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Alex Cole-Hamilton

Alex Cole-Hamilton: 'Nicola Sturgeon’s de facto referendum "unspeakably arrogant"
Mr Cole-Hamilton pledged his party will develop a manifesto covering issues which “matter most” to Scots

Scotland Yard said it had received allegations of “serious sexual assault” and that officers were “making inquiries”.

Tory MP rape claims must be properly investigated, minister says

Greens zero carbon buildings minister Patrick Harvie

Exclusive Patrick Harvie admits government 'decades behind' on renewable heating progress

Dr Craig Smith, Adam Smith Senior Lecturer in the Scottish Enlightenment at the University of Glasgow Picture: Gordon Terris

PREMIUM Think Scots 'Father of Economics’ was a Tory? Think again

SNP MP Kirsten Oswald

SNP MP Kirsten Oswald to step down as the party's deputy Westminster leader

Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar in Glasgow

Updated Starmer pledges 'change within the UK' for Scotland if he becomes PM

Nicola Sturgeon and Jim McColl

Updated Sturgeon urged to refer herself over 'clear breaches' of ministerial code

Updated Former UK health secretary and chancellor Sajid Javid to step down as MP

£7500 heat pump grants to make green heating systems as cheap as fossil fuel boilers

Local councillor Samantha Dixon re-won the seat for Labour in the early hours of Friday morning.

Labour holds seat with 14 per cent swing in Sunak's first by-election test

Hancock returns to Commons for first time after I'm a Celebrity

Hancock returns to Commons for first time after I'm a Celebrity

Teachers strike at Glasgow school suspended for 'further talks' with council bosses

Teachers strike at Glasgow school suspended for 'further talks' with council bosses

Scottish Government records £2bn budget underspend

Scottish Government records £2bn budget underspend

Nicola Sturgeon

Sturgeon trying to 'play one set of workers against another' amid teachers' strike

The EDCH feeds 3,000 animals each month with their work providing food banks with pet supplies.

'Perfect storm': Charity 'floored' by 800 per cent rise in energy bills

Nicola Sturgeon

Updated Sturgeon insists UN official's concerns over gender reforms not 'well founded'

NHS Health Secretary Humza Yousaf

Yousaf apologises to patients after one in seven stuck on NHS waiting lists

Profile: Stephen Flynn – the SNP MP tipped to replace Ian Blackford as leader

First Minister rejects claim breast cancer services have 'collapsed' in Tayside

First Minister rejects claim breast cancer services have 'collapsed' in Tayside

Ian Blackford to stand down as SNP's Westminster leader

Updated Ian Blackford to stand down as SNP's Westminster leader

Holyrood committee expresses 'significant concerns' over care service reforms

Holyrood committee expresses 'significant concerns' over care service reforms

The hike in prices disproportionately hit poorer people, who tend to spend a greater share of their pay on food

Brexit checks 'added £210 to household food bills'

Support for independence high despite Supreme Court ruling, poll shows

Support for independence high despite Supreme Court ruling, poll shows

Secondary school strikes set to go ahead next week as teachers reject pay offer

Secondary school strikes set to go ahead next week as teachers reject pay offer

Sturgeon's spin doctor accused of breaching code of conduct with opposition attack

Updated Sturgeon's spin doctor accused of breaching code of conduct with opposition attack

SNP Westminster leader accuses Sunak and Starmer of being 'Brexit Together' coalition

SNP Westminster leader accuses Sunak and Starmer of being 'Brexit Together' coalition

Protester tells Sturgeon she has 'let down vulnerable women' with gender law reform

Protester tells Sturgeon she has 'let down vulnerable women' with gender law reform

Green co-leader claims pro-union parties lack 'courage of their convictions'

Green co-leader claims pro-union parties lack 'courage of their convictions'

SNP Justice Secretary Keith Brown

SNP ministers urged to act as domestic abuse cases only fall by one per cent

Concerns have been raised about the low response rate to the Scottish census

Explanation ordered over Scotland having lowest census return rate in UK

SNP's John Nicolson could face Commons suspension after conduct probe

Updated SNP's John Nicolson could face Commons suspension after MPs vote for conduct probe

Michelle Mone in the House of Lords

Michelle Mone petition generates 125,000 calling for Baroness to be expelled

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf

Yousaf told to quit as one in seven Scots now on NHS waiting list

The SCMA revealed 1,926 childminding businesses have been forced to close since 2016. Chief executive of the SCMA Graeme McAlister warned that the industry had reached a

'That crisis is now here': Warning over staff leaving childminding Scottish sector

Christmas dinner shortage fears as a million turkeys wiped out by bird flu

MPs warned of Christmas dinner shortage as turkeys wiped out by bird flu

Families who lost loved ones to Covid meet chair of troubled Scottish inquiry

Families who lost loved ones to Covid meet chair of troubled Scottish inquiry

Poll: Fifth of Scots will need help to ask food bank for help with Christmas dinner

Poll: Fifth of Scots will need help to ask food bank for help with Christmas dinner

Care companies warn they face unprecedented staff ‘mass exodus’

Care companies warn they face unprecedented staff ‘mass exodus’

Chinese ambassador called in after BBC journalist beaten by police in Shanghai

Chinese ambassador called in after BBC journalist beaten by police in Shanghai

SNP urged to refund donors as police confirm 'enquiries ongoing' into missing £600k

SNP urged to refund donors as police confirm 'enquiries ongoing' into missing £600k

UK Government denies watering down 'legal but harmful' measures in Online Safety Bill

UK Government denies watering down 'legal but harmful' measures in Online Safety Bill

Two thirds of patients at Glasgow A&E waiting for more than four hours

Two thirds of patients at Glasgow A&E waiting for more than four hours

Holyrood committee recommends parliamentary proxy voting pilot

Holyrood committee recommends parliamentary proxy voting pilot

SNP ministers have been warned over their proposed planning rules

SNP ministers warned planning overhaul will not solve housing crisis

Archive image of Ukraine flag above The Clutha Bar in Glasgow.

Search for hosts to take in Ukrainian families still in temporary accommodation

It will provide access to a free supply and disposal of injecting equipment, blood testing, and wound first aid alongside the training and distribution of Naloxone.

Mobile harm reduction unit launched in Renfrewshire to tackle drug-related deaths

Protests have erupted in China after close to three years of lockdowns.

Crack down or ease lockdown? China faces growing unrest over zero-Covid

Alex Cole-Hamilton has reported the SNP to the UK Statistics Authority over its use of renewables figures

Updated SNP reported to statistics watchdog over use of false renewables figure

The Scottish Government has been urged to pause its gender recognition plans

SNP urged to 'suspend' gender recognition plans after UN 'serious concerns'

Migrants crossing the Channel

Tory MPs call on Sunak to change law to stop 'bogus asylum seekers' crossing Channel

Almost three million people in Scotland are worried about rising food and energy bills and the cost of living.

Nearly three million Scots worried about energy bills and cost of living

Alister Jack sets out 'duck test' for second independence referendum consent

Alister Jack sets out 'duck test' for second independence referendum consent

Alister Jack rejects ex-Tory minister's claim that Australia deal is 'not very good'

Alister Jack rejects ex-Tory minister's claim that Australia deal is 'not very good'

Tories demand legal clarity from civil service boss over government's indyref2 spend

Updated Tories demand legal clarity from civil service boss over government's indyref2 spend