THE push for Scottish independence has “turned a corner”, John Swinney has said.

Emergency services were contacted shortly after 1.30pm on October 9 when the man entered the enclosure and was set upon by ...

THE SNP Government has been accused of showing a “clear lack of will” to follow through on a Holyrood vote for Scotland to boycott Israel ...

MUCH ink has been spilled on the SNP’s Programme for Government and what it does and doesn’t mean for the party’s political profile under First Minister John Swinney.

ABERDEEN should be next on the list for a roll out of a £2 cap on bus fares, a local MSP has said, alleging that current public transport prices mean attending the SNP’s conference will be “simply ...

Jim Mackintosh draws his series of essays towards a conclusion, expanding from the considerations prompted by Edinburgh University’s closures of programmes and courses to open the cultural questions c ...

OUR newsroom been shortlisted for a national journalism award for our Refugees Are Welcome Here campaign – and now we need ...

AS Scotland’s largest celebration of Gaelic language, song and culture got under way in Glasgow, a £1 million cash injection was announced by the Scottish Government to create “areas of linguistic ...

RETIRED Americans are increasingly using student visas to move to Scotland in a “growing trend,” a top immigration lawyer has ...

THE fact that serious consideration is apparently being given to conducting a public execution of Nidal Malik Hasan neatly – if that’s the correct word – illustrates the moral bankruptcy of the Trump ...

SOME of BBC Scotland’s biggest names will be pitted against each other to save their jobs as the broadcaster looks to move ...

JOHN Swinney has fiercely denied allegations that he misled the Scottish Parliament after saying pensioners will lose their pensions after the UK Government decided to end the triple lock in a fiery ...