UK Government

Rishi Sunak visited a Land Rover plant in Warwick in July for an announcement about a new electric car battery factory (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Sunak’s net zero U-turn is a betrayal of the national interest - Angus Robertson

Work to transform Granton Gasholder into a new public park and amphitheatre got underway at the start of this year.

Gasholder restoration at 'high risk' of going over budget

Scotland's manager Ally MacLeod laps up the applause at Hampden in 1978 as the team prepare for the World Cup in Argentina

Can we snatch defeat from jaws of victory? Yes, we’re Scotland - Vladimir McTav...

Hibs fans at Villa Park last week

‘Absolute shambles’ - Scottish fans react to new Government proposals

Sunak accused of breaking ministerial code over private RAF flight. (Photo: No 10’s Flickr account)

Sunak’s trip north shows the Conservatives are now the political wing of the fos...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking to the media during his visit to Shell St Fergus Gas Plant in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, for the announcement of further measures to protect the UK's long-term energy security. Picture date: Monday July 31, 2023. PA Photo. The Prime Minister is expected to announce millions of pounds in funding for the Acorn carbon capture project, a joint venture between Shell UK and other companies, and confirm plans to issue new licences for oil and gas exploration in the North Sea. See PA story POLITICS Energy. Photo credit should read: Euan Duff/PA Wire

Sunak has given up on tackling the climate crisis - Angus Robertson

More than £1m is being invested by the City of Edinburgh Council to provide new accessible permanent toilets in the Capital, as well as temporary facilities.

All the new Edinburgh public toilet locations

The MS Victoria housed Ukrainian refugees in Leith for a year, but Forth Ports has said it cannot accommodate a vessel for asylum seekers. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Forth Ports say they received no approach on asylum ship

The mortality rate from drug use in Scotland is over three times that of the rate in the rest of the UK

Rehabilitation funding is the solution to reducing Scotland’s unacceptably high ...

Just Stop Oil’s disruptive tactics risk scoring an own goal of disapproval even ...

Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman’s Illegal Migration Bill is back in Parliament. Credit: Getty Images

How the Conservatives are turning politics ugly - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Scottish Conservative MSPs tabled a motion of no confidence against Lorna Slater last week. MSPs in Parliament voted down the motion by 68 votes to 55

Scottish Greens will continue to deliver change that is needed here in Scotland ...

The MS Victoria has been used to house Ukrainian refugees in Leith Docks (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Why MS Victoria cannot be turned into a floating prison for asylum seekers

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

Tommy Sheppard MSP

Don’t worry, independence is still a great idea - Tommy Sheppard

Amazon will use AI to find fake reviews on the shopping site

Amazon to crack down on fake reviews with AI
Amazon will use artificial intelligence to crack down on fake reviews ahead of new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill

Both Hearts and Hibs will take part in Eufa's Europa Conference League next season

Let’s ensure a sustainable future for football - Ian Murray

Rose Matafeo won the main Edinburgh Comedy Awards prize for best show in 2018.

Comics who owe their careers to the Fringe should help keep awards going

Questioned about the need for the deposit return scheme to include glass, Lorna Slater resorted to gobbledygook about the 'lossiness' of kerbside recycling (Picture: Steve Welsh/PA)

Slater's deposit return scheme is a 'total farce', not a cunning indy plan

The Edinburgh Tram Inquiry will have specific lessons about what went wrong, but also wider ones about how to handle major projects (Picture: PA)

Tram Inquiry’s critics are wrong, its late report will be far from 'meaningless'

Huge changes are coming to WhatsApp messenger app

WhatsApp now allows users to hide intimate chats - how it works

Members of the public watch the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on a big screen in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh. Picture: Steve Welsh/PA Wire

Rare Ross Bandstand reopening for Coronation highlights its shameful neglect

The South Bridge Resource Centre is the 'ideal location' for the Fringe community hub, but it will need major refurbishment.

Plans for Fringe community hub move step closer

The new Fringe HQ is earmarked for a Victorian primary school building used by venue operator Greenside in recent years.

