Scotland should help Ukraine with weapons, MP
A scheme to support the defense of Scotland and Ukraine needs to be created so that Scottish authorities can work with industry, colleges and universities on programs…
The MeyGen tidal power plant set a world record by generating 50 GWh of electricity
The tidal energy sector has taken another major step forward, with Edinburgh-headquartered energy company SAE Renewables announcing on Monday that its MeyGen has become the world’s first…
Self-driving bus takes to Scotland’s roads
The UK’s first full-sized self-driving bus is to take to the road for the first time on Monday and will begin transporting thousands of passengers later this…
The secret hack to getting cheaper hotel rates
Of course, swapping Saturday for Sunday isn’t a new concept, and those who have tried it have quickly cottoned on to its appeal, but even so it’s…
The mystery of how Stratford lad Shakespeare knew so much about the world
Key locations The jealous Leontes may have had no real-life counterpart, but Sicily was a kingdom, by various definitions, between 1130 and 1816 – its rulers seated…
Nicola Sturgeon denies government cover-up in ferries contract scandal
Nicola Sturgeon has denied her government staged a cover-up over its decision to hand a scandal-hit ferries contract to a shipyard owned by an independence supporter after…
Nicola Sturgeon accused of ignoring local issues as she bangs the drum for independence
Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of ignoring local services in her council election campaign after arguing Scots should vote SNP to punish Boris Johnson over “partygate” and…
Nicola Sturgeon is as much a disaster as defeated ‘hero’ Bonnie Prince Charlie
It’s a puzzle that few people, whether native or visitors, can really get to the bottom of – namely, how does Nicola Sturgeon manage to continue to…
Cochrane’s Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon’s bare-faced antics may have cost her party support
That a civil servant should leap to a politician’s defence may come as a surprise to many, but not those who have been increasingly worried about the…
Nicola Sturgeon says missing paper trail in ferries contract scandal is ‘regrettable’
Nicola Sturgeon has denied her government staged a cover-up over its decision to hand a scandal-hit ferries contract to a shipyard owned by an independence supporter after…
Nicola Sturgeon accused of ignoring local issues to focus on referendum and ‘partygate’
Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of ignoring local services in her council election campaign after arguing Scots should vote SNP to punish Boris Johnson over ‘partygate’ and…
Convict escapes from relaxed open prison … and legs it straight back to high-security jail
A prisoner ran away from Scotland’s open jail and handed himself in at a maximum security facility because he did not like the relaxed regime, a court…
ScotRail criticised for ‘watered down version’ of UK’s train fare sale
A temporary train fare cut designed to tempt travellers back on to Scotland’s nationalised railways has been branded a “watered down version” of a better deal being…
Convict ran back to high-security jail because he did not like relaxed open prison
A prisoner ran away from Scotland’s open jail and handed himself in at a maximum security facility because he did not like the relaxed regime, a court…
Greyhounds are being drugged with cocaine, as calls to ban racing intensify
Greyhounds in Scotland are being drugged with cocaine to make them run faster, campaigners told Holyrood on Wednesday as they argued the sport is “beyond reform” and…
‘Expelled’ baronet Sir Jamie McGrigor to take on Tories in Scotland vote
A baronet is standing against the Tories in next month’s council elections after claiming he has been expelled from the Scottish Conservative Party. Sir James Angus Rhoderick…
25,000 deer cull plan to rewild the Cairngorms angers rural park workers
More than 25,000 deer face being culled under controversial plans to “rewild” parts of the UK’s largest national park. Rural workers have claimed that the proposals, which…
Nicola Sturgeon held Scottish independence meetings at height of omicron wave
Nicola Sturgeon and her most senior ministers held top-level meetings with civil servants about breaking up the UK while the omicron wave caused havoc with Scotland’s NHS….
Police ‘remind’ Nicola Sturgeon of her own Covid face mask laws
Ms Sturgeon later posted her own footage on social media of the visit, which showed her wearing a tartan mask while shaving a man’s beard. Photographers and…
Renewed concerns of politicisation of Scottish civil servants under SNP
New fears have been raised over the politicisation of Scotland’s civil service under the SNP after it emerged officials have not lodged formal objections to ministers’ spending…
10 things I learnt about Britain after two years exploring every corner
When the pandemic hit, my life came crashing down around me. I lost my job, two close friends and – very quickly – my entire life savings….
Police ‘remind’ Nicola Sturgeon of her own mask laws
Ms Sturgeon later posted her own footage on social media of the visit, which showed her wearing a tartan mask while shaving a man’s beard. Photographers and…
Tory councillors will end SNP and Green ‘war on motorists’, vows Douglas Ross
Tory councillors would fight to end a “war on motorists” by the SNP and Greens, Douglas Ross vowed on Thursday. Launching his manifesto for the local elections,…
GP ‘hiding in plain sight’ subjected dozens of female patients to unwanted kissing and groping
A disgraced doctor is facing jail for committing sex crimes against 48 female patients after “hiding in plain sight” for almost four decades. Kirshna Singh, 72, abused…
Thought Scots would say goodbye to face masks by Easter? You’ve not met Nicola Sturgeon
With one bound, at last they were free. Or maybe that should be after 50 bounds. Or thereabouts. The Scots have been told that Nicola Sturgeon now…