THE UK Government introduces legislation today to create the powers for Britain to operate as an independent coastal state post Brexit and manage its fish stocks in a sustainable way.

A biker has died after he was involved in a crash with a pedestrian and a car.

Police in Edinburgh are investigating after vandals spread glue in the toilets at a top visitor attraction.

A TEA towel featuring Boris Johnson and the slogan 'Got Brexit Done' has become the latest Brexit memento to attract ire online.

IT is one of the remotest parts of the long distance North Coast 500 and has gradually seen amenities closed as locals move away.

Four men are to appear in court after the death of a prisoner earlier this month.

BORIS Johnson has attempted to stem the fall-out to his controversial decision to allow Huawei a limited role in the UK’s 5G telecommunications network with a swift phonecall to Donald Trump.

Businesses in rural Scotland could find it easier to attract foreign workers post-Brexit under a plan unveiled by the UK Government’s immigration adviser to pilot a work visa scheme tailored to help more remote areas.

Britons have been warned not to travel to China unless it is essential.

SNP ministers have been accused of “not even pretending to care” about public services after prioritising a Holyrood debate on flags.

SCOTCH whisky exports are facing a £100 million loss this year if the US continues to impose its tariffs on the product, the industry has warned, as it joined forces with its American counterpart to call for an end to the punitive import taxes.

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A German politician has asked fellow MEPs to join in with a rendition of Auld Lang Syne following Wednesday’s final vote on the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) will be given “one final chance” after an infections scandal at its flagship hospital campus.

SCOTLAND’S newest MEP has been confirmed in her job - just three days before she loses it.

THE Scottish fishing industry has fired a warning shot across the UK Government’s bows, making clear that a failure to secure full control over British waters post-Brexit would be a “colossal betrayal”.

Bosses at a Glasgow concert venue are reviewing the decision to host a controversial evangelist preacher over his ‘hateful’ views on Islam and the LGBTQ+ community.

REPLACING freedom of movement with a points-based immigration system after Brexit could cut economic growth and may only lead to small improvements in standards of living, experts have warned.

Legendary rock band Guns N' Roses are to play Glasgow Green in the summer as part of their 2020 world tour.

THE SNP will have a mandate for a second independence referendum if it wins the 2021 Holyrood election, the favourite to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader has said.

A 133-acre estate and £1 million cash gift has been handed to Scotland’s only children’s hospice charity.

NICOLA Sturgeon has not formally shared her ‘next steps’ on a second independence referendum with the rest of the Scottish cabinet, it has emerged.

HUAWEI, the Chinese tech giant, has been given the green light by the UK Government to have a limited role in the country’s 5G telecommunications network.

The former deputy leader of the SNP has accused Nicola Sturgeon of misleading independence supporters by “pretending” there will be a second referendum on Scotland leaving the UK this year.

Commuters are facing wintry conditions with snow and ice affecting some parts of the country.

LIKE many people from Northern Ireland, my wife and I chose to leave our country to escape the Troubles. Both of us grew up in the 1970s and 80s. Murder, terror, hatred and sectarianism were the themes of our childhood. By the mid-90s, the idea of...

Just a Minute host Nicholas Parsons has died aged 96 after a short illness, his agent has said.

Labour’s policy on independence must not be imposed on the party in Scotland, one of the front-runners to succeed Jeremy Corbyn has said.

UKIP’s Scottish branch has said its new mission in the wake of Brexit will be to abolish Holyrood - by first getting elected to it.