16+ hour, 25+ min ago   (609+ words) Leaders of the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Féin are expected to meet in Cardiff to sign an agreement aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence. The meeting on Monday will involve the first ministers…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (721+ words) Scotland’s First Minister is pressing for talks with Andy Burnham over how a legal mechanism for a second independence referendum could be agreed. SNP leader John Swinney has written to the Prime Minister following his suggestion in the Commons that…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (387+ words) Passengers have shared stories of distress and disruption after a system issue led to days of flight cancellations and delays at London airports. Tens of thousands of travellers were affected, with 291 flights cancelled by 11.30am today (September 9), and more than 2,000 disrupted…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (580+ words) The boss of an air traffic control provider will speak to the Transport Secretary on Wednesday as disruption is set to continue after a technical issue grounded flights. Flight monitoring website Flightradar24 said more than 1,000 flights had been cancelled at UK…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (170+ words) The Reform UK Scotland leader has said Scotland’s income tax banding system is “nuts” as he pledged to review it if the party wins the next Holyrood elections. Lord Malcolm Offord said the party would review the six-band income tax…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (188+ words) Charles and Camilla (Aaron Chown/PA) The King and Queen have arrived at the annual Braemar Gathering ahead of a meeting with the Prime Minister. Charles and Camilla were greeted by thousands of spectators at the famous Highland Games event…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (134+ words) London Now In Pictures: Heave, ho and away they go at Braemar Gathering One of the world’s most famous Highland Games has been held in Aberdeenshire, attracting members of the royal family and international spectators. Held close to the royal…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (575+ words) Ireland’s foreign affairs minister said there “will be a border poll” on a united Ireland at some stage in the future. Helen McEntee made the comments after Prime Minister Andy Burnham was criticised last week when, during a visit to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (315+ words) Drafting the next Scottish budget will be “extremely challenging” amid tight fiscal conditions, the Deputy First Minister has said. Jenny Gilruth said she will not shy away from the challenge of balancing the Scottish Government’s books. She will be speaking…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (796+ words) Plans to cut the number of regional health boards in Scotland from 14 to just two could be “more reckless than revolutionary”, John Swinney has been warned. Roz Foyer, general secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress, issued the warning after…...