MUCH is being written about the new BBC channel for Scotland and how it will be modernised and updated due to the average watcher in Scotland being 61. This all very fine and good, but it’s not the colour of the set or if people are sitting or
ANOTHER clue as to the shape of a post-Brexit deal with the US was revealed yesterday. The US House of Representatives passed a bill to exempt the vast majority of financial firms from the Dodd-Frank bank regulations passed after the 2008 Wall Street
US President Donald Trump has escalated his efforts to discredit the Russia investigation, saying the FBI has been caught in a “major spy scandal”. Trump claims the FBI used a secret informant to determine whether some of his campaign aides were
HARDSHIP, not helpfulness, caused the human brain to grow to its large size, research suggests. Biologists have long struggled to unpick the secrets of what makes us who we are today. Much of this has centred around our grey matter, a part
A LAWYER from Atlanta could make history as the first black female governor of a US state after winning the Democrats’ primary in Georgia.Stacey Abrams’s victory made her the first black nominee and first female nominee for governor of either majority
A GREEN energy company established three years ago has scooped an award for services to its investors.Future Renewables Eco (FRE) was given an independent seal of excellence from Feefo – a ratings and customer analytics platform – after feedback was collected
EDINBURGH Napier University has unveiled the shortlist for its first innovation and enterprise competition.The winners of the annual Bright Red Sparks competition will share £12,000 prize money £17,000 worth of legal support from the law firm Shepherd
BUDGET supermarket Lidl has announced its third Isle of Ale festival that will see Scottish brewers benefit from a combined business deal of £75,000.The twice annual celebration of Scottish craft beer will hit shelves today, with a collection of 19 beers
NATIONAL columnist Lesley Riddoch will launch a new series of documentary films on Monday in Edinburgh as the first stage of a project telling the stories of small successful nations near to Scotland. The first programme in the Nation series is about
“LISTEN to these songs, not because it’s such a worthwhile project, though it is, but because you’ll love them”, Ricky Ross advised BBC Radio Scotland listeners of Not Known At This Address, the most striking Scottish album of the year so far.
WHAT a great way to start the week with your front page on Monday: “New indy case will be built on ambition”, as compared to the likes of “Brexit shambles”, “at risk”, “Cabinet division” and more. That the UK is in its current state is due mainly
The Secret Life of the Zoo, Channel 4, 8pmKEEPERS prepare to transport giraffe Kidepo to a new zoo, and his brother Narus is not making the move any easier. Silvery gibbon Alvin is keen to get close to his partner Tilu again and it is decided a trip to
THERESA May appeared to say Scotland’s No vote in 2014 means whisky made in Scotland should be labelled as British rather than Scottish. The Prime Minister was responding to a question from Ochil and South Perthshire Tory MP Luke Graham, who asked
BACK in the 1990s when Scotland was still campaigning for a devolved Scottish Parliament, the Labour Party assured us that once they got into government and ushered in a new era of light and goodness the powers of the new parliament would be far ranging
IN January this year, Glasgow synth-pop trio CHVRCHES wiped their band’s social media pages and posted a short music video captioned with the instruction “Get In”. It was a teaser for Get Out, their first new output since 2016 and a soaring, impressive
IN the midst of the Brexit shambles, the bile-inducing wedding of the freeloaders, us long-suffering nationalists were due a good laugh, and we got it in the shape of the Four Riders of the Apocryphal and their grandstanding appearance at the Policy
On Tuesday, The National exposed North Lanarkshire Tory councillor Stephen Goldsack for his questionable comments and links to the BNP. Unsurprisingly, it’s not the first time that a Scottish Tory has been engulfed in a such a row over the last
DONALD Trump's visit to the UK could be extended in order for him to play a round of golf. The US President, who is a huge fan of the sport and owns golf resorts in Scotland, is set to arrive in the UK for a working visit in July. Arrangements
THE legend of the Loch Ness monster has baffled scientists for centuries - but now a group of experts hope modern technology will reveal what really lives in the loch's murky depths. Professor Neil Gemmell, a scientist from New Zealand, will lead
What's on the agenda for Scotland's press today? The Scottish Daily Mail has decided to lead on yet another royal family story, before lambasting the House of Lords for being "out of touch". How ironic... Isn't it strange how quickly
US president Donald Trump has said his Singapore summit with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un “may not work out for June 12” and suggested there is a “substantial chance” it could be delayed.He was speaking as he received South Korea’s President Moon
THE names Tigris and Euphrates resonate with ancient history, but today this “cradle of civilisation” has become the battleground for civilization’s future. Locally, people already describe what is happening here as a third world war: an acknowledgement
BBC Scotland’s new hour-long flagship news programme is currently being piloted under the name The Nine, with journalist Glen Campbell as its main anchor.The National has been told editors at the corporation’s headquarters north of the Border want to
MEMO TO TEAM 2014: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AS you may know, Nicola Sturgeon seems to be preparing for another referendum on Scottish independence. We had hoped to see the last of her and her woad-begone rebels, but this Brexit business has got
