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Police are appealing for information to help trace a 12-year-old boy who has been missing from Lanarkshire for several days

A Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting two women while he was on duty, the force said.

A LABOUR minister has said he “wouldn’t link the two” when challenged on whether rerunning the Brexit debate should allow Scotland to have a second independence referendum.

Ireland's head coach walked out of a press conference following a heated exchange with Israeli journalists ahead of a closed-doors Nations League match

AN SNP MSP has called on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to reveal when he will spend £200 million promised to an industrial cluster in the Falkirk area.

RUPERT Lowe has claimed his far-right Restore Britain party has surpassed Reform UK, Labour, the Tories and the Greens in Scottish membership numbers.

Inside Hartwood Hospital’s overgrown courtyard, a derelict nursing home is being strangled by a net of ivy that creeps up its crumbling facade and vanishes into the tattered roof

Irish rap trio Kneecap is expected to visit Garvaghy Road, which is at the centre of the contentious Drumcree parade dispute

The BBC's flagship Sunday politics programme failed to include a Green Party representative – despite the party's conference taking place this weekend

Nicola Sturgeon has issued a scathing verdict on the 'glaring contradiction' in Labour's position between Brexit and Scottish independence

Tens of thousands of people are set to flock to Glasgow on Sunday for the Great Scottish Run

Police have taped off multiple roads in Glasgow city centre due to an ongoing incident

PENSIONERS are calling on Andy Burnham to explain why he plans to “hit” them with changes to the triple lock.

Russell Findlay has been slated ahead of his speech at the Conservative Party conference, where he will lambast Scottish independence and the historic Celtic Alliance summit

A TOP lawyer who interviewed Andy Burnham before he became Prime Minister has called on the Labour leader to bring in German-style federalism to the UK.

THE SNP are sizing up the new Prime Minister with interest and scepticism.

A KEY figure in the SNP’s independence strategy debate has hit back at critics who branded his faction’s plans “vanilla”.

The line-up of guests for the BBC's flagship Sunday politics programme has been confirmed

A right-wing newspaper has been reported to the press regulator over an article which brands Palestinians as 'probably the worst migrant population on Earth'

A man has been arrested and charged after a car was set on fire in a busy town centre

A Reform MP has been blasted as 'hypocritical' over a series of videos in which he confronts people he suspects of shoplifting

"NAZI scum," a man with an Israel flag shouts at delegates entering the Green Party conference.

A sixth man who was arrested in connection with a suspected terror plot at RAF Fairford has been released on bail, Counter Terrorism Policing has said

More than 20 members of senior Glasgow City Council staff benefitted from a pay increase while 11 per cent are facing cuts, new figures reveal

John Curtice has suggested that the Greens could be 'pivotal' to the next UK government

The first two episodes of The Celebrity Traitors' second series have aired, here's when you can watch more new episodes on BBC One and iPlayer.

NHS flu vaccine is free for eligible people until March 31, 2027.

Retailers including Tesco, Sainsbury's, Argos and Asda have recalled products this week alongside an urgent alert from safety regulators

Andy Burnham is being challenged to 'back young people' and scrap university tuition fees as new figures showed graduates in England have more than twice the amount of debt than their Scottish counterparts

A crowdfunder to raise money for the UK Supreme Court challenge to the ban on Palestine Action has been blocked as a result of US sanctions

John Swinney has urged the UK Government to work towards returning to the EU as swiftly as possible

The co-pilot on a FlyDubai flight that nearly crashed last week attacked the captain with an axe in a 'terrorist' incident, according to United Arab Emirates officials.

THE BBC is set to scrap its coverage of the World Pipe Band Championships after more than 20 years of broadcasting the highly coveted event ...

PROFESSOR Sir John Curtice has offered his view on whether Zack Polanski can win the upcoming Holborn and St Pancras by-election.

THE man accused of murdering Ann Widdecombe has also been charged with a terror plot against Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

THE SNP have demanded the UK Government urgently deliver £200 million of promised investment for Grangemouth after almost 400 more jobs were put at risk.

BBC Celebrity Traitors 2026 has begun, with Claudia Winkleman choosing three secret Traitors.

HUMZA Yousaf has taken aim at leadership rival Kate Forbes in his new book as he accused her camp of having “no intention of playing a constructive role” during his time as first minister ...

ZACK Polanski's call for Palestine Action to be de-proscribed sparked huge applause and had Green members on their feet during his speech at the party's autumn conference.

ED Miliband will stand in for Andy Burnham on an emergency G7 call to discuss world energy markets

AMERICAN author Stephen King has been praised by a Highland football team for helping secure its future after the “King of Horror” donated to the club after learning it faced a financial crisis ...

A “RARE and beautiful” lantern designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh is to be sold at auction this month along with several other of his works ...

UNION leaders are vowing to “fight for the best deal” for Glasgow City Council workers who face the threat of being fired and then rehired ...

THE Scottish LibDems have won the Wick and East Caithness by-election in the Highlands

BABY Reindeer Richard Gadd alerted police to help a woman who feared she was going to be killed, a court heard

ROYAL Marines have returned to the Faroe Islands for the first time since the Second World War as the UK steps up its military presence in the North Atlantic.

THE names for two new Northern Isles Vessels have been revealed after a public vote

HOUSING affordability has reached its most favourable level in more than a decade when comparing the price of an average home with wages, according to analysis by a major bank

People should not worry about diesel shortages, the Government has said, amid pressure from the US for European countries to use their reserves

Shoppers in communities across England, Scotland and Wales will see new branches open alongside three site relocations