A senior SNP figure has been accused of "failing to answer basic questions" about the party's plans for an independent Scotland. Shirley-Anne Somerville was asked five times by BBC presenter Nick ...

IF the normal rules of politics applied in Scotland, the SNP would be sure-fire losers at next year’s Holyrood election. Public services are on their knees. Polling shows a majority of Scots take a ...

That’s a speech that will have ticked a lot of boxes for the SNP delegates in Aberdeen - I overheard one audience member refer to it as “a John special”. John Swinney defined himself against a ...

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NICOLA Sturgeon yesterday denied ripping off her fans as she sold copies of her book for twice the price it is available for on Amazon. The ex-Nats chief rocked up to the SNP annual conference in ...

West Lothian’s Labour leader turned on the opposition SNP group in the wake of a failed no confidence vote this week. Lawrence Fitzpatrick branded Tuesday’s special meeting calling for the vote as a ...

Alex Salmond has been remembered on the first anniversary of his death at the SNP party conference in Aberdeen. The former First Minister left the party and established Alba in 2021 but had previously ...

Researchers have created a two-stage acne patch with tiny arrowhead-shaped spikes that deliver healing compounds directly under the skin. Trials showed pimples vanished in seven days, and the ...

"Nicola Sturgeon isn't someone for whom oversharing comes naturally," said The Spectator's political correspondent Lucy Dunn. Scotland's former first minister has "regularly been labelled 'dour' or ...

Government incentives and public interest remain too minor to push nursing homes toward quality improvement. That’s one reason the federal government should reconsider how it rates facilities in its ...