NICOLA Sturgeon has said a new report on an independent Scotland’s economic prospects offers an alternative to the “despair of Brexit”. The First Minister made the comments after receiving the long- awaited findings of her party’s economic Growth
FACEBOOK founder Mark Zuckerberg has tried to allay MEPs’ fears about the social media platform’s security following the scandal over Cambridge Analytica, the data analysis firm linked to Donald Trump’s election campaign.Speaking to a European Parliament
A CONSERVATIVE councillor who denied racism has been kicked out of the party over BNP ties following a National report on allegations of prejudice. Stephen Goldsack was reported to a watchdog last week over comments he made in opposition to a planning
IN another setback for Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, a German court has refused to jail ousted Catalan president Carles Puigdemont while it awaits a decision on his European Arrest Warrant issued by Spain. A petition presented by prosecutors
ONE of the reasons The National started the Yes DIY pages was to reflect the growth in the number of Yes groups across the country. We have reported on the launch and re-launch of Yes groups across Scotland and helped to promote them. It is really
WANT to know how to convince No voters that independence is the best way forward for Scotland? Teaching that is the aim of an innovative scheme launched by Business for Scotland (BfS). Fifty Yes group leaders from around Scotland were in Glasgow
ONE of the chief organisers of the highly successful All Under One Banner March for Independence in Glasgow is seeking backers for an exciting new project that will see urban Scots growing their own fruit and vegetables.Borrowing from the commercially
TWO prize-winning artists have joined forces to create an exhibition showcasing the beauty of the Scottish landscape and the North Coast 500 route.Glasgow-based Judith Bridgland and Anne Morrison have interpreted the breathtaking scenery of the north
MICHAEL Gove plans to reduce air pollution from wood-burning stoves, have come in for criticism.In an announcement that infuriated owners of the toasty house warmers, including many of his own Tory colleagues, the Environment Secretary proposed measures
POLICE Scotland’s call handling is getting better, according to a wide-ranging review, commissioned in the days after the deaths of Lamara Bell and John Yuill.The report from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS), says the 30
A GROUP of influential Scottish celebrities, academics, charity bosses and business people are launching a campaign to try to halt Brexit. Backers of the push include the actor Brian Cox, the historian Tom Devine, and third-sector umbrella organisation
BREXIT has left every household in Britain £900 worse off, according to the governor of the Bank of England. Mark Carney told MPs that real household incomes have paid the price of the UK’s GDP slumping by 2% since the EU referendum in 2016. While
SOME of the Basque Country’s most enduring films are coming to Edinburgh and Glasgow from tomorrow for a five-day festival.Kimuak: Films from Basque Country is being organised by Edinburgh-based collective Cinemaattic, and will run from May 24-26 in Edinburgh
THE National has received a unique thank-you for its coverage of the Catalan people’s right to self-determination.It came in a package delivered to writer Greg Russell – a sporran fashioned in yellow leather and a pair of yellow flower lapel badges.Yellow
A WOMAN has filed a lawsuit against R Kelly, accusing the singer of sexual battery, knowingly infecting her with herpes and locking her in rooms for punishment.Faith Rodgers said in the suit filed in New York that she met Kelly about a year ago after
WE’VE taken the high roads and the low roads and been to a’ the airts and pairts around the country but now The National Roadshow is heading straight for the heart of Scotland.Tomorrow night, our Roadshow rolls into Blairgowrie, just a few miles east
THE UK's trade deficit would be almost 3% greater without Scotch whisky exports, according to new analysis. The deficit reduced from £166 billion in 2016 to £153 billion last year, research from the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) shows. Without
A CROSS-party legal challenge to the UK Government on Brexit is not “hypothetical or academic”, Scotland’s highest civil court has been told.At a hearing at the Court of Session, lawyers acting for a group of nine politicians contested claims that the
PHOTOGRAPHS of some of the most famous faces of the 1960s went on show yesterday as the family of Scots aristocrat Robin Douglas-Home prepare to have his personal collection sold. The pianist, journalist and photographer captured images of Frank
NICOLA Sturgeon’s announcement that she wants to restart the Scottish independence debate based on hope and ambition has sent the opposition parties into a flat spin. The Tories are delighted to jump back on their only political bandwagon, keeping
GLASGOW City Council’s decision to lend works from the Burrell Collection to the twin city of Marseilles is proving a tremendous success in the French port. A show of 58 works from the Burrell, mostly paintings by late 19th century French artists, have
IF you are watching the Champions League final this weekend, the sharp-eyed among you may spot a very distinct Saltire in the crowd. Emblazoned on the flag will be the words Dance For Freedom. The flag belongs to John Plott, who has taken it to
HOME broadband providers must now ensure that at least 50% of their customers can achieve advertised speeds at peak time under a crackdown to prevent misleading claims.Until today, firms had been allowed to advertise “up to” speeds as long as they were
