IF Scotland wants independence it “has to vote for it”, an SNP candidate has said as the Holyrood 2026 election looms over the horizon ...

CHRISTMAS is done. The family have been seen. The presents have been exchanged. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. So that is over for another year, except for the things I wanted but did not get.

IT’S a familiar picture: migrants tossed on dangerous seas, only to face a hostile government as they look for work and a better life in the ...

SCOTLAND'S only Reform MSP has insisted it is “not beyond the realms of possibility” his party could team up with others to force the SNP ...

The ultimate problem for this right-wing version of human society is that to maintain the complicity of enough people, you have to demonstrate ...

THE final month of 2025 saw Reform UK elected in the Whitburn and Blackburn ward of West Lothian Council. But this wasn’t a vote for ...

This is being worsened by delays and obfuscation around the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)’s proposed Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations. Once adopted, this ...

ALISTER Jack’s House of Lords expenses have been branded “ridiculous” – after the Tory peer claimed more than £17,000 in just three months ...

SCOTLAND’S food and drink scene is unfailingly dynamic, with new openings constantly pushing the boundaries despite a tough economic climate ...

THE Tories have spent tens of thousands more in taxpayer cash to firms on media training by firms run by former party spin doctors ...

A former Scottish Government minister has spoken out about his support for assisted dying – even though he says he does not know if he ...

KEIR Starmer's appointment of an aide who campaigned for a disgraced Scottish councillor must be blocked if the Prime Minister doesn't ...