Scottish Government demands advance notice of Westminster arts funding

Former UK Brexit negotiator Lord Frost has called for devolution to be rolled back

Angus Robertson: Make no mistake, Tories are out to undermine Scottish democracy

Rishi Sunak has declared his wife’s shares in a childcare agency set to benefit from budget amid investigation

Rishi Sunak declares wife’s shares in firm amid investigation

First Minister Humza Yousaf believes failing to challenge the UK Government's veto would open the door to more laws being blocked in future (Picture: Robert Perry/PA Wire)

Yousaf has picked the wrong ground for a fight with Westminster – Ian Swanson
Legal experts think there is little chance of success – and the public don’t support the legislation

Humza Yousaf's government will challenge the UK Government's block of gender reform in Scotland (Photo: Andrew Milligan, PA)

Legal challenge to UK veto of gender law

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

Foysol Choudhury MSP for Lothian Region

Time for Scotland to support our asylum seekers - Foysol Choudhury

SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes taking part in a SNP leadership debate, at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

Forbes says Scotland football fans ‘get raw deal’

People land on a beach at Dungeness after being picked up by an RNLI lifeboat (Picture: Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Illegal' migration isn't UK's top priority, Mr Sunak – Tommy Sheppard

Nicola Anderson, boss of FinTech Scotland, cheered the UK Government supporting the 'high-growth potential of fintech innovation in Glasgow. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Innovation in Scots fintech boosted as UK bankrolls pioneering Glasgow project

Crowds throng the Royal Mile during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Questions are stacking up for Fringe Society over government-funded HQ

Home Secretary Suella Braverman laughs as she tours a building site on the outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda, where deported migrants are planned to be housed (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Braverman's laughter at Rwandan 'internment' camp was shocking – Angus Robertson

We should always remember how Labour drove UK into illegal Iraq War

Suella Braverman listens on as prime minister Rishi Sunak announces the Illegal Migration Bill

Deportation flights to Rwanda could be started “by the summer”

Fringe Society chief excutive Shona McCarthy. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe set to share £8.6m Budget boost

Sue Webber is a Scottish Conservative MSP for the Lothians

Hunt’s grown up budget is a lesson for SNP - Sue Webber

Smoking is now at least 15% more expensive following Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2023 - Credit: Adobe

Bad news for smokers: Cigarettes now cost more than ever

Ukrainian and Czech circus artists performed at the McEwan Hall during last year's Fringe (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Chancellor's £8.6m festivals boost likely to prompt Scottish Government reaction

Assembly is one of the biggest venue operators at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Picture: William Burdett-Coutts

Chancellor to hand Edinburgh's festivals £8.6m funding boost in Spring Budget

Michael Caine in Zulu

Michael Caine defends ‘Zulu’ following right wing incitement claim

The School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh is said to be the UK’s oldest academic AI research centre, and this year celebrates 60 years of relevant research.   Picture: Chris Malcolm.

Edin Uni and Cisco connect to create centre to turbocharge software capabilities

The new law will pave the way for migrants arriving by small boats to be detained, deported and denied any return to the UK.

Government's plans to stop migrant crossings condemned by Church of Scotland

Wind energy is proving vast amounts of green electricity (Picture: Ben Birchall/PA)

Scotland's renewable energy bonanza should lead to cheaper bills

Habibur Khan is pictured serving customers at Radhuni in Loanhead.

Curry king warns that restaurants are struggling to survive

Edinburgh's SNP group may have given Scottish ministers ideas about raising Council Tax for higher bands (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Why higher band Council Tax may be about to get clobbered by SNP – John McLellan

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

The next phase of Edinburgh's trams, a line from Granton to the Infirmary, will open by 2035, says transport convener Scott Arthur. Picture: Andy OBrien.

Readers' letters: Tram network has gone far enough

Scotland's employment rate was the highest of the four UK nations, and was above the 75.6 per cent recorded for the UK as a whole, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed. Photo: PA.

More Scots in work than ever before

Should we turn off the lights illuminating the Forth bridges?

Readers' letters: Turn out the lights to enhance wellbeing

Issues to be considered will include what area the charge would cover, when it would operate and how to make it work for businesses. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Congestion charge under consideration ‘by end of year’

The 'world's first' self-driving bus is launching in Edinburgh this year

Self-driving bus service to launch in 'world first'

Alister Jack used a section 35 order to block gender legislation

Readdrs' letters: Alister Jack’s section 35 nuclear option unjustifiable