9+ hour, 30+ 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…...

23+ hour, 16+ min ago   (583+ words) THE leaders of the UK’s devolved administrations will sign a landmark agreement on Monday aimed at giving Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish voters a say on their constitutional futures. SNP leader John Swinney, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1046+ words) THE Scottish Government has been warned against pursuing an “unwinnable and deeply damaging” cuts agenda amid mounting speculation about an early Westminster election. There is growing expectation that Andy Burnham could go to the polls as early as next spring…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (656+ words) THOUSANDS have signed a fresh petition demanding a second referendum on Scottish independence after Andy Burnham set out the conditions for one, with an email being sent straight to the Prime Minister's inbox. Around 23,000 Scots had already signed the so-called…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (738+ words) IT is “dangerous” to compare Scotland to Northern Ireland – and Prime Minister Andy Burnham was actually talking about the “distinction” between the two when he appeared to lay out the route to a second independence referendum, a Scottish Labour leadership…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (328+ words) A SCOTTISH spaceport has been given millions in funding in a move which has been described as a "significant vote of confidence". SaxaVord Spaceport, on the island of Unst, Shetland, is to receive £30 million in support from the UK Government,…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (704+ words) A FAR-RIGHT group that has provided funding to vigilante groups in Scotland has been promoting swords, daggers and battle axes to its supporters, The National can reveal. Emails sent to Knight Templar International’s (KTI) mailing list in recent weeks have…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (527+ words) ANDY Burnham has been accused of snubbing Scottish voters once again after it emerged he had spent the weekend with the royals in Balmoral – avoiding members of the public and the media. The Prime Minister and his wife, Marie-France van…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (312+ words) A SPECIAL event looking at how the Celtic Alliance can help boost Scottish independence is taking place next week. The event, which is being held on Saturday in Edinburgh, will explore the benefits of having nationalist administrations in all three…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (451+ words) ANDY Burnham has pledged to “work with” the SNP amid fears investment worth up to £79 billion in Scottish industry could fall through. Seamus Logan raised fears at Burnham's first Prime Minister’s Questions that an upcoming decision by the UK Government…...