedly facing claims of bullying and creating a “toxic” and “chaotic” working environment by multiple former members of staff ...

IT IS “deeply disappointing” that no payment can be made under a Scottish Government furlough scheme set up to try to help workers at the bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis, Economy Secretary Stephen Flynn has said ...

Broadcaster and campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen has died at the age of 86, her family said in a statement, as they paid tribute to the “most wonderful mother” and “cherished grandmother” who will be remembered for her “endless capacity for joy”.

A CALL for the controversial Jackdaw and Rosebank projects in the North Sea to be given the go ahead has been rejected by Holyrood – with the Tories accusing both the SNP and Labour of “dogmatic ideology and virtue-signalling” on oil and gas ...

ANDY Burnham has said there are “strong indications” Iran played a part in a suspected terror plot near RAF Fairford ...

A popular East Lothian countryside wedding and events venue is set to close at the end of the year ...

Andy Burnham is in a difficult spot over his plans to change the triple lock on pensions Andy Burnham should look to Scotland before taking aim at the triple lock

A SCOTTISH man is preparing to take on a 1,302-mile journey from Oxford to Ukraine to deliver a truck to assist the injured

A FAMILY-OWNED organic cosmetic and skincare business has fallen into administration, with all jobs lost ...

THOUSANDS of short-term lets are being advertised in Glasgow despite fewer than 800 licences having been granted by the city council, figures reveal.

A SCOTTISH Borders councillor has described a “sad day” for dozens of workers after Greggs announced plans to shut four factories, including one in Scotland ...

A MORAY councillor has moved more than 3000 miles away – to Africa – without telling his constituents ...

A LABOUR MP has accused former party deputy leader Tom Watson of making an “implicit threat” after he sent him a letter detailing his repeated criticism of controversial tech firm Palantir.

FORMER Conservative MP Rory Stewart has been accused of “inventing” a new region in the Scottish Borders while promoting a new edition of his book

A HIGHLAND community has been left “devastated” after a fire destroyed its former village hall, which housed historic archives, and served as a drill hall for troops in the First World War ...

THE UK Government has been accused of turning Ukraine into a “testing ground” for AI warfare after British companies were invited to use Ukrainian battlefield data to develop AI drone swarms.

The number of recorded escapes from fish farms has skyrocketed in the last year, new figures have shown

THE Royal College of Nursing (RCN) “does not have a position” on the debate around gender ideology and biological sex, a senior executive has told a tribunal ...

RUPERT Lowe has announced that Restore Britain will contest an election in Scotland for the first time.

An intervention from the Scottish Government was not enough to revive plans for a ferry service between Rosyth and Dunkirk

DETECTIVES investigating the Grenfell fire have passed files of evidence relating to 20 companies and 54 individuals to prosecutors, the Metropolitan Police said ...

US DELIVERY giant Amazon has made a major deal to receive power from a new wind farm in Shetland ...

Kaye Adams is set to return to radio after she was taken off BBC Radio Scotland last year reportedly due to allegations about her behaviour

Disgraced former ambassador Peter Mandelson was handed a briefing on Anas Sarwar despite his claim to be an 'old friend', The National can reveal.

A WOMAN has been charged following a crash on the M8 in Glasgow that left two people in hospital ...

CAMPAIGNERS have slammed plans which could see a Scottish AI growth zone subsidised over £80 million a year, despite household bills continuing to rise

THE owners of a wedding venue which operated as an events space without planning permission for several years have said they are “extremely disappointed” after retrospective consent was refused

SCOTLAND'S oldest civilian pipe band could lose its home of about 70 years after the storm-damaged building was recommended for demolition

WHAT is the triple lock, how does it affect Scotland, and why is Burnham using it to fund an English care service?

EDUCATION will play a “fundamental” role in changing the culture around misogyny in Scotland, the First Minister has said

Plans for an immense data centre campus in Scotland, which would be the largest in the world if approved, have been condemned as 'reckless'

PROTESTERS have said a planned data centre in North Ayrshire would have a “horrendous” impact on heritage and biodiversity

THE University of Edinburgh has been urged to reverse the closure of three 'vital' degrees in a move which critics say would be a “devastating loss” for Scotland’s cultural sector.

Andy Burnham has been blasted for proposing changing the triple lock on pensions rather than taxing the super-rich in order to pay for his social care plans.

A COMMERCIAL plane travelling from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to Israel was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, briefly raising concerns about a possible hijacking and prompting Israel to scramble warplanes

The crew aboard the MV Caledonian Isles were forced to spend a stormy night on board the vessel after an attempt to berth at Greenock had to be aborted

TESCO is set to launch a new range of Scottish wild venison in stores across the UK

PETER Murrell's legal aid has been withdrawn after questions were asked about whether public money should fund his legal defence despite his reported assets and income sources

FURTHER talks are expected to take place as part of the latest bid to break the Drumcree parade stand-off, which has now entered a fourth day

BUSINESSES on both sides of the Sound of Harris are “suffering quite badly”, councillors have warned, with the route’s regular ferry expected to be out of service all winter and replacement vessels yet to be ordered

Household energy bills are forecast to see the biggest hike in four years as experts warned a typical bill could soar by nearly £300 in January

ANDY Burnham has acknowledged he could go “all the way” and propose rejoining the European Union as he considers the UK’s future relationship with Brussels

GREGGS has said it plans to shut four factories with the loss of about 740 jobs as part of an overhaul of its food manufacturing operations

A SCOTTISH space company is hailing the successful static test of a scaled-down version of its rocket, hoping it will pave the way for satellite launches ...

TWELVE years after the independence referendum it's extraordinary there's still just one newspaper supporting and exploring the political future half of Scotland wants to see.

THREE train stations in Scotland have been named in the UK’s top five as part of a new national study ...

A POPULAR garden centre which closed its doors earlier this year after more than 30 years could be welcoming customers again next spring ...

A FOOTBALL club is fighting to save its 100-year-old grass field from being replaced with a plastic pitch and has urged the local authorities to “reconsider” their proposal ...