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QUESTIONS about armies and Russia put to the Welsh First Minister reflect the media's 'fear' of constitutional change, an expert has said

THE Tories are finished tip-toeing around the edges, it seems ...

A STORMONT budget being set in London would be a “profound failure” by both the Executive and the UK Government, Opposition leader Matthew O’Toole has said ...

Glasgow singer Lena Martell, the first solo Scottish female singer to top the UK charts, has died ...

THE BBC has appointed a new director of news and current affairs amid a challenging time at the corporation ...

THE principal of the University of Edinburgh has announced his departure amid five weeks of strikes at the institute after hundreds of staff members have been made redundant and 90 courses scrapped ...

A TORY-RUN UK administration would cut the Scottish Government's powers over planning ...

A DARK romantic comedy that follows the story of two “compulsive liars” who unexpectedly give each other a reason to live after a chance encounter is set to use Glasgow as its backdrop ...

A SCOTTISH community arts centre has announced plans for its 20th anniversary celebrations.

NORTHERN Ireland’s Parades Commission failed to “properly weigh” what police told it about the potential for disorder if the Drumcree parade was given the go-ahead, Court of Appeal judges have been told

THE majority of people across the UK view artificial intelligence (AI) as a force for bad, according to a major new poll ...

A MAN has died after being seriously injured during a disturbance involving a group of men in Glasgow’s city center in the early hours of the weekend ...

Union leaders have agreed to take a new pay deal from Glasgow City Council to their members later this month, following intensive negotiations involving the council and Scottish Government

WOMEN'S groups are set to protest outside Holyrood as MSPs debate a Reform UK motion they say would "criminalise" Muslim women's clothing.

SCOTLAND’S largest indoor shopping center has been taken over by a European consortium after it collapsed into administration owing more than £114 million in debt ...

POLICE have appealed for information after a 12-year-old cyclist was injured in a hit-and-run crash in Dundee

POLICE and prosecutors are set to be taken to court over the decision not to charge anyone in relation to some £600,000 raised by the SNP to fight a second independence referendum ...

Channel 5 is launching a brand new channel this month, but viewers will have to say goodbye to another to make room

SCOTTISH health secretary Angela Constance has announced that an independent review into Scottish maternity services has begun.

DEVELOPERS have unveiled plans to partially demolish one of Scotland’s prominent cultural hubs and build a hotel, apartments and student housing on the site in Edinburgh ...

West Lothian Council has come under fire after becoming the only local authority in Scotland to stop recording and broadcasting its meetings

TALKTALK customers have been assured their service will continue as normal after BT agreed a rescue deal for the firm

FIRST Minister John Swinney has denied allegations that he misled the Scottish Parliament with a statement on UK pensions – insisting he has “nothing to explain” ...

MODERN-DAY Zionism resulted directly in a genocide against the Palestinian people, the Scottish Greens have said ...

A SCOTTISH bicycle retailer has been forced to close some of its stores after falling into administration, leading to dozens of jobs being lost, according to reports ...

FIRST Minister John Swinney has spoken against the Green Party of England and Wales’ decision to define Zionism as racism, saying it was not the party's place to do so ...

THE Greens have demanded the public be given a say over plans for a wave of energy-hungry AI data centres across Scotland.

A MAJOR housing development in the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park has been approved, along with new public facilities for the area ...

A “LIFELINE” bus service in the Highlands, which takes people living in the far north to healthcare appointments at a hospital, will be cut at the end of this month, Stagecoach has confirmed ...

A TOP radio host has threatened to stop giving the Green Party of England and Wales airtime over their declaration that “Zionism is racism”.

RADICAL change is needed to cut the number of children in poverty, a new report has warned, as the Scottish Government looks set to miss legally binding targets on the issue “by miles” ...

A teenager was arrested in connection with a crash near Auchinleck last week.

SPANISH prime minister Pedro Sánchez has announced early elections after his government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week on emergency measures related to the country’s housing crisis.

A SCOTTISH mother has spoken out about the devastation of losing her son to addiction in a bid to get more support for families

ANDREW Mountbatten-Windsor is taking legal action against Thames Valley Police in a bid to quash search warrants which led to his arrest, with a private High Court hearing to take place on Thursday, a judicial spokesperson has said.

THE US Air Force has withdrawn all its bombers from RAF Fairford after a suspected terror plot at the base in Gloucestershire.

GREEN party leader Zack Polanski has been barred from entering Israel after members voted to define Zionism as racist.

A MAJOR Scottish road has been closed in both directions following a crash.

TGI Fridays to CLOSE Buchanan Street branch in Glasgow

TODAY marks the last chance to subscribe to The National’s subscription special of £20 for one year

More than 160 offshore oil workers are considering strike action that their union claims could 'severely disrupt' UK fuel supplies

Firefighters are tackling a blaze at a pub in Glasgow city centre

Nigel Farage has been interviewed by the standards commissioner over an investigation into whether he should have declared a £5 million gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne

THE Israeli government has issued a furious response to the Green Party of England and Wales adopting a “Zionism is racism” stance.

The Green Party of England and Wales has voted to support a major overhaul of the BBC, including plans to 'mutualise' the broadcaster and hand audiences a direct role in how it is run

A HOLOCAUST survivor has welcomed the English and Welsh Greens’ decision to class Zionism as racism.

MEMBERS of the Green Party of England and Wales have voted for a motion declaring "Zionism is racism".

Protesters have gathered in Glasgow in support of Garvaghy Road residents amid an ongoing dispute over the contentious Dumcree parade

A Scottish firm is marking its 30th anniversary with a series of special events in partnership with Scottish Opera

RUSSELL Findlay has accused the First Minister of misleading Parliament after claiming that Scots were going to “lose our pensions” under Labour.