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The UK Home Office must grant visas and work permits for foreign players.

UK visa rules for SPFL transfers explained for Hearts, Hibs and other clubs

First Minister Humza Yousaf has backed council's opposition to the proposals

FM condemns proposals house asylum seekers on ship

The cruise ship MS Victoria has been housing Ukrainian families in Edinburgh's Leith docks. Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images.

Asylum ship plan for Leith set to be blocked

The MS Victoria took in its first Ukrainian residents last summer. Photo by Lisa Ferguson.

Councillors oppose "floating prison" for asylum seekers

Caribbean migrants are welcomed by RAF officials after the Empire Windrush landed them in London in 1948 Image: PA Media/Getty Images

What is the Windrush scandal?

This data shows 218 Afghan refugees and 651 Ukrainian refugees were living in Edinburgh at the end of March.

Figures reveal the amount of refugees living in the city

The four MPs who claimed driving fines on expenses revealed

Prince Harry

Prince Harry loses bid to challenge decision over UK security plans

Home Secretary Suella Braverman, speaking at the National Conservatism conference (Picture: Victoria Jones/PA)

Braverman shouldn't be an MP, let alone a Cabinet minister – Angus Robertson

Queen Elizabeth II: Government forked £162 million on state funeral

Cost of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral revealed by Government

Men in the UK being offered £10,000 to pose as dads for migrant women’s babies in visa scam

UK men being offered £10,000 to pose as dads in visa scam

CCTV footage shows police storming a couple's Essex pub and seizing their golliwog dolls, saying the toys were a suspected hate crime (Photos: SWNS)

CAMRA makes damning verdict on pub at centre of Gollies row

MI5 has warned ministers of Chinese spies who buy citizenship through third countries to gain access to the UK.

Ministers warned of Chinese spies who slip through the UK

The top 10 UK burglary hotspots have been revealed

List shows top 10 burglary hotspots in the UK

The Bibby Stockholm will house 500 people (Photo: Home Office)

More than 500 asylum seekers to be housed on barge off coast

Coaches wait late into the evening to enter the Port of Dover (Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA)

After Brexit, a UK passport doesn't open doors like it used to – Angus Robertson
Britain’s non-existent Brexit bonus has been on display for all to see with massive delays at Dover.

Police searching for Madeleine McCann to get extra funding

Martin Lewis has issued guidance to British holidaymakers heading abroad soon

Money Saving Expert team issues passport warning to holidaymakers

Data has revealed how many people are being prosecuted each week for failing to pay their BBC TV licence

TV licence row as thousands prosecuted each week for failing to pay

Lorna Slater is the minister for green skills, circular economy and biodiversity

Anti-refugee policies will hurt most vulnerable - Lorna Slater

dangerous domestic abusers will be recorded on the violent and sex offender register under new government proposals (Photo: Adobe)

Domestic abusers could be added to violent and sex offender list

Passport fees have increased for the first time in five years - here’s how much they now cost

New passport prices for adults & children as fees increase

Edinburgh Airport warns of potential delays as UK Border Force staff go on strike

Edinburgh Airport warns of potential delays

DNP is used as a ‘slimming pill’ (not pictured) and has killed 33 people in the UK.

‘Slimming pill’ DNP to be classified as poison after 33 deaths

You can renew your UK passport online.

Countdown to passport price hike - how to apply before charge increase

Home Office vows law change to protect victims of sexual assault

British passport prices are set to rise next month

Passport application fees to increase next month
Anyone going abroad should check their passport is in date, as application fees are set to rise.

Emirates’ Airbus A3800-800 airliner approaches Heathrow international airport, where Border Force agents discovered a package contaminated with uranium in December

Scotland Yard continue investigations in uranium contaminated package

Detainees are seen inside the Manston holding centre for asylum seekers. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick this week vowed "more radical" policies to counter illegal migration.

