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Reform UK Scotland deputy leader Thomas Kerr

SNP killing working-class people in ‘genocide’, says Reform deputy

Green Party MSP, Q Manivannan is sworn in during the first meeting of the new Scottish Parliament on May 14, 2026 in Edinburgh, Scotland (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Q Manivannan loses bid to become rector of St Andrews University

Police officers on Old Drymen Road, near to the scene where a 16-year-old boy and an 80-year-old man have been killed during a light aircraft crash north-east of Drymen, Stirling, at around 4.45pm on Friday.

Boy, 16, and 80-year-old man killed in light aircraft crash

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch during a visit to Edinburgh

Scottish devolution ‘a process and not a religion’ says Badenoch

John Cleese (left), a former rector of the University of St Andrews, has urged students not to vote for Scottish Greens MSP Q Manivannan (left) to become the new figurehead of the institution.

John Cleese urges St Andrews students not to vote for Q Manivannan

Man pleads not guilty to ‘racist’ murder of scientist in Dundee

Simone Ramage leaving Edinburgh High Court, following a disposal hearing after being found responsible for killing her partner Brian Kowbel with an air rifle, following an examination of facts hearing, having been deemed unfit to stand trial

Woman given supervision and treatment order for killing partner

Fraser of Allander Institute

Majority of firms say Scottish Government doesn’t understand business

Dame Jackie Baillie

FM told of ‘cost of SNP failure’ after woman dies in ambulance wait

Scottish Water bosses receive ‘eye-watering’ £250,000 in bonuses

Dornoch Highland Games has been cancelled amid a police investigation into its finances.

Dornoch Highland Games cancelled as police probe finances

Wildfire warnings in Scotland extended

Former Scottish Labour leader Jack McConnell

New PM should back proper review into Scots Labour, says McConnell

The flowers massed at the gates of Dunblane Primary School following the shooting of teacher Gwen Mayor and sixteen young children in 1996

Rupert Lowe sparks outrage with comments on Dunblane atrocity

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Former first minister Jack McConnell, pictured at Edinburgh Airport in 2006

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Top row, left to right, Barry Watson, Elaine Lannery, Iain Owens, and bottom row, left to right, John Clark, Scott Forbes, Paul Brannan, six of the seven people who have been convicted of being part of a Scottish child abuse ring and have been jailed for terms ranging from 20 years to eight years

Glasgow authorities 'missed 20 chances' to help children in abuse ring

A general view of the Riverside Museum

£25,000 reward offered to find stolen historic Glasgow artefact

Firefighters bring a wildfire under control in Bonhill on Thursday

Dramatic pictures show wildfires in Scotland amid new warning

Trump to remove Scottish whisky tariffs after King’s US visit

SNP leader John Swinney with actor Martin Compston, during a visit to Greenock Morton Football Club

Martin Compston to campaign with Swinney on home turf against Reform

More than 1,500 people have died awaiting hospital discharge

Malcolm Offord, Reform UK’s leader in scotland

Offord apologises after 'crude' joke - and denies he is homophobic

Young prisoners ‘spending far too long locked in cells’, says watchdog

Buchanan Street in Glasgow, one of Scotland’s busiest retail areas

Scottish retailers 'to pay £54m more in rates' than those in England

Thousands of pupils could be affected by strike action

School strikes could be averted as draft deal struck

Further collapse at fire-ravaged building near Glasgow Central

Douglas Ross: I know I’m not everyone’s cup of tea

SNP's tuition and benefits perks at risk from Holyrood's funding cuts

Sir Tom Hunter says he has friends who have left Scotland because of the SNP’s decision to raise taxes higher than those in the rest of the UK

Hard-working Scots squealing from SNP high taxes, says Sir Tom Hunter

Nicola Sturgeon with Alex Salmond

SNP ministers warned they face contempt of court over Sturgeon files

Martin Compston talking to the media at a screening of Fear, during the Glasgow Film Festival at the Glasgow Film Theatre earlier this year

Compston: I now show support in ‘quieter manner’ due to online hate

A cold blowing her nose with a tissue. A leading doctor has issued advice on when people with the flu should seek medical help

Advice issued on when to get medical help as flu season grips Scotland

Sir Billy Connolly and Martin Compston