9+ hour, 33+ min ago   (717+ 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…...

21+ hour, 11+ min ago   (872+ words) The First Ministers of the UK’s devolved nations will sign a landmark agreement on Monday aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence. SNP leader John Swinney, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and Sinn Féin…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (204+ words) El-Ghorri is not short on attitude, whether dissing gentrification ("when I'm rich I'm gonna buy a house here just to bring the prices down") or discussing her penchant for having a potty mouth ("I can be clean for the right…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (486+ words) Scottish First Minister John Swinney has backed calls for a cut in whisky duty in the UK Government’s upcoming Budget. The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) made the ask in its submission to the Treasury this week, which was bolstered by…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (687+ 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…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (415+ words) Former British prime minister Gordon Brown has said it is inevitable that Ireland will become united at some point in the future. He added that it would be a “long process” and have to be based on mutual agreement. Mr…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (684+ words) Traffic is once again travelling along the length of Princes Street in Edinburgh after the thoroughfare reopened following a fire at a historic building in early July. Buses and trams have been able to resume their normal routes after barriers…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (986+ words) News from the City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk John Swinney has demanded “immediate assistance” from the UK Government amid warnings that the latest hike in the energy price cap will leave Scots facing a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (689+ words) Scottish Labour party leadership candidate Michael Marra has said he would be open to deals with other parties in the Scottish local elections next year. Mr Marra is taking on fellow MSP, and former South Lanarkshire Council leader, Joe Fagan,…...