Diphtheria confirmed at asylum centre following man’s death

‘Potentially hazardous’ substance found on body dumped in UK street - residents unable to leave their homes

‘Potentially hazardous’ substance found on body dumped in UK street

Emergency services near the migrant processing centre in Dover, Kent, following an incident. Picture date: Sunday October 30, 2022.

Man dies after throwing bombs at Dover immigration centre

Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman addresses delegates on the third day of the annual Conservative Party Conference. Credit: Getty Images

Home Secretary plans to crack down on protests with new bill

Christine Jardine has written to the Home Secretary.

Passport backlog see 2,000 wait over six months

Readers' letters: Patel’s cruel policy is a power grab

Sir Mo Farah’s former PE teacher Alan Watkinson said the athlete had “no other option” but to “lock away” his past during his rise to greatness.

Met Police open investigation into Sir Mo Farah trafficking revelation

Jair Tavares is in Scotland but unable to play as he waits for his paperwork to be completed

Hibs work permit latest

People were queuing around the block at the Passport Office in Glasgow

Families forced to cancel holidays amid passport chaos

File photo PA.

More refugees due in Midlothian arrive in UK

Demonstrators hold placards as they protest against the Rwanda asylum plan outside the High Court in London yesterday

Rwanda asylum plan: decades of racist hostility have led us to here - Lo...

Home Secretary Priti Patel introduced the controversial new Rwanda plan last month

Age dispute could see teenage boys deported to Rwanda immigration centre

Isaias is seeking asylum in the UK but has now been waiting months in hotel accommodation

Campaigners want to move asylum seekers out of Falkirk hotels

Stock photo by Jane Barlow.

UK Passport Office hits back at Midlothian MP's comments

Lorna Slater MSP (Green)

Scotland and England are streets apart on treatment of refugees - Lorna Slater

TUI has warned travellers to check the date on their passports before travelling abroad (Photo: Adobe)

TUI issues passport warning to everyone with a holiday booked this year

Lorna Slater (Green)

Racist Home Offices hits new low on refugees - Lorna Slater

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, following a small boat incident in the Channel. Under a scheme designed to crack down on migrants landing on British shores after crossing the Channel in small boats, the UK intends to provide those deemed to have arrived unlawfully with a one-way ticket to Rwanda. Picture date: Friday April 15, 2022.

Sending migrants to Rwanda ‘a cataclysmic waste’ of taxpayers’ money, says SNP

Whales, dolphins and porpoises around the UK’s coast are increasingly at risk of disturbance from people in boats, jet skis and paddleboards, wildlife experts warn.

Whales and dolphins face rising risk of disturbance around UK coasts – charity

Stock photo by John Devlin 24/03/2022. Tartan Army Select stand in solidarity with Ukraine by teaming up for fan charity match at Toryglen Football Centre.

Midlothian to welcome almost two dozen refugees through Homes for Ukraine scheme

QR codes on benches could appear on Linlithgow High Street. Stock Picture Michael Gillen.

Safer space strategy agreed by West Lothian Council

Four Ukrainian MPs: Olena Khomenko (left), Lesia Vasylenko (centre-left), Alona Shkrum (centre-right) and Maria Mezentseva at Downing Street, for talks with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Ukraine ‘will not be silent about rapes against women’

Dnipro Kids has helped 46 orphans to safety since the war broke out in Ukraine

Ukrainian orphans could land in Scotland in days if paperwork completed

A number of Ukrainian orphans have been evacuated from Dnipro to Poland with the help of a charity run by Hibs fans - who want to bring the children to Scotland.

Home Office ‘bureaucracy’ could stop Ukrainian orphans from coming to Scotland

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace acknowledged that the Government needs to move quicker and said he is offering Ministry of Defence (MoD) support to speed up the work.

Defence officials to help process Ukrainian refugees fleeing to UK

Boris Johnson is set to begin a week of intense diplomatic efforts with foreign leaders to build a united front against Vladimir Putin, beginning with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at Downing Street today.

Boris Johnson to hold talks with world leaders on further sanctions

Stock shot of HGV. Photo by John Devlin.

Linlithgow MP calls for 12-month-visas for HGV drivers