respected the unanimous ruling of the UK Supreme Court that Scotland does not have the power to hold a referendum. Ms Sturgeon had wanted to hold a referendum on 19 October next year but the UK ...

On Hogmanay, Nicola Sturgeon said Europe should “keep a light on” as Scotland will be “back soon”. Boris Johnson has reiterated his position that a Scottish independence referendum should ...

A year later, he created a new party called Alba — the Scottish Gaelic word for Scotland — that made few inroads into Scottish politics and sought a new independence referendum come what may.

This year is the tenth anniversary of the Scottish independence referendum, which whilst the motion for independence was defeated, set in train a groundswell in ...

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KEMI Badenoch is the new leader of the Conservative Party and – while still a long way away from power – her hard-right ...

Alex Salmond has been hailed at his funeral as an "outstanding" politician who led Scotland close to achieving independence.

Scotland police said on Sunday that they had received a new sexual assault complaint  against former first minister Alex Salmond, who died last month.

Salmond led the Scottish National Party for a decade and a half, taking Scotland up to the brink of independence from the United Kingdom in a 2014 referendum. He transformed the SNP from a fringe ...

MSPs have backed a Scottish Government motion which recognises “the ongoing harm caused by Brexit to Scotland’s rural economy ...

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He was 69. Salmond, who was one of the most divisive figure in British politics at the turn of the century and who as the then leader of the Scottish National Party took Scotland to the brink of ...