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ALEX Salmond is misleading voters, Nicola Sturgeon has suggested, and his decision to front the new Alba Party is not a "friendly gesture" towards the SNP.

THERE’S always been an unhealthy culture of silence within the Yes movement. Prominent SNP members who now position themselves as guardians of moral probity in politics and denounce the Alba Party’s Trumpian antics were only a few years ago am...

THE sister of a “generous and loving” islander who took his own life believes isolation and a loss of "opportunity" during the pandemic, exacerbated his struggles.

WELCOME to April 1, the day when newspapers exercise the ancient tradition of making up silly stories and trying to fool readers into thinking they are true.

PLANS for a space centre on Shetland backed by Scotland's largest landowner has been blocked after it was rejected by the nation's historic environment watchdog because it would damage a site of site of "cultural significance".

SCOTLAND'S biggest local authority is facing new legal proceedings to settle a £310m dispute after it was accused of "stalling" in a bid to end "chronic sex discrimination" and the final settlement of up to 18,000 equal pay claims.

I WATCHED the leaders' debate on BBC 1 Scotland (March 30) and was disappointed in the selection of questions from the audience which I presume were previously vetted. The majority of people selected for questions or comments were from the unionist s...

People working from home during the pandemic could be missing out on more than £100 a year in tax relief, according to Citizens Advicen Scotland (CAS).

By Ian McConnell

A major change is being introduced to every shop in Scotland from today.

Since the start of lockdown, the college has been supplying its students with IT equipment to help them progress with their studies from home, as part of their overarching aim to end digital poverty.

By Ian McConnell

By Ian McConnell

By Ian McConnell

SCOTTISH entrepreneurs have mobilised to an unprecedented degree during the coronavirus pandemic and are expected to play a key role in rebuilding the economy coming out of the crisis.

AFTER a very long wait, the announcement last week of a North Sea Transition Deal sent campaigners into a fury while leaving industry champions feeling the importance of the sector had been recognised.

With pizza, pasta and cheese galore, it's hard not to like Italian food. But few people love it quite as much as chef Theo Randall.

THE lifting of lockdown, the lost generation and the benefits bill were the issues discussed by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

IN normal times, it is the world’s most visited museum, but the pandemic has rendered viewing the Louvre’s famous artworks impossible…until now. Everything is now available to view online, but not everyone is happy.

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TUESDAY, 6th April, will mark the annual Tartan Day celebrations in America. Sadly, for the second year in a row, the festivities will be muted by the pandemic. Normally, there is a massive parade of pipe bands marching down 6th Avenue in New York...

Nicola Sturgeon has launched the SNP’s election campaign with an announcement video, sharing details of how the SNP will approach the next few weeks.

ANAS Sarwar has warned Douglas Ross that “just shouting about the constitution” is not good enough – as he suggested Scotland's official opposition needs to bring policy ideas to the election and the next parliament.

A FORMER SNP MP and co-host of Alex Salmond's controversial TV show has been unveiled as one of the latest candidates for the Alba Party.

Key international climate talks due to take place in Glasgow could be postponed for a second time, according to reports.

Scotland and England could end up with a hard border for the first time in three centuries if an independent Scotland were to join the European Union, according to a report published today.

BBC Debate Night returns to screens with a virtual audience from Aberdeen.

A Scottish distillery has hailed an online sales increase of 250% over the past year, following a series of virtual drinks experiences.

There is “no evidence” to support restricting the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in any population, European Medicines Agency (EMA) executive director Emer Cooke has said.

ANAS Sarwar has accused Alex Salmond of making a comeback by “pretending” he is campaigning for a second independence referendum and is instead focused on plotting “revenge” against Nicola Sturgeon’s government.

There have been 542 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Scotland in the past 24 hours.

The Labour Party has lost a last-minute bid to have Anas Sarwar’s name included on ballot papers for the Scottish election.

Academics and lecturers have backed proposals to look at ways in which Scotland can continue its association with the EU's Erasmus+ education programme.

TWO further SNP figures have defected to Alex Salmond's Alba Party.

National Records for Scotland (NRS) say that the total death toll to the disease according to their measure is now 9,958

We can make up crazy policies like Priti Patel “Freedom to speak out is fundamental” and then create bills that will stop people speaking out.

ANAS Sarwar has insisted that Scotland’s cancer times backlog is now a “national emergency” - warning that 7,000 people are now thought to be living with an undiagnosed condition.

The Prime Minister just cannot help himself when it comes to making ill-judged comments at the wrong moments

THE BROADCAST regulator has fined a religious satellite channel £125,000 for what it called 'potentially harmful and unsubstantiated' theories about the Covid-19 virus.

ONE senses now in the public mood, with regard to the pandemic, a perceptible feeling that we are at least back on the road toward some kind of normality, whatever that condition might eventually turn out to be. For most of us, if not all, the effect...

New York-headquartered bridge giant Hardesty & Hanover and Irish civil engineer Roughan & O’Donovan are collaborating to provide "comprehensive movable bridge engineering design services" for the first opening road bridge over the River Clyde, i...

Glasgow City Council has come under fire for "stalling" in a bid to end "chronic sex discrimination" by delaying settling of up to 18,000 equal pay claims.

It is not easy to get hold of a barrage balloon at short notice

Union leaders insisted the offer not pay workers enough after a “wretched year”

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The hospital has played a critical role in the fight against Covid-19

An IFS briefing note said the Holyrood administration had received an additional £9.5 billion from the UK Government in Covid-related funding

NICOLA Sturgeon has come under sustained fire over her plans for an independence referendum and the SNP's record in the first leaders' debate of the election.